Summary of Documentary films
Watch the first 3 documentary/teaching films from the series American Cinema/American Culture. Write a paragraph of the main ideas from each film that you feel are most important.

The Hollywood Style: film #1

The Studio System: film #2

The Star: film #3

Then give a short summary of the MAIN IDEAS of each documentary film. This summary should be about one paragraph for each film.

These documentary teaching films are available on DVD from the SCC Library/Media Center; OR online here:

URL: http://www.learner.org/resources/series67.html?pop=yes&pid=205# (Links to an external site.)

IF you have trouble online viewing these films, here are more instructions: Your browser much ALLOW Pop-up Windows.

Some people have had difficulty viewing these documentary film. IF you have trouble online viewing these films, here are more instructions:

Some people have had difficulty viewing these documentary films online. You must ALLOW pop-up windows in the browser to view these.

They play in either Windows Media or Flash format. Go to the FAQ page to get links on the latest versions of Windows Media or Flash http://www.learner.org/faq/faq_broadband.html#broadband17 (Links to an external site.)

The FAQ page (link above) explains how to play them on an iPad. To play them on an iPad you need the ROVER app from here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rover-browser-for-education/id483262612?mt=8s online.ust ALLOW pop-up windows in the browser to view these.

They play in either Windows Media or Flash format. Go to the FAQ page to get links on the latest versions of Windows Media or Flash http://www.learner.org/faq/faq_broadband.html#broadband17 (Links to an external site.)

The FAQ page (link above) explains how to play them on an iPad. To play them on an iPad you need the ROVER app from here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rover-browser-for-education/id483262612?mt=8