Avital Ronell - European Graduate School - 2008 7
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Desc: http://www.egs.edu/ Avital Ronnell, Professor of German, comparative literature, and English at New York University, where she directs the Research in Trauma and Violence project, and has also written as a literary critic, a feminist, and philosopher. Public open lecture session given at the European Graduate School, Media and Communication Studies Department Program in 2008. EGS, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Europe. |
Oprah Winfrey Interview - The Great Debaters
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Desc: Through her company's film division, Harpo Films, Oprah Winfrey has produced projects based on classic and contemporary literature that have garnered the highest industry honors for quality acting and production. Telefilms under the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" banner have included the award-winning Tuesdays With Morrie, based on the best-selling novel by Mitch Albom and starring Academy Award®-winner Jack Lemmon and Emmy Award®-winner Hank Azaria; Their Eyes Were Watching God, based on the Zora Neale Hurston novel and starring Academy Award®-winner Halle Berry; and Mitch Albom's For One More Day, based on his best-selling novel and starring Emmy Award®-winner Michael Imperioli and Academy Award®-winner Ellen Burstyn.
In 1998, Harpo Films produced the critically acclaimed Beloved, a Touchstone Pictures feature film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison, which co-starred Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover and was directed by Jonathan Demme.
Winfrey made her acting debut in 1985 as Sofia in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple, for which she received both Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominations. She also has been lauded for her performances in the made-for-television movies Before Women Had Wings (1997), There Are No Children Here (1993), and The Women of Brewster Place (1989).
The Great Debaters is a fictional story inspired by Wiley College's winning debate team of the early 1930s. Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington steps behind the camera for a second time to direct. He joins fellow Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker and co-stars as Melvin B. Tolson, the legendary coach. Harpo Films' Oprah Winfrey and Kate Forte produced with Todd Black (The Pursuit of Happyness) and Joe Roth (Mona Lisa Smile).
Filmed primarily in northeastern Louisiana with a few days in east Texas, production started on May 14, and ended on July 16, 2007.
Then, production moved to Boston to film the key Harvard scenes at the prestigious Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall as well as turning the Wang Theater's foyer into South Station circa 1935. Monday, July 23, 2007, was the last day of filming.
(Via Satellite) |
Messianic Rabbi shares how he accepted Yeshua as Messiah
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Desc: After a dramatic vision, a Jewish man studied the Bible for many years as great literature, then finally accepted that Yeshua (Jesus) really is the Messiah of Israel. He became a new and better person, but then realized that his Jewish identity is still very important to God!
Glenn Blank is now a professor of Comoputer Science as well as the Messianic Rabbi of Beit Simcha (www.beitsimcha.org) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The clip is from a TV show, The Living Truth, hosted by Pastor Larry Burd, on WBPH 60 in Bethlehem, PA. |
Ezra Pound
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Desc: This video contains clips from the documentary Ezra Pound Voices and Visions. It is intended solely for educational purposes. |
2nd Quarter Project
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Desc: El 2nd Quarter Project de Zobeyda... |
红豆词 - The Song of the Red Seeds - 红楼梦
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Desc: A real "classic" of Mandarin songs. Inspired by the Chinese Classical Literature of "The Dream of the Red Chamber" - 红楼梦
歌曲：红豆词
词:曹雪芹 梁文福曲:梁文福
滴不尽相思血泪抛红豆；
开不完春柳花满画楼；
睡不稳纱窗风雨黄昏后；
忘不了新愁与旧愁.
咽不下玉粒金波噎满喉，
照不尽镜里花容瘦；
展不开的眉头，挨不明的更漏。
展不开的眉头，挨不明的更漏。
呀........呀........
