This month’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand can help students and researchers brush up on their history—from the Cuban Missile Crisis to Prohibition to the Protestant Reformation—as well as celebrate Mexico’s Day of the Dead and learn more about health disorders such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left of the platform) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a handy source for ideas throughout the year.
The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16–28, 1962
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Cuban Missile Crisis: An Exploration Through Archival Film (Item #44494)
- NBC White Paper: Cuba—The Missile Crisis (Item #56325)
- What Kennedy Didn’t Know: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited (Item #31064)
- Cold War: Turning Up the Heat—Love, Hate & Propaganda (series 2) (Item #58411)
How Effective Was Prohibition?
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Prohibition: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick series (Item #56036)
- Rum Running (Item #58494)
- Target: Mafia—The Prohibition Years (Item #42372)
Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, 1517
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Reformation: Luther and the Protestant Revolt (Item #8312)
- The Protestant Revolution series (Item #39843)
- Reformation: The Individual Before God (Item #44765)
- Revolution of Conscience: The Life, Convictions, and Legacy of Martin Luther (Item #32477)
Mexico: Day of the Dead, November 1
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Festivals: Day of the Dead, Mexico (Item #111619)
- Days of the Dead: A Living Tradition (Item #37589)
- Mexico: Day of the Dead—My Americas (Item #95005)
November Is National Diabetes Awareness Month
Consider these titles for your classes:
- Diabetes: Sweet Poison in the Blood (Item #40355)
- Living with Diabetes (Item #43653)
- Type 2 Diabetes: New Hope, New Treatments (Item #47944)
November Is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
Consider these titles for your classes:
- The Alzheimer’s Project series (Item #40542)
- Preventing Dementia: Medical Revolution (Item #117838)
- The Long Goodbye: Facing Dementia (Item #43710)
