ITEMS Video Descriptions

Bell Hooks (9/90)
AAS VT0130

Malcolm X (B)
AAS VT0554B

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
AAS VT0569

Biography weaves interviews, archival footage, photographs, & original score to portray fascinating intellectual journey of a man whose ideas resonate today. 150 min

Nikki Giovanni Speech 1/96
AAS VT0621

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. 1/25/96

African Origins & the 18th Century Slave Trade Dr. D. Littlefield 2/96
AAS VT0622

Lecture by Dr. Daniel Littlefield

Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass: Lesson of the Hour
AAS VT0636

Abolitonist Frederick Douglass comes to life in performance featuring Fred Morsell as he recreates Douglass's speech on slavery & human rights. With an eloquence & intelligence rarely matched Mr. Douglass became a giant in struggle against racial injustice. 60 min

Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings (1954-56)/Fighting Back (1957-62)
AAS VT0639A

Vol. 1 In Mississippi, one Black man stands up to racial injustice. In Montgomery, Mrs. Rosa Parks & Rev. Martin Luther King spark a yearlong boycott by thousands to desegregate city buses. To expand this mass movement, Rev. King & other ministers form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Ordinary people play extraordinary roles in the burgeoning movement for civil & human rights. FIGHTING BACK (1957-1962) Vol. 1 In schools of South battle lines are drawn with unforgettable images: in Little Rock, 9 Black teenagers dare to integrate Central High School, aided by U.S. paratroopers; in Mississippi, James Meredith & NAACP lawyers face mob violence integrating U. of Miss. From schoolhouse to White House, confrontation between state & federal governments escalates. 120 minutes. 60 minutes each section.

Eyes on the Prize: Aint Scared of Your Jails (1960-61)/No Easy Walk (1961-63)
AAS VT0639B

AIN'T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS (1960-1961) Vol. 2 Thousands of young people join ranks of movement, giving it new direction. Students across south organize lunch counter sit-ins & nationwide boycotts, & form Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. Students & veteran activists are attacked on Freedom Rides organized by Congress of Racial Equality to end bus segregation below Mason-Dixon Line. 1960, President Kennedy's election is aided by Black support. NO EASY WALK (1961-1963) Vol. 2 Mass demonstrations become a powerful protest vehicle. In Albany, GA a police chief wages a sophisticated challenge to Rev. King's nonviolent tactics. In Birmingham, children march & are met by violent fire hoses & snarling dogs. At Univ. of Ala., Gov. Wallace challenges President Kennedy over school integration. The triumphant March on Washington brings together 250,000 people, capturing worldwide attention & helping to shift federal policy. 120 minutes. 60 minutes each section.

Eyes Prize: Mississippi; Is This America? (1962-64)/Bridge to Freedom (1965)
AAS VT0639C

MISSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA? (1962-1964) Vol. 3 Mississippi becomes a testing ground of constitutional principles as civil rights activists focus their energies on right to vote. In 1963, NAACP leader Medgar Evers is silenced by an assassin's bullet. In Freedom Summer 1964, tensions between White resistance & movement activists climax in the murder of 3 young civil rights workers. Amidst horror, Civil Rights Bill of 1964 is passed & seeds of political change are planted. BRIDGE TO FREEDOM (1965) Vol. 3 TV is by now a major player in struggle for civil rights. In spring of 1965, a young civil rights activist is shot & nation is horrified by TV images of troopers gassing demonstrators on a Selma bridge. From across nation 25,000 people amass to make historic march from Selma to Montgomery, helping to ensure passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come (1964-66)/Two Societies (1965-68)
AAS VT0639D

THE TIME HAS COME (1964-1966) Vol. 4 In South & urban North, leaders emerged who helped transform civil rights movement into a broader struggle for human rights. Their message was direct: "The Time Has Come." This urgency was best articulated by Malcolm X who exhorted African Americans to build a base of power founded on self-respect, self-reliance, & independent Black institutions. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee responded to Malcolm's call by launching an independent political party in Alabama using the symbol of a black panther to counter existing Democratic Party's white rooster. Malcolm X's influence also reverberated in call for "Black Power," raised by SNCC chairman Stokely Carmichael during a march through MS. TWO SOCIETIES (1965-1968) Vol. 4 "Two Societies" reveals divisions that existed between African Americans & Whites in America's cities where African Americans had gained little from southern freedom movement by late '60s. In Chicago one of most segregated cities in country, we see southern civil rights movement's attempt to bring nonviolent movement noth. Dr. King & his Southern Christian Leadership Conference led protest marches through White suburbs where its nonviolent methods were tested. In Detroit tensions exploded during the summer of 67 & more than 100 cities shared the pain of racial violence. A presidential commission warned that America had become "2 societies, separate & unequal".

