| Title | Synopsis | Length | Category | Copyright | Status | Location | Remarks | Acq. Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The (DVD) (Original German language soundtrack/English dubbed soundtrack) | Fast-paced, witty thriller, intricately plotted but crystal clear: using the secrets of the original Dr. Mabuse, a modern-day criminal genius blackmails the wealthy, resorting to murder as necessary. | 99 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Fritz Lang | 1960 2000 CCC Film GmbH (GATT) |
Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| 12 Monkeys (DVD) | A lone time traveler from the year 2035 must solve a riddle that may save his people...but it may also take him to the brink of madness. After the world's population is devastated by a killer virus, survivors must live in dank underground communities. Cole "volunteers" to travel into the past to obtain a pure virus sample, thereby helping scientists develop a cure. Along the way, he crosses paths with a beautiful psychiatrist and a one-card-short-of-a-full-deck mental patient. But the race is on, as Cole searches for The Army of the 12 Monkeys, a radical group linked to the deadly disease. | 2 hrs. 10 min, color | Feature, Dir. Terry Gilliam (Religion) |
1999 Universal Home Video, Inc. | David Llorca (5/11/06) | Replacement copy purchased Fall 2006. Prof. Hamilton's students used for a project, and did not return. | 2003 (Dupertuis, Religion) 2006 (Replacement) | |
| 13 Days in the Life of Picasso (French w/English Subtitles) | 13 Days in the Life of Picasso explores the defining moments of the creator of some of the greatest works of the 20th century. Interviews with the artist's son and daughter contrast a portrait of the man through his paintings, diary extracts and sketches. | 90 min., color | Documentary (Spanish, Art History) |
1999 La Sept/ARTE - SODAPERAGA - TVE S.A. - INA ENTREPRISE - RMN | AV | 2003 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise (DVD) | It is not enough to dream. Dreams become the stuff of history only when people are bold enough to live them. 1492: Conquest of Paradise is adventure on a grand scale, filled with the dazzling visuals of director Ridley Scott and starring Gerard Depardieu, Armand Assante and Sigourney Weaver. Depardieu plays Christopher Columbus, fearless in his vision of a new route to the East...yet not faultless in the treachery and carnage his voyages would bring. The film chronicles the first two landmark voyages of this Admiral of the Ocean Sea and takes us to the brink of his third and last. Throughout, it reveals the power and passions of history in the making: bravery and blindness, triumph and despair, Old World arrogance and New World innocence. It is the Conquest of Paradise, the beginning of a new age. | 149 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ridley Scott (Spanish) |
1992 Paramount Pictures | David Slade (5/24/06) | 2 Tape Set taken to Mexico by Phyllis Bellver, Fall Term 2005, never returned. | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish) 2006 (DVD Replacement, Spanish) | |
| 1776 (Musical) | Film version of the Broadway musical about the first Congress and the preparation of the Declaration of Independence. All star cast and delightful action. | 148 min., color | Feature, Dir. Peter Hunt (Music) |
1991 RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. 1972 Jack L. Warner and Columbia Pictures Industry, Inc. |
AV | 1991 (Lee, Government, Music) | ||
| 1900 (Parts 1 and 2) | Sweeping spectacle of 20th century Italy focusing on two contrasting families. Ambitious, powerful film was a glorious mess when released here at 243 min; 1991 restoration still seems choppy, but potent, beautiful images compensate for eventually oppressive length. | 255 min., color | Feature, Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci (Sociology) |
1977 Paramount Communications Co. | AV | 1991 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| 1900 House (2 tape set with book) | The Bowker family, smitten by the idea of experiencing the Victorian lifestyle right down to corsets, chamber pots and cutthroat razors, invites everyone along as they turn back the calendar to the spring of 1900. Their eye-opening, heart-tugging story is a uniquely thoughtful and witty portrait of the grueling demands of a bygone era and the relentless power of modern ways. | 4 hours on 2 cassettes | Documentary (Sociology, Anthropology) |
2000 Channel Four Television Corp. Dist. PBS | AV | 2000 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| 1942: A Love Story (DVD) | It was August 1942. The "Quit India" movement had gathered momentum. Protestors from all over the country came out in large numbers and the thunderous cry of "Quit India" echoed across the nation. The response of the British becam increasingly brutal and what followed was savage repression leading to unprecedented violence, lathi charges and ruthless firing on unarmed protestors. The country was quickly engulfed in flames. Kasauni, a small town in Himalayan foothills was no exception. It was amidst of this savage turbulence that Nandu and Rajjo met for the first time and fell in love. . . a love that changed their lives forever. . . a love that was destined to be consumed by the ravaging fires of passion and liveration that swept the land. Because, this was also the fateful time when a group of dedicated revolutionaries, led by the courageous and fiery Shubhankar, brought the spirit of the freedom struggle to Kasauni in pursuit of their sworn mission. Individuals no longer mattered, all that mattered was commitment to the cause. And so began an immortal saga. . . of people, of freedom, of duty, of conflict, of sacrifice and of Love. | 150 min., color | Feature, Dir. Vidhu Vinod Chopra | 1998 EROS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, LONDON | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Hindman, Sociology) | ||
| 1968, The Year That Shaped a Generation | War. Assassinations. Riots. This dramatic program examines the turbulent political and social landscapes of 1968 by combining dramatic archival footage and interviews with many key participants, including Walter Cronkite, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Tom Hayden, Barbara Ehrenreich, Carlos Fuentes, and Pat Buchanan. Individual sections spotlight topics such as Vietnam, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and the civil rights movement, student revolts, the counter-culture, the Democratic National Convention, the Prague Spring, The Mexico City student massacre, and the '68 presidential campaign and election. A powerful educational resource about one of the pivotal years of the 20 century. | 57 min., color | Documentary (History) |
FFH 1999, 1998 Oregon Public Broadcasting | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1999 (Hamm, History) | |
| 1987 - Nineteen Eighty Seven: The Unforgettable Year | NBC summary of the year | 75 min., color | Documentary (History, Government) |
1987 National Broadcasting Company, Inc. | AV | 1990 (Cavnes, History) | ||
| 19th Century: Romanticism and Realism, The (DVD) (Spanish w/English Subtitles) | Despite the political and economic chaos of the 19th century - or perhaps because of it - this period produced brilliant literature while setting the stage for the Generation of '98. In this program, respected authorities elaborate on the lives and works of the masters of Romanticism and Realism. Dramatic readings include excerpts from Jose Adolfo Becquer's Rimas as well as from the writings of the Duque de Rivas, Rosalia de Castro, Leopoldo "Clarin" Alas, and Benito Perez Galdos. | 50 min., color | Documentary | 2004 Films for the Humanities and Sciences | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| 2 Views on Feminism (Catherine MacKinnon, Camille Paglia, and Christina Hoff Sommer) as hosted by Ben Wattenberg. | The opposing views presented in the program contribute significantly to the debate between gender feminists and equity feminists. MacKinnon defends today's "radical" feminist views and discusses pornography within the context of the exploitation and sexual subordination of women. On the other hand, Sommer criticizes today's feminists on the basis of anti-intellectual movements on campuses that promote male-bashing, female chauvinism, and portray women as perennial victims - a position that Sommer adamantly denies exists. Paglia also rejects today's "totalitarian feminism," which she holds responsible for creating hysteria among women by grossly exaggerating rape statistics. Sommer and Paglia also discuss the issues of wage gaps between the genders, abortion, and the Anita Hill case. | 24 min., color | Documentary (Feminism, Women's studies) |
1997 FFH | AV | Used regularly in class. | 1999 (Mount, Religion) (Lori, M. Hamilton, International Studies) | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (Spine labeled TWO) | Starkly depicts several encounters mankind has with never-glimpsed aliens, from the dawn of Man four million years ago to the title year, when an alien artifact is found on the Moon. An expedition tracking its radio signal is launched to Jupiter, with mysterious, haunting results. A visual feast the film also boasts the distinction of having put Richard SStrauss into the Top 40 with "Also Sprach Zarathustra." | 139 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Stanley Kubrick (Anthropology, Government) |
1991 MGM/UA, Inc. 1968, Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer, Inc. | AV | Used regularly in class. | 1991 (Stroup, Government, Anthropology) | |
| 28 Up (Twenty-eight Up) | Continuing the saga of 7 Up. | 136 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) |
1984 Granada Television International | AV | 1992 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| 35 UP (from 7 Up series) | Continuation of study begun with 7 UP, 28 UP | 123 min. | Documentary (Sociology) |
Granada Television 1991, Academy Entertainment, Inc., 1993 | AV | 1994 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| 42 Up (from the 7 Up series) | The 7 year olds of 1964 are now 42 and being interviewed again. | 134 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) |
1999 First Run Icarus | AV | Dir. Michael Apted | 2001 (Weston, Sociology) | |
| 42nd Street (Musical) | Busby Berkeley showcase. The definitive backstage musical with Ginger Rogers and Ruby Keeler. Adapted for the Broadway stage 50 years later. | 1 hr. 30 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Lloyd Bacon (Music) |
1933 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Renewed 1960 United Artists Associated, Inc. (Dist. Turner Ent. Co. 1989) | AV | 1999 (Prof. Baker, American Pop Culture, Music) | ||
| 61* (DVD) (English, French and Spanish Subtitles) | One was the Yankees' best loved player, the other was their most valuable. In the summer of 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle took on Babe Ruth's record, the 1927 single-season 60 home run slam. It would be a summer that no one who loves baseball will ever forget. In 1961, Mickey Mantle is a Yankee favorite. The smiling sun god of the season, a hit with fans and sports writers alike and natural heir to his predecessors Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Also at bat is a young Midwesterner, Roger Maris. A hard-hitting right fielder, Maris is Mantle's opposite in almost every way. Quiet and soft-spoken, he doesn't add up to everything a sports legend should be, and finds himself losing the support of the fans when he refuses to try. As the summer of 1961 unfolds, both Maris and Mantle find themselves approaching Babe Ruth's benchmark of 61 home runs. Facing mounting pressure from the media and the stands, they both know there's only room for one winner. The people make their choice known. But the people's favorite isn't the favorite to win. | 129 min., color | Feature, Dir. Billy Crystal (Sports History, Government) |
2001 Home Box Office | Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (Bill Garriott - Centre Term, Government) | ||
| 7 Up in South Africa | Part of the Age Seven documentary series. South African children first visited in 1991 | 83 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) |
1993 | AV | 1995 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| 7 Up in the Soviet Union | Part of the Age Seven documentary series. Soviet Union children first visited in 1990. | 68 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) |
1993 | AV | 1995 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| 8 1/2 (Eight and One Half ) (Italian with subtitles) | Fellini's unique self-analytical movie casts Marcello Mastroianni as a filmmaker trying to develop a new project, amid frequent visions and countless subplots. Certainly one of the most intensely personal statements ever made on celluloid. | 135 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Federico Fellini (French) |
1963 | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| A Balanced Approach to Emergent Literacy in First Grade | Pam Randall uses a wide range of effective literacy strategies that integrate phonemic awareness and phonics in a literature rich, student-centered learning environment. Pam demonstrates and describes her balanced literacy program that includes: The Sound Game Modeled Reading KWL Shared Reading Guided Reading Word Wall Morning Message Pass the Pen |
39 min. 15 sec., color | Educational | 1988 Regents of the University of California | AV | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| A Bout De Souffle (Breathless) (French with English subtitles) | A Parisian hood, (Jean-Paul Belmondo) accompanied by an American girl (Jean Seberg) is chased by police after stealing a car and killing a cop. Classic "New Wave" tale with story by Francois Truffaut. | 89 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jean-Luc Godard (French) |
1959 | Grace Doherty Library | Also available on DVD. | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) 2006 (Mothion, French) | |
| a day without a mexican (DVD) | The California Dream becomes a hilarious nightmare when the Golden State's entire Latin American population mysteriously vanishes. For most, "the disappearance" forces the cracks in their private lives wide open, including TV news reporter Lila Rodriguez (Yareli Arizmendi - Like Water for chocolate), the state's last remaining Hispanic, and Senator Steven Abercrombie III (John Getz - The Fly, Curly Sue), who becomes governor pro tem despite his anit-immigrant stance. In the ensuing panic, dubious experts pose some colorful theories: It's an alien abduction; an act of bio-terrorism; "The Rapture" has begun and Latinos are God's chosen. | 98 min., color | Feature, Dir. Sergio Arau | 2004 Xenon Pictures, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (James, Spanish) | ||
| A Hard Day's Night (DVD) (2 Disc Set) | This strikingly original classic captures all the fun, excitement and unforgettable music of John, Paul, George and Ringo at the height of Beatlemania! It's a wildly irreverent day in the life of the world's greatest rock'n'roll band! As they prepare for a big TV appearance, the Beatles perform their songs, look for adventure...and try in vain to keep Paul's mischief-making grandfather out of trouble...all while avoiding hordes of screaming fans! | 88 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Richard Lester | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Stoycos, Music) | ||
| a man and a woman (DVD) (English & French w/English, French & Spanish subtitles) | A race-car driver (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and a movie script girl (Anouk Aimee) share a romance filled with humor and truth, intertwined with the demands of career and parenthood. | 103 min., color | Feature, Dir. Claude Lelouch | 1966 Renewed 1994 Les Films 13 |
Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Ciholas, French) | ||
| A Tale of Two Cities (DVD) (2 Disc Set) | In the dock of a British courtroom, French aristocrat Charles Darnay stands accused of spying for the King of France. The outlook appears grim until some last-minute help comes from his astonishing lookalike, Sydney Carton. As Darnay goes free and makes plans to marry Lucie Manette, Carton keeps his secret desire for her to himself, yet assures her that he would make the ultimate sacrifice to her, "or for anyone you love." As Lucie and Charles settle into blissful married life in London, the French Revolution is exploding. Carton is in Paris on his own mysterious business just as the Darnays return to rescue a faithful servant from the chaos, only to be captured by a crowd thristy for the blood of aristocrats. The guillotine beckons as does the promise Sydney made to his beloved Lucie years earlier. Amidst the turmoil of one of history's most barbaric eras, will one man's simple devotion be enough to quell the madness? |
197 min., color | Feature, Dir. Philippe Monnier | 1989 GTV | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Mothion, French) | ||
| A Woman's Place | A WOMAN'S PLACE explores the inevitable conflict between tradition and change through stories of women who are using the legal system to ensure women's newly won rights. In rural South Africa, a judge fights to guarantee women their right to property, to a place of their own. In Duluth, Minnesota, a prosecutor battles domestic violence to create a safe place for women. In Bombay, India, divorced women struggle to define their place in a society where a woman's identity is tied to marriage. In chronicling their efforts, A WOMAN'S PLACE reveals the courage and ingenuity of women who, even as they are chaning their own lives, are shaping new futures for their communities and their countries. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Women's Studies) | 1998 Maryland Public Television | AV | 2005 (Hartmann-Mahmud, International Studies) | ||
| Aakademia Ruchee, A Workshop (Arts Archives) | no. 7 | Documentary (Drama) |
1993 Arts Archives | Drama dept., Kagan-Moore | 1996 (Kagan-Moore, Drama) | |||
| ABC News - Prime Time Live - Medical Miracle? (Treatment for Parkinson's Disease) | Pallidotomy - Brain probe as treatment for Parkinson's Disease | 12 min., color | Documentary (Biochemistry, Neural disease) |
1995 ABC News | CLOSED RESERVE | Prof. Asmus | 1997 (Asmus, Biology) | |
| ABC Writing: A Brain Compatible Approach to Writing (4 DVD Set) | In this set, veteran teacher Margaret Glick offers a brain-compatible approach to writing that helps native English speakers structure their writing and allows english language learners to move from circular forms of discourse to the linear structure of English. The set examines prewriting and writing strategies, editing and revision, and introductory and concluding paragraphs. | 142 min. on 4 DVDs, color | Educational | 2005 OMSD | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| Abel Sanchez (Unamuno) (Spanish without subtitles) (In 2 parts on 2 separate tapes) | The story of Cain and Abel set in Unamuno's Spain and seen through the eyes of the philosopher for whom good and evil are neither absolutes nor opposites. | 3 hours, b&w | Documentary (Spanish literature) |
1993 FFH | AV | 1997 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Abortion: Stories from North and South | Each year, an estimated 30 to 55 million women throughout the world obtain induced abortions. More than half of these abortions are illegal and an estimated 84,000 of them result in death. This cross-cultural survey shows how abortion transcends race, religion and social class, and how differences in the practice and perception of abortion are mainly in the degree of secrecy and danger accompanying it. Featuring interviews filmed in Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia and Canada, the film lends a voice to women throughout the world. It encourages us to go beyond our own beliefs for or against abortion and to ask new questions which will provide a more constructive framework for a broader consideration of this issue. | 55 min., color | Documentary (Sociology, Ethics) |
Dist. Cinema Guild | AV | Dir. Gail Singer. | 2000 (Weston, Sociology) | |
| Acid Rain | The sources and resulting damage from acid rain. | 20 min. | Documentary (Environment, Chemistry) |
FFH 1988 | AV | 1993 (Lubbers, Biology) | ||
| Acorns: Staple Food of California Indians | Pomo tribe members show harvesting, storing and processing methods which have evolved over generations. From American Indian Series. | 28 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) |
1962 UCEMC | AV | 1998 (Passariello, Anthropology) | ||
| Across the River | Filmed in Washington, DC, features six different aspects of inner city government that contrast sharply with the typical images of crime, drugs and violence seen on the nightly news. Chronicles efforts to attract the middle class back to an inner city area which was decimated during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and an economic program, which has led to the re-development of a shopping area, opening up new businesses, creating the services and jobs that anchor a community. | 58 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, Economics) |
1995 FFH | Atkins |
AV | Ordered by Prof. Brownlee but not useful for the class he intended it. | 1996 (Brownlee, Pace, Weston, Sociology) |
| Across the Tracks - Vlach Gypsies in Hungary (From the Disappearing World Series) | Set in a village outside the Hungarian town of Gyongyos, this program follws two Gypsy families struggling to maintain their traditions in a modern communist state. Despite the romantic image, Gypsy life is harsh and often brutal. The Gypsies live in semi-slums, and they are forced by law to work, often for very low wages. | 52 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) |
1988, 1991 Granada Television International | AV | 1997 (Passariello, Anthropology) | ||
| Actualidad Joven (Spanish/Hispanic) (no subtitles) | 28 min. | Documentary (Spanish) | 0000 Houghton Mifflin Co. | AV | 1991 (Johnson, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Adam's Rib | Sophisticated comedy about husband and wife lawyers on opposing sides of the same attempted-murder case. | 101 mins., b&w | Feature, Dir. George Cukor (French) |
1976 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Distributed by MGM/UA Home Video, Inc. | AV | Stars Spencer Tracey and Katharine Hepburn | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Addictions (The Mind series) Episode #4 | 60 mins. | Documentary (Psychology) |
0000 PBS | Thompson, Jack | 1991 (Brent White, Psychology) | |||
| Administration of Brereton C. Jones, The, 1991-1995 | Gift from Frankfort | 45 min. | Documentary (Government) |
1995 | AV | 1996 (Gift, Government) | ||
| Adolphe de Benjamin Constant (DVD) (French w/o subtitles) (PAL Format) | 1 hr. 39 min., color | Feature, Dir. Benoit Jacquot | 2002 ARP FRANCE 3 CINEMA | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Ciholas - Gift, French) | |||
| Adorables Mentiras (Adorable Lies) (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | 108 min., color | Feature, Dir. Gerardo Chijona (Spanish/Cuban Interest) |
1999 ICAIC | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Bellver - Centre Term, Spanish) | |||
| Advanced Voice Workout for the Actor w/Susan Leigh (DVD) | Voice expert Susan Leigh focuses on the mechanics of breathing and vocal projection for the theater, leading the viewer through a series of simple stretching, yoga and rib awareness exercises in this sequel to Voice Workout for the Actor. | 44 min., color | Instructional | 1990 Theatre Arts Video Library | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Kagan-Moore, Drama) | ||
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), The | Mark Twain's immortal classic of Huckleberry Finn an dhis adventures in the pre-Civil War Mississippi Valley features Mickey rooney in on of his early non-musical roles. Giving a simple, down-to-earth performance that perfectly echoes the spirit of the book, the young star is remarkable as the impish, pipesmoking Huck - an outcast who is poor in school but rich in the lore of the river. | 1 hr. 29 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Richard Thorpe (Literature) |
1939 Loew's Incorporated Renewed 1966 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. |
CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2004 (Reigelman, English) | |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960), The | It's late summer of 1851 and by the banks of the Mississippi River, a small but plucky boy, Huck Finn (Eddie Hodges), is consumed with a hankerin' to wander. Mark Twain's talke, published in 1884, maintains its "timeless appeal" (Variety) in this 1960 version by writer James Lee, the first in color. From chicken thief, to cabin boy, to riverboat pilot, to circus performer, Huck steers his course by means of artful impersonation and "stretchers" (lies) as he pursues the freedom he craves. Dodging the law with him is runaway slave and faithful friend Jim, played by world light-heavyweight champ Archie Moore. When they meet their match in the King of con men (Tony Randall) it's a fight to the finish as they get into one scrape after another. | 1 hr. 48 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Curtiz (Literature) |
1960 Loew's Incorporated and Formosa Productions, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2004 (Reigelman, English) | |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2 Tapes) | A boy. A raft. A river. Seems like a simple enough storyline, considering it became one of the most significant, beloved, acclaimed, and studied novels ever written. This motion picture is the definite adaptation...splendidly filmed...lovingly produced (for PBS's American Playhouse)...with an acclaimed all-star cast... and never before available in this unedited full-lenght version. With this boy, on his raft, along this river flows the story of a country, a people and a friendship. and in the wondrous adventures, one finds the joy, the lessons and the spirit that is America itself. |
240 min., color | Feature, Dir. Peter H. Hunt (Literature) |
1985 The Great Amwell Co., Inc. |
CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2004 (Reigelman, English) | |
| Advertising Rules (DVD) (Original Language German and French) (Sutitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai) | Viktor Vogel (Alexander Scheer) gets a huge career boost when he sneaks into a high-powered ad agency meeting and winds up as a veteran ad man Eddie Kaminsky's (Gotz George) new partner on a big-budget campaign. Viktor's lucky streak contiinues when he meets sexy, talented artist Rosa (Chulpan Khamatova) at a club and helps her come up with a great idea for he debut art exhibition. But under pressure, Viktor pitches the same idea for his first ad campaign - and gets the green light from Eddie's biggest client. Soon Viktor has to decide what's more important: his lust for success or his love for his girlfriend. | 108 min., color | Feature, Dir. Lars Kraume (German) |
2001 Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| Affirmative Action and Reaction | Examines the issue of affirmative action with Lani Guinier, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and President Clinton's controversial nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Among the many questions examined in the program are: How do blacks and whites differ in their understanding of affirmative action? Is affirmative action still necessary to remedy past discrimination? What changes, if any, should be made to affirmative action programs? | 27 min., color | Documentary (Ethics, Government) |
