Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Examines stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and opiates and explains the effects of each and the problems each can cause when misused.

Containing nearly a sixth of the world's population, India is home to almost a billion people, more than half of whom live in rural villages. This program provides an overview of topics such as the caste system as it exists in the holy Hindu town of Varanasi and the massive pilgrimages to Allahabad, where millions of Hindus come to ritually bathe at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers. Also discussed are arranged marriages; local trades...

Traces the life and legend of the former slave who could neither read nor write, yet earned a reputation as one of the most articulate and outspoken antislavery and women's rights activists in the United States. Includes interviews with authorities on the subject's life, Calton Mabee, Nell Painter, Roseann Mandzink, Gerald Sorin and Paul Gaffney; accompanied by archival footage, photographs and period music.

Each night since he attempted suicide, the old man has come to the cafe -- a clean, well-lighted place -- to get drunk, staying until closing time at 2:30 a.m. But on this night, the younger of the two waiters turns the old man out an hour early, anxious to go home to his wife. How might this confident young man feel if he knew that his somewhat older coworker is also looking for a clean, well-lighted place? This 1994 dramatization of Hemingway's...

"Filmed entirely on location, this four-part series shows how Islam has spread and flourished throughout Asia and Africa since the time of MUhammad."--container.

The story of the Kurdish people, who live within the boundaries of other nations, surrounded by people who do not want them to have independence.

Examines the potentials of China's newly emerged economic power and looks at the problems associated with China's economic reform.

Documents recent efforts to combat domestic violence in Nicaragua, where it is estimated that 29% of women have suffered rape or other physical abuse by men. In 1993, the first special commissary, staffed by women police and women psychologists, was established to specifically handle crimes against women. Now there are 24 across the country. Interviews Ruben Reyes Jiron, founder of Asociacion de Hombres Contra Violencia, a men's group that works with...

"The basic tenets of most major religions have remained unchanged for centuries. However, society functions within a culture that constantly changes. That paradox and the problems surrounding it are examined in this timely program by several noted religious experts". --- Container.

"Why does the earth alone sustain life? Scientists have postulated that the answer lies in the earth's relationship to the moon. Astronomers are now scanning the galaxy for other habitable planets with the same configuration as the earth and the moon."--Container.