Providing information to Minnesota about preventing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and related violence since 1981
Video/DVD Rentals
MPRC has a select number of videos and DVDs that are available for rental. Videos may be rented for two weeks. The videos are free to rent, however we do charge for shipping costs.
Please note that video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634
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| "Who Will I Become?" "Kuv Yuav Peem Tsheej Ua Tug Tuabneeg Zoo Le Caag?" |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase A one hour video created to welcome new Hmong refugees to the Twin Cities, and educate viewers about personal experiences of the Hmong refugees, finding a new life and realizing hopes and dreams in America. For these new arrivals, the Hmong citizens that preceded them, and all others who have made America their home; coming to a new land is an emotional, physical and spiritual transition. This video is a powerful reminder that America is home for many immigrants and refugees; who have each made similar life journeys. 2004, DVD Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| A Cry for Help: The Fetal Drug and Alcohol Crisis |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase Drug/alcohol abuse puts babies at an increased risk of premature birth, low birth weight, still-birth, sudden death syndrome, stroke, heart attack and heart anomalies. In this vital program, medical, substance abuse and social service professionals examine the immediate and long-term developmental disabilities that can result from the mother's drug and alcohol abuse. 1990, VHS, 33 min Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| A Stone's Throw: Adult Alcohol Use and Its Impact on Youth Attitudes and Behavior |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video demonstrates how adult attitudes and behaviors can influence youth attitudes and behavior surrounding alcohol. 1994, DVD, 5 Minutes Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Alcohol True Stories |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase Robert, Dana, Megan, and Ilton share their true stories about alcohol's impact on their lives. They explore reasons young people drink and offer compelling reasons to wait. Alcohol: True Stories, hosted by Matt Damon, used as a catalyst for discussion among young people, parents, and other caregivers, can be on resource in your community's ongoing efforts to reduce underage drinking. 2002, VHS, 20 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| American Sign Language Interpretation of the Twelve Step Program |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video has twelve segments - each segment is signed and deals with one of the twelve steps of A.A. The video can be used with or without the "Clinical Approaches" manual. 1993, VHS, 55 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Binge Drinking: The Facts - With Workbook |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase Medical experts explain the dangers of alcohol poisoning and provide information on how to save someone's life. A teacher's workbook is also included with a number of activity sheets. 1998, DVD, 24 Minutes Please note that video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Curriculum in a Box: Alcohol (5 DVDs and workbooks) |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase Contains the following items: Dangers of Alcohol PowerPoint; Confronting Drunk Driving DVD (26min); Everything You Need to Know About Alcohol in 22 Minutes DVD (22min); No Safe Amount: Women, Alcohol, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome DVD (18min); Straight Talk: The Truth About Alcohol and Sex DVD (18min); and Too Much: The Extreme Dangers of Binge Drinking DVD (26min). A teacher's resource book is also included. 2010, DVD Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Drugs and Alcohol: Immigrant Perspectives |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase As if immigrating to America is not difficult and challenging enough, imagine a new immigrant's first encounter with our drinking and drugging society. This unique DVD examines the compelling stories of several new immigrants as they learn about and negotiate issues related to substance abuse in our culture, some successfully, others not. Presented by representatives of three cultures: Somali, Latino and Hmong--in their respective languages. Community members will gain keen insights into protective and risk factors to prevent substance abuse--from a cultural perspective! Please note that video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| DUI: The Hard Truth - With Workbook |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video features interviews with medical professionals, victim's families, and drunk drivers who share how drunk driving has impacted their lives. A teacher's workbook is also included with a number of activity sheets. 2008, DVD, 29 Minutes Please note that video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Everything You Need to Know About Tobacco in 22 Minutes - With Workbook |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video presents the latest research and science behind the negative health effects related to tobacco use. A teacher's workbook is also included that contains a number of activity sheets. 2010, DVD, 22 Minutes Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| HAZE |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase HAZE is a feature documentary, created with the intent of placing a focus on the issues of binge drinking, alcohol laden hazing rituals, and rapid fire drinking games … all so common in a campus environment. The “soul” of the story is the tragedy that happened to Gordie Bailey. His case is singled out because of the senseless and infuriating manner in which he died, and also as a clear and undeniable testament to the fact that this can and is happening to potentially any college student of any sex and age, any time and anywhere. 2009, DVD, 36 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Healing Neen |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video depicts the story of Tonier “Neen” Cain, who suffered through a childhood of abuse and neglect, which led to decades of violence and drug abuse convictions throughout early adulthood. In 2004, whole pregnant and incarcerated Neen changed the course of her life and now shares her story as inspiration for those who are also struggling with addictions. 2010, DVD, 54 Minutes Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| How to Implement Environmental Strategies to Reduce Alcohol Problems: A Manual for Prevention Professionals |