1996 Films For the Humanities and Sciences | AV | Purchased by Prof. Mount from grant funds. | 1998 (Mount, Religion) | |
| Afghanistan: Through Women's Eyes | Interviews and conversations with various women and children refugees from Afghanistan in Pakistan and other nearby camp locations. | 20 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, Women's studies) |
2001 scaredsacred | AV | Used regularly in class. | 2002 (Fischer , Passariello, Hartmann-Mahmud, Anthropology, International Studies) | |
| Africa: (Series of 8 programs mounted on 4 cassettes) #1 Different But Equal #2 Mastering a Continent #3 Caravans of Gold #4 Kings and Cities #5 The Bible and the Gun #6 This Magnificent Cake #7 The Rise of Nationalism #8 The Legacy |
AFRICA: PART ONE The first two segments of this highly acclaimed series. Different But Equal looks at the slave trade in Africa, as Basil Davidson goes back to Africa's origins to show some of the great early civilizations which flourished in Africa; the second segment, Mastering a Continent, looks closely at three different communities to examine how African peoples carve out an existence in an often hostile environment. AFRICA: PART TWO The third and fourth segments from the series. In Caravans of Gold, Basil Davidson traces the routes of the medieval gold trade which reached from Africa to China and India to Europe; in Kings and Cities, the program explores the ways in which African kingdoms functioned as Davidson visits Kano in Nigeria, where a king still holds court in his 15th century palace. AFRICA: PART THREE Segments five and six of the series. The Bible and the Gun, examines the explorers in Africa, including Stanley and Livingstone and then the missionaries, and finally, men like Cecil Rhodes, who envisioned a diamond studded empire. This Magnificent African Cake looks at the 1800's when colonialist powers fought over Africa, dramatically altering the face of the continent. AFRICA: PART FOUR Segments seven and eight of Basil Davidson's series. The Rise of Nationalism examines the major struggles for African independence in Ghana, Kenya, Algeria and the Belgian Congo. The Legacy looks at Africa in the aftermath of colonial rule, as the continent seeking ways to come to terms with its diverse inheritance. |
57 min. each, color | Documentary (History, Economics) |
1984 RM Arts | AV | 1991 (Bradshaw, Hartmann-Mahmud, History, International Studies) | ||
| Africa: A Special Presentation of Nature and National Geographic (DVD) (4 disk set) | This epic series presents Africa through the eyes of its people, conveying the diversity and beauty of the land and the compelling personal stories of the people who shape its future. Episode 1: Savanna Homecoming Episode 2: Desert Odyssey Episode 3: Voices of the Forest Episode 4: Mountains of Faith Episode 5: Love in the Sahel Episode 6: Restless Waters Episode 7: Leopards of Zanzibar Episode 8: Southern Treasures Includes: One-hour bonus program "The Making of AFRICA" |
540 min., color | Documentary (Africa, Education) |
2001 NGT, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (Nystrom - Centre Term, Education, History) | ||
| African Art | When First seen in the Western world in 1900, African art was viewed as strange and exotic. Yet these works, the booty of colonial wars, would influence Picasso, Matisse, and Modiglaiani and change the course of 20th-century art. While recognizing this impact, African Art introduces noted experts who explain the importance of reappraising African art within its own cultural context. Then local Malian inhabitants in the Dogon, a Bamana village, and the walled city of Djenne comment on the function of art and the role of the artist in their society. | 47 min., color | Documentary | 1995 BBC | AV | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| African Queen | Superb combination of souse Bogart and spinster Hepburn traveling downriver in Africa during WWI, combating the elements and the Germans, and each other. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Huston (French, Literature) |
1951 Horizon Enterprises Inc. 1982 Twentieth Century-Fox Video Inc. |
AV | Stars Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series, Reigelman, English) | |
| Africans, The: The Mazrui (series of 9 programs, 60 min. each) #1 The Nature of a Continent #2 A Legacy of Styles #3 New Gods #4 Tools of Exploitation #5 New Conflicts #6 In Search of Stability #7 A Garden of Eden in Decay #8 A Clash of Cultures #9 Global Africa |
1. The Nature of a Continent Geography's influence on history is the topic of this episode, which explores the roles that water, desert, and equatorial climate have played in developing African culture and civilization. 2. A Legacy of Lifestyles What constitutes "family" in African culture? This segment examines matrilineal, patrilineal, and polygamous traditions as well as the impact of modern cities on family ties. 3. New Gods The roles of Christian missionaries, Western secularism, Muslim sects, Egyptian pharaohs, and native religions are discussed in visits to Senegal, Zaire, and Egypt. 4. Tools of Exploitation This program traces the colonial economic legacy, the development of slavery, and European control of Africa's natural resources, with special attention to the roles played by Belgium and Great Britain. 5. New Conflicts Urbanization, warrior traditions, European-created national boundaries, the Islamic jihad tradition, and nationalist movements are problems of Africa's post-colonial period, examined in this episode. 6. In Search of Stability In a continent where more than 70 coups have taken place in the last 30 years, the question of governing effectively is critical. This segment compares African military regimes, one-party states, Marxism in Mozambique, and the styles of the presidents of Tanzania and Zaire. 7. A Garden of Eden in Decay? More than 70 million Africans suffer from malnutrition while their countries export food to Europe. Economic and agricultural failures and successes are examined in Algeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. 8. A Clash of Cultures In every area of life - dress, behavior, law worship, and language - Africans have a triple heritage that often sends conflicting signals. The African struggle to evolve new, effective, and essentially African ways of doing things is the topic of this episode. 9. Global Africa Africa's role in international politics and economics, from U.N. participation to cobalt production and the political crisis in South Africa, is the focus of this concluding episode. Other issues include the International Monetary Fund, food aid, and tourism. |
60 min. each program, color | Documentary (History, Government, Economics) |
1986 Annenberg | off-air license | AV | 1991 (Bradshaw, Brownlee, Hartmann-Mahmud, Government, International Studies) | |
| Afrika Korps (The Desert War: The German Side) (English subtitles) | Original Nazi World War II newsreels and military films give a striking impression of Rommel's desert warriors in action. The cameras follow the German troops as they are equipped for Africa, railroad through Italy, and embark on the perilous Mediterranean voyage to Tripoli. Footage shot by German frontline cameramen dramatizes the life-and-death struggle against the British at Bir Hacheim, Tobruk, El Alamein, and other battlefields in 1942. | 81 mins., b&w | Documentary (History, World War II) |
1985 International Historic Films, Inc. | AV | 2002 (Gift, History) | ||
| After Hours (DVD) (French of English Language/W English, French, or Spanish subtitles) | A bored, buttoned-up, button-down word processor (Griffin Dunne) sets out on a late-night date. He's about to become the punchline of a giant cosmic joke. Because different rules apply when it's After Hours. | 97 min., color | Feature, Dir. Martin Scorsese | 1985 The Geffen Film Company | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (McMahon, Philosophy) | ||
| After the Earthquake | This poignant dramatic film follows Irene, a young Nicaraguan immigrant woman, as she faces the challenges of life in the U.S. and re-evaluates her relationships with her boyfriend and family. | 23 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) |
1979 Women Make Movies | Daniels Fall '03 | 2004 (Daniels, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| After The Warming (Two part program on two separate cassettes) | James Burke presenting a fictional "look back" (in the year 1990) at the late 20th century to see what measures were (might have been) taken to deter the effects of global warming. | 55 mins. each part | Documentary (Environment, Economics) |
0000 Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. | AV | 1991 (Brownlee, Lubbers, Biology) | ||
| Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance | Narrated by actor Joe Morton, this program features more than 130 rarely seen paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by black artists, and even more rarely seen archival footage of those artists at work. It tells how black artists triumphed over formidable odds. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, Art, African American Studies) |
1994 New Jersey Network. | AV | 2001 (Sabatos, Pace, Atkins, Anthropology) | ||
| Agamemnon (Part 1 of the Oresteia, Aeschylus) | First part of the Oresteia Trilogy | 120 min., color | Documentary (Performance, Classics, Greece, Humanities) |
0000 FFH | AV | Used regularly in class. | 1997 (HUM 11-12 Morrison, Joyce, Humanities) | |
| Age of Innocence, The | Adapted from the novel by Edith Wharton.This ironically-titled story about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870s. At the center of the film is Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), an upstanding attorney who secretly longs for a more passionate life. Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite May Welland (Winona Ryder), Newland resigns himself to a life of quiet complacency. But when May's unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland risks everything for a chance at true love. A spellbinding portrait of hidden romance and regret. | 138 min., color | Feature, Dir. Martin Scorsese (Literature) |
1993, Columbia Pictures Industries | AV | 1999 (Manheim, English) | ||
| Age of Uncertainty, The (Series of 12 programs on separate cassettes): #1 Prophets & Promise of Classical Capitalism #2 Manners & Morals of High Capitalism #3 Karl Marx: the Massive Dissent #4 The Colonial Idea #5 Lenin and the Great Ungluing #6 The Rise and Fall of Money #7 The Mandarin Revolution #8 The Fatal Competition #9 The Big Corporation #10 Land and the People #11 The Metropolis #12 Democracy, Leadership and Commitment |
1. The prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism Traces the working out, in British and French society of the nineteenth century of the historical theories of three of the foremost thinkers in economic history: Thomas Malthus (population growth, which would staff the Industrial Revolution), Adam Smith (the self-regulating economy), and David Ricardo (the economic model which described the consequences of a growing labor force competing for limited opportunities). 2. The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism Presents an objective account of 19th-century American capitalism. Focuses on the colorful "robber baron" industrial capitalist and on the machinations and double-dealing surrounding the Erie Railroad, Big Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Commodore Vanderbilt. Dramatizations and stylized recreations are used to convey the social observances of the rich, their religion and morals, their suptuous homes and lavish living standards. 3. Karl Marx - The Massive Dissent Focusing on the biography and personality of the many-faceted Karl Marx, Galbraith shows how his words and ideas emerged from his life as he experienced it, and how they became the structure for socialism. Documentary re-creations of the revolutions of 1848 and of the Paris Commune of 1871 supply background. 4. The Colonial Idea In tracing the history of colonialism, Galbraith examines the theory and the practice in numerous contexts, drawing some interesting parallels, such as the one between Britain's experience in India and America's in Vietnam. 5. Lenin and the Great Ungluing The end of capitalism Marx had prophesied should have come with the first World War. Since, in the words of Galbraith "Stupidity is not a Negligible force in human affairs," the energy that should have gone to fighting the common oppressors went to fighting each other on national lines. What was coming unglued was a society in which land was still the source of power. 6. The Rise and Fall of Money On location in cities including Amsterdam, Paris, London, Philadelphia, New York and Washington, Galbraith traces the history and function of money in society. The studio set, as a satirical comment on the nature of this history, is a carnival, where various countries are treated to the ups and down of the roller coaster. 7. The Mandarin Revolution Galbraith traces the actual beginning of the age of uncertainty - the end of classic capitalism with the slump that followed World War I, his own early enthusiasm for the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and the events which showed them to be fallible. 8. The Fatal Competition An examination of the origin and development of the military-industrial complex, with its implications for foreign policies, with particular regard to the United States and Russia. Studies internal relationships as well as international ones. Galbraith posits an artificially maintained competition, symbiotic in nature, with economic motivation. 9. The Big Corporation Galbraith creates a fictional multi-national corporation, "U.G.E." to illustrate the typical origin and growth, development and repercussions, of the Western big corporation, presenting it as "the institution that most changes our lives." Compared and contrasted with actual footage of operations at Philips, and by interviews with businessmen at Esalen Institute. 10. Land and the People A thoughtful study of the relationship of people to the land they farm. Galbraith bases part of this study on the history of Pakistan, Mexico, and the southern United States, contrasting it with his native Canada and the city state of Singapore. Examines problems facing the Third World nations. 11. The Metropolis The city as representative of all the problems of industrial society is presented through the lives of four anonymous citizens of New York: a suburban housewife, a cab driver, a black policeman, and a Puerto Rican immigrant are each shown during a typical day. Galbraith comments on the history which preceded and led to today's city. 12. Democracy, Leadership and Commitment Galbraith philosophizes on the great experiment of American Democracy, drawing from the constitutions of Switzerland, France, the United States and Britain, and from the thoughts of leaders who have pleaded for the rights of the individual. Thoughts are drawn from F. D. Roosevelt, Nehru, Giscard d'Estaing, Adlai Stevenson, and David Lloyd George. |
57 min. each, color | Documentary (Economics, History, Sociology) |
1976 Films Incorporated | AV (Winrich #1) | 1991 (Brownlee, Economics) | ||
| Aguas Sagradas - Sacred Waters - (Spanish narration, English subtitles) | An exploration by subterranean rivers and caverns; a fantastic and enigmatic trip where natural treasures and vestiges of the ancient Mayas lie. In this program a group of speleologists dive down to incredible depths, through the Cenotes, that were ritual centers of the ancient inhabitants and also unique source of water in this region, dry and arid on the surface, where one of the greatest cultures of ancient times flourished. | 40 min. | Documentary (Spanish Studies, Anthropology) |
Il Producciones Tullio Bernabei - C/Producciones | AV | Purchased by Prof. Passariello and added to college collection | 1999 (Passariello, Daniels, Helmuth, Spanish) | |
| Aguirre: The Wrath of God (DVD) (Languages: German & English; Optional English Subtitles) | Werner Herzog's story of the "search for El Dorado". Filmed in the Amazon area starring Klaus Kinski. | 94 min.. color | Feature, Dir. Werner Herzog (Spanish, German) |
1972 | Grace Doherty Library | 1991 (Lost) 1997 (Lost) 2003 (Replacement - DVD, Spanish) | ||
| Ahi Esta El Detalle (Spanish with no subtitles) | 110 min., b&w | Feature (Spanish) |
1998 Renewed Producciones Internationales | AV | 2000 (Gift from Prof. Bellver, Spanish) | |||
| Aime Cesaire: une voix pour l'histoire (A Voice for History) 3 tape series (French with subtitles) | Part 1 The Vigilant Island Part 2 Where the Edges of Conquest Meet Part 3 The Strength to Face Tomorrow |
Pt. I = 54 min, Pt. 2 = 56 min., Pt 3 = 50 min., color | Documentary (Government ) |
1994 Martinique, California Newsreel | AV | Dir. Euzhan Palcy | 2002 (Morrison, History) | |
| Ajax: A Tragedy by Sophocles | Directed by Peter Meineck and featuring the London Small Theatre Company, this production of Sophocles' play modernizes the sets and characters while keeping the classical themes intact. | 71 min., color | Feature, Dir. Peter Meineck (Literature, Mythology) |
1991 | AV | 2003 (Joyce, Humanities) | ||
| Akbar the Great, Mogul Emperor of India | A decendant of Ghengis Khan and Tamerlane, Akbar the Great succeeded in forging an empire in India that brought about a splendid period of political stability and religious tolerance.Mogul history is presented concurrent with developments in Europe. Historical interplay between East and West and the survival of remnants of Mogul culture in India today are presented. | 54 min., color | Documentary (History of India) |
2001 FHH (ZDF 2000) | AV | 2002 (Beaudoin, History) | ||
| Akropolis | Based upon the 1904 work of the Symbolist poet, Wyspianski, "Akropolis" is a recording of an actual performance by Jerzy Grotowski's Polish Laboratory Theatre, featuring an informative introduction by the famous well-rounded visual and auditory demonstration of Jerzy Grotowski's theories as it integrates all the arts in making a contemporary point about civilization. Narration and commentary by famed British director Peter Brook. | 60 min., b&w | Documentary (Drama) |
1968 Authur Cantor Films | AV | 2003 (Drama Dept.) | ||
| Alamo, The | The pivotal event in American history when 185 "Texicans" banded together in a crumbling adobe mission to hold off an army of 7,000 Mexican troops long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas. John Wayne produced, directed and starred as Davy Crockett, along with Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie, Laurence Harvey as Col. Travis and Richard Boone as Sam Houston. | 3 hours, 22 min., color (2 cassettes) | Feature, Dir. John Wayne (History) |
1960, MGM-Pathe Communications Co. | AV | A forty-minute documentary about the making of the film, produced by Brian Huberman of Rice University, is included on the tape. | 1998 (Wyatt, History) | |
| Alexander Nevsky (Russian w/English subtitles) | Russian epic of Prince Alexander, the leader of the people of Novgorod. A great battle between the savage, crusading Germans and the Russians fighting for their land and the right to lead their own particular existence. In the winter of 1242 the invading Teutonic knights and the serfs and warriors of Novgorod met on the ice of Lake Peipus and fought it out with mace and axe, with pike and spear and broadsword. One of the most spectacular battles ever filmed. English subtitles with a musical score by Sergei Prokofiev. | 107 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein (History, Anthropology, Russian) |
1938 - BARR, Via VIDEO CLASSICS, INC | AV | 1993 (Hamm, Passariello, History, Anthropology) | ||
| Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (DVD) (German w/Optional English Subtitles) | Lonely widow Emmil Kurowski (Brigitte Mira) meets Arab worker Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love - to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. | 93 min., color | Feature, Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | A widow packs up her son and tries to make her way in life. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Martin Scorsese | 1974 Warner Bros. | AV | lori-2 | 1996 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Alice Walker and the Color Purple | An interview with the author with cuts from real life documents and interpretations from Spielberg's film. | 62 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Literature, Religion) |
Dist. by FFH under license from BBC 1998 | AV | Purchased with grant funds by Prof. Mount | 1998 (Mount, Pace, Hartmann-Mahmud, Religion, Anthropology, International Studies) | |
| Alien (DVD 2 Disc Set) | When the crew of the space-tug Nostromo answers a distress signal from a desolate planet, they discover a deadly life form that breeds within a human host. And so the horror begins - a horror which will end the lives of six crewmembers and alter the life of the seventh forever. | 117 min., color (1979 Theatrical Version) 116 min., color (2003 Director's Cut) |
Feature, Dir. Ridley Scott | 1979 Twentieth Century Fox | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Dupertuis - Centre Term, Religion) | ||
| Aliens | Weaver, the sole human survivor from ALIEN, returns to the planet that spawned the yukky creatures, with a Marine squadron that's ready to wipe them out. | 138 mins., color | Feature, Dir. James Cameron (Religion, Literature, Science Fiction) |
1987, CBS FOX Company. 1986, Twentieth Century Fox Film | AV | Stars Sigourney Weaver | 1994 (Glazier-McDonald, Joyce, Religion, English) | |
| All About Eve | The trouble with being at the top of your profession is that there is always someone at the bottom who wants nothing more than to knock you down. Bette Davis discovers this when Anne Baxter arrives on the Broadway scene. | 138 mins., b&w | Feature, Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1950 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Renewed 1977. The CBS/FOX Company, 1988. |
AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| All About My Mother (DVD) (Spanish w/English & French Subtitles) | Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son, an aspiring writer. But when tragedy strikes and her beloved only child is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. The heartbroken woman learns her son's final wish was to know his father - the man she abandoned when she was pregnant 18 years earlier. Returning to Barcelona in search of him, Manueal overcomes her grief and becomes caregiver to a colorful extended family: a pregnant nun (Penelope Cruz), a transvestite prostitute (Antonia San Juan), and two troubled actresses (Marisa Paredes and Candela Pena). | 102 min., color | Feature, Dir. Pedro Almodovar | 1999 Pathe Renn Productions S.A.S. and El Deseo D.A., S.L.U. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Slade, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| All Quiet On the Western Front | A group of young German recruits in World War I through their passage from idealism to disillusionment. | 2 hrs. 12 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Lewis Milestone (History, International Studies) |
1930,Universal Pictures , 1958 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. | AV | 1997 (Samhat, Government, International Studies) | ||
| All That Bach: A Celebration | Of the concerts and "events" around the world celebrating the Bach Tercentenary in 1985, perhaps no other single enterprise so uniquely captured the pure essence of Bach's immortality as this remarkable film made in Canada during its Bach 300 Festival. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Music, Humanities) |
1985 Rhombus Media, Inc. Distributed in the United States and Canada by RCA/Ariola International | AV | 2001 (Gift - R. Weaver, Humanities) | ||
| All That Heaven Allows | Widow is forced to choose between love and respectability. | 89 min., color | Feature, Dir. Douglas Sirk | 1955 Universal Pictures Co. | AV | 1996 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| All the King's Men | Brilliant adaptation (by director Rossen) of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the rise and fall of a Huey Long-like senator, played by Broderick Crawford. | 109 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Robert Rossen (Literature) |
1990 Columbia pictures Home Video | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1995 (Lucas, English) | |
| All the Mornings of the World (Tous les matins du monde) (French with subtitles) | The story of a reclusive composer and his two beautiful daughters, whose lives are forever changed by a flamboyant young student. A tale of music and passion set in provocative 17th century France. | 110 min., color | Feature, Dir. Alain Corneau (French) |
1991 Dist. Buena Vista | AV | 1995 (Ciholas, Ward, Vahlkamp, Film Series, French, English) | ||
| All the President's Men | Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play real-life Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who perservered in their investigation of the Watergate break-in that led to earthshaking scandal. | 127 min., color | Feature, Dir. Alan J. Pakula (Government) |
1976 Warner Bros. Inc. and Wildwood Enterprises, Inc. | AV | 1994 (Garriott, Government) | ||
| All's Well That Ends Well (BBC Shakespeare) | 141 min., color | Performance-Documentary-Feature (Liteature, Shakespeare) |
0000 Ambrose Video BBC | White, Phil (Summer 2001) | Mounted on 3 cassettes - purchased 1992-93 (Murphy) | 1993 (Rasmussen, English) | ||
| Alla en el Rancho Grande (Over There at the Big Ranch) (DVD) (Regions 1 & 4) | Friends since the earlies days of childhood, Felipe - sone of Don Rosendo, a rich landowner - names Jose Francisco as overseer of the legendary Rancho Grande. Disposed to risk even their lives for each other, their friendship is threatened by a misunderstanding concerning Crucita, an orphan with whom Jose Francisco finds himself falling in love, but, who, offered to Felipe for money, will have provoked such a confrontation between the two friends that it might well have fatal consequences. | 97 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Fernando de Fuentes | 1948 2005 Distrimax, S.A. DE. C.V. |
Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Almas Rebeldes (DVD) | 90 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Alejandro Galindo | 2004 Cinema Inc. 2004 Studio Latino |
Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Almost a Woman | In 1961 Esmeralda Santiago moved to New York from rural Puerto Rico with her mother and six siblings. Her determined struggle from a Brooklyn tenement to the threshold of a successful artistic career comes poignantly to life in Almost a Woman, based on her prize-winning memoir. | 120 min., color | Feature, Dir. Betty Kaplan | 2002 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 2005 (James, Spanish) | ||
| Alternative Medicine | Alternative, or complementary, health systems are gradually being integrated into American culture and can now be found in many American Physicians' offices. This program provides an overview of Chinese and Indian medicine, homeopathy, herbalism, naturopathy, osteopathy, massage, and chiropractic. The program observes patients who are using one or more of these therapies in their health care, and speaks with several experts including Andrew Weill, a Harvard-trained physician and author of numerous books on Integrative health; Dr. Chistiane Northrup, an obstetrician/gynecologist and proponent of alternative medicine; Dr. Frei Kronenberg, director of an alternative medical center at Columbia University; and Nancy Lonsdorf, a physician who practices both Western and the Indian system of Ayurveda in her practice. | 29 min., color | Documentary (Chemistry) |
