Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: January 15, 2001
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000507PH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,084 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Uh...it's barely O.K., July 11, 2008

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The Alabamian "François-Marie Arouet" (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Age of Enlightenment (DVD)

Well, there is nothing else out there in which a teacher can use on the Enlightenment, so I guess this will have to do! Don't expect an engrossing, History Channel like video. It is mostly college professors discussing the various philosophes. It's O.K. to use for 20-30 minutes, but no more!

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stay Away, January 7, 2003

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This review is from: Just the Facts - Age of Enlightenment [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As a high school history teacher, I have rarely been so disappointed with a video series. Each title in the "Just the Facts" series (Ancient Rome, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment) is deadly boring, relying on "talking heads", simplistic narration, and haphazard visuals. Save your money. Any lecture you give will be more captivating than this series.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Teachers: don't bother with this one, December 3, 2004

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Teacherman (Sacramento CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just the Facts - Age of Enlightenment [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Just wanted to echo the earlier review... fortunately I didn't pay anything for this video; it was given to me. Still, it's not worth the price. Not only is it deadly dull and the talking heads overly pretentionous, but the piano music is the most annoying background music I've ever heard in a documentary. I wouldn't even think about showing this to my high school students.