Film Odyssey Video Gallery

Producer/director/writer Karen Thomas has produced over 16 hours of programming for the PBS prime-time schedule on topics ranging from art and and science.  Among these are Film Odyssey’s most recent production, James McNeill Whistler & The Case for Beauty, Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood, and the documentaries Edgar Allen Poe: Terror of the Soul which combines a documentary format with dramatic segments, Robert Rauschenberg, Inventive Genius profiling America’s pioneering artist, and The G.I. Bill: The Law that Changed America.

Click below to view scenes from each of these programs.

James McNeill Whistler & The Case for Beauty

Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Narrator: Sigourney Weaver/Original Music: Peter Melnick

Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood from Karen Thomas on Vimeo.

Edgar Allen Poe: Terror of the Soul
Narrator: Ruby Dee, Dramatic Sequences Directed by Joyce Chopra, Original Music: Peter Melnick, Actor: Treat Williams (“The Tell Tale Heart”), Actor: Anthony Maggio (Edgar Allen Poe)

Edgar Allen Poe: Terror of the Soul from Karen Thomas on Vimeo.

Robert Rauschenberg, Inventive Genius
Narrator: Dennis Hopper, Original Music: Peter Melnick

Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius from Karen Thomas on Vimeo.

The G.I. Bill: The Law that Changed America
Narrator: Cliff Robertson, Original Music: Peter Melnick

The GI Bill: The Law That Changed America from Karen Thomas on Vimeo.