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Harry A. Sprague Library Collection
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Living with Dying
01:27:40

Living with Dying

Death, which sooner or later comes to all, is treated as a strangely taboo subject in America. In this program, veteran PBS journalist Bill Moyers describes the search for new ways of thinking—and talking—about dying..

Love's labour's lost
02:00:20

Love's labour's lost

A splendid satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry, with some of Shakespeare's best early poetry with masterly scenes and excellent characterizations. The play tells how the King of Navarre and three of h..

Lumumba : la mort du prophete = Lumumba : death of a prophet
01:09:07

Lumumba : la mort du prophete = Lumumba : death of a prophet

This film recounts Lumumba's 200 day rule culminating with his assassination. It reveals how a weakened democratic movement succumbed to the only well-financed and organized force in the country - the military. It reexa..

Macbeth
02:28:04

Macbeth

This savage tragedy is one of Shakespeare's most enduringly popular. Told by a trio of witches that he is fated to become King of Scotland, the warrior Macbeth, aided by his unscrupulous wife, in his quest for power murd..

Made in China
56:44

Made in China

Heqing and Heping Fan are responsible for China’s economic miracle—they and millions like them who reluctantly left their homes in the countryside for steady wages in the Cixi Industrial Zone. This program follows th..

Made in India: A Film about Surrogacy
01:37:29

Made in India: A Film about Surrogacy

In San Antonio, Lisa and Brian Switzer risk their savings with a Medical Tourism company promising them an affordable solution after seven years of infertility. Halfway around the world in Mumbai, 27-year-old Aasia Khan,..

Managing Conflict Resolution
31:40

Managing Conflict Resolution

A dynamic struggle between contrasting forces is necessary—it creates ideas and drives change. But as everyone knows, life is also filled with hurtful and even tragic forms of conflict. Students learn about both types ..

Mapantsula
01:40:04

Mapantsula

After he is jailed, a small-time hoodlum in South Africa named Panic comes to realize that there is more to life than panhandling. Panic is a mapantsula, a Zulu term for a petty crook. He is imprisoned with Anti-aparthei..

Maquilapolis: city of factories
01:08:20

Maquilapolis: city of factories

Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana’s assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action. Maquiladora workers produce televisions, electrical cables..

Marijuana
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Marijuana

Marijuana has the distinction of being the most widely used illicit drug in the United States. This video traces the history of marijuana and goes on to explain some of the many uses of the hemp plant; the effects of THC..

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