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Rental--Not for Purchase This manual provides fundamental steps on how to implement 12 environmental strategies to reduce alcohol problems at the local level. Includes a CD containing support materials and many helpful resources. Rentals are subject to availability. To check on current availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Huffing: The Latest Facts about Inhalant Abuse - With Workbook |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video shows real stories of inhalant abusers who are trying to quit. In addition, two families are featured who have lost children to inhalant abuse. A teacher's workbook is included that contains a number of activity sheets. 2004, DVD, 20 minutes Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| It Can Happen to Anyone |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase Alcohol is a part of our social fabric. For many older adults, prescribed medications are also a fact of life. At any stage of life, alcohol and drugs can pose a serious threat to health, happiness and longevity. In this video, Ed Asner - You'll remember him as the gruff, hard-drinking editor from The Lou Grant Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show - helps viewers take a candid look a the role alcohol plays in the lives of some older adults. 1996, VHS, 26 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Keeping Your Kids Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Free |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase In this segment of My Kids, parents gain expert advice on how to keep their children free from substance abuse. Host Mark Hamill (Star Wars) guides viewers through a 30-minute video that describes resources for parents, gives tips from health care professionals, offers testimonials from teenagers and adults, and features recording artist/musician and parent Richard Marx, who shares his concern about his children's future. 1998, VHS, 30 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Marijuana the Escape to Nowhere |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase In this program, personal stories are interwoven with interviews from a treatment professional and a research pharmacologist to uncover the devastating effects of long-term marijuana use on the body, mind, and spirit. 1999, DVD, 40:29 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634
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| MediaSharp: Analyzing Tobacco and Alcohol |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This guide focuses on the lifestyle and behavioral choices portrayed and promoted in the media, with specific emphasis on tobacco and alcohol use. (Video plus five module facilitator guide). 1998, VHS, 7 min Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Meth Big Time Drug in Small Town America Volume I |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This DVD follows the life of two meth users who struggle with childhood trauma. 2005, DVD, 18:10 minutes Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Meth Our Nation's Crisis Toolkit for Change |
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Video Rental--Not Availabe for Purchase "This two-disc kit contains verythign you need to start a comprehenisve community campaign against meth. On the DVD are three meth-awareness videos for teens and adults. On the CD (Windows and Mac compatablie), you'll find 170 pages of print-ready resources to copy and share community-wide."--Taken from back cover. 2006, DVD/CD Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Pharm Parties: A Lethal Mix - With Workbook |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video shares the negative consequences of prescription drug abuse from the viewpoints of medical professionals, prescription drug abusers, and law enforcement officers. A teacher's workbook is also included with a number of activity sheets. 2009, DVD, 24 Minutes |
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| Revealing Meth in Minnesota |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase Narrated by WCCO-TV anchor Don Shelby, Revealing Meth in Minnesota features interviews with recovering addicts, medical professionals, criminal justice officials and others familiar with the drug’s devastating impact. 2007, DVD, 55:00 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| See It, Say It - With Facilitator Guide |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase What To Say: A Lesson (For School Staff) What Would You Do? (For Youth) Calm Down and Follow the Moves (For Parents) Please note that video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase Filmed at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, SMASHED pulls no punches in its graphic presentations of the devastating consequences of underage drinking and impaired driving. 2004, DVD 75:00 min. Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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| Smokeless...NOT Harmless |
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Video Rental--Not for Purchase This video looks back at the many tactics used to sell smokeless tobacco over the past century. Like a virus, smokeless tobacco marketing has spread around the world, from Venezuela to India, Sweden, and beyond. But countermarketing efforts are giving young people the truth about these deadly, addictive products. 2002, DVD, 5 Minutes Video rentals are subject to availability. To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634 |
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The Minnesota Prevention Resource Center (MPRC) is a project of Invitation Health Institute with funding provided through a grant from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD), Minnesota Department of Human Services