Hailstones and Halibut Bones           ED-322
15 min / color / 1993 / AIMS / VHS
Elementary school through adult
What is white? Hailstones and halibut bones! Embark on a wondrous journey into the world of color with this visual interpretation of Mary O’Neill’s inspiring poetry. Her artfully chosen words in rhyme give new depth and life to the colors of the spectrum.

Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight!           MT-1
90 min / 1967 / KUL / VHS
Middle school through adult
The famous 1967 CBS-TV special of Holbrook’s landmark one-man show was acclaimed as one of the high points in television history and the acting art. Holbrook’s tour de force characterization allows us to see into the heart and soul of the great American humorist at 70. He delivers a wry commentary on politics, religion, patriotism, smoking, drinking, lying and so much more. It made Holbrook a star, and he is still reenacting Twain today as he has grown to his character’s actual age.

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Art of Gordon Parks           ED-439
12 min / color / 1999 / FFH / VHS
Elementary school through adult
This video interview, originally produced for the News Hours on PBS, chronicles the career of Gordon Parks from his early work for the Federal government to his tenure as a photojournalist for Life Magazine to his landmark film Shaft and his most recent works. The video concentrates on a retrospective of Parks’ work at the Corcoran Gallery in New York titled Half Past Autumn.

Hand and Eye
Varied; see below / color / 1988 / FI / VHS
Middle school through adult
In this engaging series, past and present meld to form a celebration of handcrafted art. Seven programs traverse the globe to present some of the world’s finest examples of sculpture, jewelry, glass, pottery, gardening, weaving, and woodworking. Contemporary artisans demonstrate the ancient and innovative techniques they use to create their modern masterpieces. Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (Note: Volumes I-III each contain 2 separate programs).

Volume I           HE-1
1. Against Oblivion: Stone and Metal (56 min)
This program investigates the artist’s desire to create lasting works of art with materials that will stand up to time. Sculptural work on several of Europe’s medieval cathedrals is discussed, along with armor from the Tower of London, bronze sculptures by Giovanni Bernini in Rome, stonecutting at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, and contemporary steel architectural decorations by Albert Paley.
2. All That Glistens (45 min)
From the Imperial Easter eggs designed by Peter Carl Fabergé to contemporary jewelry created by Paloma Picasso, this program looks at the traditions of superior handcrafting in gold, silver, and precious stones.

Volume II           HE-2
3. Fire and Sand: The Mysteries of Glass (56 min)
This program explores the history of glass from early Egyptian experiments to 20th-century creations by Emile Gallé and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Narrator and glass designer James Houston takes viewers behind-the-scenes through the Steuben Glassworks and discusses how contemporary glass artists are discovering new possibilities in old traditions.
4. Glorious Mud (56 min)
For centuries artists and craftsmen have been transforming malleable clay into every imaginable shape and color. This program examines clay designs through the ages and features extensive footage of the English master potter Michael Cardew.

Volume III           HE-3
5. The Love of Gardens (55 min)
“People who wouldn’t dream of trying to write a piece of music, paint a picture, or write a poem feel that when they are out in the garden, they are expressing their own idea of beauty,” claims Hugh Johnson, author of The Principles of Gardening. From the formal gardens of the Italian Renaissance to Monet’s informal gardens at Giverny, from a restrained temple garden in Kyoto to an exuberant English country garden, this program explores the ideas and visions that have been created through flowers and plants throughout the centuries.
6. Ties That Bind: Fibers (55 min)
Baskets. Designer fabrics. Handwoven Navajo rugs. Even hot air balloons! All are made from different fibers colored with an infinite variety of dyes, and shaped by skilled artisans into decorative and functional objects that are part of everyday life. This program explores a wide variety of works, from the draped sensual clothing designs of Issey Miyake to Christo’s bold, wrapped coastline.

Volume IV           HE-4
7. Touch Wood (55 min)
Whether making a chair or carving a magnificent totem pole, an artist lets the individuality of the wood express its own characteristics, along with his or her personal vision. Artisans George Nakashima and Wendell Castle are among many who enrich this program with their thoughts about wood as a creative medium.

