About this product: Celebrate America's 20th-century Chief Executives with "The Democrats," a fabulous compilation from the award-winning PBS series "The American Experience," featuring "FDR," "The Kennedys," and "LBJ." The double-disc "FDR" profiles Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the longest-serving President, who enacted the New Deal and steered the country through the Great Depression and World War II, changing American Politics in the process. "The Kennedys" focuses on one of America's most influential families (including President John F. Kennedy) and how the Kennedy dynasty evolved into the central political drama of the mid-20th century. "LBJ" is the definitive story of the "Man from Texas," President Lyndon B. Johnson, whose "take no prisoners" style of bare-knuckle politicking made him a controversial and compelling leader.
About this product: JUST RELEASED! How Democrats and Progressives Can Win: Solutions from George Lakoff is a powerful tool for concerned citizens, activists, volunteers - everyone - who wants to communicate effectively. Using television news clips, graphics, and a lively interview with George Lakoff, this 25 minute DVD program will help you understand the critical role of language in today's politics and the ways you can make language work for you. This is a 'How-to' style program with a particular emphasis on this year's presidential election. The use of language to frame all the issues and political debate is what the Republicans figured out over 20 years ago - but what the Democrats have only recently discovered. Lakoff is an expert on language and on this DVD you will learn:
* How conservatives were able to gain so much power
* What "framing" is
* How the term "tax relief" works to frame the debate over taxation
* How to debate a conservative
* Where have all the religious liberals have gone
* Why there seem to be two Americas
* How to influence a swing voter
* How to 'frame' President Bush
* Values win elections. Conservatives know theirs. Do you know yours?
George Lakoff is one of the world's best-known linguists. He is Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founding senior fellow at the Rockridge Institute. He is the author of the influential book, Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, 2nd Edition, (2002).
Howard Dean calls Lakoff "one of the most influential political thinkers of the progressive movement." Lakoff's star has been rising--he is currently an advisor to John Kerry and contributed to his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention.
About this product: Prepare for the upcoming US Presidential Election by watching Speeches of the past
In Volume 2 of The Speeches Collection, epoch-making speeches by four great US Presidents of the 20th Century illustrate American political oration at its finest.
It isn t easy to come before a nationwide audience and air your life...
Listen to Richard Nixon s controversial 1952 Checkers Speech alongside later public addresses made at the time of his unsuccessful 1960 bid for the US Presidency, his 1968 landslide victory and humbling 1973 resignation.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
Hear Franklin Delano Roosevelt roll out the New Deal for a country gripped by the Depression, condemn the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a date which will live in infamy, and inspire a nation during the Second World War.
In this war more than any other in history... we find the forces of evil more distinctly arraigned against decency and respect for humankind than ever before.
Listen in on highlights from the brilliant career of soldier turned statesman Dwight D. Eisenhower s, from inspirational remarks delivered at Sandstone, England on March 11, 1944, to a press conference in May 1960 in which Ike defended his controversial foreign policy of open skies.
Tragic fate has thrust upon us grave responsibilities. We must carry on.
Hear a triumphant Harry S. Truman accept the Democratic nomination for Vice President on July 21, 1944 and, only nine months later, deliver a grim but resolute State of the Union address as he assumes the presidency after the unexpected death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
MPI Home Video is proud to present this 2-disc Collector s Edition DVD that puts you in the room as history is made.
About this product: War protesters demonstrate outside the Kodak Theater in Hollywood during the Democratic Primary Debate on January 31, 2008.
The peaceful demonstration with a heavy police presence was a very musical chanting featuring AnswerLA.org, a sax player, and mock war prisoners in GITMO garb.
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About this product: Ironweed is a subscription film club that champions independent movies by fearless filmmakers.
AMERICAN BLACKOUT. Directed by Ian Inaba. 84 minutes. 2006. Does every vote count in America? Apparently not in the 21st century. This 2006 Sundance Film Festival winner takes a disturbing look at the ways in which the African-American vote has been manipulated and disenfranchised in American elections. From the outrageous maneuvers in Florida in 2000 to the Republican efforts to unseat controversial Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, it's all too clear our "by the people, for the people" democracy is in jeopardy.
HOW DEMOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVES CAN WIN: SOLUTIONS FROM GEORGE LAKOFF. By Haydn Reiss. 25 minutes. 2004. According to U.C. Berkeley Professor of Linguistics, George Lakoff, the left needs to think more critically both about what their core messages are and how best to deliver them. In this clear how-to guide, Lakoff outlines how Democrats and Progressives need to look at the world and frame their messages in order to be heard in the era of sound-bytes and catch phrases.
About this product: Air Date: 11/05/06 Republican Congressman Jeff Flake of Arizona has become a pariah in his own party for trying to stop earmarks, the money hidden in legislation for pet projects in representatives' home districts. Flake says earmarks -- $70 billion of them this year alone -- largely benefit lobbyists and their industries. Moreover, unlike other spending, they are rarely debated openly. Can Flake stop politicians from bringing home the bacon? Morley Safer reports.
About this product: Small Town Values ... big time politics' winning slogan. But does the political machine, so desirous of this wholesome image, actually value the small town itself?
In 1999, then Governor George W. Bush bought a ranch in the one-stoplight town of Crawford, Texas, calling it "home" just in time to set his sights on the White House. Having invented Bush's "folksy image," the campaign's victory thrusts Crawford onto the world stage and an insular community of barely 700 explodes overnight.
While the high school band plays the inauguration and the Baptist pastor declares a miracle, Crawfordites sell souvenirs hand over fist, finding themselves nearly trampled under the heels of the international press corps, patriotic tourists and boomtown opportunists. Then, four and a half years into Bush's tenure, Cindy Sheehan and her peace movement arrive at the doorstep of the "Western White House." Crawford takes center stage.
As 20,000 impassioned protesters and counter-protesters battle on Crawford's tiny streets, the symbol of the "small town" begins to change. Exacerbated tensions place pressure on the community as well as on the liberties Americans take for granted. And after seven years of this political stagecraft, a President's and a community's choices have an even graver human impact. Left to deal with the aftermath, the real people of Crawford are changed forever.
Now comes CRAWFORD, an often funny, deeply human story told by unforgettable characters. As witness to one man's (and his spin doctor's) decision to intertwine his life with the real small town America, the film ultimately becomes a microcosm of a nation in flux -- a unique and poignant reflection on the Bush era.
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About this product: A conversation with Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Pelosi discusses the impact of withdrawing from Iraq, trade, immigration and economic nationalism.
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About this product: Starting before dawn on January 20, 2009, hundreds of thousands of people began crowding the Metro trains bound for the heart of Washington, D.C. Their destination was a historic event of unprecedented size, an estimated 1.8 million people on the National Mall for the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Filmmaker Quin Mathews captured their journeys in this unique documentary. INAUGURATION DAY lets you experience history the same way those who traveled there did. It's the story of a new era through the eyes of people who celebrated one of the most memorable moments of their lives and of our time.
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