Eyes on the Prize: Power! (1966-68)/The Promised Land (1967-68)
AAS VT0639E

POWER! (1966-1968) Vol. 5 Solutions to problems of inequality were as diverse as America itself. Communities mobilized for change in strikingly different ways, but their ultimate goal was the same - power. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes sought power through the ballot box & became first Black mayor of a major city. In streets of Oakland, CA where tensions are high between community & police activists formed the Black Panther Party for self-defense to advocate community empowerment & social programs & to monitor police. In Brooklyn NY African American & Latino residents elected an interracial governing board to control their children's education. Their 2 year experiment was buffeted by teacher strikes & battles for power but out of struggle came an organized community of parent activists. THE PROMISED LAND (1967-1968) Vol. 5 Vietnam War further divided America & government's War on Poverty began to suffer. Dr. King spoke out against war facing a firestorm of anger from across nation. King & his SCLC joined others in movement seeking to expand struggle for civil rights to include economic equality. SCLC organized a multiracial Poor People's March to DC to force government response. They also joined a peaceful protest in support of striking Memphis sanitation workers which was shattered when an assissin's bullet took King's life. A hundred cities exploded in riots & murder of Robert Kennedy shortly after only added to darkness. Promised Land now seemed more difficult to reach but legacy of 1960's activism provided a foundation for future action.

Eyes on Prize: Aint Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-72/Nation of Law? (1968-71)
AAS VT0639F

AIN'T GONNA SHUFFLE NO MORE (1964-1972) Vol. 6. At pinnacle of his success the young boxer Cassius Clay announced his conversion to Muslim faith & became Mohammad Ali. He embodied spirit of resistance to war in Vietnam by refusing army service, sacrificing his heavyweight title & fighting for his principles up to Supreme Court. At Howard University nation's premier Black institution many students felt that school was too slow in developing courses with an African American perspective. When angry students took over university administration building in protest a new chapter in Black education began. At 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary Indiana, 8,000 African Americans ratified a sweeping agenda setting stage for unprecedented Black political participation. A NATION OF LAW? (1968-1971) Vol. 6 Names like The Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, & Attica equaled controversy in America of law & order promised by President Nixon. Urban rebellion & campus unrest had brought cycles of protest & reprisals, leaving many wondering if America was in fact "a nation of law." For some Black Panther Party's vow of self-defense "by any means necessary" evoked memory of Malcolm X & overshadowed Party's community service activities. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover declared Panthers the US's #1 threat to internal security. With help of a FBI informant police raided the apartment of Illinois Party chairman Fred Hampton killing him & another Panther leader. The law & order crackdown also had tragic results in NY Attica State Correctional Facility where state troopers & guards stormed prison after an inmate rebellion. Thirty-nine people were killed all by gunfire from government weapons.

Eyes on Prize: Keys to the Kingdom (1974-80)/Back to Movement (1979-80s)
AAS VT0639G

THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM (1974-1980) Vol. 7 From South Boston to Atlanta Americans sought remedies for problems of discrimination. In Boston issue was busing. White parents reacted violently to court ordered busing & Black parents steeled children for their role in this next civil rights battle. For both Blacks & Whites busing proved an unpopular means of integrating schools but in words of a Black parent, "There was no turning back." Undoing wrongs of past discrimination proved equally complex in workplace. Though 50% of Atlanta was African American less than 1% of city contracts were awarded to African American firms. Following his election as Atlanta's 1st Black mayor, Maynard Jackson aggressively pursued affirmative action in hiring & awarding city contracts. Even so Atlanta's persistently high poverty rate showed limits of what local government could accomplish. Affirmative action faced its first crucial test in the Supreme Court when a White man sued a university on grounds of "reverse discrimination." BACK TO THE MOVEMENT (1979-MID 1980's) Vol. 7 Powerlessness that was felt in many Black communities in 3rd decade of civil rights movement provoked both rage & activism. In Miami's Overtown section, a young Black salesman died after being beaten by police for a traffic violation & officers were acquitted by an all-White jury. Overtown exploded in worst riot in a decade. In Chicago 1st female mayor gained great publicity by moving into Cabrini Green, a predominantly Black housing project. But in eyes of many African Americans Jane Byrne did little to change problems of Chicago's inner city. Despite severe opposition Black community mobilized a grassroots campaign to elect U.S. Congressman Harold Washington to serve as Chicago's first Black mayor. Their success became a symbol of hope & a model for change.

