Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Portrays the challenges that face the oil industries and the consumers of the infinite products of oil. "The pipeline" follows the route of a pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and thus the global market. "The oil curse" contrasts the cases of Ecuador and western Africa, and looks at how the discovery of oil has affected the local population. "The wilderness" explores the tension between the world's desire for oil and existing...

"The world-renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a comprehensive 3-D encyclopedia of art history. This program introduces viewers to the history of art through the Met's vast assortment of treasures that spans 5,000 years of world culture and fills two million square feet of floor space. Featured European and American pieces are drawn from the Met's collections of ancient, Renaissance, 18th-century, 19th-century, and early modern...

From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing him to be a man with an unshakeable commitment to peaceful...

Examines sociolinguistic questions and the dynamic state of American English, a language rich in regional variety, strong in global impact, and steeped in cultural controversy.