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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
“Americans aren't wrong in seeing the West as a land of the future, a land in which astonishing things are possible. What they often are wrong about is that there's no price to be paid for that, that everybody can succeed, or that even what succeeds is necessarily the best for all concerned. The West is much more complicated than that." - Richard WhiteBy 1877, the American conquest of the West was nearly complete. For every Indian in the West, there...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
With the world's media attention focused on repression in Syria and the threat to the Euro, the Indian state of Kashmir, nestling in the shadow of the Himalayas, is in danger of becoming a forgotten conflict. But two years back this Valley in the shadow of the Himalayas erupted in some of the most violent street protests it has ever seen. Hundreds of thousands of stone-throwing teenagers took aim at heavily armed Indian Security Force troops, who...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
The American realizes that 'Progress is God.' The destiny of the American people is to subdue the continent -- to rush over this vast field to the Pacific Ocean… to change darkness into light and confirm the destiny of the human race… Divine task! Immortal mission! The pioneer army perpetually strikes to the front. Empire plants itself upon the trails. William GilpinBy 1821, no one knew who would control the West’s seemingly infinite spaces,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white men….He said: “My son…when I am gone…you are the chief of these people….Always remember that your father never sold his country….This country holds your father's body. Never sell the bones of your father and mother."I pressed my father’s hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life….A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal. -...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
"Recommended. This is a no-frills, immediate experience of some of the different ethnic and racial groups that make up the American mosaic. The African American rodeo should be seen by everyone - so few Americans are aware of the Black presence in the far West. That this rodeo still takes place is inspiring, not only to those of African-American heritage, but to all Americans; it enriches us. Likewise, the Day of the Dead Festival is explained in...
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With the tremendous success of his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn radically changed the way Americans see themselves. His friend Noam Chomsky says that Zinn litteraly transformed a generation's conscience. Zinn talks about those who have no voice in the official History : Slaves, Indians, deserters, textile workers, union men.Between 1900 and 1920, more than 14 million immigrants arrived in the United States. They came...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
About this episode: Tanzania Sanjayan meets the most famous chimpanzees on Earth, but he also finds they're stranded and, penned in by people. The chimps are genetically doomed, unable to mate with other populations and what's worse, their proximity to villagers means they've even been known to hunt human babies. As a result, Dr. Jane Goodall has worked out a plan that may resolve the problem. Bangladesh In Bangladesh, solutions are harder to...
8) Slavery
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Slavery is officially banned internationally by all countries, yet despite this, in the world today there are more slaves now than ever before. In the four hundred years of the slave trade around 13 million people were shipped from Africa. Today there are an estimated 27 million slaves - people paid no money, locked away and controlled by violence. Multi-Award winning documentary makers Kate Blewett and Brian Woods - who produced the groundbreaking...
10) The Forsyte saga
Publisher
Distributed in the US and Canada under license from BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's work, chronicling nearly 50 turbulent years of a wealthy English family.
11) 500 nations
Language
English
Description
The amazing story of America₂s original inhabitants has been crystallized into a powerful epic event on four discs. The insight that actor, filmmaker and series host, executive producer Kevin Costner brought to Dances with Wolves serves as a springboard to this thrilling chronicle filmed at actual locations, from the jungles of Central America to the Canadian Arctic. A cast of star voices and state-of-the-art computer re-creations brings this rich,...
14) The West
Publisher
PBS DVD Gold
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of the American West beginning before the European settlers and continuing into the 20th century. Includes the peoples, the wagon trains, the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the transcontinental railroad and the destruction of the buffalo, wars against the Indians, settlers in the West, the Wounded Knee massacre, and beginnings of the new West.
Publisher
Distributed by Discovery Enterprises Group
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Documents the devastating effects of westward expansion on five native American nations, the Navajo, Nez Perce, Apache, Cheyenne, and Lakota, through the recollection of their descendants, archival photographs, and historical documents.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Features 100 cartoons that have delighted kids for generations, with fully restored color and bright, clear sound. Let a new generation see and hear Popeye, Superman, Betty Boop and many more like you have never seen them before and as the original artists intended: bright, clear, and colorful!
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World looks backward so you can look forward to a healthier, happier, and more balanced life. Focus on the ancient world and the people who inhabited it. How did they live? And more importantly, what did they think, write, and say about the way they lived? Across 10 episodes, you'll dive into and become inspired by Chinese, Indian, Native American, Egyptian, and Greek philosophies. You'll get to know famous thinkers...
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