The Real Mad Men and Women of Madison Avenue

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the...

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one...

A documentary exploring the birth, death and resurrection of illustrated movie poster art. Through interviews with a number of key art personalities...

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

Advertising: Colorful and projected on a large scale. The new era begins at the beginning of the 20th century in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. Lucian...

A travelogue through the diverse neighborhoods of Madrid, its picturesque streets and its history; and an approach, with a sense of humor, to the...

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was...

PBS Frontline takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar "persuasion industries" of advertising and public relations and how marketers have...

The art of the "pitch" and its role in society, as told by many of the pitch industry's greatest salesmen, including Arnold Morris, Sandy Mason,...

The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.

Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late...