Pronouns, LGBTQIA+, and Gender Identity

Seven Dimensions

This series offers a brief introduction to help viewers increase their understanding and sensitivity to gender identity. Using a case study approach, it teaches that gender is not binary, and provides tips for interacting with others in ways that are respectful and informed.

Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed

HBO

This intimate portrait of actor Rock Hudson celebrates his enduring legacy as a cinema icon who helped change the public perception of AIDS. Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed explores the story of a man living a double life — one whose public persona was carefully manufactured by his handlers and orchestrated by the studio system who feared the potential career-ending discovery that he was privately living as a gay man.

Casa Susanna

American Experience

In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves. Told through the memories of those who visited, the film looks back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom and acceptance.

The Stroll

HBO

When Director Kristen Lovell moved to New York City in the 1990s and began to transition, she was fired from her job. With so few options to earn money to survive, Kristen, like many transgender women of color during this era, began sex work in an area known as “The Stroll” in the Meatpacking District of lower Manhattan, where trans women congregated and forged a deep camaraderie to protect each other from harassment and violence. Reuniting her sisters to tell this essential New York story from their first-hand experiences, Kristen’s intimate narration and interviews bring an astonishing array of archival material of bygone New York from the 1970s through the early 2000s to life. This program contains nudity and content of a sexual nature. Viewer discretion is advised.

In Plain Sight

Carly Thomsen

This documentary interviews LGBTQ women in rural communities, and argues that these places are often much more inclusive than the stereotypes lead one to believe. This is a phenomenon known as metronormativity. Contrary to dominant ideas that position rural places as backwards, conservative, and homophobic, the women in this documentary feel safe, supported, and happy. The film asks how we have come to imagine what life is like for LGBTQ people in rural places, and provides an opportunity to imagine it otherwise.

Understanding Transgender People

Cambridge Educational

"Transgender" is a word increasingly in the news these days. It refers to one's sense that their actual gender identity differs from that assigned to them by their physical body. This manifests in gender identity confusion, gender dysphoria, and a wish to live one's life according to their gender identity rather than their biological one. It's a difficult way to live, not in the least because many people misunderstand and discriminate against transgender people. But it's important to choose to educate yourself about what transgender means and keep an open mind toward the transgender people around you.

Trans in America

NewsHour Productions

Texas is the largest state in the country to ban transition-related medical care for minors, joining 19 other states that have restricted access. Laura Barrón-López recently spent time in Texas to learn more about the law and spoke with one family grappling with what’s next. A warning: this story includes discussions about suicide and depression.

Queer Icon

MVD Entertainment Group

This series celebrates the trajectory and success of members of the LGBTQ+ community. Exploring their life stories from the background, upbringing to coming out, career, and activism, the series aims to highlight the strides made by these individuals in increasing acceptance for queer people as well as educating the community at large to be more comfortable with people of all genders and sexualities.

Not A Tame Lion

Filmhub

John Boswell read and translated fourteen ancient and modern languages, became a Yale Professor by age thirty and was granted full access to the highly classified and restricted Vatican archives from which he researched four award winning books, making him a world renowned expert in Medieval History and Linguistics. Boswell was also openly gay without apology in an era that was neither tolerant nor accepting. "Not a Tame Lion" offers the first-hand accounts of Boswell's closest friends, students, colleagues and family members as they recount his life, his works and his final days during which he all while privately battled the debilitating effects of AIDS.

Mama's Boy

HBO

HBO documentary Mama's Boy, directed by Laurent Bouzereau (HBO’s Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind), centers around the upbringing of the Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of Milk, Dustin Lance Black. Traveling back to the places where he grew up, Black explores his childhood roots, gay identity and close relationship with his mother, who overcame childhood polio, abusive marriages and Mormon dogma, while becoming Black’s emotional rock and, ultimately, the inspiration for his activism. With a wealth of personal photographs and candid memories from Black’s family, colleagues, and friends, Mama's Boy embraces the personal to tell a universally hopeful tale of resilience and reconciliation through the power of love and shared stories. Adapted from Black’s 2019 memoir “Mama’s Boy: A Story from our Americas,” the documentary is a provocative and powerful journey through America as well as a moving tribute to a mother’s courage and a reckoning with the strength she instilled in her son to fight for his beliefs. The film features interviews with screenwriter Dustin Lance Black; members of Black’s extended family; Black’s husband, Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley; filmmaker Paris Barclay; former president of the Human Rights Campaign, Chad Griffin; and executive director of Equality Utah, Troy Williams.

TEDTalks: Samy Nour Younes—A Short History of Trans People's Long Fight for Equality

TED

Transgender activist and TED Resident Samy Nour Younes shares the remarkable, centuries-old history of the trans community, filled with courageous stories, inspiring triumphs -- and a fight for civil rights that's been raging for a long time. "Imagine how the conversation would shift if we acknowledge just how long trans people have been demanding equality," he says.

Dawn: A Charleston Legend

Filmhub

Dawn Langley Simmons was one of the first transgender and interracial marriage pioneers from the 1960s. Dawn’s little-known story was one in which mystery and legend swirled, even to this day.

