IDS 101: Revolution as a Vocation: Videos

In this controversial movie, Jesus, as both fully human and fully divine, is viewed as free of sin but subject to all temptations, including sexual ones.

The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist. Includes Emma Goldman.

This film traces Luther's extraordinary and exhilarating quest for the people's liberation.

Luxemburg, a dedicated Marxist and pacifist, is arrested in 1905 for her political activities. Determined to stick to her principles, she goes on to be repeatedly convicted and imprisoned for her protests and speeches

In 1952, twenty-three year old medical student Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (later better known as Ernesto Che Guevara) just one semester away from graduation, decides to postpone his last semester to accompany his twenty-nine year old biochemist friend Alberto Granado on his four month, 8,000 km long dream motorcycle trip throughout South America

Using the most current scientific and historical research, coupled with the latest computer graphic technology, this program pieces together the life of Jesus by following in the footsteps of the man in his early years, through his mission and final days.

Examines the myth and reality of Che Guevara including his friendship with Castro, his world travels, his days as guerilla leader and his death at age 39.

Lives of Jesus series examines the economic and political climate which led Jesus to champion the poor and oppressed. (49 minutes)

Examine how Judaism and the Roman Empire shaped Jesus' life. Jesus was an ordinary Jewish resident of his time, but new archaeological findings show that Jesus was probably not the humble village peasant often portrayed.

In 1517, power was in the hands of the few, thought was controlled by the chosen, and common people lived lives without hope. On October 31 of that year, a penniless monk named Martin Luther sparked the revolution that would change everything. (114 minutes)

Anarchist Emma Goldman, once named the most dangerous woman in America by the FBI, left behind a complicated legacy. But who was this young radical and what did she believe in? (3 minutes)

Over 40 years ago, on October 9, 1967, Ernesto Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army, aided by the CIA. Guevara's diary, a detailed, personal account of his futile 11-month attempt to foment revolution in Bolivia, is the basis of this moving portrait. (94 minutes)

John Green teaches you about the Market Revolution. In the first half of the 19th century, the way people lived and worked in the United States changed drastically.