Summary: In the spring of 1805, Tenskwatawa, a Shawnee, fell into a deep trance and claimed to have met the Master of Life, who told him that the Indians were in dire straits because they had adopted white culture and rejected traditional spiritual ways. In this episode the young prophet starts a spiritual revival movement that drew thousands of adherents from tribes across the Midwest. His elder...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: On the night of February 27, 1973, American Indian Movement (AIM) and Oglala Lakota activists seized the hamlet of Wounded Knee, and police cordoned off the area. Demanding redress for grievances, the protesters captured the world's attention for 71 gripping days. With heavily armed federal troops tightening a cordon around the Indians, the event recalled the massacre at Wounded Knee almost a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This episode begins in March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, when Massasoit, the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, negotiated with a ragged group of English colonists. The pale-skinned Pilgrim foreigners were in desperate need of Native help. Massasoit’s people had been decimated by unexplained sickness, and he calculated that an alliance with the foreigners could help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program brings together contemporary Mexican poets Eduardo Langagne, Javier Sicilia, and Ricardo Castillo for a meditative discussion on the creation of the poetic image. The artists address the ways they are inspired and how an almost mystical transformation of reality occurs through poetic representation. Engaging visuals and computer animation complement the readings and commentary of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The essence of poetry, metaphors unite disparate objects and ideas, resulting in a new perception of reality. In this program, contemporary Mexican poets Alberto Blanco, Luis Cortes Bargallo, and Jose Luis Rivas discuss the creation and use of the metaphor in their own poetry and in the poetic traditions of their homeland. Stunning visuals and computer graphics accompanying the poets' readings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What are the characteristics of poetry that differentiate it from all other kinds of writing? This program answers that question through stimulating discussions about the content and formal elements of poetry with three of Mexico's leading contemporary poets-Elisa Ramirez, Vicente Quirarte, and David Huerta. Lively computer graphics and images complement the discussion and recital of poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Being a poet is a commitment that truly goes "beyond the words." In this program, three contemporary Mexican poets-Antonio Deltoro, Jorge Esquinca, and Francisco Hernandez-discuss the catalysts that led them to write poetry and how their admiration for the art continues to grow. These noted artists share their perspective on what poetry has become for them in their own lives, relating many of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006