World History
DECLINE OF THE MAYAN EMPIRE, THEWorld History Spanish Language Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies Archeology Anthropology
This video chronicles the history of the Mayans, the most sophisticated civilization
among pre-Columbian societies.
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ESCAPE FROM CHINAChildren & Young Adult World History Sociology Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Filmed on location in the People's Republic of China under clandestine conditions, this
documentary re-creates the remarkable experience of student leader Zhang Boli after his
flight from Beijing in the repressive aftermath of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy
demonstrations in June 1989.
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DHARAMSALA: TIBET IN EXILEWorld History Sociology Religion & Spirituality Political Science Asian Studies Directed by Women
Tibetans in exile discuss the discrimination and human rights abuses their people suffer
from the occupying Chinese government. These interviews, filmed in the U.S. and in a
Buddhist monastery in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's government in exile in Northern
India, are blended with historical footage of the Chinese invasion and occupation of Tibet,
surveillance footage of the brutal Chinese suppression of a major protest by Tibetan
monks in 1988, and contemporary footage and photos of life in Dharamsala, the second
home for Tibetan refugees.
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NO EASY WALK: ZIMBABWEAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video begins in March 1896
when the Ndebele people of what was then known as Rhodesia
rose in armed rebellion against European settlers such as
Cecil Rhodes, who had taken over much of their land in the
search for gold and other minerals.
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NO EASY WALK: KENYAAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video traces the history of
Kenya's opposition to white rule, from the arrival of the
first settlers in the 19th century to the Mau-Mau rebellion
in 1952, in which the struggle for land rights was central.
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NO EASY WALK: ETHIOPIAAfrican Studies Anthropology Europe Political Science Sociology World History
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video begins with the Ethiopian
victory over the Italians in 1896 at the Battle of Andowa,
which confirmed Ethiopian independence to the European powers
and paved the way for Emperor Menelik's modernization program.
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...ALL OUR LIVESWorld History Women's Studies Political Science Labor Studies Europe Directed by Women
Examines the lives of several women who actively participated
in the social revolution during the Spanish Civil War, women
who are as dynamic in their 80s as they were in their youth. All
are members of the anarcho-syndicalist trade union, the CNT, the
main representative of the working class movement in Spain in
1936.
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WAR LABWorld History Sociology Science Peace & Conflict Directed by Women
A compilation historical documentary offering a critical look at the development of bombs
and other weapons of mass destruction since WWII.
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STORY ABOUT A BAD DREAM, AEastern Europe Jewish Studies World History Children & Young Adult
This compelling docu-drama about the Holocaust, based on the memoirs of Eva Erbenova,
recounts from a child's-eye view her experiences as a thirteen-year-old girl in
Czechoslovakia during World War II, the only one from her family to survive the war.
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DOWN TO THE BEDROCKArcheology Irish Studies World History
This video chronicles the recently completed archaeological excavation in the Temple Bar
area of Dublin, which produced evidence of the first Viking settlement established in A.D.
841, as well as a pre-Norman settlement confirmed to be the earliest origins of the city.
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DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A moving memoir of the Spanish Civil War by a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade,
this film includes historical background on the Depression, archival footage of Civil War
battles, and footage shot in Franco's Spain of the mid-1970s.
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THE HISTORY BOOK (Series)Animation Europe World History Children & Young Adult
Beginning with the Middle Ages and continuing to the present
day, this series of nine animated films surveys the development
of society throughout the ages from a grassroots perspective,
showing history as it has been lived and experienced by common
people.
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