Films for the Humanities & Sciences | AV | 2003 (Achenjang - Centre Term, Biology) | ||
| Amadeus (film of the musical of the same name) (In English) | F. Murray Abraham won a well-deserved Oscar as composer Salieri, whose music never surpasses mediocrity, while a hedonistic young boor named Mozart expresses musical genius almost without trying . | 158 min., color | Feature, Dir. Milos Forman (Mozart's life, German culture, Music) |
1984 The Saul Zaentz Company | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | ||
| Amahl and the Night Visitors (In English) | 52 min., color | Feature (Opera, Music) |
1979 1986 Worldvision Home Video Inc. |
AV | Poor Audio on recording | 1991 (B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Amazing Art Adventures #1 - Shape and Form (DVD) | Shape and form are explored through the ceramic sculpture gardens of artist Eddie Dominguez. Animated host, The Masked Pencil, brings shape and form to life through practical illustrations and a trip to the Sheldon Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Eddie transforms amazing ceramic sculptures into dinnerware sets that are sure to spark the imagination of each student. | 15 min., color | Educational | 2004 GPN | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| Amazing Art Adventures #2 - Color (DVD) | Each painting of artist Floyd Newsum is a splash of color and African culture. Primary, secondary, and complimentary colors, as well as contrast are illustrated through a graphic animated color wheel and an adventure to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. Floyd Paints one of his fractured landscapes as he illustrates the use of color. | 15 min., color | Educational | 2004 GPN | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| Amazing Art Adventures #3 - Line (DVD) | The Masked Pencil puts his lead to the paper and scribes out a line to the studio of world famous cartoonist, Ric Estrada. Influenced by classic cartoonists and his childhood in Havana, Cuba, Ric came to the United States under the wing of writer Ernest Hemmingway. Ric shows us the joy of line with the flair that made him one of the top cartoonists for DC Comics and Hanna-Barbara Studios. Finally, we travel to the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City to see line illustrated. | 15 min., color | Educational | 2004 GPN | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| Amazing Art Adventures #6 - Value (DVD) | The Masked Pencil demonstrates how artists use value to create some amazing art. Native American artist Randy Kemp creates colorful mono-print silk screen art that demonstrates the use of value against the backdrop of Native American music performed by Randy. The session in Randy's studio is followed by a trip to the Heard Museum of Native American Art. | 15 min., color | Educational | 2004 GPN | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| Amazing Grace (with Bill Moyers) | Explores the widespread, universal, use of the ancient melody. | 80 min., color | Documentary (Music, Sociology) |
1990 Public Affairs Television | AV | 1993 (B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest | Explores the Amazon | 60 min. | Documentary (Ecology, Conservation, South America) |
1990 National Geographic Society | AV | 1995 (Lubbers, Biology) | ||
| Amazonia: Voices From the Rainforest | For the last 500 years the native people of the Amazon forest have defended their homeland against an invasion that has brought the mass extinction of over 700 tribes and the destruction of the rich rain forests in which they live. "Amazonia" gives voice to these native people, as well as the riverine dwellers, rubber tappers, and small farmers, all of whom depend upon the rain forests along the Amazon River. | 70 min., color | Documentary (Environment, Ecology) |
1991 Amazonia Film Project | AV | 2002 (Lubbers, Biology) | ||
| Amelie (DVD) (Oriinal Language Track (Parisian French))(English & Spanish Subtitles) | A painfully shy waitress working at a tiny Paris cafe, Amelie makes a surprising discovery and sees her life drastically changed for the better! From then on, Amelie dedicates herself to helping others find happiness...in the most delightfully unexpected ways! But will she have the courage to do for herself what she has done for others? | 122 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jean-Marc Deschamps (French) |
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2 DVD Copies in Collection | 2003 (Ciholas, French) | |
| AMEN (DVD) | A story of unwavering conscience and unspeakable horror, AMEN. dramatizes the all too true history of how religious leaders in Germany and the Vatican ignored the plight of Europe's Jews during WWII. | 130 min., color | Feature, Dir. Costas-Gavras (French) |
2002 Katharina/Renn Productions - Viene Beteligung KC Medien AG & CO. KG Munich - TF1 Films Productions | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (M. Manheim, French) | ||
| AMERICA AT WAR: (13 parts of series) 1-Aces High, 2-The Alligator, 3-Bomber Agonies, 4-Brazen Chariots, 5-Deadly Mistakes, 6-The Death Lines, 7-Electronic Battlefield, 8-Fall and Rise of Dreadnoughts, 9-Flattop, 10-God of Battle, 11-Heavenly Missiles, 12-Low Level, 13-Undersea Stranglers. | A catalogue and history of weaponry. | 25 min. each | Documentary (History of weaponry) |
0000 Coronet | AV | 1994 (Wyatt) (ROTC, History) | ||
| America: (Series of 13 programs narrated by Allistaire Cooke) #1 The New Found Land #2 Home Away from Home #3 Making a Revolution #4 Inventing a Nation #5 Gone West #6 Firebell in the Night #7 Domesticating a Wilderness #8 Money On the Land #9 The Huddled Masses #10 The Promise Fulfilled and the Promise Broken #11 The Arsenal #12 The First Impact #13 The More Abundant Life |
Each episode deals with a landmark period in American History through the end of the second world war and the decade of the 1940s. | 52 min. each, color | Documentary (American history 1700s-1940s) |
1973 Ambrose Publishing | AV | 1991 (Lee, Wyatt, Garriott, Government, History) | ||
| America's Economy: Sorrow and Hope (DVD) | Examine the hardships Americans endured during the Great Depression and the renewal that followed this devastating economic slump. Includes one feature and two shorter segments. The Great Depression in America - Explores the causes and effects of the economic crisis. The Story Behind The Grapes of Wrath - Travels alongside the Joads for a look at the difficult journey made by thousands of families. American Stories: A Future Reborn - Introduces men and women across the U.S. who weathered the economic hard times and realized the American Dream. |
56 min. | Documentary | 2005 Discovery Communications, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Das, Economics) | ||
| America's First River: Bill Moyers on The Hudson (2 tape set) | The Fight to Save the River: The Hudson River, the Catalyst for the conservation movement of the 19th century and the environmental movement of the 20th, remains a focus of conflicting desires and competing demands. In this Bill Moyers program, environmental activists Robert Boyle, author of "The Hudson River: A Natural and Unnatural History; Hudson Riverkeeper John Cronin; folksinger Pete Seeger, founder of the Clearwater Foundation; Franny Reese, chair emeritus of Scenic Hudson; and others discuss both the long-running fight to rescue the Hudson from pollution and the far-reaching environmental legislation that has resulted from that struggle. An exasperated Jack Welch, who believes that big-time polluter GE has been demonized, also has his say. Stories from the Hudson: The strategic key to the American Revolution, a vital transportation artery for a fledgling nation, and an enduring source of spiritual and artistic inspiration, the Hudson River is a true American icon. This Bill Moyers Program focuses on the seminal role the Hudson has played in the development of America's culture, literature, art, economy, industry, and ideology. Interviews with Historican Roger Panetta; former West Point superintendent General David Palmer, retired; art scholars Barbara Novak and Ella Foshay; art dealers Howard Godel and Alexander Boyle; Bill McKibben, author of "The End of Nature"; and others shed light on the many facets of the Hudson. |
The Fight to Save the River - 2 hrs., color Stories from the Hudson - 2 hrs., color |
Documentary (Environmental, Ecology) |
2002 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | AV | 2003 (Lubbers, Biology) | ||
| American Desi (DVD) | Kris Reddy (Deep Katdare) is a young man who wants nothing more than to leave his traditional Indian home and live the all-American life. But in college, he is shocked to discover that he's been assigned a zany group of Indian roommates to live with. Kris takes a wild journey learning all about the vibrant 'desi' scene and immerses himself in the music, parties, foods, and dances. But his real hurdle comes when he meets and falls for Nina Shah (Purva Bedi) - a hot young Indian beauty who unlike Kris, knows how to balance her Indian and American identities. Can our guy become a true 'desi' and get the girl? |
100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Piyush Dinker Pandya | Cinebella Home entertainment | Grace Doherty Library | AMERICAN DESI takes you on an unforgettable escapade full of wild parties, drunken professors, crossdressing engineers, and hip-hop Indian homeboys! | 2005 (Hindman, Anthropology) | |
| American Dream (Hormel Co. Strike) | The true-life story of workers on strike in America's heartland: Austin, Minnesota., In 1984, the Hormel company saw a profit of $29 million. That same year they offered its Austin meatpackers a salary cut from $10.69 to 8.25 an hour and a 30% cut in basic benefits. The strike which followed pitted worker against management, worker against worker and even brother against brother. Now, enter the community as it is brought together and torn apart by outrage and discontent. This powerful film takes you to the heart of America - a heart that beats with anger, and a heart that beats with pride. | 98 min. | Documentary (Labor economics) |
1992 Prestige Films | AV | Purchased as a companion piece to "Roger and Me", for Winrich, Economics . | 1994 (Winrich, Economics) | |
| American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots | In August 1942, the murder of a young Mexican American man ignited a firestorm in Los Angeles. The tensions that had been building up for years between Mexican and white Los Angelenos boiled over. The press claimed Mexican youth - known as "zoot-suiters" for the clothes they wore - were terrorizing the city with crime. Police fanned out across Los Angeles, arresting 600 Mexican Americans. Seventeen "zoot-suiters" were tried for murder. Despite a lack of evidence, they were all found guilty. Using evocative original photography and moving interviews with eyewitnesses, "Zoot Suit Riots" tells the story of the trial and the violent events of the following summer. Several months after the teens were convicted, racial tensions led to full-scale riots between servicemen and the Mexican American community. During the week long riot, "zoot-suiters" were beaten and stripped of their clothes. The violence climaxed on the fifth night when 5,000 civilians converged on downtown Los Angeles eager to assist the sailors. Despite the odds, Mexican American kids organized and fought back. This charged yet little-known story follows a generation of young Mexican Americans who dared to challenge racial attitudes in Los Angeles during World War II. Their subjection to racial profiling and discrimination by a xenophobic society makes this story resonate with young people of color today. | 60 min., color | Documentary (American History, Spanish Interest) |
2002 WGBH Boston | Daniels | 2003 (Finch, Bellver, Daniels, James, Spanish) | ||
| American Friend, The (DVD) (German w/English Subtitles) | Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) is an American sociopath who sells forged paintings in Germany. Jonathan Zimmerman (Bruno Ganz of WINGS OF DESIRE and NOSFERATU) is an idealistic art restorer dying from a rare blood disease. But when Ripley arranges for the desperate family man to carry out a high-paying mob hit, the two forge an uneasy bond steeped in deceit, corruption and cold-blooded murder in the riveting thriller that The Boston Phoenix called "the best-acted, most beautifully photographed and most exciting work of the New German Cinema yet to be shown in this country." | 125 min., color | Feature, Dir. Wim Wenders (German) |
1977 Road Movies Filmproduktion GMBH | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| American Grafitti | Highly entertaining, insightful mosaic about youngsters "coming of age" after high school graduation in 1962. | 112 mins., color | Feature, Dir. George Lucas | 1990 MCA Home Video, Inc. | AV | 1993 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| American Heart (DVD) | It took heart to grow up on the streets. It took guts to survive five years in prison. Now Jack Kelson is getting out and he has only three goals: get a room, get a job, and get to Alaska where the air is clean and a man can start fresh again. But Jack never stopped to consider that his 14-year-old son Nick has a dream too, the dream of being with the only family he knows, his dad. | 114 min., color | Feature, Dir. Martin Bell (Sociology) |
1992 American Heart Productions, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Goodrum, Sociology) | ||
| American Soldier, The (DVD) (German w/English subtitles) | In Rainer Werner Fassbinder's homage to American gangster movies, Ricky (Karl Scheydt), a professional killer, is hired by three Munich policemen upon his return to Germany from America. Ricky visits family, meets up with friends, and drops by old haunts, all the while carrying out his kills without hesitation or emotion. Upon completion of all his assignments, Ricky is involved in an amazing final shoot-out with the cops who hired him. Some have called this ending the most startling of Fassbinder's patented off beat endings. | 80 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| American Story With Richard Rodriguez, An (A World of Ideas With Bill Moyers) shelved ROD | From Bill Moyers series "A World of Ideas". | 56 min. | Documentary (Hispanic Studies) |
1990 PBS Video | AV | 1991 (Winrich, Brownlee, Spanish Dept., Economics) | ||
| American Time Capsule | The Braverman sprint through American History to the end of President Ford's tenure. | 4 min. | Documentary (American history) |
PYRAMID FILM AND VIDEO | AV | 1993 (Lee, Wyatt, History) | ||
| American Tongues (DVD) | AMERICAN TONGUES is the classic award-winning film that examines the attitudes Americans have about the way they talk. Directed by award-winning filmmakers Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker (Vote for Me, People Like Us), AMERICAN TONGUES goes to the streets and countryside to listen to American English in all its diversity and color. From Boston Brahmins to African-American teenagers, from Texas cowboys to urban professionals, AMERICAN TONGUES elicits funny, perceptive, sometimes shocking, and always telling comments about our diverse society. | 56 min. 10 sec., color | Documentary | 1987 CNAM | Phyllis Bellver (3/3/06) | 2006 (Bellver, Anthropology) | ||
| AMERICAS (10 part series mounted on 5 cassettes) Spanish/Hispanic Culture | 1. The Garden of Forking Paths: Dilemmas of National Development Traces the modern-era development of the nations and national economies of the Americas. Focusing on Argentina, the program follows its recent history, including the Peròn years, the dictatorship of the 1970s, and the Malvinas/Falklands War. 2. Capital Sins: Authoritarianism and Democratization Begins in the 1960s, when many of the region's political and economic systems were in disarray, and either reform or revolution seemed inevitable. This program looks at the path taken by Brazil, which confronted its problems with rich resources. 3. Continent on the Move: Migration and Urbanization Looks at migration, one of the most important forces transforming the Americas. It is set in Mexico, where migration has moved people across borders and from villages to cities. 4. Mirrors of the Heart: Race and Identity Explores race and ethnicity as indicators of self-image and social standing. An indigenous family in Bolivia strives for economic and social advancement while maintaining its cultural identity. People of Haiti and the Dominican Republic show contrasting attitudes toward their African roots. 5. In Women's Hands: The Changing Roles of Women Examines the changes Chilean women of every social class effected as they organized during the Pinochet years to create better living conditions. 6. Miracles Are Not Enough: Continuity and Change in Religion Travels to Brazil and Nicaragua to document the explosion of theological debate, social activism, and spiritual revival that is changing the region. 7. Builders of Images: Latin American Cultural Identity Explores the role of the artist in the Americas through four diverse and influential artists: Puerto Rican writer Luis Rafael Sànchez, Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso, Mexican performer and playwright Jesusa Rodrìgues, and Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas. 8. Get Up, Stand Up: Problems of Sovereignty Addresses challenges to national sovereignty in the Americas. Colombia, Jamaica, and Panama are highlighted, and a wide range of threats from narco-terrorism to foreign intervention are explored. 9. Fire in the Mind: Revolutions and Revolutionaries Looks at revolutionary movements in the region today, with emphasis on the former guerillas in El Salvador and the current movement in Peru. The program also examines three revolutions of this century - in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua. 10. The Americas: The Latin American and Caribbean Presence in the United States Returns to the United States to profile California's Mexican population and the Latin American and Caribbean communities of Miami and New York City. This final episode poses questions about assimilation, national identity, and how these communities are changing what it means to be an American. |
60 min. each part | Documentary (Latin America, Women's Studies) |
1993 Annenberg CPB | Mary Daniels 1/2 AV |
lori-2 | 1994 (Finch, Daniels, Spanish) | |
| Amistad | Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. A battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice system. But for the men and women on trial, it is simply a fight for the basic right of all mankind...freedom. | 2 hrs. 35 min., color | Feature, Dir. Steven Spielberg (Anthropology, African American Studies) |
1998 Dreamworks | Atkins | AV | 1999 (Nyerges, T. Baker, Pace, Atkins, Anthropology) | |
| Among the Wild Chimpanzees | Jane Goodall & her chimpanzees | 59 min | Documentary (Anthopology, Psychology) |
1993 National Geographic Society | AV | 1995 (Passariello, Anthropology) | ||
| Amore (Italian w/English subtitles) | Amore's two episodes were a departure from Rossellini's neo-Realism and a gift to the actress, MAGNANI, whose spellbinding performance is a tour-de-force in cinema. | 78 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Roberto Rossellini (French) |
1948 Tevere Film, 1991 renzo Rossellini | AV | 2003 (Ciholas, French) | ||
| Amores Perros (DVD) (Spanish w/Optional English & French Subtitles) | Arresting look at divergent lives that intersect in a Mexico City car crash. Broken into three sections, film traces several differnet characters and their relationships, all connected in on way or another by their dogs, raising tough questions about the human condition in an unforgiving city. | 153 min., color | Feature, Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Spanish) |
2001 | Grace Doherty Library | Also available on VHS, but 2nd cassette has problems with the audio track. | 2002 (gift from "Arturo") 2006 (Replacement, Spanish Dept.) | |
| Anatomy of a Murder | A riveting courtroom drama of rape and premeditated murder. Emotions flare as jealous Army lieutenant Ben Gazzara pleads innocent to murdering the rapist of his seductive, beautiful wife (Lee Remick). Musical score by Duke Ellington - opposing lawyers Jimmy Stewart and George C. Scott. | 161 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Otto Preminger (Government, Politics) |
1959 Carlyle Productions, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1987 | Garriott, Gift from the student honorary in Government Dept. | AV | Purchased and added to the collection by the student honorary in Government Dept. | 1995 (Gift) (Garriott, Government) |
| Ancient Religions of the Mediterranean | This video examines some of the ancient mythologies that have influenced the religions of the modern world. It explores the social, political, and cultural significance of the faiths and belief systems of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Religion, Humanities) |
1999 Liberty International Entertainment Inc. | AV | 2003 (Joyce, Humanities) | ||
| and the earth did not swallow him (Spanish/Hispanic culture, English language) | Adapted from Tomas Rivera's novel ...y no se trago la tierra. About a young Mexican-American boy's coming of age amid the poverty and adversity he and his family face as migrant farm workers in the 1950s. | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Severo Perez (no closed captions) (Spanish) |
1994 KPBS-TV/ Perez Presented by American Playhouse Theatrical Films | AV | 2002 (Calatayud, Spanish) | ||
| Andrew Lytle: The Steady Sense of Time | This delightful biographical portrait profiles one of the South's greatest 20th-century literary figures. Andrew Lytle was a successful novelist, literary critic, teacher (including students such as Flannery O'Connor, Harry Crews, and James Dickey), and witty spokesman of a rural Southern sensibility. In the 1920s and '30s he was one of the original agrarians (along with John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren), a literary movement centered around Vanderbilt University whose members argued that the South should reject industrialization and cling to its rural identity. Lytle never abandoned that position. This documentary, which was shot a year before his death, captures the spirit, the humor, and the passion for life and storytelling of this remarkable individual in his 90th year. | 25 min., color | Documentary | 1996 University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2006 (Lucas, English) | |
| Animal Imposters (Nova) | 60 min. | Documentary (Bilogy) |
1982 Ambrose | AV | 1990 (M. Barton, Biology) | |||
| Animal Love (DVD) (German w/English Subtitles) | ANIMAL LOVE, is a darkly comical and provocatively disturbing glimpse into the strange and eccentric world of lonely animal lovers on the fringes of modern society. Meticulously shot in Diane Arbus fashion, Seidl's protagonists sublimate their emotional needs and desire for intimacy through their four-legged friends. A compulsive yet utterly disturbing tour of the underside of human nature. | 46 min., color | Documentary, Dir. Ulrich Seidl | 1995 Lotus Films | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| Animals Behaving Badly (Nature) | It's a turf war out there. We move into their backyard and they move into ours. It's survival of the shrewdest and the most tenacious. Anyone who has tried to keep a squirrel out of a birdfeeder knows exactly how true that can be. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Psychology, Environmental encroachment) |
2001 Thirteen/WNET New York | YOUNG 234 | Video is kept in the Psychology Dept. | 2002 (Brent White, Psychology) | |
| Animals: How Smart Are They? | 26 mins. | Documentary (Biology, Psychology, Animal intelligence) |
1988 Films For The Humanities, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1992 (Richey) (Biology, Psychology) | ||
| Anna (Russian with subtitles) | Disregarding harsh Soviet restrictions, including the censorship of home movies, director Nikita Mikhalkov spent thirteen years surreptitiously filming his daughter Anna. Asking her the same five questions each year, Mikhalkov remarkably documents one of the greatest historical events of our time as seen through Anna's sweetening eyes. Beginning in 1980, six-year old Anna became the focus of Mikhalkov's examination of the effects totalitarian propaganda had on Soviet children. In an overwhelming manner, the maturity of Anna suddenly becomes harmonious with the collapse of communism and the rebirth of a liberated Russia. A spectacular montage of never-before-seen newsreels and notorious archival footage adds another dimension to a history lesson none of us is soon to forget. | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov (Russia) |
1994 Camera One (France) - Studio Trite (Russia) | AV | 2001 (Hamm, History) | ||
| Annapurna: A Woman's Place | Women mountain climbers | 45 min. | Documentary (Psychology, Women's studies) |
1979 Women Make Movies | AV | lori-2 | 1996 (Hamilton, Psychology) | |
| Annie Hall | An autobiographical love story with incisive Allenisms on romance, relationships, fame, N.Y.C. vs. L.A., and sundry other topics. | 99 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Woody Allen | 1977 United Artists Corporation. | AV | 1993 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Ansel Adams: Photographer | An absorbing and warmhearted portrait of Ansel Adams, one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. The film captures the spirit and artistry of the man as he talks about his life and demonstrates the techniques which have made his work legendary. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Art) |
1981 Filmamerica, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Gift-Reigelman) | ||
| Anthropologists At Work | Interviews and discussions with individual professionals from 4 fields of anthropological interest detailing some of the wide variety of endeavor open to anthropologists. | 36 min., color | Documentary (Careers, Anthropology) |
1993 | AV | Prof. Nyerges has the printed materials that came with the tape. | 2001 (Nyerges, Passariello, Pace, Anthropology) | |
| Anthropology on Trial (Nova) | Some ethnic groups are resentful of "outsiders" who come to conduct anthropological studies on them. They raise questions of why they could not write their own anthropology. | 60 min. | Documentary (Anthropology) |
1984 Ambrose | AV | 1990 (Passariello)(Anthropology) | ||
| Antigone (shelved Oed 3) | The third play of the Oedipus trilogy (The Theban plays) and shelved with the other two. | 120 min., color | Feature - Documentary (Humanities, Drama, Performance) |
0000 off-air licensed Films for the Humanities | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1991 (Lucas, Humanities) | |
| Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (DVD) | The legacy of history's first female symphony conductor, Dr. Antonia Brico, is honored in this powerful and inspiring biographical film. A conductor, a teacher, and a pioneer in the world's concert halls, Dr. Brico forged through life boldly and unrepentantly. | 58 min., color | Documentary (Music) |