Hannah and the Dog Ghost           ED-153
30 min / color / 1981 / PFI / 16mm
Middle school through adult
In this extraordinary folktale, filmed by Ken Harrison, Hannah, a young widow, lives alone with her small son in the East Texas wilderness at the turn of the century. One day, her son is kidnapped by an evil fiddler and Hannah begins her long search to find him. The climax of the tale comes when Hannah, entering the fiddler’s house, encounters eerie beings and noises. She finds her son, but her ordeal is not yet over. The fiddler pursues them until Hannah and the boy are rescued by a mysterious dog. The film is rich in the visual images of the Texas wilderness, calling to mind a wealth of East African and American folklore.

Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version           ED-52
17 min / color / 1975 / DAVT / 16mm
Preschool through adult
This no-frills, live-action version of the classic Grimm Brothers’ folk tale is set in Southern Appalachia during the Great Depression. Virginia filmmaker Tom Davenport has managed to capture the mystery and drama that make good folk tales work. Suggested Classroom Activity: Show this film along with the film Little Red Riding Hood: A Balinese/Oregon Adaptation and discuss with students the effects of different settings, costumes, etc., on traditional stories.

Happy Birthday, Moon           ED-377
7 min / color / 1982 / CF / VHS
Preschool through adult
Based on the book by Frank Asch, this is the charming story of a bear who wants to give the moon a birthday present. The bear decides to talk to the moon and goes up the mountain to get closer. When his own voice echoes from the mountainside, the bear thinks the moon is answering him. The end of the story finds the bear telling the moon, “I still love you" and “Happy Birthday," while the moon responds in kind.
Suggested Classroom Activity: Talk with children about the way Bear’s voice echoed through the mountains but not when he called to the moon from the treetop. Try some simple echo experiments, such as listening for echoes in a hallway, a closed room, and outdoors. Discuss the reasons an echo can be heard in some environments but not in others.

Harlan County, U.S.A.         ED-522
104 min / 1976 / FRIC / VHS
College through adult
This Academy Award-winning film records the valorous and acrimonious struggle of 180 coal mining families to win a United Mine Workers contract at the Brookside Mine in Harlan County, Kentucky in June 1973. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective with background on the historical plight of the miners and of the UMWA. It is a moving portrait of the people in that region and a landmark in the art of documentary filmmaking.

Harlem           ED-428
10 min / color / 1997 / SP / VHS
Middle school through adult
Using expressive, stylized illustrations by Christopher Myers and an extended poem by his father Walter Dean Myers, this program reflects on the fabled Harlem section of New York City. It celebrates the “Harlem Renaissance” of the 1920s, laments the Depression of the 1930s, and stresses the vitality and positive creative spirit of the people that carries on in this distinctively American community.

Harry Callahan: Eleanor and Barbara           WA-244
18 min / color / 1983 / AFA / 16mm
College through adult
American photographer Harry Callahan discusses photographs of his wife and daughter that were taken over a period of approximately 25 years. These striking portraits, many of them nude, provide important insight into this artist’s creative foundations. Callahan talks about his special interests and the influence of other photographers on his work, saying, “I go by what Weston said: Composition is the strongest way of seeing.”

Havana Postmodern: The New Cuban Art           WA-437
54 min / color / 1988 / CG / VHS
High school through adult
The new Cuban art movement and its social and cultural roots are examined in this program. Interviews with Cuban art students and professional artists provide candid and articulate statements on how one makes a living as an artist in a socialist society. Other topics discussed are the Cuban national identity, censorship and self-expression, Cuba’s first art scandal, and contemporary Cuban art. Narrated in Spanish with English subtitles.

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’           PE-16
51 min / color / 1984 / DC / 16mm
Middle school through adult
The excitement of schoolchildren learning how to dance is captured through the teaching process of Jacques d’Amboise, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. The film begins with auditions, follows Jacques and his students through rehearsals, and culminates with the “Event of the Year” in which more than 1,000 children participate in a dance performance. An excellent documentary film for general entertainment, dance classes, and those interested in performing arts education. 1983 Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature.

Head, Heart, and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters           WA-483
27 min / color / 1994 / MUSE / VHS
Middle school through adult
Good design and handcraftsmanship were the hallmarks of the Arts and Crafts Movement that began in England and Scotland in the late 19th century. Through the influence of beautiful objects, the movement’s supporters hoped, modern humanity’s ills would be cured. One of the leaders of the American movement was Elbert Hubbard, who founded the Roycrofters, an innovative crafters community in East Aurora, New York, in 1895. This documentary is a tribute to Hubbard and the community he established and was produced in conjunction with the loan exhibition American Arts and Crafts: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters.

