This program focuses on the Kenyan Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui. Rooted deeply in African soil, her art comments on life, particularly the contradictory and often hypocritical attitudes of African society toward women; her teaching at the university champions the concept that African art is a valid academic discipline, that African art is intrinsically different in being part of life rather than (as in Western art) a separate element. (17 minutes)

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		Art and Revolution in Mexico Nowhere but in Mexico has history been painted as superbly; nowhere else have outspokenly polemical painters, like Rivera and Siqueiros, produced such great art. The art of revolution and the revolution of art seem, in this time and place, to have nu...(more details)
		The Walls of Mexico: Art and Architecture This beautifully filmed program looks at the wall paintings of some of the most famous Mexican muralists-Diego Rivera, Juan O'Gorman, Jose Clemente Orozco-and at the work of Luis Barragan, the greatest Mexican architect of the 20th century. Their com...(more details)
		Zimbabwe: Talking Stones Here is the incredible story of the most powerful stable of artists since the Renaissance, working in stone in the hills of Zimbabwe. Given a place to exhibit, dissuaded from producing "airport" art and encouraged instead to speak to their ancestors,...(more details)
		Discovering the Art of Korea A definitive survey of Korean art and culture, this program spans the ages from 3000 B.C. to the 20th century. Views of burial mounds, temples, ancient cities, and other historical sites are interwoven with footage of recovered art treasures such as ...(more details)
		Portrait of an African Artist: Elimo Njau the Antelope-Man The African views life itself as a proverb whose meaning lies in an unraveling of its symbols. This portrait of East Africa's best-known artist begins, like all African folktales, with animals, and proceeds through a series of adages-It is better to ...(more details)

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