2003 Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Antonia's Line (Dutch with Eng. subtitles) | At the end of the Second World War, a spirited, independent woman returns to the place of her birth, a small village in the verdant Dutch countryside, to start a new life with her young daughter. Thus begins a remarkable portrait of a family and a community, of mothers and daughters, and of one indomitable woman. Earthy, sexy, romantic, filled with laughter and warmth, it's a joyous celebration of simple pleasures and enduring passions. Lived by Antonia and learned by all in her lineage, it's a legacy of life and love that spans five generations. | 102 min., color (has a very long preview series at beginning of tape) | Feature, Dir. Marleen Gorris | 1995, Antonia's Line International N .V./ Antonia's Line. Ltd. | AV | 1997 (Axtell, Helmuth, Hamilton, Religion, Psychology) | ||
| Antony and Cleopatra (BBC Shakespeare) | license 1994 | 171 min. | Feature, Performance | 0000 Ambrose, no PPR, school and library only, | AV | 1996 (Joyce, Humanities) | ||
| Apocalypse Now | Special agent (Martin Sheen) journeys upriver into Cambodia with orders to find and kill errant officer (Marlon Brando), leading him (and viewer) on a mesmerizing odyssey of turbulent, often surreal encounters. | 153 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Francis Copola (History, Vietnam, Religion) |
1979 Omni Zoetrope 1991 Paramount Pictures |
AV | Also available on DVD. | 1991 (Wyatt, Vahlkamp, Film Series, History, Religion) | |
| Apocalypse Now (DVD) (English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing) | Franci Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Willard (Martin Sheen) receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice." One of the most powerful films of all time, Apocalypse Now was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two for Best Sound and Best Cinematography. | 153 min., color | Feature, Dir. Francis Coppola (History, Vietnam, Religion) |
1999 Paramount Pictures | Grace Doherty Library | Also available on VHS | 2003 (Dupertuis, History, Religion) | |
| APOCALYPSE! THE STORY OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION | On the eve of the new millennium, thoughts of doom and destruction filter through our Western Consciousness, provoking both anxiety and anticipation. But where do these ideas and their symbolic power come from, and what do they really mean? Central to this concept is the last book of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation. It is a book filled with startling images of cosmic warfare between the forces of good and evil. Written nearly two thousand years ago, many believe this ancient text fortells the end of the world. From the apocalyptic prophet Montanus, who convinced thousands that the New Jerusalem would literally descend to earth in the year 170 C.E., to modern day end-time prophets, it seems that in nearly every age the Book of Revelation has excited a belief that the end is imminent. But the end of what? Ultimately, every generation has had to re-set the doomsday clock as time keeps ticking. Why does the Book of Revelation lend itself to so many, often contradictory interpretations, and what does it reveal? APOCALYPSE! traces the evolution of apocalyptic ideology throughout the Ages-from its origin in the Jewish experience after the Babylonian exile to its diverse and often tumultuous expression in modern times. | 120 min., color | Documentary (Religion) |
1999 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 2003 (Dupertuis, Religion) | ||
| Apostle, The (Wide Screen) | Robert Duvall is Sonny, a gifted Southern preacher loved by his community. When he loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the small town of Bay Boutte, Sonny adopts a new identity and sets out on a new mission - to find the road to redemption. | 2 hrs. 14 min., color | Feature, Dir. Robert Duvall (Sociology, Religion) |
1998, Universal Home Video (October Films) | AV | 2000 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Maya Women Forging Peace in Guatemala | The story of Maya women of Guatemala and their role in the human rights struggle is presented in this documentary. A 36-year-long civil war in Guatemala has left over 150,000 people dead. Most of these victims are Maya. One million others have been displaced from their ancestral lands. The film takes us into the communities of three women whose lives were shattered by the genocidal war. Adela, a widow, bravely sustains her refugee family. Justina tirelessly travels the countryside explaining the human rights movement. And Francesca, a Maya priestess, reaffirms the cultural identity of her people. Beautiful photography evoking the Maya Popul Vuh Creation Story punctuate this moving celebration of these courageous women. |
52 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) |
Lightfoot Films, Inc. | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Apt Pupil | Compelled to reveal the secrets of his death camp past to earn the boy's silence (Brad Renfro), the German fugitive (Ian McKellen) devises a sinister scheme to implicate the teenager in a dangerous psychological game. | 111 min., color | Feature, Dir. Bryan Singer (Holocaust, History) |
1998 Tristar Pictures | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | Has 12 minutes of ghastly previews on front of tape. | 2000 (McCollough - Holocaust class, Religion) |
| Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land (2 parts) | Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by David K. Shipler, this powerful documentary provides an even-handed exploration of the emotions and attitudes of the people who live in Israel, the Gaza Strip, and on the West Bank of the Jordan River. Candid interviews with government officials and rabbis, teachers and school children, and terrorists and their victims reveal the prejudices, stereotypes, and deeply held beliefs of the two sides. Produced by Robert Gardner. | 60 min. each part | Documentary (Middle Eastern conflict(s)) |
1989 PBS Video | AV | We do not have the update/review of 2002 | 1991 (Hamm, History) | |
| Archaeology of Jerusalem From David to Jesus, The (Two-part program on 2 separate cassettes) | Part one - From the beginning to the Babylonian destruction. Part two - from the return of the exiles to the world of Jesus. | 37 min., each part | Documentary (Jewish history - Christian history) |
1990 Biblical Archaeology Society | AV | Printed Learner's Guide included | 1998 (McCollough, Religion) | |
| Argentina: Land of Natural Wonder | Spanish for "silver," this is surely a land of natural wealth and beauty. From Tierra del Fuego, the country's southern-most region, to Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the western hemisphere, this collection of terrains and climates is among the most diverse anywhere, equalled only by the variety of animals and ocean life found in and around them. Venture to the Patagonia plains, where the "gaucho," the 18th century Argentinean cowboy, still rides herd. The Andes offer majestic, snow-capped peaks and tropical rain forests; the beaches of Mar del Plata are worldwide favorites and Perito Moreno is the world's only growing glacier. And you haven't lived until you've tangoed away an evening in Buenos Aires. | 51 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) |
1990 IVN | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Argentinisima I (Music of Argentina) (No subtitles) | Examples of the many kinds of music of the vast country of Argentina. No English subtitles. | 2 hrs., color | Documentary (Music, Spanish interest) |
1982 Media Home Entertainment, Inc. | AV | 1991 (Helmuth, Spanish) | ||
| Art of Conducting, The: Great Conductors of the Past | Discusses the methods of the world's best conductors (16 of them in rehearsal and performance) | 117 min., color | Documentary (Music, Conducting) |
1994 Teldec Classics International | AV | 1995 (B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Art of Mexico, The: Volume One - Ancient and Modern Traditions | This program traces the foundations of Mexican art from its roots in such Indian masterworks as the colossal stone heads of the Olmecs, the stunning jewelry of the Mixtecs, and the famous ritual and sacred objects of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations, through the influence of the Conquest and Christianity on indigenous art froms. This is an indispensable guide to the understanding of Mexican art - both of the past and present. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Art History, Spanish) |
AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Art of Mexico, The: Volume Two - The Painters | This program surveys the rich history of Mexican painting, illuminating seminal works by such illustrious artists as colonial painter Baltasar de Echava Orio, 19th century painter Jose Maria Estrada, muralist Diego Rivera, and surrealist Frida Kahlo, among others. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Art History, Spanish) |
AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Art of the Potter (Long Version) | The famous Japanese potter who has been declared a "National Treasure" | 60 min. | Documentary (Art, Japanese potter) |
0000 Phoenix/Bfa films & video Inc. | AV | 1991 (Powell, Art) | ||
| Art of the Western World #3: The Early Renaissance in Italy and the North (German culture - Durer). | Early Renaissance in Italy and Germany | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 of this series | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Art of the Western World #7: Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism | Realism, impressionism, post-impressionism | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history - modern art) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 this series | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Art of the Western World #8: Twentieth Century Art Before World War II (German culture - Klimt) | 20th century art before WW II (German - Klimt) | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history - modern art) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 this series | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Art of the Western World #9: Twentieth Century Art After World War II | 20th century art after WW II | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history - modern art) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 this series | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Art of the Western World #1: The Classical Period, 600 B.C. - 350 A.D. | Greeks and Romans | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history) |
1989 Annenberg Off air license for 1 complete set. | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | ||
| Art of the Western World #2: A White Garment of Churches: Romanesque and Gothic | Romanesque and Gothic | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history, Western civilization) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 this series | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Art of the Western World #4: The High Renaissance: Rome and Venice | High renaissance Rome and Venice | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 this series | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Art of the Western World #5: Images of Authority in Seventeenth Century Art | Seventeenth Century Images of authority | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 this series, | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Art of the Western World #6: The Age of Revolution, 1770-1830 | Age of revolution 1770-1830 | 60 min. | Documentary (Art history) |
License Annenberg 1989 | See #1 this series | AV | 1991 (Humanities) | |
| Artemisia (French with subtitles) (2 copies) | The highly provocative true story of a young woman whose bold pursuit of artistic freedom and physical desire threatened the elite powers of her time! Artemisia Gentileschi, the beautiful and talented daughter of one of Italy's greatest painters, is forbidden to fully pursue her own passion for painting. When she convinces a renouned and unconventional artist to tutor her, however, he not only liberates her in the world of art...but initiates her into the treacherous world of sex and love. Following the controversy of a theatrical release that saw the original NC-17 rating overturned on appeal, Miramax Films presents this important and powerful motion picture complete and unedited. | 96 min., color | Feature, Dir. Agnes Merlet (French) |
Buena Vista Home Entertainment | AV | 2000 (Lost) 2002 (Replacement) | ||
| Arthropods | 30 min. | Documentary (Biology) |
0000 BioMedia Associates | M. Barton - since winter term 1994 | 1991 (M. Barton, Biology) | |||
| Articulos de Costumbre, Jose de Larra (Spanish with no subtitles) | Writers of the nineteenth century took particular pleasure in painting verbal portraits of quaint people and places; "costumbrismo" was the peculiarly Spanish manifestation of this style. Jose de Larra was the primary exponent of "costumbrismo", writing articles that combined the techniques of "costumbrist" description with the slightly disengaged and sardonic view of the sophisticated "madrileno". Larra's best work, here brought to life, provides us with a first-hand view of Madrid in the last century. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Spanish, 19th century "costumbrismo") |
0000 FFH, 198? | AV | 2000 (Spanish program, Bellver) | ||
| Artists at Work | 25 min., b&w | Documentary | 1982 New Deal Films, Inc. | AV | 2006 (Romine, Education) | |||
| As It Happened: The Spanish American War | As a war, it was small, nasty and suspicious. As news, it was a godsend. The Spanish-American War did many things it united an adolescent nation and paraded its global ambitions for all to see, while heralding the descent of a tired empire. In this unique program, the conflict comes to life as it was presented to people at that time through the accounts of newspapers nationwide. From the slow buildup of public sentiment against Spain to the sensationalistic coverage of the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine, the forces, personalities and events of the war that secured America a place on the world stage are relived. Marvel at the fiery rhetoric of "yellow journalism" outright fabrications that marred the coverage of the conflict. And ride along with Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders as they charge up San Juan Hill, all according to the reporters of the day. It's a revealing look at the power of the press and its often problematic influence in the real world, where reporters can be as effective in spurring events as presenting them. |
100 min., color | Documentary (Spanish, American History) |
AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| As You Like It (1936) (Olivier) (Shakespeare) | Very poor copy of the old film. Should try to find a digitally remastered one - maybe DVD | 2 hrs., b&w | Feature, Dir. Czinner (Literature, Shakespeare) |
Films For The Humanities & Sciences, Inc. | AV | Also available on DVD. | 1994 (Rasmussen, English) | |
| As You Like It (BBC Shakespeare) | 150 mins., color | Feature, Performance for TV (Literature, Shakespeare) |
1978. Distributed Ambrose. BBC | AV | 1995 (Rasmussen, English) | |||
| As You Like It (1936) (Shakespeare) (DVD) | Elisabeth Bergner stars as Rosalind, the daughter of an exiled duke, who falls in love with Orlando (Laurence Olivier), the son of one of her father's courtiers. When Orlando continues to ignore her, Rosalind decides the best way to be at his side is by disguising herself as a boy. Her deception works too well as Orlando would rather be in the boy's company than hers. How Rosalind works out her predicament is part of the fun in this early sound film adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play. | 96 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Paul Czinner (Liteature, Shakespeare) |
Image Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | Also available on VHS. | 2003 (Rasmussen, English) | |
| Ascent of Man, The #7: The Majestic Clockwork | One segment of the series "The Ascent of Man" | 52 min. | Documentary (History of science) |
1974 Time Inc. | AV | 1991 (Sagar) | ||
| Asian Values Devalued | As the tiger economies of East Asia turned from boom to bust in the 1990s, the general public was amazed, yet many economists nodded their heads knowingly. This program focuses on the plights of Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, where nepotism, cronyism, corruption, suppression, and the exploitation of cheap foreign labor brought about a financial crisis of enormous proportions. These regions grew too quickly without proper controls and economic safeguards, which has left the middle and lower classes, who are crushed by inflation and unemployment, to pay the bill. Experts agree that East Asia will survive, eventually recover, and probably surpass itself, but at a staggering cost in money and human misery. This program is an excellent expose' that reveals why the bubble burst. | 39 min., color | Documentary (Economics, Government) |
1998 FFH | x | AV | 2000 (Lori Hartmann-Mahmud, Econ. and Govt.) | |
| ASOKA (DVD) (Hindi w/ English Subtitles) | Asoka traces the life of Emperor Asoka, the grandson of Chadragupta Maurya who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century B.C. To extend the borders of his empire, Asoka waged one of the bloodiest wars in history with the neighbouring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it ravaged and devastated. Confronted by the aftermath of his conquest in which hundreds of thousands lost their lives, Asoka is overcome with remorse and renounces the path of war to dedicate his life to spreading the teachings of Buddhism across the world. |
150 min., color | Feature, Dir. | 2001 Archlightz & Films Pvt. Ltd. | Grace Doherty Library | This is a story based on legends. This film does not claim to be a complete historical account of Asoka's life but an attempt to follow his journey. | 2005 (Hindman, Anthropology) | |
| Asteroid and the Dinosaur (Nova) | 57 min., color | Documentary (Biology) |
Time Inc. | AV | 1991 (M.Barton, Biology) | |||
| Asylum | 60 min. | Documentary (Mental illness, Psychology) |
HBO - Via Ambrose | AV | 1992 (K. Miles, Psychology) | |||
| Athol Fugard: Blood Knot | A rare filmed recording of excerpts from the original New York production of Athol Fugard's first important play. With the original cast of that production: James Earl Jones and J.D. Cannon. South African playwright, director and actor Fugard (b. 1932) has been writing for several decades about the lives of blacks and poor whites in South Africa. His work in characterized by an empathy for the dispossessed; yet through the stories of such people -- and often with humor -- emerges a vision of the nobility of man. | 28 min., b&w | Documentary (Drama) |
1964 | AV | 2003 (Drama Dept.) | ||
| Atlantic's Last Frontier | Barrier islands and seashore | 30 min. | Documentary (Ecology, seashore preservation) |
1982 | AV | 1991 (Gift) (Lubbers, Biology) | ||
| Attack of the Crab Monsters | A mysterious bit of Pacific coral reef and volcanic rock are visited by the Second Scientific Expedition. Rumors have it the first expedition has disappeared. Rumors beyond the laws of nature. | 65 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Roger Corman (Science Fiction, Female Scientists) |
1996 Allied Artists Entertainment, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Dew, Biology) | ||
| Attack of the Giant Leeches | Giant leeches in back waters of a Southern swamp take prisoners and suck their blood. Ludicrous hybrid of white trash and monster genres. | 62 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski (Science Fiction, Female Scientists) |
1999 Greg J. Luce | AV | 2003 (Dew, Biology) | ||
| Au Revoir, Les Enfants (French with English subtitles) | Based on an incident from Malle's youth during WW 2 when the headmaster of his Catholic boarding school decided to shield several Jewish children in the midst of Nazi-occupied France. Filled with telling details, the story unfolds at a deliberate pace, leading up to an emotionally devastating finale. | 103 min., color | Feature, Dir. Louis Malle (French) |
1987 Nouvelles Editions de Films 1987 Orion Pictures Inc. |
AV | 2 copies on VHS | 1993 (Vahlkamp, Film Series, French) | |
| Aurora | 27 min. | Documentary (Astronomy, physics) |
1985, 1986 | Marshall Wilt | 1994 (Wilt, Physics) | |||
| Australia's Aborigines National Geographic | 60 min. | Documentary (Anthropology) |
1988 National Geographic Society | AV | 1992 (Passariello, Anthropology) | |||
| Austria (Touring -Germany) (English narration) | NA | 60 min. | Documentary (Travelogue - German Studies) |
1988 Questar | AV | Purchased by K. Ciholas for German Culture Studies - 1993-94 | 1994 (Ciholas, German) | |
| Author Study and Literature Circles | Hosted by an expert on children's literature, this program studies the essential components of a literature program. It features a demonstration of a literature unit that focuses on Caldecott winner Lois Ehlert. | 30 min., color | Educational | 1994 Agency for Instructional Technology | AV | 2006 (Romine, Education) | ||
| Avalon (DVD) (Original Polish Language Track w/ French & English subtitles; English and French Language Tracks) | In the not-so-distant future, desperate young people risk everything to play "Avalon" - an illegal and potentially lethal virtual war game where addicted combatants earn points and wealth. For one of the game's greatest warriors, the "noble soldier" Ash, the search for Avalon's legendary game stage Class Real will either lead to an entirely higher level of existence - or be a journey from which she will never return! With awe-inspiring visuals and an intriguing futuristic story, lose yourself in the excitement of this amazing cinematic adventure! | 107 min., color | Feature, Dir. Mamoru Oshii | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Awakenings | Based on a true story of a doctor, Robin Williams, who used experimental drugs to awaken a catatonic patient, Robert DeNiro. | 120 min., color | Feature, Dir. Penny Marshall (Biology, Neural Science) |
1990 Columbia Pictures | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1997 (Asmus, Biology) | |
| Ay, Carmela! (Spanish with English subtitles) | In Spain, 1938, the country is torn apart by a Civil War between the Republicans and Franco's fascist forces. Carmela and Paulino are Republicans and travelling entertainers who innocently make a wrong turn one night and end up prisoners of the Fascists. They are about to be executed along with a town full of Republican prisoners, when they are discovered by a young theatre-loving Lieutenant. He persuades the army to let them stage a show to entertain the troops, and Paulino agrees in order to save his and Carmels's life, but she is unaware of his betrayal. Paulino rewrites their cabaret to suit the conquering army, and all is made ready for the big night. But the show that could save their lives becomes a curtain-raiser to disaster when Carmela discovers that she's been tricked and is about to betray her country. Carmela believes in giving everything for a good show - but is she willing to give her life? | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Carlos Saura (Spanish) |
1991 Iberoamericana Films/Ellepi Films | AV | 2000 (Helmuth, Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Babe | The movie starring a pig named Babe who is raised by sheep dogs and after a very eventful youth becomes a champion "sheep-dog." Nominated for Academy Award. | 1 hr., 32 min., color | Feature, Dir. Chris Noonan | 1996 Universal Home Video | AV | 1997 (Dolins) | ||
| Babette's Feast (French language/culture) | Two beautiful young minister's daughters pass up love and fame to remain in their small Danish village. They grow old, using religion as a substitute for living life....and then take in Parisian refugee Audran, a woman with a very special secret. | 102 min., color | Feature, Dir. Gabriel Axel (French) |
1987 A.S Panorama Film International | AV | 1994 (Ciholas, French) | ||
| Baboon Behavior | Replaces a very old 16 mm. film. | 31 min., color | Documentary (Psychology) |
1961 Univ. of California extension | AV | 1999 (Brent White, Psychology) | ||
| Baby Talk (Nova) | 60 mins., color | Documentary (Psychology, Anthropology) |
1985 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 1992 (Thompson, Psychology) | |||
| Baka: People of the Forest (National Geographic) | 60 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) |
1989 taped from KET with license rights from Nat. Geog. Soc. | AV | 1992 (Passariello, Anthropology) | |||
| Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, The (Spanish/Hispanic) (English dialogue) | In 1901, nearly fifty years after Texas won its independence from Mexico, fear and distrust have led to an atmosphere rife with tension as two cultures live side by side - but still very much apart. Against this uneasy backdrop, is told the true story of the man who reluctantly became the object of one of the most exhaustive manhunts in U.S. history. Edward James Olmos stars as Gregorio Cortez, a young Mexican farmer trying to scratch out a simple living for himself and his family in a dusty border town. But one fateful day, after a tragic misunderstanding sparks gunfire, Cortez finds himself on the run from the law for a capital crime. For eleven days, across 450 miles, with a 600-man posse of Texas Rangers at his heels, Cortez's saga unfolds through a haze of thundering hooves. | 1 hr. 46 min., color | Feature, Dir. Robert M. Young (Spanish) |
1982 Embassy Pictures | AV | 2001 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Bandit Queen (English subtitles) | Born of low caste, 11 year-old Phoolan is sold into marriage with a man 20 years her senior in exchange for a cow and a rusted bicycle. Challenging her fate, she escapes and falls in with a pack of ruthless bandits. But the political structure of the male-dominated gang comes with its own set of brutal humiliations, and Phoolan must struggle to rise above a culture determined to bring her down, in a bloody coup that electrified a nation - and transformed one woman's world forever. | 119 min., color | Feature, Dir. Shekar Kapur (Government, African Culture?) |
1995 Evergreen Entertainment, Arrow Releasing, Inc., Channel Four Corporation | AV | 1997 (Bradshaw, History) | ||
| Banking on Life and Debt | History and effects of World Bank and IMF policies and loans in Brazil, Ghana, and the Philippines from the end of World War II. Raises the question: is it time for another change? | 30 min., color | Documentary (Economics, International Studies) |
1995 Maryknoll World Productions | Lori | AV | Lori | 2001 (Econimics, international relations) |
| Banzai, Japan Strikes: World at War Vol. 6 | Japan Strikes (December 1941) | 52 min. | Documentary (History, World War II) |
1980 Thames Television | AV | 1995 (Hamm, History) | ||
| Bar Mitzvah (From World Religions: Judaism) | Two different family celebrations of a son's acceptance of religious responsibility. Does not have all details of a complete ceremony. | 15 min., color | Documentary (Religion) |
1996 North South Productions for Channel Four Schools Television | AV | 1999 (Religion Dept., Glazier-McDonald) | ||
| Barbara McClintock: Pioneer of Modern Genetics (from Nobel Prize Series, Sunburst Communications) | Nobel prize for plant genetics | 30 mins. | Documentary (Plant biology) |
International Merchandising Corp., 1990 | Biology Dept. | lori 2 | 1992 (Feese, Biology) | |
| Barbarossa: World at War Vol. 5 | Barbarossa (June-December 1941) | 52 min. | Documentary (Russia, World War II) |
1980 Thames Television | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1995 (Hamm, History) | |
