A fascinating look at the decades-long musical career of the late Alberta Hunter, a legendary blues singer and jazz vocalist.

This classic TV program, produced for the CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People and hosted by Dionne Warwick and Joe Williams, features jazz greats such as Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan and Dizzy Gillespie.

Examines the Communist Party's rigorously enforced art policies during China's Cultural Revolution from 1966-1976, when pictorial artists were given strict aesthetic guidelines for the production of works designed to promote the ideology and imagery of Mao Tse- tung's illusory new society.

Tells the story of Eddie Torres, who recruits the best of New York's salseros-Hispanic club and street dancers-and, with the musical collaboration of Tito Puente, molds them into a professional dance troupe.

The 1950 debut of Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano, a "mixture of social satire, Alice in Wonderland-type logic, verbal delirium and surrealist farce," stirred a sensation in Paris.

This cinéma-vérité documentary, shot in high definition video, follows seven Russian teenagers who came to America to become country music stars.

A reflection on art, life and the movies, The Beaches of Agnes is a magnificent new film from the great Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I), a richly cinematic self portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of husband Jacques Demy and the birth of the French New Wave.

An acclaimed documentary about the life and music of Townes Van Zandt, perhaps one of the greatest musicians who ever lived, inspiring artists from Bob Dylan to Norah Jones.

They are young, ambitious and want to achieve international fame. Meet the boys and girls of the Moscow Academy for Choreography, one of Russia’s seven state schools for ballet - and the most famous.

The Bread and Puppet Theater has become famous in America over the last thirty years for its street theater and political satire utilizing giant papier-mâche puppets, masks and twelve foot high stilt walkers.

This documentary examines the unique American subculture of the carnival by chronicling an entire season of the James E. Strates Shows, one of the oldest carnivals in America, and the last to tour cities and towns throughout the U.S. by train.

Caution: Show Dogs profiles four top breeders and their dogs, who share the years of knowledge and experience required to produce consistent champions, and behind-the-scenes footage and interviews at numerous dog shows reveal the excitement and exhilaration of the world of Show Dogs.

Chronicles the 1987 U.S. tour by the National Symphony Orchestra of the People's Republic of China, including interviews with conductor Zuohuang Chen, a survivor of the Cultural Revolution who studied music in the U.S.

Comedy Middle Eastern Style, with a mix of humor and candid interviews, Middle Eastern standup comics living in New York share their views on political issues and the prejudice they’ve had to endure since September 11, 2001.

This behind-the-scenes documentary chronicles the collaborative efforts of young composer Peter Lieberson, pianist Peter Serkin, and conductor Seiji Ozawa as they shape Lieberson's first orchestral piece for debut by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

This music and dance spectacular, sung and danced by members of the award-winning Beija Flor Samba School and photographed during the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, dramatizes the legend of genesis according to Yoruba mythology.br>

This video intersperses interviews with African-American dancer Eno Washington with lively performance footage and archival footage revealing links between African and African-American dances.

Dance to Live tells the personal stories of the dancers at Philadanco – the Philadelphia-based African-American modern dance company.

Danceweb is an intimate, rewarding film that gives a unique understanding of the world of contemporary dance by following three young dancers.

Profiles the career of Clayton Bates, who lost his left leg in an accident at the age of 12, but overcame this tragedy to become a legendary jazz dancer, performing on the vaudeville circuit and on TV shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show.

Portrays the life and career of this Italian husband and wife duo of actors and playwrights, who are best known for their satirical and politically radical theater presentations.

Traces the career of one of America's best-loved but least-seen actors. During his fifty year career, Daws Butler (1916-1988) provided the voices for such beloved animated characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Chilly Willy, Elroy Jetson, and dozens of others.

A wacky, free-wheeling satire which examines key moments in the history of nuclear power, from the flowering of medieval alchemy in the 16th century, to the development of the atomic bomb, Hiroshima and its aftermath, and the cultural and political fallout of the Cold War '50s.

This cinema-verite documentary explores the realities of life as a classical musician through the story of Hexagon, a newly-formed chamber ensemble.

This video, which documents one of the oldest cultural festivals in the Western Hemisphere, celebrates the vitality of calypso music today on the island of Barbados.

This contemporary portrait of folkloric traditions in Cuba, focusing on the everyday life of musicians and dancers.

This documentary offers an overview of the major dance trends of the twentieth century by showcasing the work of four contemporary dancers and interviewing them about their individual artistic approaches to dance.

Follows a class of six- and seven-year-olds through a six-week summer drama school at Philadelphia's Freedom Theatre, where intensive theater training provides the youngsters with valuable lessons of self-discipline and self-confidence.

This video features conversations with Oscar and Grammy Award winning composer John Corigliano and Tony and Obie Award winning playwright and librettist William Hoffman, who discuss the challenges they faced in creating their first opera, The Ghosts of Versailles.

This video features interviews with retired artists' film and theater actors and actresses, set designers, cinematographers, casting directors, script supervisors, and so on—who reside in the Motion Picture Country Home in Los Angeles or in the Performing Arts Lodge in Toronto.

This documentary chronicles one week in the life of street kids living in Cusco, Peru. Working in collaboration with a shelter for some of Cusco's 3,000 street kids, the filmmakers enlist several of the youngsters to form a street theatre company.

A colorful report on post-Duvalier Haiti in which the Haitian people express their fervent desire for democracy.

Profiling four artists who have had to cope with adversity, while persevering in their respective performing arts careers, this documentary celebrates the healing and restorative powers of music, dance and friendship.

Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers was an enormously popular rock and roll group of the '50s and one of the first black groups whose music broke the color barrier.

