Video Marketplace
The Video Marketplace features videos produced by the Media Productions (formerly called The Leading Object Group) . Please click on the title of the video for more information. For your convenience, the titles of the videos have been broken down into the following categories:
- Health and Nutrition Titles
- Science and Technology Titles
- Nature Titles
- Ancient Roots Modern Medicine
- Heat Up Your Life Series
- The Southwest Nature Series
The Southwest Nature Series
White Sands White Wilderness
This tape in the Southwest Horizons Nature Series, you will visit the wondrous gypsum dune environment of New Mexico's White Sands National Monument, the largest of its type in the world. Through dramatic video footage and colorful computer animation, this documentary details the geology, plants, wildlife and ancestral peoples found nowhere else.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 57 minutes
Chiricahuas: Mountain Islands in the Desert
This tape in the Southwest Horizons Nature Series features the amazing animals, plants, geology and people of the "wonderland of the rocks", the Chiricahua Mountains on the New Mexico/Arizona border. Plant and animal species meet here in this spectaular biological crossroads of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts, the Rocky Mountains and Mexico's Sierra Madres.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 61 minutes
Bosque del Apache: Ancient Flyway of the Rio Grande
Episode Three presents one of America's premier wildlife refuges. Every winter, this wetland in the desert becomes home to thousands of migratory birds that come to feed in the temperate New Mexico climate. this documentary features spectacular footage of the refuge's huge flocks and many other animals that life in this rich and diverse ecosystem.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 60 minutes
Southwest Horizons: Videotape series
Explore the wonders of White Sands, the majestic mountains of the desert and experience the magic of bird migration in this dramatic three-video series. These videos feature the people, wildlife and geology of the American Southwest.
Heat Up Your Life Series
Peppers and People
This video series takes you into the wonderful, wacky world of the hot and spicy. Join chile expert Dave De Witt as he travels the globe in search of the best in pungent peppers. Episode One explores how chile peppers changed our world by influencing science, diets, and absurd human behavior.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: English: 45 minutes
From Seeds to Salsa
This video series takes you into the wonderful, wacky world of the hot and spicy. Join chile expert Dave De Witt as he travels the globe in search of the best in pungent peppers. Episode Two shows how peppers are grown, harvested, processed and sold, as Dave embarks on a quest to find the elusive chile pepper shrine in southern Florida.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: English: 45 minutes
Hot Plates
This video series takes you into the wonderful, wacky world of the hot and spicy. Join chile expert Dave De Witt as he travels the globe in search of the best in pungent peppers. Episode Three focuses on the culinary delights of hot and spicy food. From Miami to Los Angeles, from Jamaica to Mexico, the best in fiery foods are featured.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: English: 45 minutes
Heat Up Your Life Series
This video series takes you into the wonderful, wacky world of the hot and spicy. The package includes all three episodes: "Peppers and People", "From Seed to Salsa", and "Hot Plates!"
Ancient Roots Modern Medicine
Ancient Roots: Modern Medicine Series
Ancient Roots, Modern Medicine is a three-part series that explores this amazing convergence of ancient healing arts with modern medical practices. These documentaries, produced by the award-winning Leading Object Media Group, present fascinating insights into cultures around the globe that still practice ancient ways. The series also tracks intrepid scientists in their exploration for new cures based on ancient medicinal plants.
Cost: All three episodes: Jordan: The Middle East, Borderlands: USA/Mexico and Curacao: The Caribbean
- DVD: 2 DVD set with special features $24.95 plus shipping & handling (U.S., Canada & Mexico: $4.00 -- Overseas: $6.95)
- For International and Domestic TV,Cable, Satellite, Educational, DVD/Home Video rights Distribution, please contact Tapestry International
Ancient Roots: Modern Medicine
Jordan: The Middle East
Jordan: The Middle East episodes available on VHS only (each episode 28 mins)
$9.99
Ancient Roots: Modern Medicine
Borderlands: USA/Mexico
Borderlands: USA/Mexico episode available on VHS only
$9.99
Ancient Roots: Modern Medicine
Curarao: The Caribbean
Curacao: The Caribbean episode available on VHS only
$9.99
Nature Titles
Green Gold: From the Maya to the Moon
From locations across the globe, this award-winning video traces three treasures of the New World corn, potatoes and chile peppers and their phenomenal influence on human history. A story of exploration, discovery, life and death, it poses the perplexing question: can we survive if we lose forever the genetically diverse, wild and weedy ancestors of our valuable food crops?
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: English: 30 min.; Spanish: 30 min.
Survivors in the Sand
Developed for prime-time national television, this award winning program takes you on location to the deserts of Australia, Israel and the American Southwest. Viewers will meet the desert dwellers and scientists who are inventing ways to flourish in the largest ecosystem in the world arid lands.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 60 minutes
Birds of the Bosque
This video showcases the beautiful birds, mammals and scenery of New Mexico's Bosque del Apache refuge. Tens of thousands of birds migrate here every year. This tape focuses on the beauty of the Bosque and slow motion flight.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 14 minutes
Science and Technology Titles
Soil: Who Needs It? (English & Spanish)
Join the three "Soilees" (Gritty, Sticky and Smoothy) as they try to gain respect for dirt. The animated characters explain the types, textures, and uses of soil, as well as causes and consequences of soil erosion. Soil conservation also is covered, including steps you can take at home to help stop erosion. Designed for elementary students, this video is fun for adults, too.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 14 minutes
Trees in Your Neighborhood (English & Spanish)
If you are good to trees, they will be good to you. We need trees for many reasons from fresh air and animal habitats to lumber and food supplies. Join forester Jim Freeman and students from a New Mexico elementary school as they demonstrate how to properly plant and care for trees. This video is designed for children but is fun for adults as well.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 10 minutes
Technology Unplugged
Join Barbara Copeland as she teaches you about computers, without even turning one on! If you've heard words like RAM, hard drive, database, and networking, but you never really understood what these terms mean, you'll love the way this video walks you through computer basics using plain, everyday English. Perfect for teachers and technology trainers of any skill level, this tape can you develop a down-to-earth teaching style that makes technology easy to understand and fun to learn.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 17 minutes
The Seamless Society
Decades ago, futurists predicted that our society would change greatly before the next millennium due to technological advances. Today that scenario has become a reality for many and it is most evident in the American workplace. View the progress of technology and its effect on the workplace. Seamless Society gives you profiles of several different business people and how they've learned to adapt in the age of telecommunications and virtual offices. See the consequences of these new business methods, as host Lowell Catlett shows you the pros and cons of technology in everyday life.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 57 minutes
Health and Nutrition Titles
Baby Talk: Listening to Your Baby at Mealtime (English & Spanish)
Even before they can say words clearly, babies communicate with "baby talk".Parents need to listen to their babies to find out when mealtime is over, when a second helping is in order, or when it's time to try new foods. Learn how to understand your baby's talk and help take the anxiety out of feeding time.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 15 minutes (English), 17 minutes (Spanish)
Healthy Eating for a Healthy Baby (English & Spanish)
Before and during pregnancy, moms can give their babies a healthy start by eating right. Learn to use the Food Guide Pyramid to make healthy choices before and after giving birth. Find out the benefits of drinking plenty of water and eating lots of grains, fruits and vegetables. Young moms will learn that gaining weight during pregnancy is essential for their babies. Eating right can help ensure proper delivery, optimal weight gain and healthy, happy babies.
$9.99 - Approximate Running Time: 14 minutes (English), 17 minutes (Spanish)
For a listing of other videos produced by Media Productions, visit The Instructional Materials Adoption Page.