TED Talks
TED: Why you should disappoint your parents | Desiree Akhavan
When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the risk to let people get to know the real you.
TED Talks
TED: How to find creativity and purpose in the face of adversity | Suleika Jaouad
How can you find strength during life's most difficult moments? Author Suleika Jaouad's experience detailed in the documentary "American Symphony," an intimate portrait of her life as she grapples with illness, is a testament to finding...
TED Talks
TED: How film changes the way we see the world | Ava DuVernay
People told me this was an unadaptable book, so the only logical thing to do was to try to adapt it, says writer, producer and filmmaker Ava DuVernay of her work taking the award-winning title "Caste" from page to screen. In conversation...
TED Talks
TED: Let's reframe cancel culture | Sarah Jones
Cancel culture launched a reckoning that was long overdue — but that doesn't mean it's getting everything right. Filmmaker and actor Sarah Jones slips in and out of various characters as she shares her personal experience with cancel...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The dark history of werewolves | Craig Thomson
Stories of werewolves have existed for thousands of years and continue to live on today. They're especially prominent in European literature and folklore, and often found in cultures where the wolf is the largest natural predator. Over...
TED Talks
TED: Your identity is your superpower | America Ferrera
A clip from America Ferrera's TED Talk "My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle" from TED2019 Hollywood needs to stop resisting what the world actually looks like, says actor, director and activist America Ferrera. Tracing the...
SciShow
Wheezy Waiter on Movie Science, Mutant Flu Facts, and 2 Sounds You've Never Heard!
Wheezy Waiter announces the SciShow nominees for "Worst Science in a Film," & Hank talks about the bird flu and shares two sounds that had never been heard by human ears until very recently.
SciShow
How Does a Photon Become a Film Photo?
The chemistry behind film photography is pretty fascinating. How do film cameras help us turn light into a physical image?
SciShow
These Migrating Birds Fuel Up by Eating…Mud?
A marathoner needs a lot of energy to make their long distance treks, and this is no different for migratory birds. But how are these marathon flyers getting that energy from the mud they’re slurping off of beaches along the way?
SciShow
Nadine The Robot Is Amazing And Creepy
Nadine the robot has been unveiled, and as robotics technology gets more advanced, humanoid robots are looking more and more human. In this episode of SciShow News we explore how Nadine works and why a lot of people find it creepy.
SciShow
Faster Than Light Facts, Horny Little Man, and Worst Science Movie Winner!
Hank gets to the bottom of this "faster-than-the-speed-of-light-neutrino" kerfuffle, discusses some ancient stuff, and announces the winner of the award for worst science in a film.
SciShow
NASA's new frontier, and the Trouble with "Gravity"
Hank describes how astronomers used a technique called gravitational lensing to find the most distant galaxy ever detected -- and how NASA is embarking on a new program to use this same technique to peer deeper into space than ever...
PBS
Why we shouldn’t let the food industry dictate our diets
Michael Pollan's bestselling book "In Defense of Food" was a call to arms for making real food a bigger part of Americans' diets. Now he takes that push to PBS with a new documentary. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss why we’ve lost the...
TED Talks
TED: 3 stories of Pakistani resilience, told in film | Jawad Sharif
TED Fellow Jawad Sharif was born with a rebellious streak -- and he's used it in his documentary films to amplify the unheard voices of Pakistan. Sharing three stories of everyday heroes -- a high-altitude mountaineer, a folk musician of...
TED Talks
TED: The danger and devotion of fighting for women in Afghanistan | Tamana Ayazi and Kat Craig
The women of Afghanistan are being persecuted under Taliban rule, but they're not standing down. Filmmaker Tamana Ayazi chronicles the harrowing reality of one women's rights advocate -- Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan's youngest female...
Curated Video
Dutch PM on yet to be released film that criticises Quran
1. Tilt down exterior of Elysee Palace to guards outside
2. Mid of French President Nicolas Sarkozy saying goodbye and shaking hands with Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende
3. Balkenende walking toward microphone in courtyard of...
Curated Video
Blondes Exhibition
PLEASE NOTE: Images must be credited as follows: 'By Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London'
1. Various Photographs
2. SOT Joanna Pitman, Author, 'On Blondes': "Really it was a theme set by Aphrodite as the blonde signifying a...
Curated Video
USA - Film: The Imposters
The Imposters/New York State/Recent/Ent 5
Tucci all at sea for ocean going farce
Stanley Tucci is in the process of directing and starring in his new film "The Imposters". Arthur (Tucci) and Maurice (Oliver Platt) are two out of work...
Curated Video
The Others Premiere (B)
The Others Premiere. New York, 2 August 2001
1. LS Nicole Kidman and Alejandro Amen�bar, director being interviewed
2. VS Nicole Kidman and Alejandro Amen�bar being interviewed
3. MCU Nicole Kidman being interviewed
4. SOT Nicole...
Curated Video
A press conference for the new movie 'Jail' is held at IIFA
AP Entertainment
Macau, China, 12 June 2009
1. Various shot press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Neil Nitin Mukesh:
"I just wanted to be a part of this film because I wanted to see his vision of what Jail is and I can truly and...
Curated Video
Nikki Sixx, Duff McKagan and Lemmy attend the Classic Rock Roll of Honor Awards in London
AP Entertainment
London, 13 November 2012
1. Exterior of London's Roundhouse
2. Mid arrival of Nikki Sixx and Kerri Kasem
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Sixx/Recording Artist/Radio Host - on broadcasting their "Sixx Sense" radio show from...
Curated Video
Syrian soldier says he deserted because of brutality against protesters
1. Syrian army deserter Tharwat Faydo walks up hill
2. Various of Faydo walking
3. Faydo holding up his army identification card
4. Various of army identification card
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Tharwat Faydo, Syrian army deserter:
"I decided...
Curated Video
Gael Garcia Bernal walks NYFF red carpet for interpretive telling of the life of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda
GAEL GARCIA BERNAL BRINGS INTERPRETIVE 'NERUDA' TO NYFFGael Garcia Bernal walked the red carpet Wednesday (5 OCT. 2016) for the New York Film Festival premiere of "Neruda."The movie is an interpretive telling of the life of Nobel...
Crash Course
Moonlight: Crash Course Film Criticism
Moonlight is a hard-edged yet beautifully made story about a black American dealing with his sexuality in a sometimes unforgiving and violent world. Its director, Barry Jenkins, uses every trick in the filmmaking book to put us in the...