South to Black Power

HBO

In the documentary "South to Black Power," Charles M. Blow, New York Times columnist and best-selling author of "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto," sets off across the country on a personal journey. Along the way, he meets with politicians, historians, community activists, colleagues, friends, and family members to test his theory on Black Liberation, which involves a daring strategy for Black Americans to move to southern states to control legislatures and gain greater political power.

The Big Payback

PBS

Evanston, Illinois Alderwoman Robin Rue Simmons leads the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill in U.S. history for Black Americans. What follows is conflict as she and her community struggle with the burden to make repair and restitution for Black Americans harmed by centuries of slavery, systemic injustice, and exploitation while racial and social crisis engulfs the country.

Black Action Figures

Numeric Pictures

This is a short documentary about representation, connection and the power of seeing yourself included in popular culture. It features Duro Wicks sharing some of his personal doll collection and talking about his motivation, process and passion to find and collect Black action figures.

District Greenwood: The Amalgamated People

Filmhub

In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, or Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the US. This documentary charts that history and explores the lessons from this time period that can be applied today.

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song

PBS

Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr, this series chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African American experience. Beginning with enslavement, traveling through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and ending in the present-day, Gates takes viewers on a journey through time, focusing on the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the Black Church. The series also explores the complexity of these spaces of worship at a time when many believe it is at a crossroads. A chorus of leading scholars, ministers, and cultural influencers who grew up in the Black Church will weigh in and give meaning to events past and present.

1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed

HBO

With humor and sensitivity, filmmaker and comedian W. Kamau Bell tackles the joys and challenges of growing up mixed-race through conversations with kids and families in the San Francisco Bay Area, including his own. Recognizing that his children, born to a Black father and White mother, and growing up in a country still deeply divided by race, would have very different experiences in America than he and his wife did, embarks on a journey of discovery in his family’s Bay Area community. In a series of playful and impactful conversations, Bell explores how these young people navigate issues of identity in a world that can ask them to pick a side and thoughtful exchanges with families reveal the many joys and complexities of what it means to raise multiracial children. In his trademark fashion, Bell maintains a serious focus while keeping the discussions lively and accessible, proving along the way that children are more than capable of understanding and furthering complex conversations about race, culture, and identity.

Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (American Masters)

PBS

Explore the life, career, art and legacy of the African American contralto and civil rights pioneer Marian Anderson. Anchored by key performances in her career, Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands shows how her quiet genius and breathtaking voice set the stage for Black performers in classical music, and a louder voice for civil rights.

Making Black America

PBS

This four-hour series, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people-beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Gates takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcases Black people’s ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself.

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

PBS

Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. One of the greatest freedom fighters in U.S. history, Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, the film is narrated by Emmy® Award-winner Alfre Woodard.

Donyale Luna: Supermodel

HBO

"Donyale Luna: Supermodel" chronicles the remarkable life and career of Donyale Luna, the first Black model to grace the cover of both Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Born Peggy Ann Freeman in Detroit, Michigan, Luna became a larger-than-life character who broke barriers in the fashion industry, challenged the prevailing ideals of beauty, and influenced culture - all before her untimely death at age 33.

Gospel

PBS

From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "Gospel" explores Black spirituality in sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. While musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom from the pulpit to the choir lofts on any given Sunday: gospel.

Becoming Frederick Douglass

PBS

Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the most influential voices for democracy U.S. history. A gifted writer and charismatic orator, it is estimated that more Americans heard Douglass speak than any other 19th-century figure — Black or white. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, the film features the voice of actor Wendell Pierce as Douglass.

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

HBO

Willie Mays’ life is a beacon of the “American Dream,” intersecting with a transformative era of the Black American experience. Mays transfixed fans from coast to coast with his style, jubilant persona and contagious smile, and helped to erode racial barriers and move the sport of baseball, and the American dialog, forward. This documentary follows Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country’s ever-evolving cultural backdrop, all while helping to define what it means to be one of America’s first Black sports superstars. He left an indelible mark in New York City and San Francisco, building a love affair with both cities’ fans.

Sir Clive Sinclair: The C5 Story

Filmhub

In 1985, Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle on a wintery morning to significant press fanfare at Alexandra Palace in London. Sadly, that launch was the start of the end of the ill-fated electric vehicle. This is that story.

Male Loneliness

NewsHour Productions

American men are stuck in what’s been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don’t have any close friends. More than half of all men report feeling unsatisfied with the size of their friend groups. In this NewsHour report, Geoff Bennett traveled to Phoenix to take a closer look at the implications of male loneliness and how some men are confronting it.

Crossroads

NewsHour Productions

All this year, Judy Woodruff has been exploring the deep divisions we see playing out every day in the country. She’s distilled much of that reporting into a special airing on PBS: America at a Crossroads. For that series, she recently sat down with a panel to talk through their concerns heading into another contentious election year.

Near Peer: Russia

Filmhub

Subject matter experts discuss Russian history, current affairs, and military doctrine. Putin’s declarations, advances in military technology, and Russia’s remembrance of the Great Patriotic War are also addressed.

