Browse by Subject: Performing Arts & Drama

Viveca Lindfors and filmmaker Bert Rashby present a Twentieth Century actress at work on a scene from Euripedes’ 2400-year-old Greek drama, “The...
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This powerful program is “a masterful depiction of the deep friendship between Big Joe (Paul Sorvino), a telephone lineman, and Angel, a young...
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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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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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Bobby May was obsessed with his art.  The pleasure he received from his profession is obvious even in his descriptions of his most famous...
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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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Charlie Chaplin is undoubtedly one of the most significant names in the development of the movies. This documentary shows the evolution of Chaplin’s...
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Based on the play "A Man for All Seasons" by Robert Bolt, "Conscience in Conflict" weaves together all the key scenes from a magnificent,...
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In this classic film, Martha Graham speaks with the articulate authority achieved by all great artists who have mastered their craft.  As the...
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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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Paul Robeson portrays Brutus Jones, an arrogant, strong-willed braggart who rises from Pullman porter to autocrat. He seizes power on a Caribbean...
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