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Uses Einstein's own recollections and rare historical footage to explore the formative influences and the…

Presents an adaptation of Alejo Carpentier's satire El Derecho De Asilo about a Latin-American…

The Breton villagers torment Corentin because he is a hunchback. He repays themwith kindness. One night…

Shows division of labor by process as the foundation of modern industry.

Shows how productivity is increased by division of labor.

Explores the significance of dreams and rituals in ancient Egypt.

Presents the second Shepherds' Play as it would have been performed in the Middle Ages, as…

Explains the concepts of the market economy and command economies. Points out that pure economic systems…

Introduces Spanish culture and literature by recounting the story of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, el Cid.

Presents an example of the Spanish form of literature known as the auto written by Pedro…

Presents a dramatization of a folktale from the Basque country of Spain about a poor boy…

Presents an adaptation of Ernesto Sabato's novel El Tunet which introduces the theme of the…

Offers a dramatization of Fernando de Rojas' masterpiece La Celestina, conveying the violence, passion and philosophical…

Portrays an overweight teenager who decides he is tired of being the classroom clown. Shows that…

A Spanish-language version of the motion picture Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Magic And Reality. Presents a…

Dramatizes a Native American legend about the creation of people and animals by Glooscap. Tells of…

Tells the true story of a young girl who falls victim to an older man's…

Presents an adaptation of The Joy That Kills, a short story by late 19th century American…

Highlights the delicate interplay of hormones responsible for all the events of reproduction. Considers the many…

Traces the artistic growth and vision of the black playwright Lorraine Hansberry, largely in her own…

Shows how muscle activity is coordinated by the cerebellum and how position sensors in the muscles…

Uses a scene in a movie theater to contrast the on-screen strength of a kung…

Portrays Nicky, a brash kid about to drop out of school, who meets Franklin, the 'nerd…

…Afrique. Release: New York, NY : Films for the Humanities and Science : Distributed by Films Media Group…

Offers an adaptation of Pablo Neruda's play Fulgor Y Muerte De Joaquin Murrieta which takes…

Looks at the events that lead from the fertilized cell to a human baby. Uses film…

Discusses the physiological events that underly the process of reproduction.

Covers the tumultuous events of birth, using fetoscopy and models to show what happens from the…

Looks at how the male and female bodies are prepared for their task of increasing the…

The Return of the Child Distributed by Films For The Humanities And Sciences; P O Box…

Summarizes the functions and designs of the body's major systems and organs and the methods…

Recreates the theatre of Shakespeare's day through the staging of scenes from Hamlet in an…

Discusses what happens to the body during sleep. Explores the mystery of REM sleep, presents a…

Explains the problems of subsistence economies. Discusses the movement from a subsistence economy to a modern…

Introduces the law of supply and demand. Compares markets in which prices are fixed to markets…

Shows how supply and demand affect price. Discusses how producers react to changing prices.

Examines such subjects as the relationship between pharaoh, gods, priests and common people in ancient Egypt.

Documents the decline of the power of ancient Egypt.

Dramatizes a story from the Basque country of Spain about how a poor boy became king…

Introduces the art and culture of ancient Etruria, which underlies much of the culture of Classical…

Shows how the brain organizes input and output to make a simple but life-saving decision…

Looks at nerve signals and how they are transmitted. Discusses the part played by nerve messages…

Explores human culture, including man's physiological brain capacity, his use of memory, and his use…

Dramatizes the third part of an Ojibway Indian legend telling of a man's journey to…

Dramatizes the first part of an Ojibway Indian legend telling how a young man entered on…

Compares primitive subsistence economies and complicated modern industrial economies. Summarizes the stages of the change from…

Dramatizes an Algonquin Indian legend about a young man who lost both his wife and his…

Discusses the eyes and the ears. Shows a young reckless driver careening down a road, viewing…

Looks at the sense receptors that depend on contact with the immediate world, including taste buds…