The Biggest Dream

Filmhub

For 57 years, the Dr. William E. Gordon radio telescope, popularly known as the Arecibo Antenna Dish, took scientists from all over the world from a small island in the Caribbean to the confines of the Cosmos. This film celebrates its achievements.

The Language I Speak

Filmhub

Are dialects and accents something that classify us as talking weird? Or something to be celebrated in a new globalized world? "The Language I Speak" explores the varieties of spoken English in America and the power of language in how we see one another.

Police Body Cams

NewsHour Productions

The use of police body cameras has become much more widespread in recent years with the hope that they will curb police violence and improve accountability. But a new investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine found it can often take months or years before the video is released, if at all. In this NewsHour production, William Brangham discussed more with Eric Umansky of ProPublica.

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

Filmhub

Acclaimed author Dave Zirin of "The Nation" magazine explores the hidden politics of manhood, militarism, nationalism, and race in the NFL, America's most profitable and influential sports league.

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

Filmhub

Acclaimed author Dave Zirin of "The Nation" magazine explores the hidden politics of manhood, militarism, nationalism, and race in the NFL, America's most profitable and influential sports league.

The Language I Speak

Filmhub

Are dialects and accents something that classify us as talking weird? Or something to be celebrated in a new globalized world? "The Language I Speak" explores the varieties of spoken English in America and the power of language in how we see one another.

Police Body Cams

NewsHour Productions

The use of police body cameras has become much more widespread in recent years with the hope that they will curb police violence and improve accountability. But a new investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine found it can often take months or years before the video is released, if at all. In this NewsHour production, William Brangham discussed more with Eric Umansky of ProPublica.

Netanyahu, America, and the Road to War in Gaza

Frontline

The struggle between the Israeli leader and multiple U.S. presidents over Middle East peace. Leading up to the Gaza war, Netanyahu’s relations with the U.S. and Palestinians. Also, with The Washington Post, how Israel’s security barrier was breached.

Monumentum

Ruth Films

In recent years, Russia has erected over 250 monuments. What lies behind this phenomenon? Why, in this post-socialist society, has a demand arisen for monumental symbols? A film in the found footage genre, comprising news reports and amateur films focusing on the unveiling ceremonies for historic monuments. In Russian with English subtitles.

Male Loneliness

NewsHour Productions

American men are stuck in what’s been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don’t have any close friends. More than half of all men report feeling unsatisfied with the size of their friend groups. In this NewsHour report, Geoff Bennett traveled to Phoenix to take a closer look at the implications of male loneliness and how some men are confronting it.

Sometimes I Dream in Farsi

Filmhub

At the center of this documentary is a traumatic, racist experience. Through confronting this event, documentarian Pirooz Kalayeh confronts the lasting effects of racism on an individual and opens up a dialog about discrimination and developing better tools to communicate about and address it.

Near Peer: Russia

Filmhub

Subject matter experts discuss Russian history, current affairs, and military doctrine. Putin’s declarations, advances in military technology, and Russia’s remembrance of the Great Patriotic War are also addressed.

District Greenwood: The Amalgamated People

Filmhub

In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, or Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the US. This documentary charts that history and explores the lessons from this time period that can be applied today.

Pretextual Stops: The Strong Case for Them

In the Line of Duty

Showing two traffic stops of a suspected mass killer done on a pretextual basis that turned out to be successful for information gathering, this program presents information on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling justifying pretextual stops by police officers. The video features Chief Ed Delmore of the Gulf Shores P.D., who has over 40 years of experience in law enforcement and training. Delmore discusses the efficacy and value of pretextual stops and points out key things officers should look for when considering pretextual stops. The video presents bodycam videos and graphics and discusses stops of Timothy McVeigh, David Berkowitz (Son of Sam), and Ted Bundy.

Crossroads

NewsHour Productions

All this year, Judy Woodruff has been exploring the deep divisions we see playing out every day in the country. She’s distilled much of that reporting into a special airing on PBS: America at a Crossroads. For that series, she recently sat down with a panel to talk through their concerns heading into another contentious election year.

Gospel

PBS

From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "Gospel" explores Black spirituality in sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. While musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom from the pulpit to the choir lofts on any given Sunday: gospel.

True North

Sumimasen

After his father disappears and the rest of his family is sent to a notorious political prison camp in North Korea, a young boy must learn to survive the harsh conditions, find meaning in his perilous existence, and maybe even escape.

Dante: Inferno to Paradise

PBS

This series explores the life and legacy of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – inarguably one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature. Directed by Ric Burns, the film chronicles the mesmerizing story that unfolds within the poem itself, how the exiled poet managed to create it under the most unpromising circumstances, and its relevance today.

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (American Masters)

PBS

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes explores the life and music of the legendary drummer, bandleader and social activist--a remarkable series of creative peaks, personal struggles and reinventions--from Jim Crow to the Civil Rights years, from the heady days of post-war modern jazz to hip hop and beyond.