Simple Justice
AAS VT0641

Drama recounts legal strategy & social struggle that resulted in U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Edu. of Topeka. Decision not only struck down segregated schools on basis of race, but also announced finally that America had begun to face consequences of its dehumanizing social practice. 137 min

Africa Before the Europeans 100-1500
AAS VT0650

Civilizations & empires rose & fell in Africa leaving great cultural heritage. The spread of Bantu people from their homeland displaced people of south making agriculture & animal herding main pursuit of rural people. 26 min

Bahia: Africa in the Americas
AAS VT0653

Explores city of Bahia which is located in northeastern Brazil, by looking at history, culture, religion, traditions. 58 min

Black Panthers
AAS VT0665

2 films in one: 1st; documentary transports you to Pivotal "Free Huey" rally held Feb.17, 1968 in Alameda, Ca. Newton along with Bobby Seale, created Black Panther Party, & had been jailed for allegedly killing a police officer. 31 min. 2nd: Black Panther newsreel alternative to commercial broadcast media of 60's. Includes a look at California racial environment in 1968 & in jail interview with Huey P. Newton. 15 min.

Slaverys Buried Past
AAS VT0739

While digging foundation for skyscraper, NY city construction workers unearthed centuries old slave graveyard containing 427 bodies. Video documents archaeological dig & research that followed. Scientists learned that slaves not only built NY but also were worked to death. The journey continues in Colonial Williamsburg & Nashville. African American historical archaeologists discuss how America's system of slavery was designed to rob Africans of their identity & how slaves held on to their traditions. 60 min

Women In Am.Life Pt.1; 1861-80:Civil War
AAS VT0742

Overview of women's history in U.S. include: women's contributions to Civil War effort & personal toll experienced by families on both sides; Emancipation's impact on lives of Black women in South & freedmen's schools movement; development of new employment opportunities for white women after Civil War; westward expansion from perspective of American Indian & Mexican women as well as that of European-American women moving west in mid 1800s; early leaders & controversies of movement for women's rights.

Pyramids & Cities of Pharaohs
AAS VT0743

Before Rome's Caesar, Greece's Pericles & Moses' exodus from Egypt, Pyramids were already old. Egyptologists take us back 5,000 years to view awakening of Egypt - a civilization that created colossal structures with simple tools & massive manpower. What sort of people built these structures? Egypt is an amalgam of 2 things: constancy of Nile & labor of its people. Reveals magnificence of Egyptian life before death. 75 min.

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
AAS VT0746

Tells how black artists triumphed over odds. Features more than 130 paintings, prints, photographs, & sculptures by black artists & footage of them at work. Period of 1920's/'30's known as Harlem Renaissance encompassed an extraordinary outburst of creativity by African-American artists. Racial prejudice & segregation not only kept them out of mainstream museums & galleries but also threatened core of their expression. 60 min.

Roots of Resistance: A Story of the Underground Railroad
AAS VT0747A

In mid-1800s black men & women traveled network of escape routes known as underground railroad. Over dark forest trails, back roads & rivers they made their way along mapped routes leading to night trains to north or boats to south. Their flight from shackles of slavery in south was organized by other escaped slaves & their allies. 60 min

American Experience
AAS VT0748

Story of independent film industry outside Hollywood that produced about 500 movies for African-American audiences between 1910 & 40. Movies were shown at segregated screenings & were called midnight rambles. They provided black moviegoers with images that didn't demean them but depicted them as real people. Using recently discovered films & interviews with black actors who worked in the race movie business, Midnight Ramble explores rise & decline of a unique film industry. 1994 60 min.

