Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Using 3-D animation, this program explores the effects of nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana on brain chemistry.

"This illuminating program, filmed during a guided tour of civil rights landmarks, blends potent archival footage and photos with group discussion to sensitively explore race relations in the U.S. Visits to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, Memphis, Atlanta, Orangeburg, and other locations, combined with eyewitness accounts of key events by survivors of those years, steer the group's dialogue. Together, these concerned individuals--white as well as black--grapple...

Experiments presented in this program demonstrate the relationship between current and resistance, and between the length and/or the thickness of a wire and the amount of resistance. An electric toy trolley illustrates a practical application of the principle of resistance.

Demonstrations prove that when two coils are placed near each other, any change in the flow of electric current in the primary coil will induce a current in the secondary coil. Experiments explore the factors that increase the induced current, illustrating the relationship between the number of rings in a coil and the ratio of voltage applied to the amount of electricity induced.

In an effort to enhance understanding of Shakespeare's plays, this program brings together visuals dealing with Elizabethan London and the Globe theater, theatrical traditions at the time, and sites associated with Shakespeare's life and family. Includes excerpts from performances.

Discusses the cells that make up the human body and their dependence for their well being on complex interactions among the body's systems.

Documentary presentation of the events of the October Revolution, from the defeat of the Czarist armies and famine in Russia, to the overthrow of Czar Nicholas and the Communist assumption of power. Features Russian and Western newsreel footage and includes footage from Soviet propaganda films dramatizing the events of the Revolution. Also examines the effects of the Revolution in Western Europe.

This program examines the technology behind the architecture that characterizes imperial Rome and its transshipment centers, Ostia and Portus.

Explanation of aspects of theatre in ancient Greece, including theatre design and the use of the surrounding landscape, the origins of tragedy and the comparative roles of the writer/director and actors.