Interfaith Dialogue

NewsHour Productions

The conflict in the Middle East has been a fraught subject for decades, including in the U.S., and especially within American Jewish and Muslim communities. And for almost as long, interfaith groups have sought to bring those communities together to find common ground. That doesn’t make witnessing and talking about the current war any easier. Ali Rogin reports in this NewsHour program.

Chasing Rembrandt: How Art Became a Business

Albatross World Sales

In no other epoch were artists in the Netherlands so productive, nor the demand for art so great as during the age of Rembrandt. This period saw new genres, and the birth of art markets and the profession of art dealers. This documentary explores this extraordinary period in which business and art merged for the first time. How did such a flourishing period for art come about? What innovations do we owe to this period and what significance does it have for our view of and approach to art today?

Literacy Skills & Standards

Makematic

This series of short educational videos highlights literacy skills and standards. From character development to theme, learn about all the elements of literature.

Molding Giants: The Life and Work of Harry Weber

Patrick Branson

This documentary examines the life and work of famed artist and sculptor Harry Weber, who is regarded as one of, if not the best, in-motion sculptor in the world today. Best known for his historical and sports figures, Weber has created some of the most famous sports statues in existence including the Bobby Orr Statue in Boston, all of the St. Louis Cardinal statues out front of Busch Stadium as well as statues in two other Major League Stadiums, and all of the 'Walk of Fame' statues that circle around the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. The video follows his creation of a Texas Revolutionary statue for the city of Nacogdoches Texas, while telling the extraordinary story of his life from the time he was a child through his full Navy Scholarship and his accomplishments in art and sculpture. It features Bill Dewitt Jr. and Bill Dewitt III of the St Louis Cardinals, Bernie Federko of the St Louis Blues, Ron Kruszewski of Stifel, Stormin’ Norm Stewart of Mizzou Basketball, as well as several other notable figures.

Sir Clive Sinclair: The C5 Story

Filmhub

In 1985, Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle on a wintery morning to significant press fanfare at Alexandra Palace in London. Sadly, that launch was the start of the end of the ill-fated electric vehicle. This is that story.

The Biggest Dream

Filmhub

For 57 years, the Dr. William E. Gordon radio telescope, popularly known as the Arecibo Antenna Dish, took scientists from all over the world from a small island in the Caribbean to the confines of the Cosmos. This film celebrates its achievements.

The Seeds of Vandana Shiva

Filmhub

How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become the world’s most powerful opponent of Monsanto? This film presents the remarkable story of Gandhian environmentalist and food justice activist Dr. Vandana Shiva.

OUP Chemistry

Makematic

This series of short educational videos explores topics in Chemistry, from chemical processes like electrolysis to the creation of free radicals.

Hunt for the Oldest DNA

NOVA

For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA, struggling to find DNA in fossils that could survive millions of years. Then, one maverick scientist had the controversial idea to look for DNA not in fossils or frozen ancient tissue–but in dirt. Follow the dramatic quest to recover DNA millions of years old and reveal a lost world from before the last Ice Age.

The Lithium-ion Story

Autentic Distribution GmbH

Digitization, e-mobility and the energy change are hardly conceivable today without this technology. From smartphones to e-cars - the lithium-ion battery is found in almost every battery-powered device. The technology is particularly established and in demand in one very specific place: the warehouse. We introduce the hidden champion of e-mobility: intralogistics. For more than a decade, lithium-ion powered trucks have been driving behind the warehouse gates of the world. The Hamburg-based company, Jungheinrich, is a pioneer and trailblazer of this technology, but pioneering work also brings challenges. Intralogistics offers a glimpse into the future of e-mobility with all its challenges and opportunities. Artificial intelligence, sustainability, resource availability, recycling and local mining; all this is already a lived reality in intralogistics today. From the extraction of lithium from thermal water to the production of the latest cells and their use in vehicles and AI-controlled large-scale storage to recycling: We show the state of the art of a technology that surrounds and influences us all every day. With industry and science, we venture a look into the future of one of the fastest-moving technologies in history.

OUP Biology

Makematic

This series of short educational videos explores topics in biology, from how our muscles contract to how human DNA is being edited by Cas9-CRISPR.

UHPC Concrete

NewsHour Productions

There's a dire need to repair aging infrastructure in the U.S., and an innovative building material could be a game changer. Embedded with steel fibers, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is about 5 to 10 times stronger than standard concrete -- and unaffordable for most government-funded projects. In this NewsHour segment, special correspondent Cat Wise looks at the use of UHPC and how researchers are working to bring costs down.

America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (Season 2)

PBS

"America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (Season 1)" follows the The New York Times bestselling author podcaster, and outdoor enthusiast on his journey to explore the country’s diverse landscapes and discover how they shape our outdoor lives. Wherever we live, we share a love for the wild, but in a country as big and diverse as America we have vastly different ways to find and experience nature.

Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

HBO

This documentary, directed by Bruce David Klein, explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times, Icahn, often referred to as the “Lone Wolf of Wall Street,” is a feared negotiator and master strategist in the art of corporate takeovers and investments. In his own words and with commentary from family members, journalists, and fellow titans of industry, Icahn: The Restless Billionaire probes Icahn’s humble roots, his business acumen, and his obsessive drive to stay atop America’s corporate hierarchy.

