General Interest / Innovation & Discovery

This program recounts the life of Alfred Nobel, known during his lifetime as “the merchant of death” because of his discovery and exploitation of...
More Details

Antonio is twelve.  He lives in Jerez de la Frontera in southern Andalusia.  Born into a Gypsy family of flamenco artists, he dreams of...
More Details

Complimenting the art of film making, this series explores the fundamentals and spirit of the motion picture while providing a comprehensive look...
More Details

Series Includes: Film Volume I: Screenwriting Film Volume II: The Camera Film Volume III: Performance Film Volume IV: Music and Sound Film Volume V:...
More Details

Series Includes: Film Volume VII: Vintage Hitchcock Film Volume VIII: Performance in Depth: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness Film Volume IX: The...
More Details

Selections from Oliver Twist, Metropolis, The 400 Blows, Pygmalion, and Caesar and Cleopatra illustrate various aspects of the screenwriter as an...
More Details

A broad spectrum of photographic styles and techniques, drawn from Beauty and the Beast, Two English Girls, The Rocking Horse Winner, The Lady...
More Details

Examples of several different styles and aspects of movie acting feature Sir Laurence Olivier in Richard III, Katharine Hepburn in Summertime,...
More Details

Various uses of sound and music as conscious and unconscious influences in the cinema are illustrated by selections from Wild Strawberries, Alexander...
More Details

Since the earliest days of film, the chase has been the key ingredient for thrills and comic delight. Sequences include Edwin S. Porter’s The...
Preview ClipMore Details

"The Edited Image" explores the fundamental principles of both the mechanical and the artistic aspects of motion picture editing, illustrating the...
More Details

The director unites the elements of the cinema-from the first draft of the screenplay to the final cut of the negative-to create a finished work of...
More Details