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New DVDs: January, 2014
BX8129.A5 A44 2012 dvd The Amish
Explores the insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 400-year-old traditions have by turns captivated and baffled Americans for more than a century. The film examines the beliefs, lifestyle, and history of the Amish, as well as their complex relationship to mainstream American culture. The Amish is part history, part observational documentary that takes viewers into the world of the Amish.
E184.M5 B489 2012 dvd
Between Two Worlds: Life on the Border
"No writer understands the border culture between Mexico and the United States more intimately than Luis Alberto Urrea. His own life is the stuff of great novels. Son of a Mexican father and Anglo mother, Urrea grew up first in Tijuana and then just across the border in San Diego. Over the years he has produced a series of acclaimed novels, including The Hummingbird's Daughter, The Devil's Highway, and his latest, Queen of America--each a rich and revealing account of the people of the borderlands that join and separate our two nations. Three of Urrea's books were among scores of others removed from classrooms earlier this year when the Tucson school district eliminated Mexican-American studies on the accusation it was "divisive." But there's no ban on ideas in Bill's studio, and Urrea talks with Bill Moyers about that episode as he unfolds the modern reality of life on the border."--From container.
E184.M5 B698 2002 dvd
Break of Dawn ; Rompe el Alba
Based on the life story of Pedro J. Gonzalez who worked to better the lives of Mexican Americans in California during the Depression years and to reform the California penal system.
F394.Z37 M37 2012 dvd
Mariachi High
The program documents a year in the life of Mariachi Halcon, a top-ranked competitive high school mariachi band in the rural ranching town of Zapata, Texas. Using the band and its music as a lens, this spirited documentary focuses on Mexican-American teenagers pursuing excellence and finding strength in themselves, as well as a connection to their cultural heritage.
GE195 .B443 2008 dvd [4 DVD set]
Becoming Green: Growing Environmental Awareness.
Car of the future (disc 1): NPR's Car talk co-hosts Tom Magliozzi and brother Ray examine America's four-wheeled future, exploring everything from a Detroit auto show to the homebuilders of Boston's AltWheels Festival, from a hydrogen-powered bus fleed in Iceland to a green think tank in Colorado.
Saved by the sun (disc 2): Examines efforts to make solar power more efficient and affordable, from individuals installing solar panels on their roofs to industrial-scale projects in the Mojave desert featuring massive arrays of mirrors. Also looks at Germany's goal to produce thirty percent of its electricty from renewable sources by 2020.
What's up with the weather? (disc 3): Examines recent changes in weather patterns around the world, attempting to discover whether they are natural, temporary glitches in the global climate or the result of global warming.
Rachel Carson's silent spring (disc 4): Examines Rachel Carson and her book, Silent spring, published in 1962, an exposé of the chemical industry's unregulated use of DDT.
GN281.4 .J68 2003 dvd
Journey of Man
How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.
GT2853.U5 M43 2005 dvd
The Meaning of Food
"Food is much more than just something good to eat. Everything about it - including what we eat, where we got it, who prepares it, and who's at the table - is a form of human communication. Hosted by award-winning New York chef Marcus Samuelsson, The Meaning of Food travels across America exploring who we are through what and how we eat"--Container.
GV1786.A42 B47 2007 dvd
Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
"Follows the extraordinary dancers and renowned choreographers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as they do everything it takes to keep modern dance fresh and a legacy alive"--Container.
HQ76.8.U6 A447 2011 dvd
American Experience. Stonewall Uprising
Explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. When police raided a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they had not done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived.
HT861 .U6 2011 [2 DVD set]
Up from Slavery
Documents the history of slavery in America from colonial times to after the Civil War.
HV5089 .P964 2011 dvd [3 DVD set]
Prohibition.
This series explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the unintended consequences that follow. The relevant cautionary tale raises questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.
JZ5578 .W65 2011 dvd [2 DVD set]
Women, War, and Peace
Challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men's domain and reveals the central role of women in the quest for peace and justice in modern warfare.
ML394 .C45 2009 dvd
Chicano Rock! the Sounds of East Los Angeles
A look at the generations of young Mexican-Americans who express their heritage through music. Features rare film, photos, and music from artists such as Ritchie Valens, Cannibal and the Headhunters, El Chicano, Los Lobos, and more.
