Relevant Videos/Films
Malcolm X (especially the hajj scene)
All the films of Iranian director, Majid Majidi: The Color of Paradise, Children of Heaven, Song of Sparrows, Muhammad: Messenger of God
BBC Special: Islamic Civilization
Wonders of the African World (Henry Louis Gates Jr.)
Rize (excellent footage beginning at 29 minutes of similarities in modern krump dance to indigenous African dance)
Say It Loud Celebrate Black culture, context and history.
History of African-American music this is a short, 10-minute overview, an introduction
Blood Diamond (with parental permission only, due to graphic, disturbing violence)
Brief Video about Defying Hollywood Stereotypes about African Men
Robin Hood (Ridley Scott)
A Knight's Tale (warning: for time period entertainment -- not historical!)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Ironclad (with parental permission only, due to graphic combat violence; not historically accurate)\
Africans living in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (some sword-fighting violence, but otherwise epic time-period scenery, big romance, not to be missed! watch the subtitled version)
Matsuo Basho's Haiku (only 5 minutes! worth watching)
Memoirs of a Geisha (with parental permission only)
Apocalypto (with parental permission only, not historically accurate, with graphic violence)
Mayan Warriors (a History Channel documentary)
Romeo and Juliet (Zefferelli; warning: a millisecond of nudity) and Romeo and Juliet (Baz Luhrmann; warning: one very brief scene of drug use)
Shakespeare in Love (an amusing comedy worth watching for the sets and scenery and language, not based on reality)
Crash Course History videos (funny, short summaries of topics we are exploring in our medieval history course)