The Heart of the Dragon
60 min each / color / 1985 / TIMEL / 16mm
High school through adult
This series of 12 films presents a penetrating and often surprising portrait of life in the People’s Republic of China, where a quarter of the world’s population lives today. These programs reveal the contrasts and contradictions of the oldest continuous civilization on earth as it struggles to come to terms with the modern world.

1. Remembering           HOD-1
Chinese attitudes today are profoundly influenced by vivid memories of recent events-famine, invasion, civil war, and the Cultural Revolution. But China’s unity has its roots in the distant past. This program presents a broad overview of historic and modern China and serves as an introduction to the series.

2. Caring           HOD-2
Focusing on the family of a railway policeman in the northern industrial city of Harbin, this program explores ways in which the family, the street, and the neighborhood provide a framework that looks after the young and the old. The film also profiles the institutions that care for those with whom the community cannot cope.

3. Eating           HOD-3
Canton is the culinary capital of China. In the market, one can buy virtually anything that walks, crawls, or swims. Elsewhere in China, life is more frugal. In Sichuan, 100 million people live supported by an agricultural technology as old as the Chengdu River Dam.

4. Believing           HOD-4
To explain the forces that have shaped the attitudes of today’s Chinese, this program explores the ancient teachings of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, as well as those of Marx and Mao. It examines the influences of both traditional and modern doctrines on the daily lives of ordinary people in Shandong province.

5. Correcting           HOD-5
The aim of the Chinese legal system has not been merely to punish or to protect society. Chinese justice seeks to restore the social harmony that has been disturbed by the crime. It explores the social pressures operative in the new consumer society; it considers what makes a crime a crime.

6. Working           HOD-6
Datong, a grim city near the Mongolian border, is the setting for this program about China’s industrial workers. There are 2 main industries in Datong­-railways and coal mining. The railway is run with military-style discipline-a testament to its origins in the days of Sino-Soviet cooperation. In the Russian-built factory where steam locomotives are still manufactured, a young woman is training to be a welder. She had wanted to be a writer but has accepted stoically the state’s decision for her vocation.

7. Living           HOD-7
More than four-fifths of China’s billion inhabitants are peasants. To find out how they live, a camera crew spent a month in Maoping village in Shejiang province, getting to know the Chinese way of life. Part of the program follows one village family as its members tend their own private farming plot as well as the land allocated to the community by the state under the new “responsibility” system.

8. Marrying           HOD-8
This program examines the central role of the family in Chinese society, the changing status of women, and the reactions of a rural community to the government policy of population control, which seeks to limit children to one per family.

9. Understanding           HOD-9
Today, scientists and technologists are trying to catch up with recent research and development after the disruptive restrictions of the Cultural Revolution. In today’s China, modern science and ancient belief exist side by side. In the field of medicine, patients can choose between modern and traditional methods of treatment.

10. Mediating           HOD-10
In China, the well-being of the society comes before that of the individual, and the family must be maintained, whatever the cost. This program is about the breakdown of a marriage and the pressures that are brought on the husband and wife to settle their differences. Eventually, the 2 are reconciled.

11. Creating           HOD-11
A look at the world of contemporary Chinese art, exploring the philosophical and historical influences that shape it. As we look at how Chinese artists pursue the essence of “reality,” we see them using techniques that combine traditional values with unconventional materials to produce works that are resplendently Chinese.

12. Trading           HOD-12
Changing attitudes toward business in China today are illustrated by studying individual ventures. Experiments with free-enterprise projects at home and abroad are also examined, leading to critical questions about whether trade with the outside world can be encouraged without Western influences undermining traditional values.

Hearts and Hands: A Social History of 19th-Century Women and Quilts           ED-231
58 min / color / 1987 / FF / 16mm
High school through adult
The film Hearts and Hands dramatically presents a vital part of American history only now beginning to be told-the role played by women and their textiles in the 19th century’s great movements and events: industrialization, the abolition of slavery, women’s rights, the Civil War, westward expansion and the pioneer experience, temperance, and suffrage. The astonishing lives and accomplishments of ordinary, often anonymous women are chronicled as well as extraordinary individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Willard, and Abigail Scott Duniway. The film is appropriate for history classes, American studies, black and women’s studies, art and design classes, and folk art studies.

