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*NEW - Arcimboldo: Portrait of An Audacious Man
What if Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a painter of Modern Art before its time? With their unique style, the Composite Heads by the Milanese painter are among the most famous works from the Renaissance period. Largely forgotten after his death in 1593, he was re-discovered by the Surrealists. After them, throughout the 20th century, nu Read More...



*NEW - Magellan's Extraordinary Odyssey
THE FABULOUS STORY OF THE GREATEST MARITIME EXPLOIT OF ALL TIME This series, in the form of a four-part "docu-epic", draws on the explanations of historians, philosophers, and great sailors, a collection of period archives, charts, and texts signed by Magellan and his contemporaries, but also spectacular aerial images Read More...



*NEW - Picture Books On DVD Series- Volume 7
Recommended: Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Video Librarian Modern storybooks, adapted to DVD, help capture young children's imagination and encourage a love of reading. Viewers will learn about the world around them with stories that explore other cultures, explain the past, examine dif Read More...



100 Years, 100 Events Series
Broadcast Rights available for 100 individual programs at 6 minutes each. This collection of documentaries looks at the most worldly and the most consequential events of the 20th Century. It is extremely rare that a series of this magnitude can offer such a unique clarity of events, credibly enhanced with insider accounts. It&# Read More...



Advocates of Change Series
PEOPLE CHANGING THE WORLD They have made a difference and revolutionized the world. They come from all walks of life and from all corners of the globe. These remarkable individuals have pioneered, developed and forever improved their industry and the world in which we live. Engaging and relevant, these individuals will change th Read More...



At Frida Kahlo's
"The Blue House" located in Mexico City, is the home where Frida Kahlo was born (1907) and would die (1954). She is surrounded not only by painter Diego Rivera, but also by Leon Trotsky, André Breton, Sergei Eisenstein, Pablo Neruda, Waldo Frank, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Vassily Kandinsky, etc. As M Read More...



Back to Basquiat
This film is first and foremost a journey. From Brooklyn to Abidjan, via the Mississippi, Puerto Rico and Haiti. A journey through the search for his identity of the most famous black American contemporary artist, and one of the 20th century's major painters. But it's a paradoxical journey because, despite his Haitian an Read More...



Betty Boop for ever
Betty Boop was the first female human character in the entire history of cartoons, she was also the first woman to have the leading role in a cartoon. Born in 1930 with gorgeous legs, huge bedroom eyes, a soft singer voice, Betty Boop was a hit! As she blows out 90 candles in 2020, the sexy little brunette and her legendary Boop Read More...



Biographies Of Famous People Series
A 5-part humanities series featuring uniquely famous individuals from divergent walks of life and regional areas of North America who have made a recognized and significant contribution to the history and spirit of America.Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart amazed the world with her aviating prowess during a time in America when the Read More...



Famous Artists Series
Famous Artists offers a fascinating look at some of the most acclaimed and influential artists of all time. You will gain insight into their greatest works as well as their technique, style and influences on others. Each program in the series explores the most historic developments, significant contributions, important benchmark Read More...



Famous Explorers Series
Designed to enhance the social studies curriculum for the intermediate aged student on up. The Famous Explorers Series features adventurers who have left their legacy on the history of the North American continentSir Francis Drake English explorer and privateer, was the most famous of the Renaissance Era seafarers. He circled th Read More...



Famous People in Ancient History Series
Consider how infinitesimally small a percentage of humanity grows in such prominence that they are widely known centuries, even millennia later by a single name. Such extraordinary individuals’ impact on world events is so significant they are studied in the classroom still today. Famous People i Read More...



Famous People in Literature Series
Their titles include novelist, playwright, poet and essayist. But they are also known as social activist, pacifist, reformer, human rights activist and humorist. Famous People in Literature examines literary giants who left a legacy of works that remain required reading in the classroom. Their writings Read More...



Famous People In US History Series
From the explorer our country is named after, to the leaders that helped establish it and the entrepreneurs that made it grow, Famous People in US History offers a fascinating look at a broad cross-section of world-renowned individuals that helped shape America. Each historic re-creation explores the m Read More...



