Curated Video
The Editor: Crash Course Film Production
The Editor is yet another unsung hero in the filmmaking process. For a century of film history, Editors have taken raw footage and worked to transform it into a cohesive whole. Basically making one thing from many. But, how do they do...
Curated Video
Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History
It's Craig's last episode of Film and in it he's going to talk about weird stuff... and real stuff. Experimental and Documentary films could each take up their own Crash Course series. The different styles and intents of different...
Curated Video
The Eagle Huntress: Crash Course Film Criticism
During our Film History and Production series, we talked about how Film is an "Illusion of Reality." That filmmakers use shots, cuts, and narrative structure to trick us into believing what we're seeing. But, what happens when that...
Curated Video
Where Are My Children: Crash Course Film Criticism
Before the Hayes Code was enacted, movies were a lot more brazen than we sometimes tend to think. Director/Producer Lois Weber spent much of her career making movies that challenged audiences. Her film, "Where Are My Children" is no...
Crash Course
The Cinematographer: Crash Course Film Production
Who takes the pictures in a movie? Who is responsible for making a movie look good, or creating meaning with light and shadow, or make an action scene clear and thrilling? A lot of the time, that's the job of the cinematographer. In this...
Curated Video
In the Mood For Love: Crash Course Film Criticism
Cinematic love stories come in all shapes and sizes. Movies are really good at both capturing and projecting emotions. And one of the best directors at the modern love story is Wong Kar-Wai. In this episode of Crash Course Film...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The dark history of werewolves | Craig Thomson
Stories of werewolves have existed for thousands of years and continue to live on today. They're especially prominent in European literature and folklore, and often found in cultures where the wolf is the largest natural predator. Over...
TED Talks
TED: How film changes the way we see the world | Ava DuVernay
New ReviewPeople told me this was an unadaptable book, so the only logical thing to do was to try to adapt it, says writer, producer and filmmaker Ava DuVernay of her work taking the award-winning title "Caste" from page to screen. In conversation...
The Guardian
Why are period dramas so white?
Have you ever noticed that in film and on TV, period dramas tend to have almost entirely white casts? It’s almost as if, at least in film and TV land, black people do not feature in British history at all. The Guardian’s Josh...
History Hit
Africa, The Unknown History of Humankind: Africans and pop culture
What are Gus Casely-Hayford's views of Africans in popular culture? How does "word", "symbol", and "song" work together and what makes them so powerful? Africa, The Unknown History of Humankind, Part 5
60 Second Histories
Life in the trenches - Part 1
A description of the trenches that stretched from Belgium to Switzerland which were built after the war was bogged down in stalemate. Part 1 of a 7 part series
Weird History
Pazuzu, the Demon of 'The Exorcist' film
If you've heard of Pazuzu at all, it's because you paid attention while watching The Exorcist. Pazuzu was the demon that possessed young Regan in the film. However, this fascinating character has a long history that goes back several...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Timothy B. Tyson - History: Storytelling in Print and Film
Timothy B. Tyson is senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and adjunct professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina. His most recent book, The Blood of Emmett Till , won the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ken Burns in the Classroom
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for over forty years. Since the Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including,...
Weird History
Where Did The Pirate Accent Come From?
The seafaring criminals known as pirates have existed for thousands of years. But because of the portrayals found in literature - or seen in films, TV shows, or on stage - much of what the general public thinks about pirates is likely...
Curated Video
India on Film
Narrated by Bollywood actor Rahul Bose, India on Film offers a unique glimpse into the life of early 20th century colonial India. From vast processions of elephants carrying India’s Maharajas, to King George V’s symbolic visit, to scenes...
Schooling Online
Flying Through Film: Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot - Context
It was tough times in Northern England in the 1980’s! Watch this video to learn about the historical context of Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed film Billy Elliot (2000). We explain the history of the UK miners’ strike of 1984-1985 and how it...
Intelligence Squared
Werner Herzog imagines a 3 week long power cut in London
Werner Herzog will be in conversation on March 23 - it is sold out but here's a snippet from his last Intelligence Squared.
Schooling Online
Flying Through Film: Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot - Theme of Politics
Politics is boring until you see how it can directly affect your life! This lesson explores the theme of Politics in Stephen Daldry’s film Billy Elliot. Discover the important ‘subplot’ of the UK miners’ strike of the 1980’s - a real...
Jabzy
Crucifixion in Japan - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Crucifixion in Japan
Curated Video
Europe in the Global Age: Crash Course European History
In which John looks at what it even means to live in a global age, as we've been talking about Europe's role in the gobal community for 47 episodes now. But, pedantry aside, the world is more connected than ever, and that has had effects...
Restoration Planet
Bighorns at the Junction: First Nations history in the grasslands of BC
How do humans fit in to the long history of our natural world? Robert Moberg examines the history of First Nation people in Chilcotin and the blessing nature provides to human populations. Filmed over a two year period in the rare...
Weird History
What Life Was Really Like As A Wild West Sheriff
Wild West sheriffs kept law and order on the frontier alongside fellow lawmen and the local citizenry. They’ve been dramatized, glamorized, and exaggerated in films and literature for generations and yes, the life of a Wild West sheriff...
Natural History Museum
A film about Carl Linnaeus | Natural History Museum
Carl Linnaeus made it his life's work to develop and refine a way to classify and name all life on Earth. Discover more about Carl Linnaeus and other major figures in the science of natural history in our online biographies:...