Henry Moore and Landscape           WA-445
26 min / color / 1988 / ND / VHS
High school through adult
“Sculpture is an art of the open-air. I would rather have a piece of my sculpture put in a landscape than in, or on, the most beautiful building I know," says renowned British sculptor Henry Moore. Thus begins this beautifully photographed program filmed at Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton, England. Near Castleford, the industrial town where Moore was born in 1898, this site is the home for a number of Moore’s monumental sculptures. While viewers are taken through the park, Moore relates memories of his childhood, his perceptions on art and nature, and the recurring themes in his work.

Henry Moore: London 1940-41           WA-45
11 min / color / 1970 / MGHT / 16mm
Middle school through adult
This film brings together a unique series of drawings that Henry Moore produced in London at the outset of World War II. Moore depicts with sensitivity and power the city’s silent, deserted streets and its air-raid shelters, crowded with people sleeping in bunks and on the floors.

Henry Ossawa Tanner           WA-396
16 min / color / 1991 / TFG / VHS
Middle school through adult
From 19th-century America to the salons and ateliers of turn-of-the-century Paris, Henry Ossawa Tanner overcame obstacles of race and art to become one of the greatest American painters of his time. This captivating video, narrated by Julian Bond, features Tanner’s paintings, personal photographs, original music, and rare footage of the artist in Paris in the 1930s. The program brings Tanner to life, celebrating his achievement, his courage, and his humanity. It was produced by the Tanner Film Group, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Recommended for art history, social studies, and African-American studies classes.

Herman and the Cricket           ED-309
7 min / color / 1983 / PHIL / 16mm
Preschool through adult
Herman Human has a big problem. Actually, Herman’s problem is quite small-it’s a tiny cricket, with a very loud chirp! And Herman is trying to get to sleep! This delightful animated film by Phil McKenney of Montross, Virginia, follows Herman’s night-long quest to obliterate the offensive insect, using everything from old shoes to six-shooters! Does Herman finally win? It all depends on your point of view! Young viewers will be enchanted and amused by the simple drawings and home-made soundtrack.

The Hermitage: A Russian Odyssey
Varied times / color / 1994 / FI / VHS
Middle school through adult
In this unprecedented 3-part series, noted commentator, journalist, and critic Rod McLeish takes the viewer on a journey through 300 years of history and art as he explores the magnificent treasures of the Hermitage, once the palace of the czars and now home to an incomparable art collection.

1. Catherine the Great: A Lust for Art (54 min)           HRO-1
With stunning art and dramatic readings from Catherine the Great’s diaries, this intriguing program investigates a self-professed “glutton for beauty," who feasted daily on Rembrandts, Rubenses, and Brueghels. Like her predecessor, Peter the Great, Catherine ruled Russia with an insatiable appetite for Western culture. She cunningly purchased massive art collections from Europe’s monarchs and, in less than 40 years, acquired more masterpieces than the Louvre had amassed in 4 centuries.

2. Tyrants and Heroes: The Nineteenth Century Czars (53 min)           HRO-2
Marked by dramatic contrasts, this fascinating program depicts both the wrenching violence of the 19th century and the resplendent art Russian royalty collected during this turbulent era. From the priceless discoveries of Russia’s first archaeological commission to Alexander III’s reign of terror, this second program explores the uplifting and destructive forces that shaped Russia and its prized museum.

3. From Czars to Commissars: A Museum Survives (55 min)           HRO-3
In this moving final program, vintage film illustrating the horrors of revolution and war plays counterpoint to breathtaking works by Matisse, Renoir, and Picasso. When Nicholas II succumbed to the people’s revolution and Lenin rose to power, the Hermitage became the world’s largest museum, increased by thousands of works previously held in private collections. In a shocking turn of events, Stalin, Lenin’s successor, sold many of the museum’s irreplaceable treasures for cash. Yet, the Hermitage survived Stalin, as well as World War II, when two-thirds of its collection was transported safely out of Leningrad before the Nazi invasion.

Hibel’s Russian Palette           WA-519
60 min / color / 1995 / CTC / VHS
Middle school through adult
Edna Hibel is one of America’s most versatile and accomplished artists, and her work has been exhibited in over 20 countries around the world. In this remarkable program, Hibel travels to Russia for an exhibition of her work. While there she interviews ordinary Russian citizens to better understand the unraveling of the former Soviet Empire. The first foreign woman allowed to produce a documentary in the former U.S.S.R., Hibel balances her own sense of wonder about Russia with a variety of visually artistic scenes coupled with those of economic despair.

