This inspiring series is devoted to the most ambitious architectural creations of the 19th and 20th century. From Paris to Porto via Vienna and Nimes, the Architectures series offers a unique and instructive insight into the greatest architectural ...[more]

Blurring the boundaries between the fine and applied arts. Is This Art? is a fascinating 17 Volume DVD series featuring interviews with leading practitioners and conceptual artists from media, performance, visual art music and sound. Click here to see the entire 'Is ...[more]

The GREAT BELIEF OF THE CENTURY is the epic of the twentieth century that is Communism - 2 DVDs, four episodes of 60 minutes each, a fresco pulled from the American, Russian, Chinese and European archives, an international team of historians and the narration of two ...[more]

In this important lecture delivered at the University of Massachusetts, Said takes aim at one of the central tenets of recent foreign policy thinking-- that conflicts between different and "clashing civilizations" (Western, Islamic, Confucian) characterize the ...[more]

The reality of crime is a far cry from the ‘sensationalisation’ in mass media. In the community's efforts to fully understand and manage the underlying causes and effects of criminal activity, unsung heroes such as survivors of crime, advocacy groups and ...[more]

This film takes the viewer on a journey through possible and impossible architecture projects – from the beginning of the 20th century to today. From concrete illusions of grandeur to round grass covered dwellings under ground. The viewer will meet world famous ...[more]

  Profiling the art and life of artist, mental health advocate and author Richard McLean, this film provides invaluable insights into one individual’s journey with mental illness while highlighting his creativity and fortitude. Richard, a trained ...[more]

The fascinating series of interviews offer an insight to world class contemporary approach of hospitality through the in-depth profiles of 26 Master Chefs from Europe and Australia. Step in to some 2 Michelin Stars restaurants such as Le Gavroche in London, JOIA in ...[more]

In Fire Within, 30 Teenagers - 10 Israeli Arabs, 10 Israeli Jews, and 10 American Jews – explore the differences and similarities between them while traveling through Spain and Israel under the auspices of the special youth program of the Jacobs International Teen ...[more]

Rem Koolhaas is celebrated not only as the architect of outstanding creations including the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, the Seattle Library, the Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, and the Guggenheim Heritage Museum in Las Vegas, but also as a writer, filmmaker and ...[more]

The film based on the recollections of a shattered and traumatized man, a former escapee from the advancing Japanese army relates the horrors of war, his doubts and misgivings of the support of comrades, his fear for the loss of his best friend, and of course, his own ...[more]

In rural America, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of ...[more]

Political assassinations run like a red thread through world history. Even in recent years many politically motivated murders made a significant impact on our lives. This portfolio of gripping documentaries takes an in-depth look at twenty of the most monstrous ...[more]

For AUSIT members' discount see availability notes This series of 4 DVDs comprises 12 lectures presented in November 2010 at the Synergise! Conference organised and hosted by AUSIT, the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. The presentations were ...[more]

Charles Darwin is one of mankind's greatest thinkers. His extensive scientific research, which culminated in the publication of the theory of evolution in 1859, shook man's age old belief in being the chosen ones the fruit of divine creation and proved that man had ...[more]

This exceptional collection of short films explores the story of the Canning Stock Route told through the eyes of four emerging Aboriginal filmmakers: Clint Dixon, Morika Biljabu, Kenneth “KJ” Martin and Curtis Taylor with award-winning filmmaker and mentor ...[more]

Crossing the Line - a rare portfolio of investigative documentaries, where engaged filmmakers look at what a certain number of North Korean defectors have experienced to escape their country. At the risk of their lives and those left behind.Korea, orphan of the Cold ...[more]

A documentary by Carolyn Kallenborn, Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. This documentary, which traces the ...[more]