Dark Passages
AAS VT0749

Story of impact of Atlantic Slave Trade using mixture of interviews, slave narratives, & dramatization, takes viewer off coast of Dakar, Senegal to village of Jufurreh on Gambia river. Jufurreh is ancestral home of Alex Haley. 60 min.

Up With Multiculturalism-11-3-94 Garrett Center
AAS VT0754A

11/3/94 @ Garrett Center.

Up With Multiculturalism-11-3-94 Garrett Center (tape 2)
AAS VT0754B

11/3/94 @ Garrett Center.

Making Sense of The Sixties: Seeds of The Sixties
AAS VT0788A

Examines youth rebellion in America. Makes sense of counterculture, anti-war movement, & civil rights struggle. Recreates American society in 50's with expanding middle class, conservatism & conformity, traditional sex roles, anticommunism. Focuses on 1 of seeds of rebellion: institutionalized prejudice that kept American blacks in subservience preventing their children from receiving education that could help them gain equality. Shows how TV brought home these facts to Northern whites. 60 mintues

Making Sense of The Sixties: We Can Change The World
AAS VT0788B

Examines youth rebellion in America. Makes sense of counterculture, anti-war movement, & civil rights struggle. Traces evolution of civil rights as black college students launch Southern sit-ins & voter registrations. Looks at militant Northern college students as they rebel against personal & political restrictions. 60 mintues

Making Sense of The Sixties: Breaking Boundaries
AAS VT0788C

Examines youth rebellion in America. Makes sense of counterculture, anti-war movement, & civil rights struggle. Addresses: Why did social rebellion grow so explosively? How much of it was appearance, how much behavior? Why did young people reject their families' affluence? What role did sex play? Did rebellion go too far? Who were casualties & what happened to them? 60 mintues

Making Sense of The Sixties: In A Dark Time
AAS VT0788D

Examines youth rebellion in America. Makes sense of counterculture, anti-war movement, & civil rights struggle. Focuses on 1968 - most cataclysmic year of decade. Follows 3 threads: Vietnam War, anti-war movement & riots in almost all of America's big cities. Recreates mood of nation: that everything was coming apart. 60 mintues

Making Sense of The Sixties: Picking Up The Pieces
AAS VT0788E

Examines youth rebellion in America. Makes sense of counterculture, anti-war movement, & civil rights struggle. Examines nation at end of decade. How & why more groups like Black Panthers came to be as well as 2 new movements: environmental & women's. Recreates national mood as hundreds of Black Panthers arrested or killed as Nixon was forced to resign as country was held hostage by OPEC. People agreed on one thing: America would never again be nation it was before sixties. 60 mintues

Making Sense of The Sixties: Legacies of The Sixties
AAS VT0788F

Examines largest youth rebellion in American history. Makes sense of counterculture, anti-war movement, & civil rights struggle. Shows sixties witnesses - those interviewed during first 5 programs as they reflect upon 60's from today's perspective & assess era's role in making America what it is in nineties. There is wisdom, insight, reflection & passionate disagreement. That, too is one of legacies of 60's. 60 mintues

That Rhythm
AAS VT1039

In small towns of south in 1940's & 50's black rhythm & blues singers performed in warehouses, barns, movie theaters & halls. Documents endless one-night stands, makeshift housing & inadequate transportation that were all a step toward big time at Apollo Theatre on 125th Street in Harlem. Story of Apollo Theatre reflects era of sanctioned American segregation & carries a message about relationship between black & white America. 60 min

Indians of North America - Iroquois
AAS VT1040A

A fascinating study of North American Indians accurately portraying their history, culture & way of life today. Leading Native American scholars discuss specific histories of each of North American peoples & challenge many still prevalent myths & stereotypes. Each program focuses on unique history of a particular Indian community. 30 min