ML420.M3313 M37 2012 dvd
Marley
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Marley is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
ML1030 .S766 2010 dvd
Stomp out Loud
A unique combination of percussion, movement and visual comedy. Stomp band makes spectacular rhythms using ordinary objects. Featuring newly choreographed performances from the stage show along with all-new stage and street work.
PA4414.O7 Y43 2002 dvd
Oedipus Rex
The Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players, speaking through Greek masks, present the tragedy of Oedipus, who, having unwittingly slain his father and unknowingly married his mother, is driven by the plague that has swept through his kingdom to track down the evildoer who has polluted his land and its people.
PE 1128 .K4947 2009 dvd
Contemporary Topics. 2, Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills
ESL
High intermediate. Unit 1 - Unit 12.
PN1992.77.M34 M35 2008 dvd
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata (which can be translated as 'The Poetical History of Humanity') is an epic tale of two sets of cousins: the Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu, the king of Hastinapura, and the Kauravas, the one hundred sons of Pandu's brother, Dhritarashtra. The eldest brother of each set of cousins claims the throne of Hastinapura for himself and a struggle arises between them. At first the kingdom is divided, but, as a result of a rigged gambling match, the eldest of the Pandavas, Yuddhishtira, loses his half, and he and his brothers are forced into exile for thirteen years, after which time they will be given back their kingdom. However, when the eldest of the Kauravas, Duryodhana, refuses to do so the two sets of cousins gather their armies and go to war.
PN1995.9.D4 W57 2005 dvd
Witness
Shortly after the death of her husband, Amish woman Rachel Lapp takes her son Samuel on a trip to Philadelphia. While in the train station washroom, Samuel sees two men savagely murder a third. Philadelphia detective John Book discovers that people within the police force were involved, and is assigned to escort Rachel and Samuel back home, protecting the boy until the trial. Book blends in with the Amish community, but the corrupt cops Book has exposed are determined to keep their secret, and they come looking for Samuel--to silence him for good.
PN1995.9.P5 Z22 2010 dvd
Z
"Based on the explosive novel by Vassilis Vassilikos, COSTA-GAVRAS' Academy award winning masterpiece presents a controversial yet fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek politician Gregoris Lambrakis in 1963. When a liberal politician is murdered during a peace demonstration, certain high-powered right wing figures make a concerted effort to not only conceal their involvement but ultimately cover up the murder in a cunning conspiracy. Jean-Louis Trintignant stars as the investigating magistrate who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, indict the assassins and ultimately deliver justice and restore hope to the people. Also featuring Yves Montand and Irene Papas, Z is a landmark film, notorious for its dark satirical view of Greek politics, and capturing the sensitivity and outrage that rocked the status quo. Never before has a film created such a political stir" --Container.
PN1995.9.P6 A45 2006 dvd [2 DVD set]
All the President's Men
True story of the Watergate break-in that led to the political scandal of the decade.
PN1997.A1 C56 2006 dvd
The War Game ; Culloden
A set of mock-documentaries on the aftermath of nuclear war on a British city and the Battle of Culloden.
PN1997 A135 2011 dvd [2 DVD set]
12 Angry Men
A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room.
PN1997 .B46 2012 dvd [2 DVD set]
Ben-Hur
"Experience the visual splendor, thundering action, and towering drama of the record-setting winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race, and a fateful encounter with Jesus Christ. An enduring and spellbinding spectacular." -- from Publisher
PN1997.L47 L47 2005 dvd
The Lovers on the Bridge
A homeless artist who is losing her sight and a troubled street performer find love and shelter at the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris.
PN1997 .M33 2012 dvd
Macbeth
Directed by Orson Welles. Eleventh century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship.
PN1997 .N37 2008 dvd
Narayamabushi kō : The ballad of Narayama
In a village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 is banished to the top of Mt. Narayama to die, so as not to be a burden on the village and bring disgrace upon their family. Orin is 69 and despite being in good health, her time is coming. First, though, she has things to do and a score to settle.
PN1997 .R159 1999 dvd
A Raisin in the Sun
Directed by Daniel Petrie.Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
PN1997 R36 2006 dvd
Rain Man
"Charlie Babbitt has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? From his refusal to drive on major highways to a "four minutes to Wapner" meltdown at an Oklahoma farmhouse, Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience ... and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world! But what begins as an unsentimental journey for the Babbit brothers becomes much more than the distance between two places - it's a connection between two vastly different people." -- from container
PN1997 .S258 1999 dvd
Salt of the Earth
American Neorealist classic. A dramatized semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcome the forces of the mine owner and the law that backs them up. Made during the McCarthy era by blacklisted filmmakers. During production, the blacklisted cast and crew were subject to attacks by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and other anti-Communist organizations. Based on the 1950 strike by zinc miners of Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers in Silver City, N.M. Explores the complex issues of labor relations, minority rights and the struggle of women to achieve equality in their daily lives.
