Films On Demand: September Programming Ideas—Hispanic Heritage Month and More

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Films On Demand: September Programming Ideas—Hispanic Heritage Month and More

This month’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand can help students and researchers commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month as well as honor Mahatma Gandhi and learn more about the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. 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.

Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15–October 15

Consider these titles for your classes:

  • Habla Y Vota (Item #129497)
  • Inner Borderlines: Visions of America through the Eyes of Alejandro Morales (Item #94792)
  • The Latino Americans series (Item #58763)
  • Habla Texas series (Item #114992)

October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Consider these titles for your classes:

  • Mondays at Racine (Item #115021)
  • Breast Cancer: Disease and…Ease (Item #53305)
  • The Misdiagnosis of Breast Cancer (Item #54395)
  • Breast Cancer in Young Women: Second Opinion—Taking Charge of Your Health Care (Item #55320)
  • Ken Burns: Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies series (Item #129897)

Birthday: Mahatma Gandhi, October 2, 1869

Consider these titles for your classes:

  • A&E Classroom: Mahatma Gandhi—The Great Soul (Item #42365)
  • India after Independence (Item #2602)
  • The Story of India, with Michael Wood series (Item #41059)
  • India: The River of Life (Item #10112)
  • India of the Gandhis (Item #35267)

U.S. Anxiety over Russian Launch of Sputnik, October 4, 1957

Consider these titles for your classes:

  • This Day in History: October 4, 1957—Sputnik I Satellite Launched (Item #68728)
  • Monsters from the Id: Anxiety and Optimism in 1950s Science Fiction (Item #50573)
  • Selling Ideologies—Cold War Propaganda: The Cold War (Item #129152)
  • Cosmonauts series (Item #93163)
  • Post-War Hopes, Cold War Fears (Item #42066)