Videos at Home

Streaming Services

• Kanopy
• YouTube
• Disney+ – (watched: Hamilton, Frozen II, Soul, Summer of Soul).
  • National Geographic story behind Hamilton the person; D23 on Hamilton the musical
• Netflix, Vimeo
• Prime Video
• HMC Online (Harvey Mudd College)
• CMC Online (Claremont McKenna College)

Race

• Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Dirty Gertie – Kanopy
• Loving – CCC Lib DVD
• A Question of Color
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Barbara Lee : Speaking Truth to Power, Amazon Prime
• Racialized Foundations in Science, Medicine, and Law – Exploratorium
• WITI Creating a Safe Space to Talk About Race

Art

• Loving Vincent – Kanopy
• Stern Grove
• Piedmont Piano Showroom Sessions
• Adam Goldsworthy
• Watched: Summer of Soul.

Frida Kahlo

• de Young background documentary and introduction to Frida Kahlo exhibit
• Fiestas Fridas documentary Entre el Dolor y el Placer filmed at Casa Azul

COVID-19 Related

• Exploratorium video series
• HMC talk
• CMC: How COVID-19 is Affecting Our Democracy with Professor Jack Pitney
• Cal Covid-19

Food

• 2020 Edible Education 101
• Preserved virtual classes
• Ramen Heads, Ramen Shop, The Ramen Girl, Tampopo
• Sweet Bean, Dad’s Lunch Box,
• Documentary: Sorry We’re Closed, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, Julia, High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix)

Nature

• Cal Academy of Sciences Big Bang
• Cats of Malta (Amazon Prime)

Travel

• Paris: Charade (1963), An American in Paris (1951), Breathless (1960), Amelie (2001), Diva (1981), Boudu Saved From Drowning, Midnight in Paris (2011), Before Sunset (2004).
• Vienna: Before Sunrise.

Bio

• Oppenheimer (UCB panel), Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Rocketman, Bombshell (2019), RBG, King Richard; Tick, Tick… Boom! (Netflix), Fairyland (2023, critics 97% RT), Donyale Luna: Supermodel (Max, 2023), P.S. Burn This Letter Please (Apple TV, 2020), Salavatore: Shoemaker of Dreams (2020, Prime).
• Roald Dahl related: To Olivia, Roald Dahl interview on chocolate.
• L. Frank Baum related: American Oz – American Experience (PBS), The Dreamer of Oz (bio).
• Dr. Suess related: Dr. Suess A&E bio.
• Watched: david crosby: remember my name.

To Watch

• Christmas: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey), The Grinch (2018), Klaus (2019, Netflix), White Christmas, Love Actually, Elf, Scrooged, The Polar Express, The Holdovers, Arthur Christmas (Max), Shrek the Halls, The Holiday, Holiday Affair (1949), It’s a Wonderful Life, The Shop Around the Corner, Miracle on 34th Street, The Bishop’s Wife, I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), Remember the Night (1940), Happiest Season (2020, Hulu).
• Music: Amazing Grace, Echo in the Canyon, The Five Heartbeats, Satan & Adam (2018), Wham (Netflix), Troubadours (Amazon Prime 2019), Tokyo Pop, Purple Rain, This is Spinal Tap, Jazz (PBS Ken Burns), Little Richard: I Am Everything (Max), The Greatest Night in Pop (2023 Netflix).
• Musical: Into the Heights, West Side Story (critics 95% on Rotten Tomatoes). Watched: Soul, My Fair Lady.
• Drama: Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 and 1934 versions, Max), The Last Five Years (YouTube), Ford v Ferrari, Fast Color, Sympathy for the Devil, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Amazon), The Farewell, Eighth Grade (2018, Max), Barry (HBO 2018 – 2023, Max), What’s Love Got to Do with It?.
• Animation: Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, Disney+), Big Hero 6 (2014, Disney+) (and shorts), Auntie Edna (2018, Disney+), Raya the Last Dragon, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Isle of Dogs, Animation Shorts, Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015, Prime Video), Wallace & Grommit, Who Shot Rodger Rabbit, The Iron Giant (1999, Prime), Carl’s Date (2023, Disney+), Frankenweenie, Wish (2023, Disney+), Oliver & Company, Bolt, Aristocats, Corpse Bride (2005, Prime). Pixar films and shorts (Finding Dory, Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur, Elemental, Lightyear, Cars 3, Cars 2). Watched: Turning Red, Encanto (critics 93% on Rotten Tomatoes).
• Roald Dahl related: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, Prime), Wonka (2023), Fantastic Mr. For (2009), The Witches (1990), Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022), Matilda (1996 Danny DeVito), James and the Giant Peach, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The BFG. Netflix Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023 short film collection), Revolting Rhymes (2016 BBC One), The Twits (2025 Netflix). Watched: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, Prime).
• L. Frank Baum related: Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, Tin Man, Oz the Great and Powerful, Return to Oz, The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, Wicked (2024), Patchwork Girl of Oz.
• Dr. Suess related: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey), The Grinch (2018), The Lorax.
• Adult: Roald Dahl related: Four Rooms – anthology of four short stories (1997), The Night Digger, Tales of the Unexpected, 36 Hours, Esio Trot (BBC One).
• Romance: Summertime, Before Sunrise, Dirty Dancing, It Happened One Night.
• Comedy: Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Enchanted, Ella Enchanted
• Classic: Casablanca, Cannery Row.
• Dance: She Paradise, In Search of an Outcome (UCB).
• History: Rosie the Riveter, Ansel Adams Manzanar photos and videos at FAMSF.
• Sci Fi: 2001: A Space Odyssey, They Cloned Tyrone (audience 100% on RT, Netflix, 2023).
• Latinx: Real Women Have Curves, Stand and Deliver, Selena, Y Tu Mama Tambien, City of God, I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aqui).
• Tintypes related: Anna Held: The Great Ziegfeld; Charlie Chaplin: The Real Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator, Limelight; Teddy Roosevelt: The Roosevelts by Ken Burns, American Experience TR (PBS), Emma Goldman: American Experience Emma Goldman (PBS), Reds; Scott Joplin: The Sting, Ragtime, Scott Joplin, Scott Joplin documentary, Treemonisha (opera), Syncopation, The Entertainers; John Philip Sousa: doc 1, doc 2 (YouTube).