恰似遮不住的青山隐隐，
流不断的綠水悠悠！ |
Harlan Ellison Mind Fields part 3
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Desc: Harlan on 90's intarweb. |
Educating Rita -PT2
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Desc: Frank Bryant is a professor of literature. And Rita is
his newest student. A hairdresser who thinks
Macbeth runs the local pub. And Hamlet is a plate
of eggs with cheese. He's a failed writer who has
given up on his life. She's determined to change
hers by getting an education. And the more she
loves to learn. The more he learns how to love. |
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Celebrates Bicentennial
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Desc: Over two centuries, Wiley championed early American literature by publishing authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, James Fenimore Cooper, and Charles Dickens; opened new frontiers publishing research with Einstein, Bohr and 150 Nobel Laureates; produced textbooks that have helped define fields of study; and helped people meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations with must-have content and services like the "For Dummies" series. Wiley is now investing in its third century of publishing, taking advantage of a rare opportunity to expand through the acquisition of Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd., one of the world's foremost academic and professional publishers. |
Happily Ever After-Part 1
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Desc: Documentary about romantic fiction. |
Stereotypic Behavior of Animals Confined in Circuses
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Desc: The scientific literature show that carnivores, in particular members of the cat family and bears, suffer as a result of captivity. This evidence has mainly been gathered in zoo studies, where the animals have a permanent residence. In most modern zoos, efforts are now made to create a habitat as close to the animals' natural environment as possible.
However due to the travelling nature of circuses, it is impossible to provide the animals with these things, therefore one can assume that any negative effects of captivity seen in zoos will be worse in the circus environment.
Elephants in circuses are commonly shackled as a method of control and confinement, involving the chaining of one foreleg and one hind leg to the ground. This kind of fixation restricts the freedom of movement to such a degree that these animals are not able to exhibit most of their species' typical behaviours. It also restricts social interactions because contact is limited to an immediate neighbouring elephant shackled beside them (Schmid, 1995). Although many circuses now claim to give their elephants some degree of regular access to a pen or outdoor enclosure, it is debatable how much time they can spend in such an enclosure when the circus is always on the move and the elephants have to be prepared for their performances. These animals also tend to be chained overnight, from the time that the workers finish their day, to when they arrive for work the next day -- this can mean over 50% of their time (ADI observation data).
However even when elephants are able to spend time unchained, they are still subject to conditions of close confinement. Consequently stereotypies occur in captive elephants, regardless of the method of husbandry used. |
Riz Khan - Has Islam been hijacked in the UK? - 31 Oct 07
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Desc: We discuss claims of an investigative report maintaining 'hate literature' can be found in Britain's mosques. |
The Epic of Gilgamesh #5
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Desc: King of Uruk. Son of Lugalbanda. |
Orthodox Saint, St Nikolai Velimirovic
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Desc: My dearest Saint! :) |
madeleine 1.1 reupload
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Desc: eng subs
Kang Ji-suk (Jo In Sung) is an avid student of Korean & Korean Literature who regards his books as best friends and mostly stays either at home or in the library. One day he stumbles into his old class mate Lee Hee-jin (Shin min-ah) whom he has not seen for ages. The charming Hee-jin has turned into young woman of captivating beauty and also already managed to make her life-time wish of becoming a hair stylist come true.
After crossing roads one more time, Hee-jin has a startling idea suggesting that the two of them should try and find out what the life of a couple is like for the period of one month. As a result Ji-suk and Hee-jin enjoy a wonderfully sweet time looking just like two real lovers ... |
The Merchant of Venice -Tragedy or Comedy?
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Desc: A video I made for my English Literature class about William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Its a bit cheesy. Sorry for the audio synchonicity issues. I also wrote an essay on this subject which can be found at http://www.freewebs.com/suremis/shakespeare/Shylock.htm
Regarding the end of the video some of the credits appear small and indistinct, which was an accident. The music is by Vangelis and Nightwish and the clips from Michael Radfords adaptation of the Merchant of Venice, with additional footage from Charlie Rose interviewing Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons. |
Bertrand Russell 1950 Nobel Prize
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Desc: This is video of Bertrand Russell accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. I wish I could find the film of his speech. |
"Meet your Meat" on the Street
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Desc: Showing PETA's "Meet your Meat" to the public and handing out 'Vegan Outreach' literature (highly recommended).
http://meat.org
http://goveg.com
http://www.veganoutreach.org/ |