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New! Has Globalization Backfired?: A Debate 57 min.

In the 1990s, the United States and many other countries adopted "free trade" policies to eliminate commercial barriers among nations and create a more integrated global economy. Supporters of globalization argue that it has spurred trade, reduced poverty and income inequality, and brought the world closer together. Opponents of globalization, however, argue that it has lowered wages, gutted the m...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space 114 min.

Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2023

New! The Conversation: Remix 34 min.

Exploring the present catharsis following the death of George Floyd, we dive into how the current uprising is impacting communities, and how we can contribute to discussions about racial justice reform. This remix of the 2015 A Conversation about Race series is a vibrant collage of people’s lives and experiences, which powerfully frame and illustrate the reckoning that is happening around us.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

Black Action Figures 7 min.

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.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2022

Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 56 min.

This video plus audiobook presents Durkheim’s classic argument explaining the origins of religion. The highly original thesis argues that when we worship God, we are really worshiping society. God and society are one.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

Ideology: Marx, Althusser, and Gramsci 59 min.

This video plus audiobook set looks at the notions of ideology as is found in Marx with the idea of “class-in-itself” and “class-for-itself.” It shows how both Gramsci's and Althusser’s notions of “hegemony” and “ideological state apparatuses” are subtler and more sophisticated understandings of class rule through consent.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

Pierre Bordieu 59 min.

The video plus audiobook set explains Bourdieu’s major interrelated concepts: habitus, field, and capital. It shows how he extends the last of these – capital – to much broader aspects of social life than merely economics.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

Saussure: Foundations of Semiology 58 min.

This video plus audiobook set explains the major insights of Ferdinand de Saussure who not only inaugurated the synchronic study of linguistics, earning him the title of the “Father of Modern Linguistics,” but who also invented a whole new discipline: semiology.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

World Systems Theory 50 min.

The video plus audibook set explains Wallerstein’s “world systems theory.” Capitalism and a world political economy came into being simultaneously. The world can be broken down into three categories with respect to countries and regions: core, periphery, and semi-periphery. World systems theory accepts the Marxist understanding of surplus value and profit as a key dynamic of capitalism but adds an...

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life 13 min.

This audiobook presents Durkheim’s classic argument explaining the origins of religion. The highly original thesis argues that when we worship God, we are really worshiping society. God and society are one.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022