Hidden Heritage: The Roots of Black American Painting           WA-380
52 min / color / 1991 / LF / VHS
Middle school through adult
This video program traces the work of black American artists from the American Revolution to the Second World War. Narrator David Driscoll, professor of art at the University of Maryland, places artists’ individual achievements in the context of social change: the abolition of slavery, Jim Crow Laws, racial violence, and segregation. Driscoll ends his presentation with a look at the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s, which saw the first full flowering of black painting in America. (Note: Programmers might also wish to schedule the film From These Roots, which explores the Harlem Renaissance in greater depth.)

Hieronymus Bosch: The Delights of Hell NEW!
60 min / 2003 / DVD
College through adult
The Dutch painter’s astonishing works of the 1400-1500s are analyzed in detail against a backdrop of two major exhibitions in France and Belgium and rousing carnival festivities that date back to medieval days. Connections are made between his visions of sin, damnation, and inadvertent eroticism to the late medieval culture in which he worked, taking into account the influences of the carnival and the religious brotherhood to which he belonged. Some interviews are in French with English subtitles.

Hieronymus Bosch           WA-424
30 min / color / 1992 / FFH / VHS
High school through adult
This program covers the array of Heironymus Bosch’s work collected by Philip II of Spain and housed today in the Prado Museum. The depth and detail of Bosch’s works exemplify the imagination and genius of this medieval painter. Working in the middle of the Renaissance and almost precisely the contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci, Bosch epitomizes the Middle Ages with its bitter vision of the endless ways in which man sins.

Higglety Pigglety Pop!: A Fantasy Opera           PE-23
60 min / color / 1985 / FI / VHS
Elementary school through adult
Higglety Pigglety Pop! by American author/illustrator Maurice Sendak is a fantastic modern fairy tale inspired by the antics of his own Sealyham terrier Jennie. Bored with her luxurious life, Jennie goes out into the world to look for “something more than everything.” Sendak’s beautifully intricate designs, adhering faithfully to the illustrations in his book, are matched by composer Oliver Knussen’s ability to depict fantastic operatic scenarios. Both children and adults will enjoy this adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic tale.

High Heels and Ground Glass            ED-553
29 min / 1990 / VHS
High school through adult
Five noteworthy and remarkable women photographers of the 20th century tell their experiences, challenges, and pleasures as women breaking new ground in their chosen art and profession. Photojournalist Gisele Freund, fashion photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Hollywood photographer Maurine Loomis, photo documentarian Lisette Model, and abstract art photographer Eiko Yamazawa are featured.

The Highwaymen: Florida's Outsider Artists            WA-636
58 min/ 2003/ DVD
College through adult
This movie shines light on African-American landscape painters from Florida. The highways provided an opportunity for these self-taught artists to sell their works during a time of segregation in art galleries in the 1950s. Their works, which capture the ideal sunset in a tropical ambiance, led the Highwaymen to become a favorite state treasure

History of Western Art series          ED-475
6 parts on 3 disks; each part is 30 min.; 180 min total/ 2001/ DVD
High school through adult
This series presents a survey of the greatest achievements in European art from the medieval era through the Post-Impressionists. Some of the artists highlighted are listed here.

Pt 1 Light in the Darkness: Medieval: Giotto and Van Eyck
Pt 2 A New Dream: Renaissance:Michaelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Holbein
Pt 3 The Age of Splendor: The Baroque: Rembandt, Rubens, Caravaggio, Bernini
Pt 4 Reason and Enlightenment: Rococo: Hogarth, Gainsborough, Chardin, David
Pt 5 Passion and Revolution: Pre-Impressionism and: Constable, Turner, Goya
Pt 6 A New Vision: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: Cezanne, Seurat, Manet, van Gogh.

The Hoarder           ED-299
8 min / color / 1990 / BEN / VHS
Elementary school through adult
Into his secret cave the blue jay takes whatever his eyes see and his beak can carry! Other birds’ worms, berries, nests, and eggs are all added to his cache. Not even the sun escapes his predatory greed. But even in fantasy the consequences of actions are realized; eventually, because he has hidden the sun in his cave and left the world in darkness, the blue jay must consider the error of his ways! This fable is told through the unusually fluid cut-out animation of Evelyn Lambert.

