General Interest / Social Studies

This realistic dramatization deals with the difficult social issues and intense emotional conflicts raised in a family whose two sons have taken...
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The nomadic Masai of the highlands of East Africa lead lives shaped to a great degree by their environment. Grazing lands for their cattle are...
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In this animated tale, a coarse, insensitive family drives through the National Parks in a sixty-five foot camper loaded with all the conveniences....
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This program recounts the life of Alfred Nobel, known during his lifetime as “the merchant of death” because of his discovery and exploitation of...
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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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In this film, two archaeologists excavate a site. The artifacts they find are clues to the lives of ancient people of the Southwest. Afterwards, what...
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Artist-reporter Franklin McMahon discusses the interests which led him to take up his unique line of work. This work has taken him all over the...
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Asia has great diversity in its many cultures and geographic regions. This film examines the lifestyles of each major region in Asia, where...
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An examination of the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963 and the Warren Commission inquiry that...
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In a unique re-creation of the flamboyant era when railroads were king, this documentary surveys the parallel histories of the “iron...
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“My whole life has been a mathematical proof of what a black man can do.” - Benjamin Banneker Freeborn in 1731 in Maryland, Banneker taught himself...
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Did you know that the first open-heart surgery was performed by a black doctor, Daniel Hale Williams? Not many people did in 1968, the year this...
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