Documentary: Food, Inc.

An empowering look at an industrial food industry that only in recent history seems to have gone awry. One of the most depressing realizations was that getting sick from the distribution of food is now becoming more common. The upside? Each act of purchasing and consuming food is a political act that large producers, distributors, and retailers look at closely.

Documentary: Discover Latino History & The Latino Influence On the United States (2005). TMW Media

A 17-minute history of Latino influence on the U.S.

This is the sort of video that I might have seen in middle school or early high school in the 1980s with a bubble test afterward. It bullet points historical points on Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba. It brings up the Monroe Doctrine, but does not explain it. In the Cuba portion, it describes the Bay of Pigs but doesn't mention it by name.

The Latino perspective and influences on the U.S. are limited to a mention of some cultural and political players such as Desi Arnaz and César Chavez. In essence, it is what you might expect from a 17-minute documentary.