Thanks to Open Culture I learned about a new Crash Course that should be fun to follow for the next sixteen weeks. Crash Course Film History promises to take viewers through the evolution of movies from a technical perspective as well as the cultural evolution of movies. The first episode in the series goes back before the invention of film and discusses the first “illusions” and performances before then covering the invention of film and slides. Watch the first lesson as embedded below or jump here to follow the whole series as it becomes available.