Crash Course
Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism: Crash Course Theater #31
This week, we're back in Europe to learn about Realism and Naturalism. In the 19th Century, playwrights like Eugene Scribe, Alexandre de Dumas Fils, and Emile Zola remade the French theater, first with Realism, and later with Naturalism....
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Legendary Figures: Fact or Fiction?
Dive into the intriguing world of legendary characters like Quasimodo, Robin Hood, and Merlin to uncover the truths and myths behind their stories. This video explores the historical and cultural origins of these characters, blending...
The Art Assignment
Caption this painting. | David Rathman | The Art Assignment
David Rathman’s paintings pair atmospheric landscapes with carefully selected phrases, playing with the relationship between text and image. This week, he created a painting for you to caption.
PBS
The Beauty and Anguish of Les Misérables! (feat. Lindsay Ellis) | PBS Digital Studios
Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of history’s most famous novels and one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history. On this special episode of It’s Lit! we explore how Les Miserable became both a national and revolutionary...
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Why Did They Make Me Read This in High School? (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Literary critics, writers, philosophers, bloggers--all have tried to tackle where and why and how an author may strike such lightning in a bottle that their works enter the pantheon of “Classical Literature”. Why this book is required...
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CAN 075 NAESSENS IN PARIS FOR TALKS
French biologist Gaston Naessens in Paris for talks on the testing of his drug claimed to cure leukaemia.
1. cu street nameplate 'Avenue Victor Hugo'
2. ws exterior building
3. vs Naessers and associates through corridor and into street...
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FRANCE: PRESIDENT CLINTON FLIES TO PARIS TO MEET PRESIDENT CHIRAC
Natural Sound
President Clinton flew into Paris on Saturday to meet France's President Jacques Chirac.
The visit is seen as a demonstration of a new warmth between France and the US.
President Clinton will not be staying the night in...
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Suspects in alleged plot to assassinate Morales and VP
1. Wide exterior of Superior Court in La Paz
2. Top-shot pan suspects holding blankets over their heads to conceal identity, being escorted by police
3. Mid of person looking at newspapers
4. Various of newspaper headlines
Bolivian...
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French students block entry to over 60 high schools in France
French students are blocking the entry to over 60 high schools throughout France on what they dubbed "Black Tuesday".
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Mexico: Familiares esperan cuerpos de 42 muertos
VOICED : Mexico: Familiares esperan cuerpos de 42 muertos
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Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity
The Dominican Republic's lead prosecutor said Wednesday that former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was not the target of a shooting in a nightclub in his hometown.
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Dominican AG: Ortiz shooting result of mistaken identity
The Dominican Republic's lead prosecutor said Wednesday that former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was not the target of a shooting in a nightclub in his hometown.
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Delegation meets Montesinos over bribery scandal
1. Ecuadorian delegation vehicles arriving at Callao Naval Base, where Montesinos is jailed
2. Pan of vehicles entering base
3. Delegation members speaking to reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Guerrero, Ecuadorian commission member:...
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Indigenous candidates prepare to run against President Morales
Indigenous candidates appear likely to run in this year's Bolivian presidential elections as opposition figures seek victory over the incumbent, Evo Morales.
One indigenous politician has already announced he will take on Morales, who...
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Spring brings out the romance in Paris
Paris, France 18th April 2013
1. Mid of flowered trees (magnolia)
2. Wide of flowered trees in front of the Paris town hall
3. Wide pan of motorcycle transporting big plants in the top box
4. Wide of Pont Des Arts bridge on the Seine...
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GIANT TORTOISE ISLAND A HIT WITH TOURISTS
Hundreds of giant tortoises roaming freely on an uninhabited tropical island are pulling in day-trippers and tourists in the Seychelles.
The giant reptiles have the rule of the roost on this remote island - in fact tourists even have to...
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DomRep police on arrest of Ortiz attack suspects
Police say a suspected drug trafficker offered to pay 30,000 US dollars for the shooting that wounded baseball slugger David Ortiz, who was sitting near the intended victim.
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Rescue efforts continue for survivors of Mexico earthquake
The scenes at dozens of collapsed buildings are of firefighters, police, soldiers and civilians working at a feverish pace, hammering, shoveling, pushing and pulling debris aside to try to reach the living and the dead.
By...
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Minister: priority to check structure of Notre Dame
Junior French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said early on Tuesday that the Notre Dame fire was under control and that the priority now was to check if the structure of the cathedral was stable.
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Strasbourg Cathedral official laments 'catastrophe'
Strasbourg Cathedral's technical director on Tuesday said that, in his opinion, the fire that ravaged the top of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral was the worst catastrophe in France for the last few hundred years.
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'Les Mis' performance breaks Hong Kong hearts
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'Les Mis' performance soothes, breaks Hong Kong hearts
For Hong Kong spectators emotionally and physically drained from protests that have convulsed the city, a rousing performance of "Les Miserables" proved almost too much to bear.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: NOTRE DAME DE PARIS
English/Nat
Story: Notre Dame de Paris
Location: Cannes
Dur: 03:26
The musical which captured the imagination of the French speaking world is to make it's debut in London.
'NOTRE DAME DE PARIS' is a rock-opera adaptation of Victor...
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Christians in Mexico, Bolivia and Haiti observe Good Friday
Massive crowds lined streets in various parts of Latin America, taking part in Passion procession ceremonies to mark Good Friday.
Roman Catholics throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are paying tribute to Jesus Christ in Holy Week...