Made in a Day

National Geographic

The last decade has seen a revolution in manufacturing. A just in time economy means the products we love are being made on a massive scale in record time. While lightning logistics mean global trade and distribution happens faster than ever. This is the story of how some of today’s biggest brands, from Tesla Cars to Gibson Guitars, from Tabasco Sauce to Space Rockets, are made today.

Should the FTC Ban Non-Compete Clauses?: A Debate

Open to Debate

In early 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. government agency that protects consumers from unfair business practices, floated a radical proposal: banning companies from requiring workers to sign non-compete clauses. These clauses, which affect some 30 million American workers, are essentially contracts between employers and employees that prohibit workers from competing with the business after they leave the company. Supporters of non-compete clauses argue that employers need them to protect their investments in training workers and to safeguard their trade secrets, both of which spur economic growth. Without these clauses, they contend, ex-employees could take their skills and knowledge to other companies and compete unfairly against them. Opponents of non-compete clauses reject these arguments. Such clauses undermine workers' rights, they contend, and hinder employees from switching jobs or starting their own businesses. Non-compete clauses lock workers into undercompensated positions, they charge, depress labor mobility and wage growth, and contribute to race and gender gaps. Should the FTC ban non-compete clauses?

Write a Business Plan

Seven Dimensions

Write a Business Plan is a simple course to help you get started with your business plan. A business plan is a written document describing an organization's core business activities, objectives, and plans to achieve its goals. Your business plan should outline your goals for your business, and how you intend to achieve them. It is a blueprint for growing your business. A business plan is a valuable roadmap for resourcing and marketing your business to its best advantage. A business plan helps you to crystallize what you are doing and identify priorities. It enables you to look at your product or service objectively, and to better understand your business strengths and weaknesses, how your business fits into the market, and challenges you might face. In this course psychologist Peter Quarry will help you learn essential elements for your business plan.

How Africa Could One Day Rival China

The Economist Group Limited

Africa is changing so fast, it is becoming hard to ignore. In the short term the continent faces many problems, including Covid-19, but in the long term, it could rival China's economic might.

Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover

Frontline

Elon Musk’s long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. Musk’s journey from one of the platform’s most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech and the company’s uncertain future.

Managing Diversity and Inclusion

Channel 1 Creative Media

Technology and social changes are altering the landscape in every industry. Organisations today need the full gamut of human judgment, perspective, passion and creativity to not only keep up with their competitors, but to increase their agility and inventiveness and realise their full potential. The key to this is diversity and inclusion. This training video will explore the various steps that you can take to create a diverse and inclusive environment.

Leading Engaged and Thriving Remote Teams

MAPP Presenters

CEO of pLink Leadership, Gretchen Pisano MAPP '10, has been leading remote teams for two decades. In this taped webinar from the MAPP (Masters in Applied Positive Psychology) Alumni Association, Gretchen has a conversation with her newest hire, Erica Mohr MAPP '18, sharing her wisdom and practical tips for how to lead a totally virtual team.

Anti-Zionism Is the New Anti-Semitism: A Debate

Open to Debate

Anti-Semitism, or hostility to Jews, has pervaded many parts of the world to varying degrees for centuries. When attacks on Jews turned violent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some Jews formed a movement, known as Zionism, to create a separate homeland for the Jewish people. After the Holocaust resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews during World War II (1939–45), Zionists founded the state of Israel in the Middle East in 1948. Many nations, including the United States, backed the founding of Israel, but Arabs, Palestinians, and others living in the region—many of whom were displaced—opposed it. This opposition grew after 1967 when Israel won the Six-Day War and seized additional territory. Today, more than 50 years later, the existence and policies of the state of Israel have sparked criticism, which, some charge, has fueled a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Others counter that one can oppose—or support—the existence of the state of Israel without holding any anti-Semitic beliefs or sentiments. Is anti-Zionism the new anti-Semitism?

Inside the Iranian Uprising

Frontline

Inside the protests that have rocked Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody. With a trove of footage filmed by protestors, much of it previously unseen, the film sheds new light on a regime under unprecedented pressure.

Modi’s India: Democracy or Dictatorship

Java Films

He has been dubbed an ultranationalistic dictator who is dividing the country. His controversial "anti-Muslim" citizenship reforms have deprived millions of people of their rights and any criticism of his government is quickly silenced. But what shaped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political view and ideology? In this film, we gained access to the secret RSS movement, a powerful faction promoting the rise of Hindu nationalism, and investigate what is happening to Gandhi’s dream of a united nation. Formed in the 1920s and inspired by extreme right-wing organizations like the German Nazi party, the RSS movement runs training camps for children where they are taught to fear and hate Muslims. It’s here that most of the members of the ruling BJP did their basic training. Narendra Modi joined at the age of eight. Their influence can be sensed everywhere. While Hinduism has long been associated with a message of peace and spirituality, it has now become synonymous with violence and oppression. In this new India, militias, put in place to protect sacred cows, lynch people suspected of eating beef. A recent law bans inter-religious marriages. And political opponents are systematically arrested and imprisoned. When Hindu extremists attacked Muslim neighborhoods in New Delhi for three days, the police and the army did nothing. They were even suspected of having participated in the lynchings. But despite the risks, more and more people are disobeying and mobilizing. The 2019 citizenship reforms, which disenfranchised millions of Muslim and Christians, had many questioning if Modi had gone too far. Can India under Modi ever be anything more than an "electoral autocracy"?