PN1997.S68 S862 2012 dvd
Stalin Assassination : Tango
Stalin's rise from obscure revolutionaty to feared leader of Russia is documented in vivivd detail in this outstanding, critically acclaimed docudrama that stars Robert Duvall and Julia Ormond. -- back cover John J. (Robert Duvall is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country. John passes the time with Manuela (Luciana Pedraza), a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual world of tango. Spellbound by the rich and mysterious world Manuela has shown him, his idyll is shattered when the reality of why he's there comes crashing down around him. -- back cover
PN1997 .S76 2004 dvd [2 DVD set]
A Story of Floating Weeds ; Floating Weeds : Two Films
Both films concern a troupe of travelling players visiting a remote town. An aging actor returns to this town and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
PN1997.2.A64 A64 2004 dvd [2 DVD set]
Angels in America
Dramatizes the effects of AIDS on the United States through the experiences of lawyer Roy Cohn, a Mormon couple, and a young man called Prior Walter.
PN1997.2 B54 2013 dvd
Bless Me, Ultima
In New Mexico in the time of WWII, a young man goes to an aged medicine woman and forms a relationship which helps him challenge the fight amid the good and the evil that storms through his village.
PN1997.2 .C8588 2004 dvd
The Crucible
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
PN1997.2 .E98 2012 dvd
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
After his father dies on September 11, 2001, eleven year old Oskar searches New York City for a lock that matches the key his father left behind.
PN1997.2 K562 2011 dvd
The King's Speech
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
PN1997.2 .T746 2004 dvd
The Trojan Women
After the Greek victory in the Trojan War, all the Trojan warriors and princes are slain and the women and children are left to be divided among the conquerors. Beautiful Cassandra is betrothed against her will and despite her vanishing sanity. Andromache discovers that her son is to be executed to end her royal bloodline. Helen desperately wields the arrogant beauty that leveled a city as she pleads for her life. In the end, it is the enduring dignity and unfaltering strength of Hecuba, widowed queen of Troy, that makes cowards of Troy's captors.
PN2277.L59 C37 2004 dvd
Casting Directors Tell It Like It Is!
Four casting directors, Fern Champion, Lindsay Chag, Danny Goldman and Joey Paul, talk about how they run auditions and what the actor should do to get at part, including photographs, resumes, appearance, auditions and call backs.
PS3554.A823 D3 1999 dvd
Daughters of the Dust
In 1902, the Gullah Peazant family, descendants of slaves, live on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. Most of the family is moving to the mainland and to the North. Their departure causes upheaval within the family.
PT2603.R397 T44 2010 dvd
Theater of War
An examination of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and her children", and the political philosophies the play represents. Preparing for The Public Theater's 2006 production of Brecht's anti-war play, Meryl Streep allows a camera crew to document her rehearsal process and interest in the work. Moreover, the life and times of Brecht himself are followed, most notably the playwright's escape from Nazi Germany, subsequent exile, testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee, and his eventual return to the country where the play was first staged. Along with backstage scenes and discussion by theatre notables such as Tony Kushner and Streep's costar Kevin Kline, the documentary seeks to depict the history and inspirations underlying the play's themes.
RA645.N87 F67 2011 dvd
Forks over Knives
This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions: degenerative diseases could usually be prevented--and in many cases reversed--by adopting a whole food, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public. The filmmakers explore the ancient idea of food as medicine, following "reality patients" who have adopted a whole foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments.
RC552.E18 D95 2004 dvd
Dying to be Thin
Documentary on anorexia nervosa and bulimia, eating disorders that have grown increasingly prevalent in contemporary American society. Experts in the field discuss some of their underlying causes (especially cultural pressures to be thin), their physiological and psychological effects, and some medical and therapeutic treatments that have been developed. The interviewees include patients representing particularly vulnerable groups: young women from troubled families, dancers, fashion models, and athletes.
TJ810 .S28 2007 dvd
Saved by the Sun
"NOVA presents a provocative mix of scientists, economists, and ordinary citizens who are all pushing the envelope of solar power's untapped potential"--from container.