Hollywood Censored: Movies, Morality, and the Hollywood Production Code         ED-487
58 min / 1999 / PBS / VHS
College through adult
Because movies reach massive audiences, they have been targets of censors since the earliest days. By 1934, the big Hollywood studios imposed the Production Code, an enforced list of dos and don’ts, to control the content of their movies and stave off regulation by the federal government. The Code was strong for 20 years and led to the modern day rating system. Many clips of movies are included in this segment of the PBS series, CultureShock, exploring controversy in the arts.

The Holocaust Wall Hangings           WA-500
23 min / color / 1996 / CSF / VHS
High school through adult
In this video, acclaimed artist, Judith Weinshall Liberman, discusses the arduous process of creating her art and the motivation behind the imagery she employs to express the enormity and horror of the Holocaust. Through an analysis of each of the wall hangings, this video simultaneously illuminates the creative process and depicts one of the most destructive periods in human history.

Homage to Magritte           ED-116
10 min / color / 1975 / SBC / 16mm
High school through adult
This subtle and elegant film, an homage to the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte, translates the spirit of the painter’s vision into a series of moving images. This film by Anita Thacher is not about Magritte-he is never mentioned in the film-but the images she has selected convey the artist’s style of magic realism and eerie fantasy.

Home Free           ED-139
20 min / color / 1978 / PFI / 16mm
Elementary school through adult
A reversal of the traditional story of the ethnic child being assimilated into North American culture. In this film, a white child, 10-year-old Kathy, has just moved from the country to the city-into a Chinese neighborhood. The new community is strange and frightening to her. At a birthday party in the neighborhood, Kathy confronts the new culture and discovers that she may have something to contribute to it.

Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World           WA-194
58 min / color / 1983 / NDF / 16mm
High school through adult
This is a sensitive and personal discussion of the Hopi Indian’s way of life by filmmaker Pat Ferrero. The film focuses on the function of art and religion among the Hopi. Farmers, artists, and elders discuss tribal philosophies; beautiful images convey the strong ties between these ancient people and their world.

Hopper’s Silence           WA-151
46 min / color / 1981 / AP / 16mm, VHS

This is a personal film memoir by art critic and author Brian O’Doherty, who was a close friend of the artist Edward Hopper. The film features interviews with Hopper’s friends, visits many of the sites where he painted, and examines his work. It also presents some interesting interviews with Hopper himself.

Horace Pippin: There Will Be Peace            WA-638
28 min / 1998 / VHS / DVD
Middle school through adult
African-American folk artist, Horace Pippin (1888-1946), painted scenes from his life, his concerns, and dreams of peace for all people. His inspiring works ring with poetry and refreshing sincerity. Some of his most indelible images are of World War I after he was wounded in combat and honorably discharged. He developed his own style of wood burning technique combined with painting. The great actor Brock Peters narrates Pippin's actual words.

The Horse Sculptures of Deborah Butterfield           WA-518
15 min / color / 1993 / LUC / VHS
Middle school through adult
American artist Deborah Butterfield has always been intrigued with horses, raising her own on a ranch in Bozeman, Montana. They have become models for her sculptures, made from sticks and mud, bronze, steel, and copper, and are symbols of her deepest feelings. In this video, Butterfield explains how the sculptures are created, and we visit the Walla Walla, Washington foundry where these marvelously complex creatures become a reality.

Hot Glass           ED-132
50 min / color / 1982 / AFA / 16mm
Middle school through adult
This lively presentation of the art of the glassmaker demonstrates the process of Irish hand-blown glass, shows a Swedish glass artist who uses dirt molds, and takes the viewer to art schools and glass-blowing studios. This is an excellent film for art classes as well as for general entertainment.

Hot Hippo           ED-300
6 min / color / 1989 / WW / VHS
Elementary school through adult
Hippo was hot! He longed to live in the cool water instead of on dry land. Such a change, however, required permission from Ngai, the god of Everything and Everywhere, who decided where the animals, fish, and birds would live. Richly colored illustrations and gentle African music tell the story of how the ingenious Hippo came to live in the water.

Hot Pepper            ED-526
54 min / 1973 / VHS
College through adult
Legendary documentary maker, Les Blank, plunges the viewer deep into the music of the late Clifton Chenier and its sources in the surroundings of rural and urban Louisiana. The accordionist blended rock and blues with his unique approach to zydeco music, a pulsating combination of Cajun French with African undertones. Blank displays some most stunning cinematography as he winds his camera through steamy bayous and byways and into the homes of Chenier's people, finding big doses of folk wisdom and random jive.