Episode 4: The Coriolis Effect

Liacos Educational Media

In this episode, we describe how tropical cyclones form and examine their huge power. We explain what the Coriolis Effect is and how it makes tropical cyclones rotate the way that they do. We also travel to three continents to demonstrate how the Coriolis Effect affects water draining from a small container. Does water really swirl in a different direction depending on which hemisphere it’s in?

Pronouns, LGBTQIA+, and Gender Identity - Part 1: Pronouns

Seven Dimensions

Apart from using people's names, pronouns are the way we express our gender and refer to other people's gender, but traditional gender pronouns (she/her, he/him) do not fit everyone's gender identity. These pronouns do not leave room for other diverse gender identities. This can be difficult for individuals who do not identify as he or she. People who identify outside of a gender binary often use pronouns that are not gender specific. It is important to be aware of and to use the names and pronouns that people choose for themselves to express their gender. In this course, psychologist Peter Quarry talks with Lore Burns about using gender neutral pronouns and why it matters to use them correctly. You will learn strategies for using non-gendered or gender-neutral pronouns in social and work situations, and why it is important.

D-Day: The Untold Stories

History Education

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this two-hour History special presents the key events of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe and the subsequent battles that captured the control of the Normandy coast.

Is Objectivity Essential in Journalism?: A Debate

Open to Debate

For much of the 20th century, newspapers, television newscasts, and most other media outlets strove to be objective, advising journalists to stick only to the facts, deliver both sides of a dispute, and keep their personal views to themselves. This way, supporters of objectivity argued, news consumers would get all the information they needed to understand an issue and form their own opinions. In the late 1900s, however, some media experts began challenging this view, arguing that objectivity is a myth. All journalist have biases and opinions, they contend, and denying this misleads consumers and presents a false sense of balance and fairness. In today’s hyperpartisan world, experts note, some news outlets slant in one political direction or another, shaping—and perhaps misinforming—consumers to the detriment citizens and society. Is objectivity essential to journalism?

Will ChatGPT Do More Harm Than Good?: A Debate

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When OpenAI, a company founded by Microsoft pioneer Bill Gates, unveiled ChatGPT in November 2022, it marked the biggest advance in artificial intelligence (AI) in years. The revolutionary new tool can take questions from users and produce human-like responses. ChatGPT and similar chatbots developed soon after can produce coherent essays, compose music, answer test questions—and perhaps even think. "Until now, artificial intelligence could read and write, but could not understand the content," Gates said. "This will change the world." But will it change it for the better? Supporters argue that ChatGPT will help individuals and organizations review massive amounts of information, draft top-quality reports, and perform many valuable functions, such as writing and developing computer programs. It will free humans to do more high-level tasks, they contend, and create new jobs in the process. But critics caution that ChatGPT poses a serious danger to people's privacy and threatens to undermine many basic norms of society. It could eliminate jobs, they contend, spur the spread of disinformation, and ultimately reduce humans' capacity for reason and writing. Will ChatGPT do more harm than good?

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

Frontline

A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv. An updated account through a year of war, told by civilians surviving underground and first responders risking their lives in Ukraine’s second largest city.

Flag Day - USAA (History Shorts)

History Education

We celebrate our nation's flag every June 14th, but why that day in particular?

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

HBO

Inspired by David Blight’s Pulitzer Prize winning biography, this documentary brings to life the words of our country’s most famous anti-slavery activist. Actors Nicole Beharie, Colman Domingo, Jonathan Majors, Denzel Whitaker and Jeffrey Wright draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America.

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

PBS

Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. One of the greatest freedom fighters in U.S. history, Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, the film is narrated by Emmy® Award-winner Alfre Woodard.

Part 2: Democracy around the World (Dismantling Democracy)

American Public Television (APT)

Is democracy at risk abroad? Do other countries face similar problems with upholding democratic freedoms? What lessons can we learn from failed democracies? In episode 2, we explore democracies around the world. We look at issues facing American democracy and how those issues transpire in other democratic countries, providing perspective for America’s own democratic success and weaknesses.

Netanyahu, America, and the Road to War in Gaza

Frontline

The struggle between the Israeli leader and multiple U.S. presidents over Middle East peace. Leading up to the Gaza war, Netanyahu’s relations with the U.S. and Palestinians. Also, with The Washington Post, how Israel’s security barrier was breached.

The Longest Month

Filmhub

You've heard about the Iraq War surge, but what really happened? Four gripping, true stories are told by the apache pilots, ground crews, and infantry who lived through the longest and deadliest tour of duty in the war.

The Oasis

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A radical experiment in democracy and women’s rights is under way in the old badlands of Islamic State. But as Yaara Bou Melhem reports, it could be crushed in an instant.

