Secondary & College / Biography

A blend of dramatized sequences photographed in Montgomery, Ala., and historical newsreel footage recapture the great crusade of the Rev. Dr. Martin...
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Based on "A Man For All Seasons" by Robert Bolt, the clash between Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) and Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) is brilliantly...
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Trace the life and career of Michelangelo — Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the 15th and 16th centuries. Among the...
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Based on the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this animated program gives viewers a sense of the historical circumstances of this crucial event at...
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Imagine the classic Mona Lisa with a mustache. How about a beard? The Magic Gallery enables you to do just that, with a lighthearted introduction to...
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The eternal enigma of the “popular dictator” is the focus of this dramatic reenactment of the emperor’s last 100 days in power....
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The first modern coup d’etat is explored in this study of the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon plays on the strengths and weaknesses of...
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This program is a dramatized presentation of the life of Sir Isaac Newton, as told by his friend and colleague Edmund Halley. Using both 17th-...
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A double portrait of the first cartoon superstar, Felix the Cat, and his shy, unknown creator, Otto Messmer. Messmer, age 84 when this tribute was...
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With a colorful flow of images, this film directly relates the work of the famous 20th century painter, Paul Klee, to the artistic creations of...
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This short biography traces the life of the poet, and analyzes his contributions to American literature. Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in 1872, the...
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Perhaps no other artist in history played as large a role in developing the cubist movement as the great Pablo Picasso. This program explores his...
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