February’s programming suggestions from Films On Demand include titles to celebrate Black History Month, National Entrepreneurship Week, the birthday of one of Victorian Britain’s most widely read authors, and the release from prison of one of Africa’s greatest freedom fighters. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the top left of the header) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a handy source for ideas throughout the year. (Content may vary for international collections.)

February Is Black History Month

Consider these titles for your classes:

• The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross series (Item #58756)
• Ken Burns: Jazz series (Item #43591)
• Reconstruction: America After the Civil War series (Item #188579)
• Outlier: The Story of Katherine Johnson (Item #188548)
• Clementine Hunter’s World (Item #186565)
• Isaac Pope: The Spirit of an American Century (Item #182998)
• Strange Fruit (Item #165968)
• Charley Pride: I’m Just Me (Item #188570)
• The Apollo (Item #202959)
• For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots (University Edition) series (Item #54913)
• The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords (Item #165969)
• The Civil Rights Movement (Item #47589)
• Let Freedom Ring: Moments from the Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965 (Item #40565)

Birthday: Charles Dickens, February 7, 1812

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Charles Dickens: A Concise Biography (Item #43963)
• Charles Dickens’ London series (Item #140293)
• Charles Dickens: A Tale of Ambition and Genius (Item #42470)
• Tale of Two Cities series (Item #110716)
• The Old Curiosity Shop series (Item #141208)
• The Mystery of Charles Dickens (Item #145212)
• The Pickwick Papers series (Item #138715)
• Peter Ackroyd’s Charles Dickens (Item #10395)
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby series (Item #194814)
• Bleak House series (Item #138576)

30th Anniversary: Nelson Mandela Is Released from Prison, February 11, 1990

Consider these titles for your classes:

• February 11, 1990: Nelson Mandela Is Released from Prison (Item #161017)
• Nelson Mandela: The Freedom Fighter (Item #140035)
• Nelson Mandela: Interview (2/16/90) (Item #142617)
• Nelson Mandela: The History of a Struggle (Item #2592)
• Madiba: Father of a Nation, 1918–2013 (Item #140031)
• The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela (Item #56080)
• The Other Man (Item #142029)

National Entrepreneurship Week, February 15–22, 2020

Consider these titles for your classes:

• Lauren Kay: A Case Study on Entrepreneurship series (Item #188873)
• Garage Geniuses: Stories of Entrepreneurship (Item #116617)
• The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting and Growing a Business series (Item #117966)
• The Strategies, Experiences, and Ethics of Jewish Entrepreneurs series (Item #118054)
• Rebecca Robertson: A Case Study on Medical Entrepreneurship series (Item #188924)
• Inside the Founders: Studies in Business Leadership series (Item #117984)
• Helping Social Entrepreneurs series (Item #188141)
• Five Signs You’ll Fail as an Entrepreneur (Item #54345)
• Jonah Goodhart: A Case Study on Entrepreneurship series (Item #188853)
• Divya Gugnani: A Case Study on Pitching and Funding a New Venture series (Item #188801)