How the Korean War Changed the Way the U.S. Goes to Battle

Retro Report

During the Cold War, President Harry Truman watched with alarm as North Korean Communists invaded South Korea. Truman believed the U.S. had to intervene. But his decision to rush troops to stop the Communist advance had unintended consequences that shape the world today.

Endangered

HBO

An official selection of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, Endangered chronicles a year in the life of four journalists living and working in democratic countries where freedom of the press has historically been considered a “given.” Yet, as online misinformation proliferates and world leaders brazenly denigrate the press, distrust of traditional media is on the rise, and journalists are increasingly facing situations more typically encountered in war zones or autocratic states.

The United Nations Is Obsolete: A Debate

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Founded in 1945 amid the wreckage of World War II (1939–45), the United Nations is an international organization consisting of 193 states dedicated to maintaining world peace and promoting global cooperation. After three-quarters of a century, however, some critics argue that the United Nations is outdated, a relic of a bygone era. Wars continue to wrack the planet, and the organization, they charge, has proven ineffective in preventing them and resolving conflicts. They further charge that the world body is bloated, rife with corruption, and lacking in accountability. Supporters of the United Nations defend its record, citing as evidence its efforts to promote peace and stability, its devotion to human rights, its addressing of climate change, its commitment to multilateralism, and its widespread delivery of humanitarian aid in crisis situations. Like any organization it has its shortcomings, they acknowledge, but its achievements are many and it remains vital and relevant in today's world. So, after 76 years, is the United Nations obsolete?

Inside the Iranian Uprising

Frontline

Inside the protests that have rocked Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody. With a trove of footage filmed by protestors, much of it previously unseen, the film sheds new light on a regime under unprecedented pressure.

Should NATO Admit Ukraine?: A Debate

Open to Debate

Founded in 1949 as a mutual defense alliance among nations in North America and Western Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) today has 31 member countries. Four more countries—including Ukraine—have declared their desire to join the alliance. Ukraine has sought to move away from Russia’s sphere of influence in recent years and align itself more closely with the West. Since Russia invaded the country in February 2022, a record 82 percent of Ukrainians have backed joining NATO, and in September 2022 Ukraine formally announced a bid for fast-track membership. Supporters of Ukraine joining NATO argue that it would protect the country from further aggression, affirm its sovereignty, and solidify its alignment with the West and the rest of Europe. Opponents of Ukraine joining NATO argue that it would provoke Russian president Vladimir Putin to escalate the conflict, and that the nation doesn’t yet meet NATO’s standards regarding military capability, political stability, and commitment to democratic values. Should NATO admit Ukraine?

War and Peace

Parallel Lines

This video includes four short segments (HOLY WAR, JUST WAR, THE PRIEST WHO BLESSED THE BOMB, and CONTEMPT OF CONSCIENCE) specifically designed to assist teachers in delivering dynamic lessons on the ethics of war and peace including. Produced with much skill, this film explains clearly and succinctly the challenges faced by those who have the terrible responsibility of engaging in a war and how those who are engaged should behave.

Frontline: Yemen/Iraq

PBS

This program examines how Iranian-backed Shia militias are terrorizing Iraq and investigates allegations that militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting US interests. Also: in Yemen, explore how COVID is worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis.

The Long Breakup

Ante Media, Inc.

This program explores Ukraine’s struggle to escape Russia’s embrace, leave its Soviet past behind, and become a truly independent country. Ukrainian-American journalist, Katya Soldak, of Forbes Magazine, tells the story of her home country as it exits the USSR, works through two revolutions, and endures a war with Russia — all through the eyes of her family and friends in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city only 18 miles from the Russian border. The program takes viewers on an intimate journey that illustrates how big geopolitical changes affect people on a personal level, and explores what happens when democracy slips away and a nation must fight for the right to choose its future. Filmed over the course of a decade, it offers insight into what it’s like for an immigrant to watch her country go through crises from afar and offers an intimate portrait of life in the young, former Soviet country.

Afghanistan Undercover

Frontline

An undercover investigation into the Taliban’s crackdown on women in Afghanistan. Correspondent Ramita Navai finds those being punished by the regime and confronts Taliban officials.

20 Days in Mariupol

Frontline

Academy Award®-winning documentary from the last international journalists inside the Russian siege of Mariupol. An extraordinary account, seen through the lens of the AP’s Mstyslav Chernov and two colleagues documenting the atrocities and their own escape.

Part 2: Democracy around the World (Dismantling Democracy)

American Public Television (APT)

Is democracy at risk abroad? Do other countries face similar problems with upholding democratic freedoms? What lessons can we learn from failed democracies? In episode 2, we explore democracies around the world. We look at issues facing American democracy and how those issues transpire in other democratic countries, providing perspective for America’s own democratic success and weaknesses.

Foreign Correspondent: City of Fear

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Once a city of protest, Hong Kong has become a city of fear. Reporter Bill Birtles brings us the final chapter of the Hong Kong rebellion, as Beijing exerts an iron grip on the once liberal outpost, snuffing out the last breaths of democracy. He speaks to pro-democracy activists who are advocating for freedom and pro-communist locals who welcome a return to law and order.

