Films for the Humanities Movie Trailers

Cinema Asia: India Trailer (2007)

01 August 2007

While Northern India’s 100-year-old film industry is best known for flamboyant dance sequences and romantic plot lines, its directors have begun to step outside established formulas and explore grittier subject matter.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X Trailer (2001)

01 April 2001

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is an account of the life of Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little in 1925, who became a human rights activist.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Computers... But Were Afraid to Ask Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Do home computers scare you. confuse you—make you want to curl up in a ball and hide? As the computer revolution explodes into our lives, it's comforting to know there's palace to look for the answers to the practical questions you didn't want to admit you had.

The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White Trailer (1992)

02 October 1992

This program combines a panel discussion and town hall format with documentary video segments to promote the discussion of racial problems and policy choices that face the nation and its readers.

Robert Frost: A First Acquaintance Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Describes how the poems which first made American poet Robert Frost famous were based on his experiences as a farmer in New England.

Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence Trailer (1992)

28 October 1992

Focuses on 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, as she discusses the lack of human rights for the indigenous people of Guatemala and her commitment to the struggle for a more egalitarian society.

The Mythology of Star Wars Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

George Lucas discusses how Joseph Campbell and his concept of the Monomyth (aka the Hero's Journey) and other concepts from mythology and religion shaped the Star Wars saga.

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood Trailer (1984)

07 February 1984

A documentary, combining archival material and live interviews with Marcus Garvey, Jr., and others, which introduces the life and work of the pioneer Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey.

Left Behind Trailer (2002)

30 June 2002

A film about orphaned children in Kenya who lost their parents to AIDS.