nonfiction films

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nonfiction films

Valor in the Pacific

Pearl Harbor
Looks at the Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese forces in 1941.

The amendments to the Constitution

Bill of Rights and beyond
Narration, interviews, computer graphics, live action, and archival footage are used to explore the origin, history of interpretation by courts, and future implications of the United States constitutional amendment that guarantees freedom of speech and establishes separation of church and state.

In the paths of the gods

Focuses on the stories of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

The human experience

Follows a group of young men as they travel the world to explore what it means to be a human being by visiting the homeless on the streets of New York City, the orphans and disabled children of Peru, and the abandoned lepers in the forests of Ghana, Africa.

Damnation

Looks at the influence of dams on the environment and the changing attitude of Americans towards dams.

In the paths of the gods

The focus is on Zeus: his birth on Crete and the trick by which he was saved and dethroned his father; his marriage to Hera; his amorous adventures with Alcmene (resulting in Hercules), Leda (resulting in Helen and, by extension, the Trojan War), and Europa, who gave birth to King Minos.

Defiant requiem

Describes how the Czech opera-choral conducter Raphael Scha?chtter taught Verdi's "Requiem" to 150 fellow prisoners in Theresienstadt and chronicles conductor Murry Sidlin's journey to bring "Requiem" back to Terezi?n six decades later.

How Sherlock changed the world

Looks at how the popularity of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes influenced the use of forensic science in criminal investigation.

Central America

This program discusses the presevation of cultural heritage and the environment of Cuba, specifically historic sites in Havana saved by UNESCO and the efforts to fight pollution in the Bay of Havana.

In the paths of the gods

Focuses on the stories of Ares, the god of war, and Eris, the goddess of discord, and of Troy and the Trojan war.

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