Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
This program examines how cheap government loans in South Korea encouraged the growth of large conglomerates, and how new policies are helping small and medium companies to develop. Discusses the South Korean government's use of onerous anti-business tactics, such as tax audits on those Koreans who buy imported cars. Officials from conglomerates Daewoo, Samsung, and Hyundai discuss the business practices that contributed to their success. A British...
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"This program examines just what the implications of the new Information Age may be with Jim Clark, President of Netscape Communications; Sherry Turkle, MIT psychologist and sociologist; and Clifford Stoll, author of Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway."--container.
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Does science explain the world, or does it simply describe it? Can science ever be truly objective? What is the boundary between science and non-science? Does nature have laws? This menu-driven DVD seeks to answer questions such as these through the insights of Princeton University's Daniel Garber; Hilary Putnam, of Harvard University; and Barry Loewer, of Rutgers University ..."--[P. 4] of cover of DVD container
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
How Shakespeare used poetry to heighten the dramatic effect. How Polysyllables trip easily off the tongue while monosyllabic lines and word are packed with thoughts and feelings. Poetic phrases which say more than what they actuyally describe. The hidden poetry in seeminly unpoetic lines. The word 'time' and 'death.' Contrast and sudden changes in Shakespeare.
46) Borderless
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A docu-poem about the lives of undocumented worker. Gives voice to the dreams and struggles of undocumented workers, Geraldo, a Costa Rican construction worker, and Angela, a second-generation Caribbean domestic worker, bring to life problems of labour exploitation and family separation.
47) Hallowed ground
Publisher
ABC News
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Filmed at present-day Auschwitz, this program discusses what, if anything, should be preserved. Presents opinions of those who believe that the camp should be preserved as a warning to future generations and those that believe it and its artifacts be allowed to crumble naturally.
48) John Locke
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and work of John Locke, the 17th century English philosopher and political theorist. Locke's political philosophy laid the philosophical foundation for the development of democracy in the west and is considered as one of the architects of the modern world.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
What is blank verse? Why is it better for drama than other verse forms? How should it be read? In the course of trying out different stresses, the actors discover how Shakespeare uses antithesis, short lines, end-stopped lines, and pauses in the middle of a line.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
How Hamlet's advice to the players expresses Shakespeare's direction that the actors be natural and not false or grotesque. Deliberate and striking inconsistencies in Shakespearean characters. Balancing heightened language and naturalistic performance, emotion and intellect. How Shakepseare's language affects the audience.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Understanding the intended irony in a phrase or speech totally changes the perception of the character speaking. Irony in a dramatic text must emerge in the reading - in the stress on words and the emphasis on antithesis. John Barton analyzes several Shakespearean texts with the actors.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
This program is about the Elizabethan relish of words -- their resonances, onomatopoeia, alliteration and antithesis. How Shakespeare uses language to define character, and how his characters use heightened language to achieve the intentions.
Series
Religion and culture volume pt. 3
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Examines euthanasia through the eyes of several medical and religious experts. Euthanasia as an acceptable practice is discussed within the context of current "right-to-die" cases, including the highly publicized assisted suicide activities of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. We see how individual rights issues often overshadow legal arguments. Efforts currently under way by religious groups to block the practice are examined."--Container.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Presentation of some of the devices used in classical theatre, including deus ex machina, the crane that suspended the gods above the stage; the ladder of Charos, for ghosts from the underworld; and the physical requirements of New Comedy.
55) Walt Whitman
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities [distributor]
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Shows how Walt Whitman sought to express America and his love for her in his poetry, and how he had to create a whole new poetic language, using ordinary words and everyday speech rhythms, to paint a personal verbal portrait of his country as it changed from an agrarian to a tumultuous industrial society.
56) George Orwell
Publisher
Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
A documentary, which introduces the life and work of George Orwell. Using archival material, live interviews, and visits to the places where he lived, explores and explains the author's development as a social/political thinker and stylist.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"This ABC News program studies the connections between 9/11, the American economy, and the workforce of undocumented labor on which that economy increasingly depends. Interviews with Arizona border patrol agents evoke their frustrations and reveal the perils faced by many Mexicans who attempt desperate wilderness crossings. Contrasts between President Bush's proposed guest worker program and the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to crack down...
58) Electrochemistry
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Shows how the common, everyday battery works and the basic principles involved with it. Illustrates the terminology and processes of electrochemical reactions, how half-cell potentials can be determined, and how electrochemistry is at work in the commercial Leclanche cell, as well as the processes of corrosion and electrolysis.
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Analyzes how flight evolved. Presenting a number of theories, the program examines how insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bats each took to the sky. Convergent evolution and echolocation are also discussed.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Simon Bolivar, aristocratic revolutionary, and of the forces that rendered modern Latin America. Also presented are the issues and circumstances that caused Spain to relinquish its colonies, with an examination of the political and social trends and national heroes involved.