Films for the Humanities

Do home computers scare you. confuse you—make you want to curl up in a ball and hide? As the computer revolution explodes into our lives, it's...

Release : 1984.01.01
Popularity : 3.242

A documentary, combining archival material and live interviews with Marcus Garvey, Jr., and others, which introduces the life and work of the pioneer...

Release : 1984.02.07
Popularity : 4.425

George Lucas discusses how Joseph Campbell and his concept of the Monomyth (aka the Hero's Journey) and other concepts from mythology and religion...

Release : 1999.01.01
Popularity : 0.869

While Northern India’s 100-year-old film industry is best known for flamboyant dance sequences and romantic plot lines, its directors have...

Release : 2007.08.01
Popularity : 0.945

This program combines a panel discussion and town hall format with documentary video segments to promote the discussion of racial problems and policy...

Release : 1992.10.02
Popularity : 0.425

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is an account of the life of Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little in 1925, who became a human rights activist. Malcolm X was...

Release : 2001.04.01
Popularity : 0.582

Focuses on 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, as she discusses the lack of human rights for the indigenous people of Guatemala and her...

Release : 1992.10.28
Popularity : 0.303

Describes how the poems which first made American poet Robert Frost famous were based on his experiences as a farmer in New England. Shows Frost...

Release : 1974.01.01
Popularity : 0.001