Fry It Safe(1982)

Jesa(en)

Jesa is a Korean tradition honoring one's ancestors. The filmmaker interviewed her parents about this ritual. However, it goes totally unexpected.

Constructing Albert(en)

Portrait of the Catalan chef Albert Adrià, brother of the world-renowned chef Ferran Adrià, an emerging figure in the world of Spanish haute cuisine, with his own voice, far from the shadow of his brother.

Never Be A Victim(en)

POLICE OFFICER JIM BYRNE, Canada's most honoured Safety Education Specialist brings you his famous TEN RULES, with which he has personally tested more than 25,000 students. Learn key strategies now taught in many schools and used by police working with the full NEVER BE A VICTIM Institutional Study Program. Develop your own personal streetproofing skills so you can train and test your family. Robert Gordon, who created this remarkable program in partnership with Metropolitan Police introduces this family video library against a backdrop of today's troubled society. TEACHING LIFE SKILLS FOR A SAFER COMMUNITY OFFICER JIM'S TEN RULES FOR STREETPROOFING • STRANGER MYTHS • ABDUCTION • BEING FOLLOWED • DANGEROUS PLACES • AVOIDING CARS AND VANS • GOOD TOUCHING-BAD TOUCHING

Cuisine indienne : À toutes les sauces !(fr)

Pressure Cooker(en)

A committed, passionate teacher tries to make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.

Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health(en)

The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.

Death Zones(en)

Presents three case histories which illustrate how children were accidentally killed or injured by the schoolbus from which they had disembarked.

Rara Avis(fr)

On a sailboat in the middle of the Ocean, five teenagers in rehabilitation are travelling with adults of different ages and backgrounds. Off unknown coastlines, the boat’s space becomes a huis-clos in which everyone faces their own difficulties, the challenge of living together and also the manoeuvres of sailing, the Ocean and its turmoil—until the arrival on land.

The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution(en)

In restaurant kitchens, tight quarters, high pressure and hot tempers combine to create toxic conditions that make it difficult for anyone to survive, let alone climb the ladder to head chef. For women, the situation is even worse. Running a successful restaurant is a daunting challenge, even more so when the odds are stacked against you. But as women take charge at more of the world's top dining establishments, a cultural shift is dismantling the macho environment that made celebrities out of "bad boy" chefs. From New York City's star chefs Anita Lo and Amanda Cohen to the queen of French cuisine Anne-Sophie Pic, seven chefs share their struggles to overcome a system of inequality and harassment while delivering delicious dishes and redefining the dining experience. An appetite for change has taken hold and there's no turning back

Suicide Trail(en)

Shot with a big cowboy nod to the Western genre, this road safety film shows the danger of speeding on an unknown country road at night.

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress(es)

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli -- repeatedly voted the world's best -- and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season. An elegant, detailed study of food as avant-garde art, EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS is a rare inside look at some of the world's most innovative and exciting cooking; as Adria himself puts it, "the more bewilderment, the better!"

Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line(en)

Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.

Health for the Americas: Planning for Good Eating(en)

An educational short from Disney on the importance of good nutrition.

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere(en)

This animated documentary outlines the history and importance of corn in North America.

The Story of Menstruation(en)

A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams.

Martha Stewart Cooking: Favorite Family Dinners(en)

Bring the tradition of dining together back to your family table with this instructional video course led by consummate hostess (and notorious CEO) Martha Stewart. Offering tips for making delicious and nutritious meals without spending hours in the kitchen, Martha walks you through a menu of chicken, beef, fish and pasta dishes -- even offering a few vegetarian options -- that will have your family satisfied and asking for seconds.

Italianamerican(en)

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York and family history back in Sicily.

Simply Metric(en)

A guide to going metric from the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Metrication Board.

Something You Didn't Eat(en)

Animated short documentary film made to advance the cause of a balanced diet for the benefit of the public health and for the advancement of the American war effort.

CommunityGrows(en)

Based in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco, CommunityGrows teaches cooking and gardening in local elementary schools and after school programs, and provides job skills to more than 1,300 low-income youth.