Indians of North America - Seminole
AAS VT1040B

Nightfighters
AAS VT1101

Story of Tuskegee Airmen, group of elite black pilots who distinguished themselves during WWII combat missions despite segregation & racism that existed in military. In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt set up a flight-training program for small group of black pilots at an airbase in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was widely believed that 'Tuskegee Experiment' would confirm a document released years earlier, which concluded that blacks were incapable of excelling as pilots & positions of authority in U.S. military. Under watchful eye of Lt. Col. Benjamin Davis, West Point's second-ever black graduate, 332nd Fighter Group never lost a plane during hundreds of missions over Italy & North Africa. Yet as pilots who shielded white-operated American planes from enemy fire, Airmen & their all black surgical & surgical & support crews were still segregated from their white countrymen & saw their accomplishments ignored by military establishment. Introduces many of these extraordinary men. 52 min

Nightline: Aids In Africa 3-10-00
AAS VT1111

Nightline program airing 3-10-00 discusses aids in Africa, primarily Zimbabwe where 1 out of every 4 adults has aids. A whole generation is disappearing. Weekly income is about $12 so no one can afford drugs, that is providing they were available. 3 part series

Scottsboro - An American Tragedy
AAS VT1173

In 1931 two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by 9 black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the 9 young men would draw North & South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield 2 Supreme Court decisions & give birth to the civil rights movement. Weaving together interviews of the last surviving witnesses, never before seen footage, photos, letters, diaries & newspaper accounts video tells an extraordinary lost story. Viewers are taken from jails in Alabama to salons in NY to meet a gallery of characters: the lead defendant - a defiant man who refuses to lay down before the power of Alabama; the defense lawyer - who sees in the case echoes of the discrimination he has felt; the accuser - a poor white woman whose lie leads her respectability; & the Southern judge - who risks the scorn of his beloved state to deliver justice. 90 min

By River
AAS VT1194

In the early 20th century, blacks moved north in hope of a better life with little more than a prayer & the shirts on their backs. In this program, poet Maya Angelou, NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, & a host of other African-Americans recount the story of the migration, of separated families & of the hardships, prejudice, & struggle for acceptance in the North that resulted in disillusionment. Black luminaries include James Cameron, author of "A Time of Terror"; Jacob Lawrence, artist & creator of "The Black Migration" series; & Dr. Julius Garvey, son of Marcus Garvey, founded of the Universal Negro Improvement Association & the Back to Africa movement of the 1920's. Color. 22 min

Bicycle Corps
AAS VT1200

In 1897, the U.S. Army theorized that the newly developed "safety" bicycle could replace the horse as a means of troop transport. As a result, the 25th Infantry established a Bicycle Corps to test the overall practicality of military cycling. Twenty African-American soldiers put their bicycles, their bodies and the Army's theory to the test with a 2000-mile ride from Montana to St. Louis, Missouri. The Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels chronicles their journey through the eyes of two of the soldiers: the white lieutenant in command and the black sergeant who guided and motivated the men. 59 min

Crucible Of Empire: The Spanish-American War
AAS VT1201

Roosevelt charging up Kettle Hill, the Rough Riders & the sinking of The Maine - these are what many people commonly know about the United States' 1898 war with Spain. What they may not know is that this was the war that moved the United States to center stage as a world power. Video examines the colorful characters & historic events surrounding this 100-year-old war & its revelance through the 20th century. Using reenactments, interviews with noted authors & popular historians, & more than a dozen newly arranged popular songs from the period, Crucible of Empire looks at the influence of race, economics, new technologies & the news media on America's decision to go to war. Filmed in cuba & the Philippines, video tells story of the war from all perspectives, not just the American side. With images of Cuban & Filipino battle sites, program brings to light this significant but often overlooked war. 120 min

Thurgood Marshall; Portrait Of An America Hero
AAS VT1202

Program traces the career of the first black appointed as a Supreme Court Justice. Video follows Thurgood Marshall through legal studies & private practice, where he concentrated on Civil Rights, his appointment to serve as head of the legal division of the NAACP & his career as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall's role as a distinguished civil rights trailblazer is clearly presented. 30 min

Upsouth:African American Migration in the Era of the Great War
AAS VT1256

Narrated by a Mississippi barber and a sharecropper woman who organized migration clubs to Chicago, Up South portrays the dramatic story of movement, self transformation and collective action during the exodus from the South to industrial cities during World War I. Letters, oral histories, songs, photographs and art convey how southern black culture and traditions helped sustain migrants as they rejected the oppression and indignity of the Jim Crow South. But the "promised land" proved to be a complex and contentious cityscape. The rise of black politics, racial violence and the July 1919 race riot, women's club and church activities, the industrial workplace, and the "New Negro" are some of the issues and events explored in the program.