| Barbiere Di Siviglia, Il, (DVD) Opera, Italian with subtitles (Music) | Jean-Pierre Ponnelle staging of the Rossini romp. Conducted by Abbado. at La Scala | Two Acts | Music Opera, Cond. Claudio Abbado | Unitel 1974 | Grace Doherty Library | 2002 (Warfield, B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Barbiere di Siviglia, Il, Opera, Music Italian with subtitles | A fine production of Rossini's witty score for Beaumarchais's comic plot. | 155 min., color | Music Opera, Dir. John Cox | NVC ARTS and Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. 1982 | AV | 2002 (Warfield, B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Barcelona: Magical, Enchanting, a City Filled with Tradition | Barcelona welcomes you with the same flair, efficiency and graciousness that marked the 1992 Olympic Games. One of the great modern cities of the world, Barcelona maintains a strong sense of its identity as the capital of Catalonia and is fiercely loyal to its cultural traditions. Above all, Barcelona is a city of contrasts, in which the ancient and contemporary are beautifully combined. | 30 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) |
1994 IVN | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Barn Burning (American Short Story Series) | 40 min. | Documentary (American literature) |
1980 Learning in Focus, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1991 (Lucas, English) | ||
| Baroque Dance and Baroque Keyboard Music | There was no greater influence on Baroque music than dance. The keyboard music from this period was affected by rhythm, tempo and form that came directly from the choreography of Baroque dances. The character of each dance influences the emotional quality of the music by capturing the mood of the physical movements. Understanding the dance steps can add a new dimension to the keyboardist's performance of Baroque dances. This alluring video discusses the history of each dance and demonsrates the relationship between the dance movements and the performance of keyboard music. Then the dance is broken down into component steps for learning by the viewer. Featuring dancers from the University of Kansas Department of Dance, nine of the moste popular court dances are performed to Dr. Hinson's keyboard accompaniment. |
42 min., color | Documentary (Music) |
1997 Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. | AV | 2003 (B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Baroque Period, The (DVD) | The 17th century was a time of religious conflicts, political struggles, and great scientific advances. This upheaval contributed to the Baroque period's relatively unrestrained, overly emotional, and more energetic style that is reflected, to varying degrees, in paintings from all across Europe. This program examines: Caravaggio's The Lute Player (circa 1596), from The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son (circa 1668), from The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Peter Paul Rubens' The Garden of Love (circa 1633), from the Museo del Prado, Madrid Sir Anthony van Dyck's Samson and Delilah (between 1626 and 1632), from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Diego Velazquez Las Meninas (1656), from the Museo del Prado, Madrid Jacob van Ruisdael's The Large Forest (circa 1655-60), from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
60 min., color | Documentary | 2003 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Haigh, Humanities) | ||
| Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (DVD) (10 DVD set) | Disc 1 - Our Game 1840's - 1900; Disc 2 - Something Like a War 1900 - 1910; Disc 3 - The Faith of Fifty Million People 1910 - 1920; Disc 4 - A National Heirloom 1920 - 1930; Disc 5 - Shadow Ball 1930 - 1940; Disc 6 - The National Pastime 1940 - 1950; Disc 7 - the Caital of Baseball 1950 - 1960; Disc 8 - A Whole New Ballgame 1960 - 1970; Disc 9 - Home 1970 - 1994; Disc 10 - Extra Inning | Disc 1- 145 min., color/b&w; Disc 2 - 154 min., color/b&w; Disc 3 - 140 min., color/b&w; Disc 4 - 142 min., color/b&w; Disc 5 - 151 min., color/b&w; Disc 6 - 176 min., color/b&w; Disc 7 - 159 min., color/b&w; Disc 8 - 141 min., color/b&w; Disc 9 - 173 min., color/b&w; Disc 10 - 240 min., color/b&w | Documentary (American history) |
1994 The Baseball Film Project, Inc. | Matthew Hallock (2/22/06) | 2003 (Garriott - Centre Term, Government) | ||
| Bataille de la Marne, La: 1914 (Battle of the Marne from "Turning Points in History") (French without subtitles) | The battle of the Marne is the demarcation between the ancient and the modern world, between wars fought with white gloves and those fought with killing machines. This program documents the roots of the First World War, the struggles, the forced marches, the uneven confrontation between well-trained soldiers and patriotic farmers; portrays the leaders on both sides; and details the Battle of the Marne - a vicious, unbelievably bloody battle that in earlier times would have signaled the end of a war. This one would last four more years, cost nine million lives, and solve nothing. | 65 min., color | Documentary (French history, modern warfare) |
1991 FFH | AV | 1999 (Keffer, French) | ||
| Batman (Keaton) | The dramatic, blockbuster thriller pits playboy-turned-dark knight detective (Michael Keaton) against the ghoulishly garish Joker, played to perfection by Jack Nicholson. Kim Basinger supplies the love interest as photographer Vicki Vale. | 126 min., color | Feature, Dir. Tim Burton | 1989 Warner Home Video | AV | Good Flick (says Grey Munford) | 1995 (Lerner) | |
| Bats | Something is coming in the night. The dark air fills with the sound of flapping wings and menacing shrieks. The night has wings and fear takes flight. Swarms of genetically altered bats have descended upon a sleepy, small texan town and no one is safe. The only hope to stop the growing tide of bloody devastation is a zoologist who studies bats, her assistant and the local sheriff. BATS is a jolting ride of sight, sound and fear. | 91 min., color | Feature, Dir. Louis Morneau (Science Fiction, Female Scientists) |
1999 Destination Films | AV | 2003 (Dew, Biology) | ||
| Battle of Algiers (French/ English subtitles) | Straight-forward drama about revolt against the French by Algerians from 1954-1962. | 125 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo (French, Government) |
1967 Stella Productions | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1996 (Ciholas, French, Bradshaw, History) | |
| Battle of Perryville | 125th Anniversary Re-enactment | 30 min. | Documentary (History, American Civil War) |
1987 StudioLink | AV | 1991 (Lee, History) | ||
| Battleship Potemkin (Silent with music) | Landmark film about 1905 Revolution. | 65 min., color | Feature, Sergei Eisenstein (Russian history) |
1925 1980 J. Goldin |
AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series, Hamm, History) | ||
| Beads of Faith: The Sacred Name and the Heart's Celestial Garden. The Universal use of the Rosary | The importance of beads in the major (and some others) religions of the world. | 35-45 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, religion) |
2000 Fons Vitae | AV | Gray Henry | 2001 (McCollough, Religion, Passariello, Anthropology) | |
| Beat and Beyond - The Films of Alfred Leslie | Consists of 3 separate programs on one cassette: Pull My Daisy, 1959 (b&w, 29 min.), The Last Clean Shirt, 1964 (b&w, 39 min.), and Birth of a Nation, 1965 (b&w, 24 min.). | See synopsis | ???? | Various | AV | 2000 (Perkins for a Young Scholar project, History) | ||
| Beatles Anthology, The (DVD) (Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Brazilian Protuguese Subtitles) (5 Disc Set) | DVD 1 (Episodes 1 & 2) - July '40 to February '64 DVD 2 (Episodes 3 & 4) - February '64 to August '65 DVD 3 (Episodes 5 & 6) - August '65 to June '67 DVD 4 (Episodes 7 & 8) - June '67 to the End DVD 5 - Special Features |
Episode 1: 79 min. Episode 2: 72 min. Episode 3: 73 min. Episode 4: 71 min. Episode 5: 72 min. Episode 6: 71 min. Episode 7: 74 min. Episode 8: 81 min. Special Features: 81 min. |
Documentary, Dir. Geoff Wonfor | 2003 Apple Corps Limited | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Stoycos, Music) | ||
| Beatles' Yellow Submarine (DVD) (English & French Language Subtitles) | Once upon a time...or maybe twice, the unearthly paradise of Pepperland was taken over by the evil Blue Meanies. All looked hopeless...until the Fab Four sailed in to save the day with humor, music and, of course, their yellow submarine. | 1 hr. 30 min., color | Feature, Dir. George Dunning | 1968, 1999 SUBAFILMS LTD. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Stoycos, Music) | ||
| Beaumarchais: The Scoundrel (French w/English Subtitles) | From the award-winning director of the smash hit LA CAGE AUX FOLLES comes this playful romp matching the witticism of Ridicule and the splendor of Amadeus. Fabrice Luchini shines as the legendary French playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. An artis whose work influenced the likes of Mozart and Rossini, Beaumarchais the Scoundrel was one of history's most extraordinary figures: inventor, playwright, diplomat, playboy, Royal spy for King Louis XV, and emissary of the colonial attacks against Britain during the American Revolution. Love affairs, scandals, and espionage fill director Edouard Molinaro's hilarious, yet elegant and richly detailed period piece exploring the years 1774-1784-an explosive period in Beaumarchais' unprecedented life. | 100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Edouard Molinaro (French) |
1997 Le Studio Canal | AV | 2003 (M. Manheim, French) | ||
| Beauty And Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set: University Edition (Science Television) | Lecturer is Dr. John H. Hubbard, Cornell Univ. | 73 min. | Documentary (Computer science) |
1989 The Science Television Company | Olin Hall with members of the Math and Computer faculty | 1995 (Shannon, Computer Science/Mathematics) | ||
| Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau's, French with subtitles) | Details what happens when, to save her father, Beauty gives herself to the beast. Beguiling fantasy. | 93 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Jean Cocteau (French) |
Lopert Films, Inv. 1946 | AV | 1996 (Ciholas, French) | ||
| Becket | The volatile relationship between King Henry II and Thomas à Becket, ranging from the King's consecration of Beckt to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury to the two devoted friends' ultimate schism over the role of the realm in ecclesiastical policy, is accurately rendered in this historical drama. | 150 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Peter Glenville (French) |
1964 E&M Enterprising. 1989 MPI Home Video |
AV | 1993 (Ciholas, French) | ||
| Beckett Directs Beckett: A Trilogy: Endgame | 96 min., b&w | Documentary (Drama, Performance) |
1992 Smithsonian Institution Press | AV | Purchased for Drama Dept. | 1993 (Kagan-Moore, Drama) | ||
| Beckett Directs Beckett: A Trilogy: Krapp's Last Tape | 46 min., b&w | Documentary (Drama, Performance) |
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990 | AV | 1993 (Kagan-Moore, Drama) | |||
| Beckett Directs Beckett: A Trilogy: Waiting For Godot (Act 1 and Act 2 on separate tapes) | ??? b&w | Documentary (Drama) | 1992 Smithsonian Institution Press | AV | (shelved alphabetically as BECK) | 1993 (Kagan-Moore, Drama) | ||
| Beethoven Cycle, The String Quartet | Quartets #9 and #11, Guarneri String Quartet | 58 min., color | Performance (German culture) (Music) |
1986 Beethoven Quartet Cycle Co. Ltd. | AV | 1991 (Brantley, Music) | ||
| Before Night Falls (DVD) (Spanish) | A journey through the life and work of the late Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas. Victimized by a government that banned his books and jailed him for a crime he didn't commit, Reinaldo endured unspeakable persecution in a courageous stand against censorship and oppression. Without a country but not wihout integrity, he fled to America where he continued to fight for personal expression and produced a stirring body of work. | 133 min., color | Feature, Dir. Julian Schnabel (Spanish) |
2000 Fine Line Features | Grace Doherty Library | 2002 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Before You Say Goodbye | Before You Say Good-bye is an eye-opening wake-up call documenting the startling reality of suicide. The catalyst for production of this video was a tragic death. Producer and Host, Jennifer Stache, talks with people whose lives have been intimately touched by suicide. Then she turns the tables to share her own painful ordeal losing a loved one quite unexpectedly to suicide. The program's goal is simple, to save lives. Before someone considering suicide says good-bye, this half-hour may inspire them to find a reason to hold on to life. | 30 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) |
1999 | AV | 2004 (Goodrum - Centre Term, Sociology) | ||
| Beggar's Opera, The (DVD) | Lust, greed and corruption abound in this exuberant piece of popular theater. THE BEGGAR'S OPERA captures the quality and satiric edge of the Hogarth engravings that influenced John Gay's original version. The fast-paced scenes, scintillating dialogue and inventive music have made this ballad opera an overwhelming success time and again. | 134 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jonathan Miller (Music, Opera, 18th Century Literature) |
1983 BBC | Grace Doherty Library | Also available on VHS | 2004 (J. Ward, English) | |
| Beggar's Opera, The (Roger Daltry) (music) | 135 min., color | Feature (Opera, Music) |
1983 BBC Television | AV | Also available on DVD | 1991 (Bastien, Music) | ||
| Behold a Pale Horse (Spanish theme) | Manuel has been on the run for 15 years - and now it seems his time is up. Manuel is a guerrilla leader who has been sought by a cruel police captain named Vinolas for fifteen years but has always managed to elude him. But now, learning that his mother is dying, Manuel is forced into the open where Vinolas awaits. | 118 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Fred Zinnemann (Spanish) |
1964 Highland Brentwood Productions | AV | 2002 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Being There | A childlike man (Peter Sellers) chances to meet important, powerful people who interpret his bewildered silence as brilliance. | 124 min., color | Feature, Dir. Hal Ashby | 1980 Lorimar Distribution International, Inc, 1984 CBS/Fox Company |
AV | 1991 (Tarter) | ||
| Bella Vista - Colette (French without subtitles) | A very stylish production, based on Colette's Novel, and set in a country inn where the author is herself a visitor. The focus is less on what happens than on how, and with what, and to whom, all seen through the discerning eye of France's greatest woman novelist of the first part of the 20th century. | 83 min., color | Feature (Performance, Documentary, French) |
1993 Films for the Humanities & Sciences, original production date and directorial credits at end . | AV | 1999 (Keffer, French) | ||
| Belle Epoque (Spanish language - subtitles) | Fernando, a Spanish Civil War deserter befriends an artist. His dilemma "which of the artist's four beautiful daughters to seduce" is solved by their each seducing him . Won Oscar for Best Foreign Film. | 109 min., color | Feature, Dir Fernando Trueba (Spanish) |
1992 Fernando Trueba P.C.S.A. - Lola Films S.A., 1994 Columbia TriStar | AV | 1996 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Belle of Amherst | Julie Harris's portrayal of Emily Dickinson. A repeat of her Tony Award winning role. On a set depicting Dickinson's Amherst, Massachusetts home, she is in constant motion recollecting the poet's past from her work, her diaries and letters, and encountering the significant people in her life. | 90 min., color | Feature - Filmed stage performance of Julie Harris, Dir. Charles S. Dubin | 1976 Dome/Creative Image | AV | 2002 (Manheim, English) | ||
| Ben Hur (1959 Heston) | The story of Ben-Hur, a Judean prince (Charlton Heston) whose unjust arrest and enslavement culminates in a breathtaking chariot race, wherein he wreaks a shattering vengeance upon the Roman Tribune who destroyed his family. Winner of 11 Academy Awards. | 3 hrs. 42 min., color. Mounted on 2 cassettes | Feature, Dir. Wm. Wyler | MGM, 1959 | AV | On the first cassette,the original preview trailer, overture and a birth of Jesus scene at the beginning of the program consume 15 min, credits run another 3 min. The second cassette begins with a 4 minute overture. | 1998 (Joyce for her course on Nero, Humanities) | |
| Beneath the Veil (CNN Presents) 8/26/01 | Clandestime talks with women of the Arab world who are forced to wear the veil and give up their independence. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Women's studies, middle east, Religion) |
2001 CNN | Lori | AV | Lori | 2002 (Scarborough, Hartmann-Mahmud, Bradshaw, Philosphy, Religion, International Studies, History) |
| Bent (DVD) (English w/ English, French & Spanish subtitles) | Max (Clive Owen) is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Pursued and captured, Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish - because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a forbidden relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living. | 1 hr. 44 min., color | Feature, Dir. Sean Mathias | 1997 Channel Four Television Corporation and Nippon Film Development and Finance Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (McCollough, Religion) | ||
| Berkley In the Sixties | The unrest and upheavals on the Berkeley campus of U. Cal. | 117 min., color/b&w | Documentary (American history, Vietnam war, Sociology, Anthropology) |
1992 Berkeley In the Sixties 1993 Pacific Arts |
AV | 1993 (Passariello, Weston, Perkins, Anthropology, Sociology, History) | ||
| Berlin Air Lift | On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union imposed a blockade on the western sectors of Berlin. Overnight, two and a half million Berliners were cut off from food and fuel, and surrounded by a sea of 300,000 Soviet troops. Berlin became the epicenter of the confrontations between East and West. Communism and democracy were on a collision course. Just three years after the end of World War II, old friends became enemies and old enimies became friends. At stake, the future of Berlin, of Germany and all of Europe. "The Berlin Airlift" commemeorates the 20th century's most dramatic humanitarian rescue mission - the story of the American and British pilots and crews who flew 277,000 trips to deliver more than two million tons of food and supplies to keep the blockaded city's inhabitants alive. It is also the story of how the courageous people of Berlin regained their freedon and rose up to fight the spread of Cumunism. Using archival film, stills and home movies, as well as stories told by those who were there and the perspectives of historians and other experts, this program brings to life the extraordinary events that many consider to be the first major battle of the Cold War. | 60 min., b&w | Documentary (History) |
1998 WETA Washington D.C. and Bolthead Communications Group, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | Hosted by Journalist Paul Duke - produced and directed by Robert E. Frye. The cold war era. | 1999 (Hamm, History) |
| Berlin, Symphony of a Great City/Opus 1 (DVD) | At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimar Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinema's ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, BERLIN, SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY offers a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in the life of the bustling metropolis. Opus 1 - A rare example of the German avant-garde cinema known as absoluter Film, Walther Ruttmann's hand colored OPUS 1 is an exploration of the geometry of movement within the frame and the sensory effect these abstract shapes evoke as they swell, streak and swim across the screen. Viewed alongside BERLIN, OPUS 1 seems a thumbnail sketch for the sweeping slice-of-life documentary, reavealing the degree to which Ruttmann's 1923 film was more a spectacle of raw motion than a documentary portrait of Berlin's daily routines. OPUS 1 is accompanied by Max Butting's 1922 score, adapted and conducted by Timothy Brock. |
62 min., b&w 10 min., color |
Documentary, Dir. Walther Ruttmann | 1993 Timothy Brock - Opus 1 1993 Film Preservation Associates, Inc. |
Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| Berlioz - Story of the Symphony, Vol. 3 | 90 min. | Documentary (Music) | 1984 RM Arts/BBC, Distributed by Home Vision of Films, Inc. | AV | 1991 (Brantley, Music) | |||
| Bertolt Brecht (German culture - English narration) | A portrait of this bold theatrical innovator and his work, showing his literary and social roots and the development of his vision of the theater. | 55 min., b&w | Documentary (Drama, German literature) | FFH, 1993 (A production of VEB DEFA Studio Fernsehen der DDR) | AV | 1999 (Drama-Standing, German-Marshall) | ||
| Best Campaign Money Can Buy, The (Frontline) | The "creative " funding of political campaigns. | 57 min, color | Documentary (Politics, economics?,Clinton) | 1992 PBS Video | AV | Professor who requested it left after one term without using it. | 1996 (Ware, Economics) | |
| Best Years Of Our Lives, The | This Academy Award winning masterpiece recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans after WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Fredric March, Harold Russell and Dana Andrews are superb as the servicemen who find that returning to their previous lifestyles after the war is not an easy task. Selected as one of the most important films of all time by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry. | 170 min., b&w | Feature , Dir. Wm. Wyler | 1946 Samuel Goldwyn Productions | AV | Purchased for Lerner's film music class | 1995 (Lerner) | |
| Besuch in Bayern, Ein (German - no subtitles) | Slow, deliberate narration "read" by a female voice with no animation or emotion - "just the facts, ma'm". Not surprisingly, deals mostly with the city of Munich. | 30 min., color | Documentary (German Travelogue ) | 1993 Ed. Video Network | AV | 1996 (Ciholas, French) | ||
| Between Beckett and Brecht from the series "Changing Stages: 100 years of Theater" | Samuel Beckett explored the inner worlds of memory and existence, while Bertolt Brecht's energies were directed outward, toward politics and institutions. In this program, renowned theater director Sir Richard Eyre examines the work of those two dramatists and the impact they had both on playwrights and on the theater itself, beginning with the 1960s. Film clips and interviews with Harold Pinter, Peter Brook, David Hare, Edward Bond, Billie Whitelaw, Caryl Churchill, and Alan Bennett reveal an exuberant period in theater history that has seen form unconditionally surrender to dramatic expression. | 51 min., color | Documentary (Drama, Theatre history, literature) | BBC via FFH | AV | 2002 (Morrison, English) | ||
| BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: Memorializing the Lost Men from the Class of 42J (DVD) | Fredric Arnold, Accomplished author, artist and entrepreneur was one of two survivors from a group of 14 WWII fighter pilots who flew in North Africa in 1943. Suffering for years from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he decides to search for the families of those men in order to properly memoriallize their heroic efforts during the war. BETWEEN TWO WORLDS tells his personal story through interviews, archival footage and stylized readings from his best selling novel DOOR KNOB FIVE TWO. The film leads towards a final emotional tribute to those men, with whom he regards as being responsible for his successful life. |
53 min., color | Documentary, Dir. Aaron Weisblatt | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Goodrum, Sociology) | |||
| Beyond Hate with Bill Moyers (Holocaust, Elie Wiesel and others) | 90 mins. | Documentary (German History, Holocaust) | 1991 Public Affairs Television, Inc. Mystic Fire Video, Inc. | AV | 1994 (Mount) (McCollough, Relgion) | |||
| Beyond Silence (DVD) (German w/yellow English Subtitles) | This is the story of a young woman's battle for independence and her deaf parents' struggle to understand her gift of music. Given a clarinet by her free-spirited aunt, Lara is immediately consumed by a new passion her parents cannot begin to fully comprehend. Determined to follow her dreams, Lara's ongoing pursuit of music creates an ever-widening rift that eventually threatens to tear apart her once close-knit family. | 107 min., color | Feature, Dir. Caroline Link | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| Beyond Wall Street - The Art of Investing ( 8 part series mounted on 4 cassettes) | Episode 1: Growth Equities Investing " 2: Value Equities Investing " 3: Quantitative Investing " 4: Indexing " 5: Emerging Markets Investing " 6: Fixed Income Investing " 7: Global Asset Allocation " 8: Managing Investment Risk |
30 min. each episode | Documentary (Economics) (Andrew Tobias and Jane Bryant Quinn) | 1997 PBS | AV | 1999 (Brownlee, Martin, Economics) | ||
| Biblical Archaeology From the Ground Down (2 cassettes in one case) | Discusses Megiddo, Hazor, Ashkelon, Tel Nami and Jezreel for excavations. | 90 min. total | Documentary (Biblical history, religion) | 1996 Biblical Archaeology Society | AV | 1998 (McCollough, Religion) | ||
| Bicycle Thief, The (Italian with subtitles) | This is not an easy film to watch - but it is so moving and important to the history of the cinema that it ranks as one of the greatest films ever made. On the surface it is a simple story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The bicycle is stolen, setting up the film's tragic and ironic ending. Panic stricken at being unable to recover his bicycle - and the prospect of losing his means of employment - the father is compelled to steal a bicycle only to be caught and humiliated in front of his son. | 90 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Vittorio De Sica | 1948 1972 Richard Feiner & Co. Inc. 1988 Corinth Films, Inc. |
AV | 1999 (Daniels, GSP) | ||
| Big Chill | A group of college radical friends gets together at a reunion and discusses their "dropping back in" to society. | 106 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Lawrence Kasdan | 1987 RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. | AV | 1993 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Big Heat, The | Story of a cop determined to bust a city crime ring. Glenn Ford and Gloria Graham. Famous coffee-hurling scene. | 90 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Fritz Land | 1953 Columbia Pictures Corp. | I | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Big One, The | Outrageously entertaining and widely acclaimed, THE BIG ONE marks the return of America's favorite Corporate Avenger, the hilarious Michael Moore (Roger & Me, TV Nation). Armed only with a camera and a sharp sense of humor, Moore is back in the nation's heartland and searching for an executive - any executive - who will respond to one tough question: If Fortune 500 companies are posting record-setting profits, why do they continue laying off thousands of workers? Looking out for the little guy with plenty of laughs along the way, Moore's howlingly funny crusade has resulted in a crowd-pleasing motion picture that's BIG enteratinment fun! | 90 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Moore | 1998 Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | AV | 2 Copies | 2003 (Anderson, Economics) | |
| Billy Budd | Melville's "good vs evil" novella set in the British Navy, 1797. A naive seaman is court-martialed for murder of a sadistic master-at-arms. | 123 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Peter Ustinov | 1962 Anglo-Allied Pictures, Ltd. 1985 Lorimar Distribution International |
CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1992 (Reigelman, English) | |
| Billy Budd (Opera)(music) | Adaptation of the Herman Melville story. Music of Benjamin Britten. Sung in English. | 157 min., color | Opera. Music | 1988 BBC TV | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | Opera in English, Melville | 1994 (B. Hall, Reigelman, Music, English) |
| Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, The | It's the bad, bad world of 1930's Black League baseball as a spirited group of independent renegade players travel around the Midwest looking for that big home run. Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones star as three barnstorming ballplayers who take on their own League's unfair rules as they steal cars, food and home base - anything to keep their pitching and catching the best and boldest. It's a showdown of brains over booby traps and sportsmanship over racial segregation as Bingo Long's All-Stars swing their way to a winning season. | 1 hr. 51 mins., color | Feature, Dir. John Badham | 1976 Universal Pictures | AV | 2003 (Garriott - Centre Term, Government) | ||
| Biology of Chordates, The | Phylum Chordata is united by four characteristics: notochord, dorsal nerve chord, post-anal tail, and pharyngeal gill. This program uses fossil evidence, animation, and modern functional biology to show members of Phylum Chordata and their inferred evolutionary relationships. | 24 min., color | Documentary | BioMEDIA ASSOCIATES | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2005 (Nyerges, Anthropology) | |
| Biology of Echinoderms, The | 30 min. | Documentary (Biology) | BioMedia Associates | M. Barton - since winter term 1994 | 1993 (M. Barton, Biology) | |||
| Biology of Love, The (Desmond Morris' the Human Animal ) | Morris analyzes the biological nature of love, with its attendant patterns of behaviour and signals of health and fertility that have evolved to ensure pair-bonding and genetic survival. The pre- and post-pubescent periods of sexual maturation, the stages of courtship, and the aesthetics of physical beauty are studied, along with the anatomical mechanics of sexual arousal and copulation. In addition, the stresses placed on couples by life in an urbanized, crowded world are explored. Contains nudity and sexual activity. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) | FFH 1999 (Produced by Discovery Communications, Inc. and BBC's Natural History Unit. TLC Video | AV | 2000 (Weston, Sociology) | ||
| Biology of Molluscs | 30 min. | Documentary (Biology) | BioMedia Associates | M. Barton - since winter term, 1994 | 1993 (M. Barton, Biology) | |||
| Biosphere Reserves in Tropical America | Tour of 5 Latin American biosphere reserves: La Amistad in Costa Rica, Maya in Guatemala, Beni in Bolivia, Montes Azules in Mexico and Atlantic Forest in Brazil. | 26 min., color | Documentary (Biology, ecology) | 1992 Conservation International/UNESCO | AV | 1996 (2) (Lubbers, Brownlee, Biology, Economics) | ||
| Birdbrain (Nova) | 60 min. | Documentary (Biology) | 1976 Ambrose | AV | 1990 (M. Barton, Biology) | |||
| Birth and Life of Opera, The | Opera is unique among musical forms in that it developed over a relatively short period of time, unlike the concerto or symphony. From the birth of opera in Florence with the Camerata to the genius of Monteverdi and beyond, this program looks at how opera grew into both a form of entertainment and a vehicle for delivering incisive social, political, and cultural messages. The operettas of Offenbach and of Gilbert and Sullivan are also considered, as is opera's maturation into a worldwide phenomenon. | 51 min., color | Documentary | 2000 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | AV | 2006 (B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Birth of a Nation (Silent, tinted version released for viewing in early 1900's) | This is the complete story, but has obviously been cut from the original 190 min Director's version. The tinting appears to be that of the originally released film, but the copy is rather poor quality. | 125 min, tinted, with edited sound track | Feature, Dir. D. W. Griffith | 1915 D.W. Griffith 1996 Hollywood's Attic |
Atkins | AV | 1999 (Baker, History) | |
| Birth of a Nation, Parts 1 & 2 | Very long film and an interview with D. W. Griffith mounted on 2 cassettes. | 350 min., b&w | Feature, restored, Dir. D. W. Griffith | 1980 J. David Goldin | Atkins | AV | Silent with music score | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series, History) |
| Birth Of The Renaissance: Giotto To Masaccio | 58 min. | Documentary (Renaissance, Art, Humanities) | 1990 RCS Editori SpA | AV | 1990 (Tapley, Humanities) | |||
| Birthday Party, The | The Birthday Party was originally presented on stage in London in 1958. A highly respected critic of the London Sunday Times perceived the works promise and described The Birthday Party as one of the major plays of our time. He further noted that the play's author, Harold Pinter, would eventually be recognized as one of the greatest talents in contemporary English literature. The Birthday Party has been described as a comedy of menace...a dramatic expose of contemporary man's inability to cope with his fears and guilt. The story centers around a shabby seaside boarding house in England where seemingly inane and trivial conversation suddenly transforms from humorous to terrifying. | 126 min., color | Feature, Dir. William Friedkin | 1968 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Drama Dept.) | ||
| Bitter Sugar (Azucar Amarga) (DVD) Spanish (Cuba) with subtitles | A look at contemporary Cuba through an impassioned love story set against the political and economic tensions of Havana. Gustavo, an idealistic young Communist with a glorified vision of Castro's regime, falls in love with Yolanda, a disenchanted dancer who longs to escape to Miami. However, Gustavo learns that love alone cannot sustain them in a city about to erupt and slowly awakens to the devastation around him. His rebellious musician brother injects himself with the AIDS virus in civil protest; his father realizes that he will earn more money as a barroom pianist in a tourist hotel than as a doctor. Wiith an intoxicating Latin beat and rapid camera movements, the film weaves a blazing tale of romantic and political passions amid the ruins of the Cuban Revolution. | 102 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Leon Ichaso | 1996 Azucar Films | Grace Doherty Library | 2001 (Bellver, Spanish), 2004 (Replacement, DVD) | ||
| Bizet's Carmen (French with subtitles) (music) Spanish interest | Opera's classic tale of obsessive, doomed love stars Placido Domingo as the soldier who falls for the sultry schemer Julia Migenes-Johnson and abandons his career to be with her. | 151 mins., color | Feature (Opera), Dir. Francesco Rosi | 1984 Triumph Films Inc. | AV | 1992 (B. Hall, Music) | ||
| Black and White in Color (DVD) (In French, German, and English w/ optional English subtitles) | BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR is an irrepressible and timely satire on racism, colonialism, and war. Set in the Ivory Coast during the First World War, a group of bungling French colonials learn that their country is at war with Germany. Spurred on by a capricious moment of patriotism, the Frenchmen decide to attack their German neighbors who reside in a colony up the river, thus touching off a brutal series of hilariously unfortunate events. | 92 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1976 Michael Arthur Film Productions | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Beaudoin, History) | ||
| Black Athena | Controversy surrounding the theory that the first Greeks were really Egyptians and were black-skinned, and so the "Classical" Greek civilization was really a product of Africa. |
54 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Humanities, Anthropology) | 1990 Bandung Ltd. for Channel Four, Dist. by California Newsreel | AV | 1999 (Morrison, Humanities, Anthropology, Passariello) | ||
| Black Fox - The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler (German interest) | A revealing film story of Adolf Hitler's ambition, his passiion, his demonic will, his million-fold murders. The picture is also a study in depth of those tragic rivers of history which made Hitler's rise possible and which came to confluence in an apocalypse of 50 million dead and a large part of the world in anquish and ruin. Based in part on the 12th century folk tale "Reynard the Fox," as adapted by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Narrated by Marlene Dietrich in English. | 89 min., b&w | Documentary (History, Hitler, holocaust ) | 1962 Louis Clyde Stoumen | AV | 1997 (Hamm, Bokel, History0 | ||
| Black Indians: An American Story | "Black Indians: An American Story" brings to light a forgotten part of America's past - the cultural and racial fusion of Native and African Americans. Narrated by James Earl Jones, produced and directed by the award winning Native American production company, Rich-Heape Films, this presentation explores what brought the two groups together, what drove them apart, and the challenges that they face today. From the Atlantic Seaboard to the Western Plains, family memories and historical highlights reveal the indelible mark of the unique ancestry, and its continuing influence throughout the generations. |
60 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) | 2000 Rich-Heape Films, Inc. | AV | 2004 (Passariello, Anthropology) | ||
| Black Orpheus (musical) (Spanish/Hispanic) (Portugese with English subtitles) | Street-car Conductor Mello and country girl Dawn fall in love in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. Updating ot the Orpheus and Eurydice legend. | 103 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Marcel Camus | 1988, Connoisseur Video Collection. 1959, Lopert Films, Inc. | Atkins | AV | 1992 (Joyce, Humanities, Pace, Passariello, Anthropology) | |
| Black Robe (Spanish/Hispanic) (English language) Canadian production | Epic look at a 17th century Jesuit priest who goes to Quebec to colonize the "Indian" tribes. Graphically violent. | 101 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Bruce Beresford. | 1991 The Samuel Goldwyn Company. | AV | 1994 (Perkins, History) | ||
| Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement - Part I:Pioneers (41 min), Part II: A Theatre of Our Own (37 min.), Part III: Black Theatre and Beyond (35 min). all on one cassette | This program captures the birth of a new theatre from the Civil Rights activism of the 1950's 60's and 70's. It is an encyclopedia on video of the leading figures, institutions and events of a movement which transformed American theatre. Clips from historic productions now available for the first time on video include the first all-black production of Genet's "The Blacks", the original television production of "A Raisin in the Sun", "Black Girl", "Dutchman" and "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf". | 114 min. color/b&w | Documentary (Anthropology, Drama, African-American studies) | 1978, California Newsreel | Atkins | AV | Dir.Woody King, Jr. | 1999 (Pace, Anthropology) |
| Blade Runner (Director's Cut) | Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assighment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. The story of "Blade Runner" is familiar to countless fans. But few have seen it like this. Because this is director Ridley Scott's own vision of his sci-fi classic. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachael (Sean Young) and removes the "uplifting" finale. The result is a heightened emotional impact: a great film made greater. Most intriquing of all is a newly included unicorn vision that suggests Deckard may be a humanoid. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Is Deckard a replicant? | 117 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ridley Scott | 1991 The Blade Runner Partnership 1999 Warner Home Video |
AV | 1999 GSP (Lerner) | ||
| Blade Runner (Not the Director's Cut) | In 21st century L.A., a former cop (Harrison Ford) is recruited to track down androids who have mutinied in space and made their way to Earth. | 117 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Ridley Scott | 1987 Embassy Home Entertainment 1982 The Ladd Company. |
AV | 1995 (Glazier-McDonald, Joyce, Religion, Humanities0 | ||
| Blazing Saddles | Brooks' first hit movie. A riotous Western spoof. | 93 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Mel Brooks | 1974 Warner Brothers, Inc. 1986 Warner Home Video, Inc. |
AV | 1995 (Gift) | ||
| Bleak House (Dickens) | Denholm Elliott and Diana Rigg star in Charles Dickens' biting social commentary on the justice system of 19th century England. The infamous Jarndyce case has been dragging through the courts for years, ruining lives and leaving entire families devastated. John Jarndyce (Elliott), a good-natured country gentleman, refuses to let it control his life. Like so many before him, the young man gets caught up in the labrynthine suit and the intrigue that surrounds it. A powerful tale of greed and social decay, this distinguished BBC production is a masterful recreation of the world of Charles Dickens. | 391 minutes (three cassettes), color | Feature (Masterpiece Theatre Series) | 1987, A&E/BBC, CBS?FOX | AV | 1998 (M. and J. Ward, Bastian, English) | ||
| Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (DVD) (German w/ English, French, and Spanish Subtitles) | The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary coming to terms with working alongside unspeakable evil after remaining silent for nearly sixty years. In 1942, Traudl Jung was an apolitical 22-year-old chosen from a clerical pool to work as one of Adolf Hitler's private secretaries. Working day-in, day-out for Hitler, Junge viewed him as a surrogate father figure, private and polite, nothing like the crazed rhetorician of his speeches. Shielded fromthe knowledge of Hitler's acts of atrocity and convinced she was in the center of information, she was actually in a blind spot. As the Nazi regime teetered on destruction and Hitler plunged further into madnes, Junge witnessed everything up to the final chaotic days in the bunker. |
87 min., color | Feature, Dir. Othmar Schmiderer & Andre Heller | 2002 DorFilm | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson, German) | ||
| Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles, The | An account of how "miraculous" occurences may be approached. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, religion) | Released by New Day Films | No PPR | AV | 1998 (Passariello)(Anthropology) | |
| Blitz, The: London's Longest Night (DVD) | On the 29th of December 1940, the Luftwaffe attacked the city of London with devastating results. Tens of thousands of incendiary bombs were dropped on the heart of the capital in a brutal attempt to destroy it. Londoners fought all through the night to control the inferno. The next morning they awoke to face the smoking ruins of their city. Now, after two years of extensive research, and based on eyewitness testimony THE BLITZ creates an exciting and emotional drama that brings the terrifying night alive. | 90 min., color and b&w | Feature, Dir. Louise Osmond | 2006 Darlow Smithson Productions. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Reigelman, International Studies) | ||
| Blonde Venus | A woman is caught between her Husband, lover, child, and career. Marlene Dietrich's ape suit scene, singing "Hot Voodoo". | 94 min., b&w | Feature, Dir.Josef von Sternberg | 1932 Paramount | AV | 1996 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Blood of a Poet (French with music and onscreen text) | A symbolic fantasy which supposedly transpires in a split second: the time it takes for a chimney to crumble and land. Commentary spoken by Cocteau. | 54 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Jean Cocteau | 1930 | AV | 1990 (Ciholas) Purchased a new, improved copy in 1999 for Prof. Joyce. |
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| Blood Wedding (Spanish, subtitled) | Gades' adaptation for ballet of Federico Garcia Lorca's classic tragedy, performed in full costume in a rehearsal hall. | 71 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Carlos Saura | 1986 Media Home Entertainment, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1993 (Orlins) (Finch, Spanish) | |
| Bloodsuckers (with Nigel Marven) | 52 min. color | Documentary (Biology) | 2000 Discovery Channel with United Production | To Prof. Dew 8-22-01 | Ticks, leeches, and all those icky things which live on borrowed blood. | 2002 (Dew) | ||
| Blue (DVD) (French w/Yellow English Subtitles) | Juliette Binoche (The English Patient, Best Supporting Actress; Chocolat) is a young woman left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to unravel. | 98 min., color | Feature, Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1996 Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | With each startling discovery and heart-stopping surprise, Blue is sure to entertain you from beginning to end. | 2004 (Ciholas) | |
| Blue Angel (DVD) (Includes original German and English Versions) | Emil Jannings, the quintessential German expressionist actor, stars as Professor Immanuel Rath, the sexually-repressed instructor of a boys prep school. After learning of the pupils' infatuation with French postcards depicting a local nightclub songstress, he decides to personally investigate the source of such indecency. But as soon as he enters the shadowy Blue Angel nightclub and steals one glimpse of the smoldering Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrich), commanding the stage in a top hat, stockings and bare thighs, Rath's self-righteous piety is crushed. He finds himself fatefully seduced by the throaty voice of the vulgar siren, singing, "Falling In Love Again." Consumed by desire and tormented by his rigid propriety, Professor Rath allows himself to be dragged down a path of personal degradation. | 106 min., b&w (German version w/ Eng. subtitles) 94 min., b&w (English version) |
Feature, Dir. Josef Von Sternberg | 1930 UFA (German version) 1930 Paramount Publix Corp. (English version) |
Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (Klimke) | ||
| Blue Angel (German with English subtitles) Second copy | A stuffy professor falls blindly in love with a cabaret entertainer who ruins his life. Marlene Dietrich's role, Lola Lola, made her an international star. From Heinrich Mann's novel "Professor Unrath". | 106 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Josef Von Sternerg | 1929 Barr Entertainment (original production 1929) | AV | German with English subtitles. Inferior quality of transfer because no good prints available. Purchased Spring 1993. | 1993 (Klimke) | |
| Blue Demon contra los Cerebros Infernales (The Blue Demon vs. the Infernal Brains) (DVD) (Regions 1 and 4) | The Blue Demon needs to help the police to confront a Machiavellian scientist and his horde of zombie women who are looking to wipe out the human race. Join the enigmatic Blue Demon on this adventure full of action, mystery, and zombie women! | 90 min., color | Feature, Dir. Rafael Perez Grovas | 1968 | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Blue Hawaii | Elvis Presley as an ex-GI returning home to the Islands to work in the tourist industry with mother Angela Lansbury. | 106 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Norman Taurog | 1987 CBS/FOX Company 1961 Viacom International, Inc. |
AV | 1993 (Passariello) | ||
| Blue Kite, The (Chinese with subtitles) | Banned in China, where the director was under close government scrutiny for making the film "without permission", "The Blue Kite" is the most acclaimed and controversial of all of the films to come out of the new Chinese cinema. Told from the perspective of a young boy, Tietou, it traces the fate of a Beijing family and their neighbors as they experience the political and social upheavals in 1950's and 60's China. Tietou's parents, a librarian and school teacher, both loyal communist party members, soon learn that even the most innocent criticisms can be interpreted by the Party as imperialist propaganda. Over the next fifteen years, Tietou observes the adverse effects of party policy on various members of his family. The only image of hope and freedom offered in the film is a blue kite given to Tietou by his father which he later passes on to the next generation. | 138 min., color | Feature, Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang | 1993 Chuo Eyetos & Co., Ltd., A Kino International Release | AV | 1999 (Beaudoin) | ||
| Blue Velvet | A highly individual look at the bizarre elements just behind the facade of a picture-perfect American town. | 121 mins., color | Feature, Dir. David Lynch | 1991 Warner Brothers Home Video | AV | 1993 (Weston) | ||
| Boat, The - Das Boot (German version with subtitles and also an English-dubbed version) | Realistic, meticulously mounted nail-biter chronicling a German U-boat on a mission during WW2. | 150 min. | Feature, Dir. Wolfgang Petersen | 1981 Bavaria Atelier GMBH | AV | 1996 (Bokel) | ||
| Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (DVD) | He is one of the most influential, inspirational and ground-breaking musicians of our time. Now, Academy Award-nominated director Martin Scorsese (Goodfells,1990) brings us the extraordinary story of Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in the coffee houses of Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg and others share their thoughts and feelings about the young singer who would change popular music forever. With never-before-seen footage, exclusive interviews, and rare concert performances, it's the definitive portrait fans the world over have been anticipating for decades: the untold story of a living American legend. | 207 min., color | Feature, Dir. Martin Scorsese | 2005 Paramount Pictures | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (B. Hall) | ||
| Boca del Lobo, La (Spanish with subtitles) | The Peruvian army takes control of Chuspi, a small village isolated in the Andes by the revolutionary group "Sendero Luminoso" - The Shining Path. Vitin Luna and the other young soldiers must face an invisible, perhaps superior, force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenent who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience. | 111 min., color | Feature, Dir. Francisco J. Lombardi | 1988 T.V.E., S.A. (Dis. Cinevista 1990) | AV | 2001 (Calatayud) | ||
| Boland, Eavan | Eavan Boland is a major Irish poet, and in her nine books of poetry she explores the relationship between gender, art, and national identity -- "the meeting place between womanhood and history." She read from "In a Time of Violence and Outside History" on Nov. 16, 1994, in Los Angeles. She discussed her work with Los Angeles poet Eloise Klein Healy whose books include "Artemis in Echo Park" and "Ordinary Wisdom." | 60 min. | Documentary (Irish literature) | 1994 Lannan Foundation | AV | 1998 (Roberta White and Prof. Emmett) | ||
| Bomb, The: World at War Vol. 24 | The BOMB | 52 min. | Documentary (History, World War II, atomic bomb) | 1982 Thames Television | AV | 1995 (Hamm) | ||
| Bombing of America, The (Nova) | Nova profiles several notorious bombing incidents - the celebrated case of the Unabomber, the World Trade Center, and lesser known cases like the Army of God, the rash of bombings in the Southeast in 1989, and even the tragic story of a booby-trapped toothpaste container placed by a teenager that cost a 5 year old girl her arm. Predates the attack on the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001. | 60 min. | Documentary (Chemistry and bombs) | 1996 HGBH Educational Fnd. | AV | 1997 (Muzyka) | ||
| Bones of the Forest | Forget all the other somber documentaries you've seen about dead-serious subjects-bones of the Forest is a lively, lyrical and suprisingly avant-garde look at our relationship to the land. The film presents series of vignettes and reminiscences involving British Columbia native and non-native elders, retired loggers and environmentalists. Bones of the Forest documents the social and environmental consequences of short-sighted logging practices and years of colonialism. With its evocative camera work, atmospheric soundscape, and cast of compelling characters, Bones of the Forest is an illuminating, even handed exploration of the tensions that have developed between "those that were here" and "those that came." | 80 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Ecology, anthropology) | 1996 The Video Project | AV | 2003 (Lubbers) | ||
| Bonhoeffer, Dietrich: Memories & Perspectives (German history, holocaust) | 93 min., b/w | Documentary (Holocaust, German history) | 1985 | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1990 (Mount, McCollough) | ||
| Bonnie and Clyde | Trend-setting film about unlikely heroes of 1930s bank-robbing team. Often imitated - but never matched in style. Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Warren Beatty, Gene Wilder's film debut, and others. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Arthur Penn | 1967 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Inc. and Tatira-Hiller Productions, 1986, Warner Home Video, Inc. | AV | 1990 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Booker T. Washington: Life and Legacy | Tracing the life and legacy of Booker T. Washington, this film details the founding of Tuskegee Institute, a major force in souther life after the Civil War and a valuable contribution to both blacks and whites of the region. Through the tireless efforts and fundraising capabilities of Washington, Tuskegee developed into an educational model uniquely situated to the needs of the South. The Life and Legacy expores the complex personality of Booker T. Washington with re-created vignettes and interviews with his contemporaries suc as W.E.B. DuBois, revealing his racial and political philosophies. Historic photographs provide background for the reconstruction period with insight into such events as the Atlanta Compromise and the Boston Riot. | 32 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) | 1982 Distributed by Harpers Ferry Historical Association, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Gift - Pace) | ||
| Border, The (Spanish/Hispanic interest) | Charlie (Jack Nicholson) and his wife, Marcy (Valerie Perrine) are two people caught up in the turmoil of conflicting values. Marcy is consumed by her middle class materialism-regardless of cost. Charlie's goals are decidedly more profound. As a border guard along the Rio Grande, he has to choose between loyalties to his job, and country, his wife and his compassion for human suffering. This sensitivity is concentrated in the "illegal." Maria (Elpidia Carrillo), her younger brother, Juan, and Maria's baby from whom she is tragically separated. Charlie, as a result of Marcy's greed, falls prey to the corruption all around him, is betrayued and blackmailed by "Cat" (Harvey Keitel), his "friend" and neighbor, sees Maria become a go-go dancer in a sleazy bar and watches Juan succumb to fatal wounds. But at the end, Charlie makes good his promise and joins Maria, bringing her baby with him. He has crossed the "border" for the last time! | 107 min., color | Feature, Dir. Tony Richardson | 1981 Universal City Studios, Inc. | AV | 1999 (Bellver, Spanish program) | ||
