Parents / Performing Arts & Drama

Antonio is twelve.  He lives in Jerez de la Frontera in southern Andalusia.  Born into a Gypsy family of flamenco artists, he dreams of...
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The five basic elements in film making that lend themselves to artistic control by the filmmaker and to critical analysis by the viewer are...
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The characters of Duke Frederick, Rosalind, Celia, Jacques, and Touchstone are introduced and Jacques’ famous lines about the seven ages of man which...
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Carlito is eleven years old.  He lives in Valledupar in the Colombian tropics.  It’s the land of “Vallenato” which is a musical style born...
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Film is an ideal medium with which to explore the many techniques of observation. Some modes of observation are important to life and survival, while...
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A joyous 1977 program celebrating a remarkable talent, Elizabeth Swados, author, composer and performer. Elizabeth is young and bursting with...
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From the "Great Scenes from Shakespeare" series, this "Hamlet" video portrays one of the most famous scenes in all Shakespearean tragedy and, indeed,...
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"The History of the Cinema" is an amusingly animated version of the film industry’s history, beginning with man’s emergence as an artist and...
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"Julius Caesar: An Introduction" lends a glint of understanding to this Shakespeare tragedy, famed for such lines as “Friends, Romans, countrymen,...
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The brilliant and ingenious comedian Buster Keaton ("Sherlock Jr.," "The General," "Our Hospitality") is often ranked as Chaplin’s equal in the art...
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There are eight of them, eight children from every corner of the planet.  Some live in China; others in India; others still in Mali.  As...
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Kostadin is eleven, and he plays a sort of flute known as a kaval.  He loves his country’s folk music and has formed a group with other children...
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