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Life of a teenage outsider: what makes him that way and how his anger flares into violence.

An introduction to Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and...

Every year, on June 27th, in a small village in New England, inhabited by no more than 300 people, a lottery is held in which a family is chosen as...

Marty, a "good boy," experiments with marijuana and experiences "profound mental and emotional disturbances." As in all anti-drug films of this...

Casting her devious filth hex on pig farmers, house painters, and football-playing children, The Dirt Witch delights in making everyone as unclean as...

Educational film about exclusion and anger meant to be shown in classrooms, with a discussion afterwards.

Dr. Heidegger invites four of his respected friends to try out the elixir of youth.

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.

Actor Pat Morita hosts three animated stories. Part of the Britannica series of animated films.

Deals with the Old Testament as a collection of literary forms. Combines paintings with narrative sculptures to relate the saga of the creation, the...

This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. It also Interprets the reforms of...

A visually experimental adaptation of the classic Frank Stockton short story.

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother,...

This film describes the nature and impact of major religions in India, artistic monuments and contributions of each dynasty and cultural development...

This Bip pantomime deals with his visit to a skating rink. Featuring Marcel Marceau.

John Canaday analyzes the place of art among the humanities as an expression of man's attempt to define what it means to be a human being. Mr....

Presents an overview of Pakistan--its geographic and climatic features, its methods of agricultural and industrial production, and its modes of...

Pat Morita hosts another entry in the Britannica's tales around the world series. This one covers the classic fairytale story of Cinderella.

A short film on early 1950s Iran.