TED Talks
TED: If a story moves you, act on it | Sisonke Msimang
Stories are necessary, but they're not as magical as they seem, says writer Sisonke Msimang. In this funny and thoughtful talk, Msimang questions our emphasis on storytelling and spotlights the decline of facts. During a critical time...
TED Talks
Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability
Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand...
TED Talks
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: How film transforms the way we see the world
Film has the power to change the way we think about ourselves and our culture. Documentarian and TED Fellow Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy uses it to fight violence against women, turning her camera on the tradition of honor killings in Pakistan....
PBS
The Enchanting Fairies of Celtic Lore
The fairies of Celtic traditions trace their origin back to an ancient race of otherworldly royalty - the Tuatha Dé Danann. As fairy nobility, the Tuatha Dé Danann were alternatively seen as gods, monsters, demons, and even the real...
Curated Video
Sandra Cisneros
A trailblazer in more ways than one, Sandra Cisneros was the first Mexican-American woman to be published by a mainstream publisher. Her work brought Hispanic culture to a wider audience of readers.
Curated Video
Richard Wright
At a time when Jim Crow laws made racial segregation legal across much of the United States, author Richard Wright gave voice to a struggle – as the first African American author to achieve widespread critical and commercial success.
Curated Video
Octavia Butler
First popularized as a genre of literature in the 1920s, for decades science fiction was dominated by white male authors. That is until Octavia Butler, an African American woman, rewrote the script.
Curated Video
Alice Walker
As the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Alice Walker helped to bring the Black experience to readers across the globe. A true trailblazer, her work continues to entertain and enlighten.
Organizational Communication Channel
Leadership and Storytelling Benefits
There lots of benefits to storytelling, especially for leaders. It's a key communication skill for leaders and this video looks at all of the ways telling stories help leaders. From Johnson and Hackman's book on leadership.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Models and Laws | How & How NOT to Do Economics with Robert Skidelsky
How do economists seek to establish their so-called laws? What is the scientific status of such laws? Are they always valid or merely useful rules-of-thumb? These, and more questions, are answered in this fifth lecture in INET’s “How and...
PBS
Unreliable Narrators
Can an unreliable narrator help readers see the world through multiple lenses?
Makematic
What if Objects Told Stories?
In this video, students will explore an old object, then sculpt their own and develop a story based on fact and fiction.
PBS
Who Can You Trust? Unreliable Narrators (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | PBS Digital Studios
Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but no one has more control over the plot than the narrator - expositing the who, what, where, when and how directly into the reader’s mind....
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CLEAN: US director Tim Burton to head 2010 Cannes festival jury
CLEAN: US director Tim Burton to head 2010 Cannes festival jury
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Josh Groban Interview
INTERVIEW: Josh Groban on storytelling being the best thing about growing up and how being a storyteller embodies what it means to be an artist at the Josh Groban Interview at NULL in Park City, Utah on February 7, 2008. (Footage by...
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'ATL' Los Angeles Premiere
Aaron Zigman On how he came on board as the composer, on his goal in composing for the film, on Chris Robinson as a storyteller, on being proud of the finished product at the 'ATL' Los Angeles Premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in...
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Fox Searchlight Pictures' 'The Hills Have Eyes' Los Angeles Premiere
Michael Berryman on his experience starring in the original and the difference's between the original and the remake and on his new movie 'Storytellers' due out in the fall 2006 at the Fox Searchlight Pictures' 'The Hills Have Eyes' Los...
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Target 'A Time For Heros' Celebrity Carnival to Benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
R Lee Ermy on his job as a storyteller at the event and his practice with his grandaughter beforehand at the Target 'A Time For Heros' Celebrity Carnival to Benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation at the Wadsworth Theatre...
Bridgeman Arts
City scenes, library, children and market. Algiers, 1961
Clip 1 from the 1961 film 'De quel amour blessec', which shows images from Algeria through the centuries from the perspective of four writers: Apulece, Saint Augustin, Ibn Khaldoun et Albert Camus. Scenes from the city of Algiers,...
Bloomberg
Why Comcast Made the DreamWorks Deal
May 4 -- Bloomberg Intelligence's Paul Sweeney discusses the sale of DreamWorks to Comcast for $3.8B and what the deal means for the buyer and for CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. He speaks to Bloomberg's Oliver Renick, Joe Weisenthal and Alix...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : El Museo Hans Christian Andersen se renueva como en un cuento de hadas
Dinamarca está homenajeando a su más famoso escritor, Hans Christian Andersen, y ha renovado su museo para llevar a los visitantes al mundo de fantasía del narrador (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Books invade Rio de Janeiro favela
CLEAN : Books invade Rio de Janeiro favela
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CLEAN : Books invade Rio de Janeiro favela
Storytellers invade a favela in Rio de Janeiro with books to encourage reading in an environment where the habit is usually unwelcome (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)