Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe is president of the town council in his village in Nigeria, a role that brings him more headaches than honors. He’s also a storyteller who hears the music of history, weaves the fabric of memory, and sometimes offends the Emperor as ...
Chilenas: Del Drama a la Esperanza
This program examines Chile under martyred socialist President Salvador Allende, and the subsequent Pinochet regime that followed. Allende’s niece and novelist, Isabel Allende, exile Hortensia Bussi, Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriela Mistral, an...
Perú: La Colera del Hambre
In today’s Peru, a country scourged by unemployment, political violence, and drug trafficking, the ability of the women to face the worsening societal and economic crisis is cause for admiration. This program looks at the noble efforts of city wom...
Free Speech for Sale: A Bill Moyers Special
When it comes to today’s important public policy issues, the opportunity to be heard depends on whether you can afford it. In this program, Bill Moyers and key legal and public interest advocates examine how industries with deep pockets use their ...
Pompeii: Daily Life of the Ancient Romans
A walk through the streets of Pompeii, into villas and shops, baths and gardens, temples, basilicas, the stadium, and the marketplace, demonstrates and explains the history of Pompeii and its relationship to Rome; the customs, lifestyle, living stan...
Red Dawn
This program shows the logic of the events that led from the failure of czarist leadership—from repression, economic unrest, massive war casualties, and seemingly uncaring behavior by the government—to the success of the Bolsheviks and the insta...
La Celestina : Part 2
This vintage dramatization of La Celestina—arguably the most influential work of the early Renaissance in Spain—places the spotlight squarely on Celestina, an old bawd who dominates the story’s action. Recruited by Calisto to help him seduce a...
Guatemala Silenciada
Stratification of women in Guatemalan society is the subject of this program. It examines the submissiveness of upper-class women; a new emerging middle class who are defying tradition and cultural expectations to fight for their equal rights; and t...
Alcohol and the Family: Breaking the Chain
Alcohol is pervasive in our society; its use is accepted and encouraged. Alcoholism, on the other hand, is a disease which must be recognized and treated. This program analyzes the signs of alcoholism and shows how a family member, coworker, or frie...
All Quiet on the Western Front
Composed of scholarly commentary, film clips, readings, reenactments, and archival materials, this program thoroughly analyzes Erich Maria Remarque’s international best-seller All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque biographers Julie Gilbert and ...