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Keep On Rolling: The Dream of the Automobile—in Spanish with English Subtitles
Item# 49665
© 2011 56 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-640-6
Using archival footage, beautifully crafted contemporary animation, and interviews with astute cultural observers based outside the U.S., this program examines the implications of our love affair with...
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Venezuela [Sur]Realista: The Republic of Hugo Chávez—in Spanish with English Subtitles
Item# 49664
© 2011 53 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-639-0
In the eyes of his supporters, he has championed the rights of the poor and bravely defended his country’s interests in the face of foreign aggression. Opponents have portrayed him as an embarrassing...
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Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions (in Spanish)
Item# 49283
© 2011 77 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-578-2
Textile art and artists play an active role in the culture of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. Following the work and daily lives of weavers from six different villages in the region, this d...
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Les Fetes en France—In French with French Subtitles
Item# 47479
© 2011 13 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-412-5
France’s long and colorful history has given its people many reasons to celebrate—the country’s calendar contains a large number of historical and religious festivals. Filmed entirely in France, this...
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Une Journee a Paris—In French with French Subtitles
Item# 47480
© 2011 15 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-413-2
In this program viewers join Sophie and Pierre as they spend a day in Paris visiting some world-famous attractions—the Louvre Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, and Notre Dame Cathedral. T...
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Barcelona City Guide: Pilot Guides
Item# 50501
© 2010 51 Min.
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This Globe Trekker episode follows Megan McCormick through Barcelona in the Spanish region of Cataluña. First Megan learns about the "grey years" between the end of the civil war and General Franco's...
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Madrid City Guide: Pilot Guides
Item# 50502
© 2010 51 Min.
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Ernest Hemingway once called Madrid "the most Spanish of all the cities." Follow Adela la Ucar through the baroque Royal Palace, a bullfighting stadium, the palace fort of Alcazar, and El Rastro, the...
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Gakusei Seikatsu! (in Japanese)
Item# 49830
© 2009 13 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-464-5
In this program, Yui and Yayoi, two Japanese teens, share aspects of their daily life in Japan. Viewers learn about their school and the subjects they study, what they do in their spare time, what the...
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La Mode et la Cuisine (in French)
Item# 49825
© 2009 21 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-460-7
Fashion and food are two of the defining elements of French culture. For students of French, it is important that they not only develop a well-rounded vocabulary, but that they also appreciate how cul...
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On-the-Go Chinese with Xinwen: Mandarin Chinese Language Lessons
Item# 42281
© 2009 151 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-214-2
Who says it's hard to learn Mandarin? Who says it can't be fun? Not Xinwen Chen, a thirty-something TCSOL-certified Mandarin Chinese teacher! Taking a functional approach to language acquisition, this...
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