This month’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand allow students and researchers to learn more about the history of some of the world’s most influential inventions and inventors, celebrate the 50th anniversary of an unprecedented cultural event, learn more about the lives of a major figure in the Pop Art movement and an influential African-American novelist and playwright, and honor the memory of one of World War II’s most important figures. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left of the platform) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a handy source for ideas throughout the year.

August Is National Inventors Month

Consider these titles for your classes:

• R. E. Olds and the First Auto City (Item #183580)
• Tesla (Item #151145)
• Hello World (Item #183907)
• Edison (Item #93454)
• European Inventor Award, 2017 series (Item #145494)
• The Genius of Invention: Ideas That Changed the World series (Item #57493)
• The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World (Item #57498)

Birthday: James Baldwin, August 2, 1924

Consider these titles for your classes:

• James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (Item #49726)
• Africa to America to Paris: The Migration of Black Writers (Item #8321)
• Go Tell It on the Mountain (Item #44817)
• Hollywood Roundtable: Civil Rights, 1963 (Item #48826)

Anne Frank Captured, August 4, 1944

Consider these titles for your classes:

• The Diary of Anne Frank: A Tale of Two Sisters (Item #93997)
• Final Days of Anne Frank (Item #137993)
• Memories of Anne Frank (Item #8833)
• Otto Frank, Father of Anne (Item #168536)

Birthday: Andy Warhol, August 6, 1928

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Andy Warhol: Images of an Image (Item #31233)
• Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World (Item #124996)
• How Pop Art Changed the World (Item #58582)
• Andy Warhol: The Texan, Portrait of Robert Rauschenberg—Masterworks (Item #59134)

50th Anniversary of Woodstock, August 15, 1969

Consider these titles for your classes:

• All Along the Watchtower: Sour Rock—All You Need Is Love: A History of Popular Music (Item #110377)
• Janis Joplin: Final 24—Her Final Hours (Item #51211)
• Ravi Shankar: The Man and His Music (Item #4345)
• The Who: The Who, The Mods, and the Quadrophenia Connection (Item #51148)
• Janis: Little Girl Blue (Item #183575)