Media Education Foundation

This Land Is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons

New Releases

	Asking For It The Ethics & Erotics of Sexual Consent Offers a unique take on the problem of sexual assault, one that complicates the issue even as it clarifies that consent must always be explicitly granted, never simply assumed. more...
	Codes of Gender, The Identity and Performance in Pop Culture Communication scholar Sut Jhally applies the late sociologist Erving Goffman's groundbreaking analysis of advertising to the contemporary commercial landscape. more...
	Gloucester 18, The The Realities of Teen Pregnancy In 2008, 18 high school girls were accused of making a pact to become pregnant. This film looks behind the headlines and hype and explores the complicated emotional and practical challenges faced by pregnant teens. more...
	Killing Us Softly 4 Advertising's Image of Women Jean Kilbourne's groundbreaking analysis of advertising's depiction of women and femininity. more...
	Mean World Syndrome, The Media Violence & the Cultivation of Fear A new film based on the late George Gerbner's groundbreaking analysis of media influence and media violence. more...
	Not Just a Game Power, Politics & American Sports Pre-Order Today! Dave Zirin demonstrates how sports have reflected, and at times played a role in shaping, the political tensions and social struggles at the heart of American society. more...
	Plunder The Crime of Our Time Exposes the forces responsible for the loss of trillions of dollars and millions of jobs, and investigates the unregulated fraud and theft that led to the market's collapse in fall 2008. more...
	Red Moon Menstruation, Culture & the Politics of Gender Provides a fascinating, often ironic, take on the absurd and frequently dangerous cultural stigmas and superstitions that have long attached themselves to women's menstruation. more...
	Shop 'Til You Drop The Crisis of Consumerism Taking aim at fast-lane materialism, this film moves beneath the seductive surfaces of the commercial world to show how the flip side of accumulation is depletion. more...
	The Line The Line is a powerful, personal narrative about the terrible reality of rape and sexual violence -- and the more complicated and ambivalent ways sexual assault is often framed and understood in the wider culture. more...
	This Land is Our Land The Fight to Reclaim the Commons Now Available! David Bollier, a leading figure in the global movement to reclaim the commons, shows how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests. more...

Best Sellers

	Beauty Mark Body Image & the Race for Perfection (Educational Edition) This courageous, deeply personal film examines American culture's unhealthy fixation on thinness, beauty, and physical perfection. more...
	Consuming Kids The Commercialization of Childhood The explosive growth of the youth marketing industry, and how it is undermining children and childhood. more...
	Dreamworlds 3 (Unabridged) Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video Sut Jhally's groundbreaking analysis of music videos: how they reflect, and shape, our ideas about gender, sexuality, and race. more...
	Generation M Misogyny in Media & Culture How negative, hateful attitudes toward women and femininity are being perpetuated at the very heart of American popular culture. more...
	Hip-Hop (Unabridged) Beyond Beats & Rhymes As seen on PBS and at Sundance, a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. more...
	Mickey Mouse Monopoly Disney, Childhood & Corporate Power A critical examination of Disney films and the stories they tell about race, gender, and class. more...
	Price of Pleasure Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships Explores the impact of sexist, racist, and violent pornographic images and messages on our identities and our relationships. more...
	Spin the Bottle Sex, Lies & Alcohol Jackson Katz & Jean Kilbourne on how contemporary popular culture glamorizes binge drinking and the high-risk behaviors it can lead to. more...
	The Hollywood Librarian A Look at Librarians Through Film They have more cardholders than VISA, more customers than Amazon, and more outlets than McDonald's: meet America's librarians. more...
	Tim Wise on White Privilege Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality A riveting introduction to the social construction of racial identities, and a critical new tool for exploring the often invoked - but seldom explained - concept of white privilege. more...
	Tough Guise (Unabridged) Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity Jackson Katz's pioneering and influential examination of how American popular culture glorifies violent masculinity. more...

Specials

Killing Screens

Media & the Culture of Violence

Only $15! George Gerbner explores the psychological, political, social, and developmental consequences of a violent cultural environment. more...

VHS Sale $10! Michael Eric Dyson combines critical theory with an appreciation of popular culture, rap lyrics with classical poetry, and anecdotes of personal history with a sweeping geo-political analysis. more...