The Making of Mankind - Episode 7: Survival of the Species
About this title: Examines the crucial behavior patterns that, over millions of years, have made humans what we are. Discusses the role of aggression in the survival of the human species and questions whether that aggression will also lead to our do...
East of Salinas
East of Salinas begins with 3rd grader José telling us what he wants to be when he grows up. His parents work from sun up to sun down in the heart of California's "Steinbeck Country," the Salinas Valley. With little support available at home, José...
The day we learned to think: the evolution of language and cognition
Was there a "big bang" in human language and cognitive development, or did speech and abstract thought evolve slowly - perhaps across 200,000 years or so? Surveying prehistoric burial sites and other archaeological finds, including what might be the...
Still Waters
A remarkable one-room school in Brooklyn is facing a tough year. It's the run-up to the US presidential election and anti-Latino rhetoric is ramped up--an extra source of tension for a hard-pressed Latino community already threatened by gentrificati...
Taboo: blood bonds
Are gender roles universal when it comes to leading a family or family group? Do the concepts of father, mother, offspring, and sibling change among different cultures? Is there a formula for the perfect family? In the Himalayas, that recipe may inv...
The Storytelling Class
Located in Winnipeg's downtown core, Gordon Bell High School is probably the most culturally varied school in the city, with 58 different languages spoken by the student body. Many students are children who have arrived as refugees from various war-...
GIFT
Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, GIFT is a richly cinematic film, interweaving character‐driven stories. On North America's Pacific Northwest Coast, a young indigenous man undertak...
The Origins of Cultural Studies
In this classic 1989 lecture, now available for the first time, world-renowned cultural theorist Stuart Hall traces the social, intellectual, and institutional environment from which cultural studies emerged. An invaluable introduction to the issue...