Children & Young Adult


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OLD SALT

Children & Young Adult 

This video tells the heartwarming tale of a lonely twelve-year-old boy and his discovery of an old fisherman's past. Featuring moving performances, a beautiful score, and the scenic beauties of Montauk, Long Island, Old Salt demonstrates the healing power of friendship.

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TIME MACHINE

Children & Young Adult  Short Films 

This children's video tells the story of Kevin, a precocious six-year-old who attempts to re-connect with his emotionally distant, newly widowed father through the power of imagination.

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REIGN OF THE DOG: A RE-VISIONIST HISTORY

American History  Animation  Children & Young Adult  Short Films  Latin-American Studies  Directed by Women 

This provocative animated film, featuring a voracious mongrel dog and an evocative synthesizer score by Kasandra Woodring, uses allegorical and documentary images, maps and texts to explore and deconstruct the history of the conquest of the Americas.

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VAMPIRES IN HAVANA

Animation  Children & Young Adult  Cuban Studies 

This feature-length animated cartoon for adults is a hilariously funny spoof of horror and gangster movies done up in an outrageously caricatured, bawdy style reminiscent of Fritz the Cat.

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FREEDOM RINGS

Short Films  American Studies  Performing Arts  Children & Young Adult 

Follows a class of six- and seven-year-olds through a six-week summer drama school at Philadelphia's Freedom Theatre, where intensive theater training provides the youngsters with valuable lessons of self-discipline and self-confidence.

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BROTHER BREAD, SISTER PUPPET

American Studies  Art History  Performing Arts  Children & Young Adult 

The Bread and Puppet Theater has become famous in America over the last thirty years for its street theater and political satire utilizing giant papier-māche puppets, masks and twelve foot high stilt walkers.

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LEARNING TO PAINT WITH CAROLYN BERRY (Series)

Art History  Children & Young Adult 

Featuring professional art instructor Carolyn Berry, this series is designed for students, hobbyists, amateur painters, and professionals eager for tips on new techniques.

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LIVE TO TELL: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom

American Studies  Cultural Studies  Family Relations  Children & Young Adult  Human Sexuality 

Chronicles the lives of the students of the EAGLES Center (student population: 30), an alternative high school in Los Angeles for gay and lesbian teens who, due to persecution, are unable to function in the regular school system. In addition to the students' discussions of the social discrimination they face and their own personal struggles, the video shows their historic efforts in organizing a citywide promo for over 200 gay and lesbian high school students throughout L.A. County, and the first gay and lesbian prom in America.

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SINGING IN COLOR

Children & Young Adult  Women's Studies  Sociology  Performing Arts  Peace & Conflict  Music  Cultural Studies  African Studies  African-American Studies 

This video follows the world-famous Chicago Children's Choir on their 1996 tour of South Africa and shows how music can convey a message of peace.

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