Films on Demand (Streaming Media):
The library has subscribed to a new service from ‘Films for the Humanities and Sciences’ called Films on Demand. Provided, via streaming media, are over 4000 films spanning many academic subject areas. Films are grouped by subject, or can be searched for by title, keyword or subject. Sign up for your own account and you can build playlists of the films that you’re interested in. Here’s 3 of our favorites you can watch right from your own laptop! But there are hundreds more to watch. These are great sources for your research papers but also for much need R&R!
Amazing Grace: The Story of a Song That Makes a Difference
Why is “Amazing Grace” the most-performed hymn in the English language? In this film, Bill Moyers seeks to understand the enduring power that has carried this song across continents and through time.
Where’s the Catch? Pacific Fishing in Crisis
“Plenty of fish in the sea” may endure as a platitude, but the expression runs afoul of current marine biology. This program examines the dangerous depletion of Pacific Ocean fish stocks, an echo of the overfishing that has ravaged the Atlantic. Contrasting the tuna industries of wealthy countries with the localized fishing many developing nations engage in, the video features case studies of the socioeconomic impact of overfishing on Fiji, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands, and analyzes political systems that enable harmful and often illegal fishing to continue. Activist and pro-regulatory groups that confront these problems are profiled with a tentative optimism.
The Bitter Taste of Tea: A Journey into the World of Fair Trade
This program travels to tea estates in Sri Lanka, Kenya, India, and Bangladesh-some traditional, some fair trade-to expose unsafe work environments and labor exploitation.