Houses Have History           WA-185
15 min / color / 1980 / CF / 16mm
Middle school through adult
An enchanting look at old houses and house renovation. The film follows a group of children as they draw a Victorian house, tour a restored neighborhood, talk to long-time residents, and actually repair and renovate stairways and windows. Architectural details and structural styles are examined and the value of preservation and restoration is stressed in this lively, well-paced presentation.

How Dad Created the World           PE-59
60 min / color / 1995 / CTC / VHS
Middle school through adult
Award-winning actress, Julie Portman, transforms the childhood memories of her father into a family album in this one-person play. This is the story of Julie’s father, a singer with his own unique view of the creation-a Garden of Eden where everyone and everything sang, even the rocks, trees, and animals. In this household, everything from toilet training to philosophies of life are communicated through song. This is a man who manages his home like the conductor of a symphony; however, more than a few sour notes are heard among the harmonies.

How Prints are Made: An Introduction to Printmaking          AT-67
22 min / color / 1994 / LUC / VHS
Elementary school through adult
Contemporary printmakers demonstrate traditional techniques in this step-by-step video of the most important printmaking processes. Etchings, lithographs, woodblocks, silk screen, and intaglio prints are discussed with examples of each technique presented from each major period shown.

How Art Made the World NEW!
290 min on two disks/2007/ DVD
High school through adult
In this acclaimed BBC series, Cambridge University’s Dr. Nigel Spivey takes a stunning new approach to art history in exploring the essential functions art served in early civilizations and how that art has come to define the look of modern society. Spivey cites cave paintings, Venus of Villandorf, Egyptian art, Greek art and myth, Gilgamesh, Trajan’s Column, Aboriginal art, Aztec death images, Etruscan tombs, motion pictures, and modern art in a riveting quest to comprehend mankind's unique capacity to understand and explain the world through artistic symbols and images.

How Samba Became Viceroy         ED-467
26 min / 1987 / FFH / VHS
Middle school through adult
This is the story of a teenage boy, Samba, in Mali and the legacy of Secret Wisdom: four braids in his hair, for which he is teased, but each representing one great truth. Brought before the king, Samba resists telling the secrets until he realizes that the alternative is death. But when he reveals the last secret - that a leader deserves no honor if he is not also a friend to his people - the king must reconsider.

The Hudson River and Its Painters           WA-313
57 min / color / 1987 / FI / VHS
High school through adult
In the mid-19th century, painters such as Thomas Cole, Thomas Doughty, and Asher B. Durand traveled to America’s wilderness to capture the sublime beauty of nature on canvas. Known as the Hudson River School, these artists comprise what is considered to be America’s first native school of painting. The subjects they chose-mountain ranges, rivers, and the sea-were painted in a way that inspired a sense of awe in the viewer. Due to the efforts of artists such as Cole and Durand, landscape painting gained prominence as a mode of expression in American art. Recommended to accompany discussions of the American frontier and its exploration, as well as American art.

The Human FaceMasks, Emotions, Identities          ED-388
31 min / color / 1995 / UC / VHSBR> High school through adult
The face is one of our most important and expressive means of communication. It has been called “the organ of emotion,” and indeed the face provides vital clues to our own feelings and to those of the people around us. The face is also an important source of identity, and perhaps the most powerful channel of nonverbal communication. This outstanding video explores twelve facial properties, and a strong cross-cultural perspective is maintained. Recommended to be shown with the video, A World of Gestures.

The Hungry Eye: Walker Evans NEW!
15 min /2001/ VHS
High school through adults
American photographer Walker Evans is best known for his honest, stark depiction of the rural South during the Great Depression and is considered to be the first to turn documentary photography into an art form. This program examines the breadth of Walker’s career, which spanned much of the 20th century. Walker’s most famous project was his collaboration in James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.

Hymn to Aton           WA-142
15 min / color / 1978 / PFI / 16mm
Middle school through adult
As Pharoah from 1375 to 1357 B.C., Akhenaten made radical changes in traditional Egyptian religion. He abolished the worship of Egypt’s numerous gods, setting up in their place one deity, Aton, the Sun God. Akhenaten’s fervent Hymn to Aton has survived, and in it we can sense a precursor of the omnipresent, almighty, loving God of the Judeo-Christian tradition. The devout passion of Akhenaten’s prayer to Aton is conveyed in an introduction by singer-actress Ertha Kitt and a forceful interpretation of the prayer by the distinguished actor/director John Huston.