| Borderline Medicine | Comparison of American and Canadian systems . Walter Cronkite narrates. | 60 min. | Documentary (Economics, medical ethics) | 1990 Public Policy Productions, Inc. WNET Public Television | AV | 1993 (Mount) | ||
| Borges and I (Jorge Luis Borges) Vol. 7 of Profile of a Writer | 76 min. | Documentary (Spanish literature) | 1983 BBC Television | AV | 1992 (Finch, Spanish) | |||
| Born to Rule (Volume 1, 1875-1911, of the Aristocracy Series) | From 1875 to 1914, the power of Britain's "ruling class" was threatened by agricultural depression, the growth of democracy and devastating attacks on the House of Lords. Illustrated with artifacts, photos, and commentary by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, the Marquess of Auglesey, and others, this episode recalls the era's heated political and social scene. Tales of indulgence include a spectacular costume ball to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, a marquess who adorned his naked bride with jewels but never consummated his marriage, and a baronet who led daring Arctic adventures. Sir Charles Wolseley tells of aritocrats who, like himself, inherited massive debts along with their titles. His wife, an American historian, relates how impoverished noblemen married American heiresses to restore their fortumes. | 48 min., color | Documentary (British history, anthropology) | 1997 BBC | AV | 2001 (Bruce Johnson, from London apartment) | ||
| Botero: Four Seasons (Spanish - Hispanic) | Travel the seasons with this engaging Colombian artist through the streets of Paris, New York, Bogota, and Florence. This documentary provides insight into Botero's life, career, and role in contemporary art. | 53 min., color | Documentary (Spanish/Hispanic Modern Art) | 1992 SODAPERAGA | AV | 2001 (Spanish language faculty) | ||
| Bottom Line, The | Is today's corporate culture, characterized by exorbitant CEO salaries, downsizing, and benefit reductions, alienating employers from employees? What moral obligations do companies have to the peo[le who work for them, and to the communities they serve? In this program a group of business experts examine these issues, and discuss how companies can do "the right thing" and still improve their bottom lines. Experts include the president and CEO of a large corporation, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a former executive committee member of Johnson & Johnson. | 28 min., color | Documentary (Business ethics, economics) | FFH 2000 | AV | Lori | 2001 (Mount) | |
| Bourgeois Gentilhomm (French with subtitles) (Moliere) | The "Would-be Gentleman" is a witty Moliere play performed by the Comedie Francais in the tradition of the "Commedia Dell' Arte". Extremely amusing . | 97 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jean Meyer | 1958 1982 J. David Goldin |
AV | 1990 (Vahlkamp, Film Series, Keffer) | ||
| Bowling for Columbine (DVD) | Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore (Roger & Me) takes aim at America's love affair with guns and violence in this Oscar winning film that "demands attention" (People)! Mixing riveting footage, hilarious animation and candid interviews with everyone from the NRA's Charlton Heston to shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, Bowling for Columbine is a "brilliant" (The Hollywood Reporter) tour de force of filmmaking. | 1 hr. 59 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Moore | 2003 MGM Home Entertainment LLC | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Morrison, Anderson) | ||
| Boycott (DVD) (English of Spanish Language w/English, Spanish or French subtitles) | One woman refuses to give up her seat in a "whites only" section of a public bus. The bus stops. The city stops. The world stops. December 1, 1955, Montgomery, Alabama. A time when resentment gives birth to rebellion; when a gesture has the power to bring about change. This single act by Rosa Parks inspires an uprising that will make history, and make a leader of Martin Luther King, Jr. BOYCOTT is the explosive telling of this story. |
112 min., color | Feature, Dir. Clark Johnson | 2001 Home Box Office, a Division of Time Warner Entertainment Company L.P. | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (J.H. Atkins) | ||
| Boyz N the Hood (Spike Lee) | A look at life in the black section of South Central L.A. | 112 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Singleton | 1991 Columbia Tristar Pictures | Atkins | AV | 1993 (Weston) | |
| BRAIN SEX (Set of 3 titles: 1. Sugar and Spice, 2. Anything You Can Do...., 3. Love, Love Me Do | 45 min. each | Documentary (Biology, psychology) | Discovery Communications, Inc. 1992 TLC | YOUNG 234 | Video is kept in the Psychology Dept. | 1994 (Brent White) | ||
| Brain Transplant (Nova) | Two paralyzed drug addicts travel to Sweden to undergo a revolutionary brain disease treatment that is largely unavailable in the United States because of the ban on fetal tissue research. This program tells the continuing story (begun more than six years ago) of a mysterious malady linked to a bad batch of synthetic heroin. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology) | 1992 WGBH Educational Foundation | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2004 (Asmus) | |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula (DVD) | Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins star in director Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning, passionately seductive version of the classic Dracula legend. | 130 min., color | Feature, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola | 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (M. Ward - Centre Term), 2005 (Replacement) | ||
| Bratsk Sea, The (Russian w/English Voice-overs) | In the early 1960's, The Soviet Union's Communist planners decided a power plant needed to be built. They determined the best location meant the city of Balagansk and farms comprising over thirty-two thousand acres would be flooded by the project. In order to help with the "selling" of the relocation to the residents of Balagansk, the local newspaper was given the assignment of printing positive articles about the relocation. In the end, like Communism itself, the dream couldn't measure up to the reality. The soil at the relocation site was inferior to what had been flooded on the valley floor. Millions of Rubles were lost in farm production shortages. At the relocation site, there is less water for growing crops and watering live stock. The relocated families also don't have enough water for their residential use and must have water delivered in bulk. One of the residents tells us, "Communism at the time was like a holy thing". "We did everything to make it happen." | 50 min., color | Documentary (Russia, ethics. ecology, economics) | 2000 Artistic License Inc. | AV | Dir. Tatiana Homutova | 2003 (Hamm) | |
| BRD Trilogy (DVD) Disc 1 - The Marriage of Maria Braun, Disc 2 - Veronika Voss, Disc 3 - Lola, Disc 4 - The BRD Trilogy: The Supplements (Discs 1-3/German w/optional English Subtitles, Disc 4 - English and German w/optional English Subtitles) | By the age of thirty-four, German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder had already directed twenty-two feature films. In 1978, he embarked upon a project to trace the history of postwar Germany in a series of films told through the eyes of three remarkable women. Fassbinder's three films The Marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, and Lola - the BRD (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) Trilogy - would garner him the international acclaim for which he had always yearned and place his name foremost in the canon of New German Cinema. The Criterion Collection is proud to present these films together for the first time ever in home video. | Disc 1 - 120 min., color Disc 2 - 104 min., B&W Disc 3 - 115 min., color Disc 4 - 202 min., color/B&W |
Feature, Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2003 The Criterion Collection | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Ian Wilson) | ||
| Bread and Roses (DVD) (English & Spanish Subtitles) | From acclaimed director Ken Loach comes the gripping story of a group of immigrant workers who take a stand against the million dollar corporations who employ them. Newly arrived illegal immigrant Maya (Pilar Padilla) has just joined her sister on the job as a janitor in a downtown LA office building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices, she teams up with Sam (Adrien Brody), a labor organizer, to fight their ruthless employer. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ken Loach | Parallax (Bread and Roses) Ltd., Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH and Tornasol Films S.A. and Alta Films S.A. | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Finch, Spanish Dept.), 2005 (Replacement) | ||
| Breaker Morant | Tells the story of one of history's most controversial military court-martials. The setting is the Boer War, South Africa, 1901. After the brutal death of a British captain, an enraged lieutenant, Harry Morant, leads his unit in pursuit of the Boers, attacks their camp and has a captive executed. The execution of other prisoners and the mysterious death of a missionary lead to the arrest of Morant and two other lieutenants. Thought they are brilliantly defended, the case has been stacked against them. At the height of the trial, the prison is attacked by savage Boers, but it is the three prisoners who successfully lead the defense. Yet the court is still unwilling to be lenient and pronounces a startling sentence, and the legend of "Breaker" Morant is born. | 103 min., color | Feature, Dir. Bruce Beresford | 1979 South Australian Film Corporation | AV | 2002 (Purchased as a previously viewed copy) | ||
| Breakfast Club | A bold experiment in the era of teen raunch movies: five kids sit and talk about themselves, during day-long detention. | 92 min., color | FEATURE, Dir. John Hughes | 1985 Universal City Studios, Inc. | AV | 1994 (Weston) | ||
| Breaking Away | A film about four college-age friends in Bloomington, Indiana who don't know what to do with their lives. | 100 min., color | FEATURE, Dir. Peter Yates | 20TH CENTURY FOX, 1979 - VIA CBS/FOX VIDEO | AV | 1993 (Reigelman, GSP) | ||
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling (2 part set on 2 tapes) | This two-part program discusses obstacles that prevent women from getting to the top of organizations. These obstacles also prevent businesses from getting the best from their workforce - an unacceptable reality in today's competitive business environment. In part one of this program, six women managers who have broken through the glass ceiling discuss the hurdles they overcame to do so. Key techniques and strategies, such as networking, mentoring, handling authority, and self-assertion, are discussed and demonstrated. Part two features case studies of women in the UK and the United States which provide informative and practical insights into what it takes to break through the glass ceiling in any organization. | Pt. 1 = 25 min., Pt .2 = 12 min., both color | Documentary (Women and business) | 1997 FFH under license from BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. | AV | lori-2 | 1999 (Mount) (Hamilton) | |
| Breast Cancer: Replacing Fear With Facts (Women's Health Series) | 37 min., color | Documentary (Psychology, medicine) | 1993 American Medical Communications | Don Brown | 1995 (student of Dr. Brown) | |||
| Bride of Frankenstein | Sequel to Frankenstein. Elsa Lanchester as the bride. | 1 hr. 15 mins., b&w | Feature, Dir. James Whale | 1935 Universal Pictures Company, Inc. 1988 MCA Home Video, Inc. |
AV | 1993 (Joyce) | ||
| Bridge on the River Kwai, The (DVD) (English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese Audio w/English French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai subtitles) | When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. | 162 min., color | Feature, Dir. David Lean | 1957, renewed 1985 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | Not on back-up disk. | 2006 (Tubb) | |
| Bridge, The (German with English subtitles) | "....one of the most viciously realistic war films ever made, The Bridge takes you to a time and place that no longer exists...Germany, 1945, in the final hours of the war. As the war rages to its bitter climax, eight sixteen-year-old German schoolboys are drafted into the Wehrmacht as a last resort to defend a bridge to their town. With patriotic enthusiasm, the boys struggle bravely but futilely to carry out their orders against advancing American troops and tanks. " | 102 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Bernhard Wicki | 1959 1995 Transocean International, Dist. by Betafilm (KirchGroup) |
AV | 1998 (Gift - Bokel) | ||
| Brig, The | "The Brig is a modern inferno. The men who enter it abandon all hope of mercy, striving only to find within themselves the strength to preserve their sanity against what seems impossible odds. Here, hell is a Marine Corps prison in which humiliation and brutality are dished out according to the book, with guards and inmates performing a mad ritual of degradation....a work of art that serves as a metaphor of protest against man's meaningless inhumanity to man. Julian Beck designed the starkly effective setting." Kevin Thomas, Los Angele Times. "Mekas filmed the play on the stage of the Living Theatre after it had been closed down by the police for tax evasion. He and the cast slipped into the theater through a coal chute and made the film in five hours. The furious rhythms of THE BRIG convey the inhumanity of military discipline with the raw force of a battle document." Newsweek. | 55 min., b&w | Documentary (Performance, MODERN drama) | 1964 White Line Co. via Mystic Fire Video | Prof. Hallock April 2002 | Purchased for the Drama program, Kagan-Moore | 1994 (Kagan-Moore) | |
| Bringing Multicultural Music to Children | Songs and chants from Africa, China, and Jamaica; music from Native Americans, the Maori of New Zealand, and from African Americans; and ideas for bringing multicultural music to children. | 27 min. | Documentary (Music education) | 1992 Music Educational National Conference (MENC) | AV | Purchased by Prof. Hall in support of the course for elementary education students - teaching music in the public schools. | 1994 (B. Hall, Nystrom) | |
| Bringing Up Baby | An heiress pursues a stuffy zoologist. Katherine Hepburn, whose pet Baby is a leopard, is after Cary Grant who "digs" dinosaur bones. | 103 min. | Feature, Dir. Howard Hawkes | 1938 RKO | AV | 1996 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Broken Chain, The | In the midst of the Revolutionary War, two Iroquois tribal brothers are caught up in a fight to keep their people and their land from the destruction of approaching settlers. But when they are forced to choose an alliance with the Europeans, their loyalties become divided, a brutal battle pits tribe against tribe, and the Great Peace of the Iroquois Nation is on the verge of being destroyed. Based on a true story. | 93 min., color | Feature, Dir. Lamont Johnson | Turner Home Entertainment, 199? | AV | 2002 (T. Baker)) | ||
| Broken Silence (Rigoberta Menchu) | "in the recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation" she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 12, 1992. "The celebration of Columbus is for us an insult," said Menchu, one of the most outspoken and articulate and persuasive advoctes of native rights. This program presents a profile of this extraordinary woman, whose life has become a symbol of the sufferings, not only of her own Mayan Quiche people, but of all the indigenous people of the Americas. It is a moving portrait, too, of a self-taught woman who dreams of two things: a Guatemalan Congress integrating indigenous and non-indigenous men and women-and having a child "so I can plant my own seed, for better or worse." | 25 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, Hispanic literature) | 1993 Films for the Humanities, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Passariello, Daniels, Spanish) | ||
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (DVD) | This Golden Globe-nominated documentary juxtaposes newsreel footage, film clips and period music in an eye-opening look at the Great Depression. During these lean years, filmmakers produced an amazingly rich bounty of classics such as I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, King Kong, His Girl Friday, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Citizen Kane and more. These movies often provide the richest insights into those painful, turbulent times. Many of the movies created in the 1930s featured strong social commentary still relevant today, though others offered pure escapism and fed a fascination with a dazzling world that was out of reach to the everyday American. Never before, and never since, have movie stars been quite so glamorous. Bogart, Cooper and Dietrich are seen at the top of their careers. We glimpse Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh at the screen test for Gone With the Wind, George Raft dancing a lanuorous tango with Carole Lombard, and Busby Berkeley filling the screen with his lavis extravaganzas. By comparing and contrasting the fantasy of film and the reality of everyday life, BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? provides a fascinating perspective on the Great Depression and Hollywood's golden age. |
112 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Economic) | 1974 Visual Programme Systems Ltd. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Das) | ||
| Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups) (DVD) (Languages = English, Spanish or French; Subtitles = English or Spanish) | When a mysterious beast ravages the countryside, two unlikely heroes are called in to fight the evil. The only way they can save the land from this unspeakable terror is to face their greatest fears, unearth a dark power and reveal a deadly secret. | 2 hrs. 24 min., color | Feature, Dir. Christophe Gans | 2002 Universal Studios | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (M. Manheim) | ||
| Bruth Gof. Pearson (Arts Archives) | no. 1 | Documentary (Drama) | 1994-95 Artrs Archive | Drama dept., Kagan-Moore | 1995 (Kagan-Moore) | |||
| Buddha in the Land of the Kami (7th-12th Centuries) from the series: Japan Past and Present | The history of Japan past and present is the story of the kami, the supernatural, not quite godlike spirits who underlie the Japanese-ness of Japan - who created the Japanese islands at the beginning of time and remain today the ones responsible for health and luck, for success in childbirth and business, for the proper functioning of silicon chips and the uniqueness and unity of the Japanese. This program begins with the creation myth of Japan and explains the origin and scope of the kami concept; explains the arrival of Buddhism and how Buddhism and the kami were assimilated; discusses the role of Chinese culture, style, and writing in Japanese culture; and demonstrates how the Japanese garden epitomizes the Japanese view of the relationship between man and nature, space, time and reality. | 52 min., color | Documentary (Japan, Buddhism, religion) | 1989 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | AV | 2001 (Bradshaw) (Beaudoin) | ||
| Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha - India (Long Search #3) | Program #3 of the series, India | 52 min. | Documentary (India, Buddhism, Religion) | 1978 Long Search Series (Ambrose) | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1992 (Scarborough, Hoover) | |
| Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing Buddha - Japan (Long Search #9) | Long Search Prog. #9 Japanese Buddhism | 52 min. | Documentary (Religion, Japan, Buddhism) | 1978 Long Search Series (Ambrose) | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1992 (Scarborough) | |
| Buddhism: The Middle Way of Compassion | Filmed in India, Nepal, Thailand, and Japan, this video explores the development of Buddhism since the birth of Siddhartha Gautama. It explains the concept of karma, discusses the Noble Eightfold Way, and differentiates between Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. It also shows Buddhist rituals in different countries. | 25 min., color | Documentary | 1993 Harcourt Religion | AV | 2006 (Weston) | ||
| Buena Vista Social Club (Spanish - subtitled in English) | Ry Cooder and Wm. Wenders reveal the life stories of the brilliantly talented performers who collaborated on the legendary recording of the same name. | 105 min., color | Documentary (Spanish/hispanic culture, music) | 1999 Road Movies Filmproduktion GMBH Berlin | AV | 2001 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Buffalo Creek Revisited | Filmed ten years after the flood, Buffalo Creek Revisited looks at the second disaster on Buffalo Creek, in which the survivors' efforts to rebuild the communities shattered by the flood are thwarted by government insensitivity and a century-old pattern of corporate control of the region's land and resources. Through the statements of survivors, planners, politicians, psychologists, and community activists, the film explores the psychology of disaster, the importance of community, and the paradox of a poor people living in a rich land. | 31 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) | 1984 Appalshop Film & Video | AV | 2005 (Goodrum) | ||
| Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court | It's cartoon comedy in Camelot when Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang retell the classic Mark Twain story A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The Brooklyn-born bunny burrows back in time to find the famous Round Table made up of some familiar friends and foes: Daffy Duck as King Arthur, mean-tempered Sam as the scheming Merlin of Monroe, the Baron of Yosemite, Porky Pig as Sir Loin of Pork and, of course, the wabbit-hating Sir Elmer of Fudde. | 26 min., color | Feature, Dir. Chuck Jones | 1977 Warner Bros. Television | AV | 2004 (Rasmussen) | ||
| Buried Mirror, The (five part series, Spanish culture, but narrated in English) 1. Virgin and the Bull, The 2. Conflict of the Gods 3. Age of Gold, The 4. Price of Freedom, The 5. Unfinished Business |
Carlos Fuentes narrates the history of Mexico and its association with the European and American cultures. | 60 min each episode (5 episodes) | Documentary. Mexican history | Sogetel 1991 via Films Inc., Public Media Video | AV | 1995 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Burning Bed, The | Francine Hughes has gone from homemaker to arsonist. . .from loving wife to murderess. By her own admission, she set fire to her house and ex-husband. Can she possibly be innocent? On trial for her life, she testifies about a life that could be any woman's Imprisoned in a marriage with a man she never really knew. . .beaten senseless by a husband with an uncontrollable rage. . .humiliated in front of three children too young to understand. . .shuffled around by authorities powerless to help her. She is lonely. She is angry. She is desperate. Because she knows that any day she could be killed. |
97 min., color | Feature, Dir. Robert Greenwald | 1995 Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. | AV | 2004 (Goodrum) | ||
| Burning Season, The (Spanish interest) | The Chico Mendes story starring Raul Julia. | 123 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Frankenheimer | 1994 Home Box Office | AV | Made for Television Movie | 1998 (Finch, Helmuth, Axtell, Spanish) | |
| Burnt By the Sun (Russian language with English subtitles) | An indelible account of a man dedicated to family and fatherland, cruelly destroyed by political paranoia | 134 min., color | Feature, Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov | 1994 Camera One-Studio Trite. via Columbia Tristar | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1997 (Hamm) | |
| Burnt Money (DVD) (Spanish w/English Subtitles) | When two gay thugs Angel (Eduardo Noriega) and El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia) join a plan to hold up an armored truck with a group of seasoned gangsters, their love and loyalty to each other is tested. Angel is wounded by police gunfire during the robbery, forcing El Nene to kill them all in a fit of rage. Things become complicated when they escape to Uruguay and the police threaten to torture the driver's moll if she doesn't tell them where they are. With their pictures plastered on the cover of every paper, drowning in drugs and alcohol, the gang begins to bicker. Against his boss's wishes El Nene leaves the apartment and roams the streets where he meets a prostitute named Giselle (Leticia Bredice) in whom he begins to trust. | 125 min., color | Feature, Dir. Marcelo Pineyro | 2002 Strand Releasing | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Slade, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Business of America | 58 min. | Documentary (Economics) | 1984 California Newsreel | AV | 1993 (Winrich, Brownlee, Mount) | |||
| Butter Battle Book, The (Dr. Seuss) | The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over butter and bread - on which side should one spread? It starts with sticks and with stones, gets bigger, grows badder, everyone's a bit madder. There's a lesson to learn for those who must fight... a war is never won despite all one's might. Good thing they at last saw the light! | 24 min., color | animation | 1989, Turner Pictures, Inc. and Audrey Geisel | AV | 1999 (Anderson) | ||
| Butterfly (DVD) (Spanish or French with subtitles) | A tale about a young boy growing up in a small Spanish town. Moncho is timid and fearful as he starts school for the first time. But with the nurturing guidance of his kind and devoted teacher, Don Gregorio, a world of possibilities begins to open up for young Moncho. As the school year comes to a close however, civil war begins sweeping across the country, forcing the boy's family and community to choose between the fght for freedom and the threat of persecution. A story of family and friendship during a time of extreme conflict. | 94 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jose Luis Cuerda | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2001 (Bellver, Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Cabaret (Musical Movie version) | The Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey academy award winning movie musical with extra music written especially for the film version. | 124 min., color | Feature, Dir. Bob Fosse | 1972 ABC Pictures Corp. and Allied Artists Pictures Corp. | AV | 1997 (Drama, English depts. Rasmussen) | ||
| Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish New World culture) | In 1528, a Spanish expedition founders off the coast of Florida - 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer - and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past. | 1 hr. 48 min., color | Feature, Dir. N. Echevarria | 1993 New Horizons Home Video | AV | 1998 (Passariello, Helmuth) | ||
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (German made silent feature) and Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire (19 min. short film) | German Expressionist classic. A mysterious doctor creates a reign of terror in a small German town. The distorted sets, with uneven shapes and weird shadows, were designed by architects influenced by expressionist and cubist paintings. The New York Times called it "The most original and exciting film to come from any country after World War I." | 72 min., b&w and color tinted (Genuine: 19 min. b/w) | Feature, Dir. Robert Wiene. Music composed and conducted by Timothy Brock (Genuine. Music compiled and performed by Robert Israel). | 1919 A Decla -Bioskop Production Material licensed from the Douris Corporation. Special Contents of this Edition 1996 Film Preservation Asociates. |