Moyers
AAS VT1257

Journey back through time & examine the most important moments of our century. Many of the world's current geopolitical divisions & economic concerns can be traced to specific events over the past 80 years; & many of today's social mores developed directly out of the history of the 20th century. With vintage European film rarely seen in America, archival newsreel & television footage, photographs & rare interviews, the unique historical perspective provided by the video provides a greater understanding of national & international politics, business, mass media & social studies. Bill Moyers hosts this series which explores the events & personalities that shaped the 20th century. The Twenties reviews the decade that roared with cars, speakeasies, the Charleston, booming business & industry & finally the collapse of the stock market in 1929. But the '20s also represented the transition of America into a modern urban society. Nineteen Americans who lived through this decade recall those times in this nostalgic & informative presentation of the sights & sounds of the '20s. 55 min

Walk A Mile In My Shoes
AAS VT1278

Walk A Mile In My Shoes serves as a visual "witness" to events that have threatened the wellbeing, the growth, & even the lives of African-Americans. It illuminates the NAACP's key role in social changes of primary importance to the African-American experience in every decade of the 20th century since its inception in 1909, including: ...anti-lynching legislation ...organization of Black workers ...challenges to motion picture industry practices ...school integration The program introduces a new generation of viewers to a legendary American institutuion that is today meeting the challenges of the new millennium. 48 min

Segregation
AAS VT1287

In many places above the Mason-Dixon Line, a subtle form of bigotry was at work during the early 1960s, resisting the efforts of African-Americans to buy homes in historically white neighborhoods. In this 1964 program, Mike Wallace reveals the fallacies, attitudes, & weak legislation that contributed to de facto segregation in the North while tracking the unsuccessful campaign of a middle-class black family to buy an upscale home in New Jersey. The positive contributions of fair housing & civil rights groups are also presented. b&w 58 min

Tuskegee
AAS VT1318

Between the years of 1932 and 1971 the U.S. government used approximately 600 black from Macon County, Alabama as human guinea pigs for syphilis research under the guise of treatment for "bad blood." Many participants were deliberately left untreated and died even after a cure had been discovered. In 1997 President Clinton personally apologized to those who survived one of the 20th century's most barbaric medical experiments. This program includes an interview with one of the last surviving participants, explains the role of Nurse Rivers; and presents the medical establishment's justification for disguising racism as legitimate medical research. 22 min

Black Power
AAS VT1319

When the radical wing of the civil rights movement began equating redress with rebellion rather than nonviolent protest, "Black power!" became the rallying cry. In this program filmed in 1966 Mike Wallace explores public sentiment during that period. Interviews with Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, Daniel Watts, Adam Clayton Powell and others capture the fervor of those days as major figures of the movement discuss economic power, fair housing, nonviolence and the tensions in Cicero, Illinois the Selma of the North 56 min

American Experience: Roots of Resistence - A Story of the Underground Railroad
AAS VT0747B

Men Who Sailed The Liberty Ships
AAS VT1024

Filmed aboard the Jeremiah O'Brien, the last unaltered Liberty Ship still afloat, THE MEN WHO SAILED THE LIBERTY SHIPS tells the untold story of "the forgotten men" of World War II. Soon after teh bombing of Pearl Harbor which triggered U.S. involvement in World War II, a quarter of a million American civilians volunteered to sail cargo ships to the global battle zones.B&W. 57 min.

Pyramid
AAS VT1025

Rising up out of the Egyptian desert is an enormous strcuture that startles the imagination--the Great Pyramid of Giza. How is it possible that more than two million blocks of stone, some weighing 15 tons, were fitted together in such a magnificent shape by a civilation that exsisted in 2500 B.C.? Who were the rulers who decided to build this 40-story structure and other monuments in Ancient Egypt? What kind of life did they lead and what was the significance of their tombs? PYRAMID, with host David Mcaulay, explores the geography, history, archaeology, mythology and religions of the ancient Egyptians through a combination of live footage and animation.

ITEMS Video Descriptions

Bell Hooks (9/90)AAS VT0130

Bell Hooks (9/90)
AAS VT0130