LibGuides: HNRS 2200 The Politics of the Undead: Films/Videos

Vodou: Haiti's African-Derived Religion

Films/Videos

The future of work and death by Gadfly Productions
Publication Date: Kanopy Streaming, [2017]
A provocative documentary, where worldwide experts in the fields of futurology, anthropology, neuroscience and philosophy consider the impact of technological advances on the two certainties of human life: work and death.
Death makes life possible by The Chopra Foundation and the Institute of Noetic Sciences presents a Worldview Enterprises production of a Petaluma Pictures film
Publication Date: Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Death -- Psychological aspects.
Death -- Cross-cultural studies.
Secrets of Life and Death Series.
Publication Date: Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
The award-winning 3-part film series, Secrets of Life and Death is designed to provoke thought and dialogue on this taboo subject. The Secrets of Life and Death Series has been effectively used in universities, hospitals and hospices to encourage a deeper investigation of death and the opportunities it presents for social, organizational and personal evolution.
Vampires Part II.
Publication Date: Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
The popularity of Dracula cemented the vampire into fiction and popular culture, and was supplemented by the invention of cinema. Between Dracula and its not-so-subtle clone Nosferatu, vampires became a horror movie staple.
Vampires Part I.
Publication Date: Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
The presence of vampires throughout history, culminating in the writing of Bram Stoker's Dracula, literature's most famous bloodsucker.
Grandma, A Thousand Times (Teta, Alf Marra)
Publication Date: Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
Grandma, A Thousand Times (also titled Teta, Alf Marra) is a poetic documentary that puts a feisty Beiruti grandmother at the center of brave film exercises concocted by her grandson to commemorate her many worlds before they are erased by the passage of time and her eventual death.Winner of Audience Award Best Documentary Doha Tribeca Film Festival - Winner of Jury Special Mention Dox Box International Documentary Film Festival - Winner Audience Award Best Documentary London International Documentary Festival - Winner Best Film Award Fondation Liban Cinema.

Film Databases

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Over 600 curriculum-focused streaming video titles produced by Films for the Humanities and Sciences. Available through March 2024. Special features allow users the ability to organize and bookmark clips, share playlists, Blackboard integration, personalize folders, and manage their entire collection.
Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
Digital Theatre+ provides unlimited access to over 1000+ full-length productions and educational resources. This includes recorded live performances, behind the scenes discussions, and educational resources.