A Roshanda by Any Other Name: Directed by
Morgan Spurlock, this segment investigates the possible implications of names in personal development and social advancement.
It's Not Always a Wonderful Life: Narrated by
Melvin Van Peebles and directed by
Eugene Jarecki, this segment explores the question of what led to a decline in the urban crime rate in the US during the mid- to late-1990s. The authors of Freakonomics suggest that a substantial factor was the 1973 US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which conferred the right to choose to have an
abortion.
Can You Bribe a 9th Grader to Succeed?: Director and filmmaker
Rachel Grady documented an experiment in Chicago Heights, Illinois, to determine the efficacy of paying students to achieve higher grades.