Flooding Into Bangladesh, Rohingya Refugees Flee Harrowing Violence

NewsHour Productions

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh in the past three weeks after suffering violent attacks by Myanmar troops and Buddhist vigilantes. The sudden influx of Rohingyas is causing tensions with local Bengalis, who fear becoming the minority. Special correspondent Tania Rashid explains the origins of this mass exodus and how the international community is responding.

Chad Security: Violence and Instability

NewsHour Productions

Government forces in the capital of Chad killed dozens of opposition protesters Thursday. Rights groups say the unarmed civilians were massacred as they protested having to wait two years for elections. Because of the violence and instability, people are suffering from a food crisis made by both man and the climate crisis. Special correspondent Willem Marx reports in this NewsHour clip.

Mars on High: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

The red planet looms large in our solar system … and in our dreams. It fills our minds with possibilities and promise, fuelling a hunger to embrace and explore. And though our robots play on Mars’ sandy surface, there is still much to learn safe from the higher ground of orbit.

Made of Stars: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Through early telescopes, the dying breaths of stars looked like small planet disks, and were called ‘planetary nebulas’. Clearer views painted a more interesting picture: stars seeding the universe with the complex elements needed to make all of the amazing things we see around us.

Radiance in Death: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

To witness a supernova is to see a star suddenly appear in the sky, briefly outshining everything around it, then gradually fade back to nothing. These powerful stellar explosions are an awe inspiring reminder of how connected we are to the grand cycles of the cosmos.

Ancient Objects: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Globular clusters, spectacular assemblies of stars, sparkle like jewels at the galaxy’s edge. The smallest contain ten thousand stars, and the largest, ten million. Over time, gravity has pulled these stars into a ball shape. And now they glitter in the dusk, like dandelions gone to seed.

Light Speed: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Almost everything in the night sky – stars, nebulas, galaxies – is beyond our physical reach, and always will be. They are also beyond our time. When we look into space, we do not see objects as they are now. We see them as they were when their light started its journey towards Earth.

Host City: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

The Milky Way is an ancient structure, forming out of the mists of the early universe. Its many brilliant vistas spark curiosity about the galaxy’s past, present and future. And as we piece together it’s dramatic story, we are also discovering our own.

Jewel Boxes: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Of all the things to see in the night sky, star clusters might be the most striking. Stars travelling together in space, like precious gems bound by gravity’s chain. The clusters tell stories about where stars come from, and ultimately, where we come from.

Hubble on High: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

From the grand scale of spiral galaxies, to the fate of individual stars, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured countless scenes of drama and wonder. Science expected great things from Hubble, but no one could have predicted the larger effect that it would have on people.

Star Cities: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

With only our eyes, stars and planets led us on a journey of discovery. Then telescopes slowly revealed the galaxies, full blown metropolises of stars. These gigantic star cities glow brightly across time and space, showing us a universe much more complex than we had ever imagined.

The Quintessence: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Most of the universe exists beyond our senses as dark matter and dark energy. These unknown entities contradict the immutable laws, and beg us to try and understand them. We can only imagine how these strange forces will reveal themselves in the years to come.

Infrared Expanse: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

VISTA, the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, was built to observe in a colour of light that the human eye cannot see – infrared. Infrared light can travel through dust clouds, allowing infrared telescopes to pull back the veils on some of the universe’s most interesting objects.

Stellar Nurseries: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Deep within galaxies lie wispy, luminous clouds called nebulas. Observed from a great distance, nebulas appear still and calm. Up close, they are as noisy and active as any nursery -- soaked with radiation and beset by fierce winds. It is in a nebula that a star’s life story begins.

Chrysalis: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

There are stunning examples of giant molecular clouds all around the night sky. These spectacular concentrations of gas and dust and everything that will ever be foretell the genesis of something new, something profound. And the first chapter in the story of us.

Sky Mergers: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Everywhere we look in the universe we see evidence of gravity’s hand crushing star cities together. Galactic collisions create star forming regions, and add to the galaxies finite supply of gas and dust, re-stocking and re-populating them for ongoing expansion projects.

Striking Forms: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

From Stonehenge and Jaipur to modern day observatories, humans create special places to watch the sky, to spend the long, lonely nights drawn by its beauty, and to uncover its secrets. And for every leap in technology, our view gets clearer, and the cosmos gets more astounding.

Signs of Life: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

Stuck on Earth, we have been able to learn many incredible things about the universe. We have even figured out that there is star dust in our blood. Once humans established this profound connection to the cosmos, the next question was obvious: if we are here, do others exist?

Beautiful Worlds: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

The wonders of our planet are myriad. But it is only as we look out that we begin to understand what really powers our perfect blue world. The Sun is in the center of it all, reaching out not just with gravity but energy into the space around it.

Island Universe: Sky Candy

Derek Reid

2.4 million light years away, the Andromeda Galaxy appears as a fuzzy smudge against the black sky. But it is more than just our nearest massive neighbour. Detailed velocity measurements of Andromeda reveal an ominous secret: it is our future.