Scenes of class sessions at the Marin Ballet in California, and the choreography and rehearsals leading to a public performance, are interspersed with interviews with three young dancers and commentary from their instructors on the intensely competitive world of professional dance.

This video offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into one of the country’s top opera schools, Indiana University’s School of Music, where young singers prepare for one of the world’s riskiest careers.

This video profiles five contemporary American performance poets who have taken their poetry and its celebration of language and creative expression into new public venues.

This concert, performed at the elegant 18th-century Dublin residence of the American Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith, features tenor James W. Flannery, accompanied by pianist William Ransom and harpist Cormac DeBarra, who perform a wide range of Irish favorites.

Examines both sides of the controversy surrounding the death penalty, providing a cross- cultural survey, explaining which countries use the death penalty, how often, for what reasons, and the various methods used.

This entertaining documentary features a variety of African-American poets from all over America, who have gathered to perform at Kafe Kuumba in Indianapolis, a local cultural center sponsored by the Midtown Writers Association.

This video portrays the big-band era in American entertainment, profiling the Lee Williams Band which, from 1938 to 1952, barnstormed throughout the Midwest, bringing Swing music to rural America.

Under the stage name "Le Petomane," Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century Paris. Audiences at the Moulin Rouge where first shocked, then won over, by this tall, mustachioed man in a red velvet suit...a suite with a hole cut in the derriere to release his remarkable talent.

When Jason Crigler, a young musician, suffered a brain hemorrhage, the doctors' prognosis was dire: if he survives, there won't be much left of him. Incorporating footage shot by hospital staff, this acclaimed documentary follows Jason's extraordinary rehabilitation and recovery. In the process, it opens an window into the workings of the human mind.

This documentary chronicles the production of a play at the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, one of the five largest African-American theater companies in the U.S., examining the work of everyone involved, including the actors, director, lighting and set design, sound design, and producer.

Portrays the revival of Los Pastores (The Shepherd’s Play), an ancient Christmas morality play that has long been part of Hispanic folk traditions in the American Southwest.

This video explores the vitality of ancient African traditions regarding the links between life and death.

Examines both sides of the controversy surrounding the death penalty, providing a cross- cultural survey, explaining which countries use the death penalty, how often, for what reasons, and the various methods used.

A portrait of Maxine Sullivan (1911-87), the legendary jazz singer who rose from humble origins in Pittsburgh to become one of the foremost black vocalists in America.

Uses archival images plus interviews with scholars, harp players and composers to survey the religious, cultural and social functions of the instrument throughout its 5,000 year history.

This video profiles artists throughout the world, especially those working outside mainstream culture, who have committed their lives to opposing war and barbarism through their art.

The historical collage of Cuban Dance forms, including contradanza, danzon, son, mambo, cha-cha-cha, and culminating in an exuberant carnival celebration, features dancers from Cuba's famed El Conjunto Nacional de Danza Moderna.

How can one believe that terrorism leads to heaven? Banned by the Indonesian government, this provocative documentary examines the psychology of extremism in a country with the largest Muslim population in the world.

This documentary surveys the revolutionary new developments in American puppet theater, profiling many of puppetry’s most imaginative contemporary artists.

Offers a fascinating overview of artistic activity in Croatia during the recent war in the former Yugoslavia, revealing the diversity and vitality of its artists as well as how their work was profoundly influenced by the conflict.

This video examines the world of amateur Irish dancing, featuring interviews with Irish women in Great Britain who have passed on this cultural tradition within their own families and the wider Irish immigrant community.

This documentary chronicles the experience of three quirky young men who desire to make their own distinctive mark in the world of popular music.

This video profiles four young people at the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York, which supports lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual youth.

Examines the way Red Scare politics were used to impede the emergence of African-Americans as full participants in the political, social, and cultural aspects of postwar American life. Hosted by Morgan Freeman.

A high school teacher and one of his students don Elizabethan garb and travel back in time to London in 1609 to have lunch with William Shakespeare at the Mermaid Tavern.

This video profiles actor, comedian, impersonator and variety performer Sid Raymond, in the process challenging the assumption that celebrity defines success.

This documentary profiles three women who are reviving a musical legacy, a birthright, which so many of have lost the simple act of singing.

This documentary features Academy Award-wining actor Geoffrey Rush (Shine, Elizabeth, Shakespeare in Love) and other members of his Company B theater group as they stage The Small Poppies, a play about a child’s first day at school, for an audience of children at the 2000 Dublin Theater Festival.

A magical portrait of Russia's revolutionary artistic avant-garde - Mayakovsky, Voloshin, Blok, Malevich, Tatlin - through the life of Sonia Dymshitz-Tolstaya, an impassioned artist whose life reflected the social upheavals of her time. She was one of the few Jewish women who became part of this inner circle.

Introduces viewers to the step show, an exciting dance style popular today among black fraternities and sororities.

The Soviet Union had recently collapsed, food was scarce, but spirits were high. The tiny dirt road town was turned upside down with audiences and media from every corner of the world - and those involved in the production that summer in Ivye were forever changed.

For anyone considering or currently pursuing a career as an actor, this video provides a reality check of just how brutal a business it can be.

This video tells the story of William Putch and his life's work-The Totem Pole Playhouse, a summer theater inconspicuously tucked away in the blue mountains of south-central Pennsylvania.

This behind-the-scenes documentary examines the working relationship of choreographer Eric Hyrst and composer Webster Young, observes Hyrst's rehearsals with the dancers and features excerpts from several of the ballets.

Weimar: A Modern Day Renaissance City is a celebration of the small town that has capped its triumphant comeback by being recognized as the Culture city of Europe in 1999. This video looks at Weimar's past and present.

Featuring poetry performances that often resemble contemporary rap, this film examines an important aspect of Afro-Caribbean cultural heritage.