Famous People in World History Series
This visually rich series offers a fascinating look at a broad cross-section of world-renowned individuals. Each historic re-creation explores the most important developments of their very famous lives whether businessman, leader, military commander, philosopher, explorer, reformer or ruler. Viewers wil Read More...



Famous People, Incredible Lives Series
This visually rich series offers a fascinating look at a broad cross-section of world renowned individuals. Every historic re-creation explores the most important developments of their very famous lives whether artist, businessman, composer, leader, philosopher, poet, explorer, writer, reformer, scientist or ruler. Interested v Read More...



Famous Scientists Series
We owe a debt of gratitude to the great scientists that have brought us an understanding of the universe, our world and its inhabitants. This knowledge has lead to innovations and advances that impact our lives every single day. Famous Scientists offers a look into some of the brightest minds the world Read More...



From Watts to Watts: A Portrait of Filmmaker Charles Burnett
CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGECharles Burnett is an eminent figure of the Black independence movement. His dual identity, as African American and independent filmmaker, makes his work rare and valuable, revealing the shortcomings of American society. A subtle and powerful storyteller, he describes the lives and dreams of African Read More...



Joan MirĂ³: The Inner Fire
Thirty years after his death, Joan Miró has become an iconic figure in the art world. The more time passes, the more his work becomes universal, going beyond borders and genres. His work lives outside of museums, on the walls of prestigious institutions, and his influence extends into design and architecture and is visibl Read More...



Lewis & Clark Expedition, The
Recommended: School Library Journal, Video Librarian• Program 1: Includes St. Louis to the Continental Divide • Program 2: Includes Continental Divide to the Pacific OceanIn 1803 US President Thomas Read More...



Magda Goebbels: The Life and Times of a Fanatic
In Adolf Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, bombarded day and night by the Russian army, an elegant woman of around 40 poisons her six children before committing suicide. Her name was Magda Goebbels, and she was the wife of the notorious and sinister propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, and the Third Reich’s true Read More...



Nelson Mandela: One Man
Directed by: Marilyn Higgins Nelson Mandela is a shining example of what one man can do to change the world. One Man navigates Mandella's life from his birth in a small village and an oppressive regime through his struggles to overcome prejudice and hate to unify a nation. Viewers will discover how Nelson Mandela's dedic Read More...



Osama bin Laden: A Decade To Justice
Recommended: Booklist, Video Librarian A dramatic, powerful and at times unnerving retelling of the events leading up to and surrounding the death of the world's most wanted man.This documentary includes President Obama's Address to the Nation, a remembrance to 9/11, the decade long hunt to find Osama bin Laden, the r Read More...



Paul Gauguin: Paradise Beyond The Horizon
The island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas is the final destination of the great traveler, Paul Gauguin. After Paris, Peru, Denmark, Brittany, Panama, Matinique and Tahiti, it was on this wild and remote island on the other side of the world that the painter set down his easel in 1901. What was he seeking on this Southern Pacific i Read More...



Political Assassination: American Studies Collection
Political assassinations have long changed the course of world history. This collection of acclaimed documentaries looks at the best known assassinations in the region and provides little know facts and insight to help better understand the geo-political situations that led to their untimely deaths. Witness interviews, re-enactm Read More...



Political Assassination: History Forever Changed Series
Political assassinations have forever changed the course of world history. This collection of acclaimed documentaries looks at twenty of the best known assassinations and provides little know facts and insight to help better understand the geo-political situations that led to their untimely deaths. Witness interviews, re-enactme Read More...



Shimon Peres: In My Words
A film by Samuel Lajus and Christiane Vulvert The story of a little Jewish boy who emigrated to Palestine in 1934 is a magnificent tale in and of itself. But then came his meetings with Ben Gurion, Sadat, Kennedy, Arafat, Bill Clinton…This 2-part documentary, filmed over a period of two years with Peres in Tel Aviv, is an Read More...