King Richard the Second
Richard II, defying tradition and laws of succession, disinherits Bolingbroke and uses that money to finance a military adventure in Ireland. A stellar cast includes Derek Jacobi, Sir John Gielgud, Charles Gray, Jon Finc..
La Celestina : Part 1
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..
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..
La vie est belle = life is rosy
La vie est belle tells the rags to riches story of a poor rural musican who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. Set in Zaire.
Language Healers
We learn about the importance of Native languages and cultures in Alaska from a Yup'ik dog musher and a Tlingit carver of wood and metal. The film then takes us to a school in Wisconsin where we hear the story of a seven..
Latinos Beyond Reel : Challenging a Media Stereotype (Abridged Version)
Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and among the most diverse -- accounting for one-sixth of all Americans and tracing their origins to more than 20 countries. They are also a rising force in..
Le Grand blanc de Lambarene = The great white man of Lambarene
Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek ba Kobhio provides a fascinating revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Noble Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. Like Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask, this..
Lenin’s Revolution
How did a single wayward intellectual become the father of the Soviet Union? This program examines the unlikely alignment of forces that enabled Lenin to return from exile and to take power over a vast nation fully engag..
Lessons from the Real World: Social Issues and Student Involvement
A follow-up to Democracy Left Behind: NCLB and Civic Education (item #39484), this program looks at community-based learning in K–12 education. The film explores a wide variety of educational settings in which action-o..
Let There Be Words: The Origin of Human Language
What precisely is language, and how did humans acquire it? In an effort to answer those essential questions, this program journeys back to prehistoric times in search of language’s origin. But this is not a passive dis..