Films@UM
Films@UM consists of over 800 digital videos on a wide variety of subjects which can be used in the classroom or independently. These films are available to University of Maryland (College Park) students, faculty, and staff for viewing, either from one's computer or classroom on campus, or at home via a virtual private network (VPN). Spanning documentaries, public television programming, taped performances, and feature films, Films@UM covers many areas of interest with significant concentrations in:
Subject Concentrations
- Advertising, Marketing
- African American Studies
- Ancient Cultures
- Broadcasting, Mass Media
- Civil Rights, Discrimination
- Conservation, Environment
- Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
- Education
- Film Studies
- Fine Arts, Photography
- Gender Studies
- Government, Law, Politics
- Health, Family Studies
- Literature, Print Culture
- Performing Arts, with focus on Music, Theater, and Dance
- Religion, Philosophy
- Science, Technology
- The State of Maryland
- War and International Conflicts
Regional Concentrations
Featured film
The Japanese tea ceremony
The tea ceremony originated in China but was transformed in Japan into an art of infinite resonance with precise rules and formulations. This program is devoted to the Omote Sen-ke school. It shows the uniquely Japanese way in which its traditions are handed down from generation to generation, and demonstrates that suspension in time by which Japanese paying obeisance to a 400-year-old tradition live in the past and the present simultaneously.
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