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New! Moyers & Company: Living Outside Tribal Lines
Item# 53456
© 2013
43 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-794-3
In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill is joined by writer Sherman Alexie. Born on a Native American reservation, Alexie has been navigating the boundaries of American culture in lauded poetry, nov...
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New! Moyers & Company: MLK's Dream of Economic Justice
Item# 53366
© 2013
57 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-793-6
Martin Luther King had long known that racial equality was inextricably linked to economic equity-fairness for all, including working people and the poor. In the last year of his life, Dr. King announ...
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New! Moyers & Company: The Power Behind Poetry
Item# 53109
© 2013
21 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-571-0
In this edition of Moyers & Company, Martín Espada talks to Bill about the power of poetry and reads from his works including “The Poet’s Son Watches His Father Leave for Another Gig,” “The Playbo...
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Moyers & Company: Examining Life Through Verse
Item# 52863
© 2013
34 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-505-5
A one-time lawyer and advocate, award-winning poet Martín Espada has published more than 15 books of poems, translations, and essays, including his latest poetry collection, The Trouble Ball. In this...
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New! TEDTalks: Chip Kidd—Designing Books Is No Laughing Matter (OK, It Is)
Item# 52969
© 2012
17 Min.
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Graphic designer Chip Kidd doesn't judge books by their cover; he creates covers that embody the book—and he does it with a wicked sense of humor. In one of the funniest talks from TED2012, he shows t...
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Richard III: An Arab Tragedy Tours the World Stage
Item# 50412
© 2012
58 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-476-8
Cofounder of London’s Zaoum Theatre Company and its Arabic-world counterpart, SABAB Theatre, Kuwaiti-born director Sulayman Al Bassam uses his stage productions to explore contemporary issues of ident...
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Street Journeys: Using Theater to Transform the Lives of At-Risk Youth
Item# 52594
© 2012
57 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-423-2
Shangilia Mtoto wa Afrika (Rejoice Child of Africa) is an orphanage in Nairobi that uses performing arts as a tool to improve the lives of street children—and, in the process, change the negative ster...
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Hollow Crowns: Shakespeare and Us
Item# 52577
© 2012
60 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-408-9
Because his theater company often performed at court, Shakespeare was able to observe the frailty, vanity, and folly of kings firsthand, thus fueling his obsession with what lay behind the mask of roy...
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Shakespeare and Us
Item# 52575
© 2012
120 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-406-5
In this two-part series, Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new and fascinating light on some of the greatest plays ever written. The programs takes a close look...
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This England: Shakespeare and Us
Item# 52576
© 2012
60 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-407-2
In Henry IV and Henry VI, Shakespeare explored English history and the English character in a new and unprecedented way. His England wasn’t just a place where monarchs paraded and commoners were releg...
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