Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

NATIONAL BROADCAST–American Creed on PBS

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NATIONAL BROADCAST-- California Humanities-supported documentary film, AMERICAN CREED, will broadcast on PBS on November 25, 2018. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy come together to ask: what ideals do we share in common? Their spirited inquiry frames the stories of citizen-activists striving to bring communities together across deepening divides.

PBS Premiere—I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE

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PBS BROADCAST―The documentary film I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE by Director Reid Davenport premieres on PBS POV Monday, January 9.  When a circus tent goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility. Shot from the director's physical perspective — mounted to […]

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PBS Premiere—NO STRAIGHT LINES

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PBS BROADCAST―NO STRAIGHT LINES airs nationally on the PBS series Independent Lens this January 23, 2023. Check your local listings for times in your area. Click here to watch the film’s trailer. NO STRAIGHT LINES tells the story of five scrappy and pioneering cartoonists who depicted everything from the AIDS crisis, coming out, and same-sex marriage, […]

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