AV | Also available on DVD | 1999 (Vahlkamp, Film Series, Marshall) | |
| Caesar and Cleopatra (from G.B. Shaw) | Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) was born a beautiful and willful child of fortune. Caesar (Claude Rains) was her confidante and lover. He transformed Cleopatra into the most determined and powerful monarch ever to rule the Nile. This union was destined to produce history's most powerful couple. Their burning love ignited an explosive story of power, intrigue and Roman romance. | 123 min., color | Feature, Dir. G. Pascal | 1946 Sterling Intertainment Group (Rank Films) | AV | 1996 (Joyce) | ||
| Caesar: Conqueror of Gual (DVD) (Part of The Conquerors Series from The History Channel) | In 58 BC, Julius Caesar pushed north from Rome into the unruly lands of the barbarians. Less than eight years later, the empire extended all the way to the Atlantic, and Roman Legions were making incursions into Britian. The key to Caesar's victory lay not in the superiority of the Roman war machine but in his mastery of strategy, tactics, discipline, and military engineering. According to Plutarch, Caesar's campaign resulted in 800 conquered cities, 300 subdued tribes, a million slaves, and 3-million dead on the battlefield--all this, not to mention becoming First Man in Rome. | 50 min., color | Documentary | 2005 A&E Television Networks | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Joyce) | ||
| Cage Aux Folles, La (French with subtitles) | When the son (from a one-night stand) of a gay man becomes engaged to the daughter of a priggish government official, the father and his transvestite partner of 20 years try to pretend to be straight. Everything that can go wrong does in a farcical masterpiece. | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Dannon - Molinaro | 1979, United Artists | AV | 1999 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Cairo, 1001 Years of Art and Architecture | A four-part presentation as an introduction to the art and architecture of a great medieval city. | 100 min., color | Documentary (Middle east, history, anthropology) | 2000 Fons Vitae | AV | Gray Henry | 2001 (McCollough) | |
| Camelia (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | The story of a desperate love affair between a bullfighter and a theater actress. She, beautiful and seductive, has a past that makes her incapable of loving. After meeting the passionate Rafael she trusts love again, nevertheless, not even this great love can defeat destiny, a destiny that controls them until the last act. Based on the novel by Alexander Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias. | 107 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Roberto Gavaldon | 2003 Cozumel Films, LLC | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Camila (Spanish, subtitled) | Set in mid-nineteenth century Argentina, "Camila" is the true story of Camila O'Gorman, an aristocratic young woman who falls in love with Ladislao Gutierrez, a young Jesuit priest. Though tormented by the forbidden nature of their love, Ladislao renounces the priesthood and escapes with Camila to the provinces, where they assume new identities and live as husband and wife. Their love affair becomes a pawn in the Chruch's alliance with the aristocracy and the military dictatorship. When Ladislao is eventually recognized by a fellow priest, he and Camila are arrested and condemned to death without trial for the crime of sacrilege. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Maria Luisa Bemberg | 1985 Europeean Classics Release 1985 Embassy Home Entertainment. (Second copy purchased 1999-2000 c. 1984 GEA Cinematografica) |
AV | 1991 (Finch, Spanish) 2000 (Passariello) | ||
| Camille Claudel (French with English subtitles) | Biography of the French sculptress who had a long turbulent affair with Auguste Rodin. | 149 min., color | Feature, Dir. Bruno Nuytten | 1989 Orion Pictures Corporation. | AV | 1995(Ciholas) | ||
| Campaigns of Napoleon, The (set of 3) French Culture. Austerlitz 1805, Moscow 1812, and Waterloo 1815. | Features Large scale battle reconstructions, contemporary images and paintings, graphics and maps, weapons, strategies and tactics, and narration by Brian Blessed and Robert Powell. Full commentary and analysis by Dr. David Chandler, the leading authority on the Emperor Napoleon. | 55 min. each, color/b&w | Documentary (French history, Napoleon) | 1998 Cromwell Films | AV | 2002 (Mothion, Ciholas, Keffe, Beaudoin) | ||
| Candidate, The | An idealist (Robert Redford) is talked into running for Senate with promise of absolute integrity in campaign, since he is bound to lose...... or is he? | 110 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Ritchie | 1972 Warner Bros. | AV | 1991 (Garriott) | ||
| Canterbury Tales I, The | In this Modern English adaptation, amazing model animation and traditional sketch work are combined with the dramatic voices of actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company. The result is a rich tapestry that reflects both the characters and their tales - an engaging illustration of core literary themes such as greed, deception, betrayal and lust. The Canterbury Tales I presents The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Knight's Tale and The Wife of Bath's Tale as the pilgrims begin their journey towards Canterbury. | 30 min., color | Feature, Animated | 2000 Schlessinger Media | AV | 2003 (Rasmussen) | ||
| Canterbury Tales II, The | The second episode of this Modern English adaptation incorporates stunning model animation coupled with traditional cell animation to create a rich and vivid portrayal of Chaucer's literary masterpiece. Actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company provide the vocal talent, resulting in a true masterpiece in film. The Canterbury Tales II presents The Merchant's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale and The Franklin's Tale as the pilgrims arrive at Canterbury. | 30 min., color | Feature, Animated | 2000 Schlessinger Media | AV | 2003 (Rasmussen) | ||
| Canterbury Tales III, The | The third episode is a brilliant culmination to this Modern English adaptation of Chaucer's legendary Canterbury Tales. This vibrant portrayal of the pilgrims' return journey from Canterbury includes the use of dazzling model animation, intricate sketch work and the voices of the Royal Shakespeare Company to bring the characters and their colorful tales to life. Themes explored in this program include courtly love, loyalty, greed and lust. The Canterbury Tales III presents The Squire's Tale, The Canon's Servant's Tale, The Miller's Tale and The Reeve's Tale. | 30 min., color | Feature, Animated | 2001 Schlessinger Media | AV | 2003 (Rasmussen) | ||
| Cantinflas (Two tape set - Tape 1 "El Gendarme Desconocido" and Tape 2 "Soy un Profugo") (Spanish without subtitles) | Tape 1 - 110 min., b&w Tape 2 - 115 min., color |
Feature, Tape 1 Dir. Miguel M. Delgado Tape 2 Dir. Arturo Martinez |
1997 Simitar Entertainment, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Finch, Spanish) | |||
| Cappuccino Trail: The Global Economy in a Cup | A 150-pound bag of coffee beans might earn a farmer $50; the "street value" of that same bag-10,000 cups of coffee-is around $20,000. By following the trail of two coffee beans grown in the Peruvian Andes, this program takes a unique look at the ubiquitous stimulant which, after oil, is the most globally traded commodity. One of the beans takes the route of the open market where its price is determined by commodities traders and analysts, such as Merrill Lynch's Judy Gaines, the industry oracle who discusses the market's volatitlity. The other bean finds its way into Cafe Direct, a new gourmet coffee launched in Britain by a company dedicated to paying fair prices to farmers for their high-quality organic crop. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | 2002 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | AV | 2003 (Brownlee) | ||
| Captured Light: The Invention of Still Photography | 50 min., color and b&w | Documentary | 1995 A&E Television Networks | AV | 2006 (Dew) | |||
| Caracol: The Lost Maya City (Spanish/Hispanic) | Archeologists focus a dig on the Temple of Caana, believed to house the royal Maya tombs. | 60 min. | Documentary (Spanish/hispanic history, Anthropology) | Coronet (1987,Schyberg) | AV | We do not have the more recent discussion of the Copan area, "Lost King of the Maya", 2001 available from NOVA WGBH. | 1992 (Passariello) | |
| Caravaggio: Genius on the Run | The Italian baroque painter, Caravaggio, played a pivotal role in the development of a naturalistic style in 17th-century painting. His use of models from the lower echelons of society in his early secular works and later religious compositions appealed to the Counter Reformation taste for realism, simplicity, and piety in art. Equally important is his introduction of dramatic light-and-dark effects - termed chiaroscuro - into his works. | 45 min., color | Documentary (Art History) | Videodarte Toalfoto | AV | 2004 (B. Hall) | ||
| Carlos Fuentes (A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers) | 28 min. | Documentary (Hispanic interest) | 1988 PBS Video | AV | 1992 (Michael Johnson) (Helmuth) | |||
| Carmen (The Spanish Saura version) | Carlos Saura and Antonio Gades have created a unique version of the enduringly popular story, true to the tempestuous passions of the original, yet innovative in applying a modern sexual sophistication to the classic triangle. | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Carlos Saura | 1986 Media Home Entertainment, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2002 (Helmuth, Bellver, Finch, Daniels, Spanish) | |
| Carmen Jones (Musical/Opera, Spanish interest.) | A twist on the opera's story using Bizet's music and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Stars Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Otto Preminger | 1954 Carlyle Productions renewed 1982 Twentieth Century Fox |
Atkins | AV | 2002 (Finch, Spanish) | |
| Casa De Bernarda Alba, La (Spanish/Hispanic) Spanish translation. | The story by Federico Garcia Lorca.Centered on the power struggle among the women of a noble Spanish family as they mourn the death of the paterfamilias, the play chronicles the passions unleashed among women traped within a family web as it move inexorably toward the grand tragic finale. | 90 min., color | Feature, Dir. Mario Camus | Radio Television Espanola | AV | 2004 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Casablanca | Set during WWII in Morocco which is seething with refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon. Voted one of the greatest film love stories of all time in 2002. | 1 hr. 45 mins., b&w | Feature, Dir. Michael Curtiz | 1943 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. United Artists Television, Inc. 1970. | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Casting the First Stone | Dealing with abortion | 55 mins. | Documentary (Sociology, Abortion debate) | 1991 Casting the First Stone, Inc. | AV | lori-2 | 1993 (Weston) | |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tennessee Williams' classic study of "mendacity" comes to the screen in a slightly laundered but still powerful version. | 108 min., color | Feature, Dir. Richard Brooks | 1958 Loew's Incorporated and Avon Productions, Inc. | AV | 1991 (Converse) | ||
| Catch a Rising Economic Star: Taiwan (China) | Publicity tape for the Taiwan economy | 30 mins. | Documentary (Modern China) | 199? Kwang Ha Mass Communications | AV | 1994 (Gift) | ||
| Cecilia (Spanish with subtitles) 2 cassettes | This film, based on the novel by Cirilio Villaverde, is set in nineteenth- century Cuba. The story of Cecilia, a mulatta, and her relationship with a white man provides an intimate and stark portrayal of colonial Cuba. | Part 1-1 hr. 58 min. Part 2-1 hr. 3 min. |
Feature, Dir. Humberto Solas | 1981 ICAIC Cuba | AV | Purchased from book allowance by library. | 2001 (Prof. Maria Calatayud) | |
| Celebrating the Day of the Dead (in Spanish w/English subtitles) | Throughout pre-Columgian times, November has marked El Dia de los Muertos, otherwise known as the Day of the Dead. It is a time for the living to say goodbye to the dead with offerings of flowers, food, and candles. Now students can view this annual event and explore its historical and cultural significance to Mexico. | 20 min., color | Documentary (Spanish, Anthropology) | 1992 Mexicana De Imagenes Mexico | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Celibidache! Sergiu Celibidache's Garden (DVD) with book (Music) | A "masterful, intimate film that probes the maestro's relationship to music." Features one of the 20th century's most provocative musicians. | 145 min., color | Documentary (music, conducting) | 1997 France, 2001 Facets Multimedia, Inc. | Barbara Hall (4/19/02) | By Serge Iona Celibidachi | 2002 (B. Hall, Warfield) | |
| Celluloid Closet, The (DVD) | Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein (The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt) and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes. | 101 min., color | Feature, Dir. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman | 1996 Reflective Image, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Fischer) | ||
| Central Station (Spanish/Hispanic - Brazil) (Portuguese with subtitles) | Inside Rio de Janeiro's bustling Central Station, two very unlikely souls become inextricably linked. When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely retired schoolteacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. Although initially distrustful of each other, the two form an uncommon bond as they venture from the bustling city to Brazil's barren and remote northeast region in search of the boy's father. | 106 min., color | Feature, Dir. Walter Salles | 1998 VideoFilmes Producoes, LTDA and Mact Productions S.A. | AV | 2002 (Purchased as previously viewed ) | ||
| Centre Singers European Concert Feb. 1992 | 1hr. 32 mins. | Documentary (Archival) | AV | Not NTSC, Video only | 1992 (Archival) | |||
| Chac the Rain God (Spanish) Mayan-English subtitles | A cult film from the 1970s, lost for years and newly restored. Based on ritual and legends from the POPUL VUH, as well as Tzeltal and Mayan stories. A portrait of a Native American spiritual quest. | 95 min., color | Feature, Dir. Rolando Klein | 1974 Restored and released 2001 Milestone Film & Video | AV | 2002 (Passariello) | ||
| Challenge on the Coast from Conserving America Series | Stories of dedicated individuals taking the initiative to protect and restore America's coastal areas: "Adopt-a Beach," a Texas program, inspires an entire community to help clean up barbage-covered beaches. In Gettysburg, PA, a group of students known as the "Chesapeake Bay Kids" are teaching adults how they can help save a bay 50 miles away. An eighth generation fisherwoman from Stump Island, NC, is waging war against pollution of the waters she depends on. On the Sausalito coast, the California Marine Mammal Center helps save marine wildlife affected by people's abuse of the ocean. | 58 min., color | Documentary (Biology, Ecology) | V.I.E.W., Inc. 1994 | AV | 1998 (Biology Dept. Lubbers) | ||
| Challenger, The (Sixty Minutes segment) | The footage that aired at the time of the Challenger disaster in 1986, and the following investigations. The "O" ring thing. | Approx. 15 min., color | Documentary (American history, business ethics) | 1994 CBS Inc. | AV | 1997 (Mount) | ||
| Chan Is Missing | Story is set in San Francisco and concerns a middle-aged Chinese-American cabbie and his wisecracking young nephew, who learn that their friend Chan Hung has disappeared with $4,000 of their savings. Walking self-mockingly in the footsteps of Charlie Chan and his Number One Son, these two 'subgumshoes' set out across Chinatown in search of the elusive Chan. With appropriate Oriental enigma, the case becomes more and more complex and undecipherable, and the image of Chan fades like a Cheshire Cat, leaving only an inscrutable grin behind. Shot in an artfully ragged style, richly embroidered with jokes, riddles, and cross-cultural puns, Wayne Wang's film is an astonishingly sophisticated and farreaching statement on ethnic assimilation. | 80 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Wayne Wang | 1981 Wayne Wang Productions 1989 New Yorker Films |
AV | 1999 (Baker) | ||
| Chance for Peace,A CNN Special Reports (Middle East) | Rabin and Arafat and the 1993 peace accord. | 44 min., color | Documentary (History, Middle East conflicts) | 1993 CNN | AV | 1998 (Gift - of interest to Prof. Hamm) | ||
| Changing Roles of Men and Women | Phyllis Schlafley, speaking at Hollins College 10/14/97 | 98 min., color | Documentary (Women's studies) | C-SPAN via Purdue University Public Affairs Video Archives | x | AV | Lori | 2001 (Lori Hartmann-Mahmud) |
| Chaos, Fractals and Dynamics: Computer Experiments in Mathmatics (Science Television) | With Dr. Robert Devaney (Boston University) | 63 min., color | Documentary (Math, Computer Science) | 1989 The Science Television Company | Olin Hall with members of the Math and Computer faculty | 1992 (Shannon) | ||
| Chaplin Essanays #1 His New Job A Night Out The Champion In the Park A Jitney Elopement |
His New Job A Night Out The Champion In the Park A Jitney Elopement |
b&w | Feature(s) shorts | Grapevine Video | AV | Silent | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Character Education: Application in the Classroom - Elementary K-6 | 40 min. | Documentary (Education) | 1998 National Professional Resources, Inc. | Stays in Education Department as of 3/31/99 | 1999 (Plummer) | |||
| Chariots of Fire | Tells the exciting, inspiring true story of Harold Abrahams, Eric Lidell and the dedicated team of competitors who brought Britain one of her most legendary victories in international sports - the 1924 Olympic Games. Vangelis music score, debut movie roles for Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell and Alice Krige, as well as theatrical feature direction debut for Hugh Hudson (a veteran of British television). | 124 min., color | Feature, Dir. Hugh Hudson | 1981 Warner Brothers, Inc. | AV | 1997 (Reigelman - summer program) | ||
| Charlemagne - 5 tapes | A fictionalized life of Charlemagne. | 60 min. per tape | Feature, Docudrama, Series | 1994 Lux Spa & Pathe Television | AV | 1996 (Ciholas) | ||
| Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like A Man (music) | 60 min. | Documentary (Music) | 1977 T.W. Timreck | AV | 1993 (B. Hall) | |||
| Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre | A somewhat abbreviated and less Gothic version of the famous Bronte novel. | 116 min., color | Feature, Dir. Zeffirelli | 1996 | AV | 2000 (M. Ward) | ||
| Chef (Chief) and La tete dans les nuages (Head in the Clouds) 2 on same cassette. Subtitled | Each film is an example of political corruption in Cameroon Africa | Chief, 61 min., Head, 35 min., color | Documentary(s) (Africa, political corruption) | 0000 California Newsreel | Lori | AV | Lori | 2002 (Hartmann-Mahmud, Bradshaw) |
| Chernobyl: A Taste of Wormwood | Chernobyl has come to mean "disaster" and "cover-up". Actually, ironically, in Russian it means "wormwood." This program is the result of meticulous investigative work by a team of Japanese reporters; the Japanese, after all, have the most experience in searching out the after-effects of nuclear destruction. It provides on-site photography of the blast site and of people and areas affected-visibly burned, electronically measurable or invisibly and only statistically damaged - who will develop cancer? whose children will be mutants? - and interviews with victims, bystanders, the medical personnel who treated the immediate burn victims, physicists, and politicians who used the event, according to their position and ambition, to cover up, whip up or soothe hysteria, or to grope for information. Statisticians have concluded that the Chernobyl accident will cause an additional 20,000 to 200,000 cancer deaths in Western Europe in the next 30 years; using delicate measuring devices, the makers of this program were able to draw a map indicating just where the victims live. |
60 min., color | Documentary (Russia, ecology, nuclear waste) | FFH, 1987 | AV | 1993 (Crummett) (Hamm) (Pauls) | ||
| Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement (Educator's kit containing 4 video programs with teacher's guide and viewing guide + CDR accessible by PC or Mac.) | Examines why the Mexican-American experience is distinct from other immigrant experiences and explores the cultural and political conflicts that have marked the relationships between Mexican-American and Anglo-American institutions in the United States. Focuses on four themes - land, labor, education, and political empowerment - documenting pivotal events that took place in the ten-year period between 1965 and 1975 that was the focus of the Mexican-American civil rights movement. | 60 min. each video program | Documentary (Mexican/American civil rights) | 1997 National Latino Communications Center | AV | 2002 (Calatayud, Helmuth) | ||
| Childhood Depression | Four to eight percent of American children experience bouts of major depression. Among teenage girls, that rate can be as high as sixteen percent. This program from The Doctor Is In emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to avoid potential patterns of repeated depression later in life-and to prevent substance abuse and suicide. Children suffering from depression talk about how they cope with it, while child psychiatrist David G. Fassler, author of Help Me, I'm Sad, and Steven Atkins, a psychologist at Dartmouth Medical School, provide authoritative insights. | 29 min., color | Documentary (Psychology) | 2000 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | D. Brown | 2003 (D. Brown - Centre Term) | ||
| Children of Eve (Nova) | The "we all came from one African woman" theory. | 58 min. | Documentary (Genetics, biology, anthropology) | Coronet Film & Video | AV | 1991 (C. Barton) (Passariello) | ||
| Children of Heaven (Persian with Yellow English Subtitles) | Triumphant prize winner at many prestigious film festivals, this uplifting, crowd-pleasing story of family and love was also nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film! When Ali loses his sister Zahra's school shoes, this young pair dream up a plan to stay out of trouble: They'll share his shoes and keep it a secret from their parents! But if they're going to successfully cover their tracks, Ali and Zahra must carefully watch their step on what rapidly turns into a funny and heartwarming adventure! A magical motion picture acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, "Children of Heaven" is a charming treat you'll love, too! | 83 min., color | Feature, Dir. Majid Madidi | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Fischer) | ||
| Children of Paradise - (French w/subtitles) |
19th. Century actress courted by 4 men: a mime, an actor, a villian, and an aristocrat | 189 min. | Feature, Marcel Carne | 1946 Tricolore films | AV | 1996 (Ciholas) (Kagan-Moore) | ||
| Children of Paradise (Les Engants du Paradis) (DVD) (2 disc set)(French with optional English subtitles) (Also available on VHS) | The ineffably witty-tale of a woman loved by four different men. | 190 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Marcel Carne | 1945 Pathe 2002 The Criterion Collection |
Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (Mothion - Centre Term) | ||
| Children with OCD | John Stossel of ABC News interviews the members of two families who have children afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The interviews are heart-wrenching, as we watch the children perform obsessive rituals while their parents helplessly watch. Little Rachel can't stand anything touching her body and screams, "Mommy. Take them off. Take them off!" Jade Gregory repeats the mantra, "Unplugged. Unplugged," and exhibits other compulsive behaviors, such as tying and retying her shoes. Family members descirbe the progression of the condition in their children and the difficulties of everyday living. Dr. Joh Piacentini, director of a children's OCD clinic, explains the chemical causes of the condition, the treatments available, and what parents can do to help afflicted children. | 15 min., color | Documentary (Psychology) | 1998 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | D. Brown | 2003 (D. Brown - Centre Term) | ||
| Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Shakespeare Studies) | Story of Falstaff. Draws from Henry IV and Henry V. | 115 min, b&w | Feature, Dir. Orson Welles | 1966 Arthur Cantor Films | AV | Orson Welles compilation | 1996 (Rasmussen) | |
| China in Revolution: Battle for Survival 1911-1936 | Covers 1911 - 1936 | 58 min. | Documentary (Modern China) | 1989 AMBRICA (CORONET) | AV | 1994 (Nimocks) (Beaudoin) | ||
| China in Revolution: Fighting for the Future 1936-1949 | 1936 - 1949 | 59 min. | Documentary (Modern China) | 1989 AMBRICA (CORONET) | AV | 1994 (Nimocks) (Beaudoin) | ||
| China Syndrome, The | The fight by media people to report/expose a near meltdown in a nuclear facility. | 122 min., color | Feature, Dir. James Bridges | 1979 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | AV | 1998 (Pauls) | ||
| China's Cosmopolitan Age: The Tang | 60 min. | Documentary (Chinese history) | 1992 ANNENBERG/CPB COLL. | AV | 1994 (Nimocks) (Beaudoin) | |||
| Chinese Capitalism: Moving the Mountain (from series: The Giant Awakes) | From fledgling cottage industries to the Shanghai stock market, China represents a unique blend of communism and capitalism. This program studies that phenomenon by examining how the Chinese themselves are adapting to the quasi-free market system. Chinese economic modernization is studied at a shoe factory, where communist worker ideals and capitalist goals coexist. In the largest migration in history, 90 million rural Chinese have moved to cities in search of jobs, a better life, and a larger slice of the capitalist pie, only to find the gap between rich and poor widening each day. Corruption, say many, is rampant. The issue of how these trends will eventually affect China's stability is examined. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Economics, modern China) | 1994 Films for the Humanities & Sciences, licensed from BBC | AV | 2001 (Brownlee) (Bradshaw) | ||
| Chinese New Year (China) | Free promo tape | 30 mins. | Documentary (Chinese customs) | 199? Kwang Ha Mass Communications | AV | 1994 (Gift) (Beaudoin) | ||
| Chinese Paper-Cuts (China) | Free promo tape | 30 mins., color | Documentary (Chinese arts and crafts) | 199? Kwang Wa Mass Communications | AV | 1994 (Gift) | ||
| Chinese, The: #1 In Series: Reform in Crisis: The Aftermath of Tiananmen (China) | The only program we purchased from series | 29 min. | Documentary (China, Government, modern world history) | VIA GPN | AV | 1994 (Nimocks) (Bradshaw) | ||
| Chocolat (DVD)(French audio) | Operating a chocolate shop in a tranquil, old-fashioned French town, Vianne begins to create mouth-watering confections that almost magically inspire the straitlaced villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness. When the handsome stranger Roux arrives in town, she is able to recognize her own desires. | 122 min., color | Feature, Dir. Lasse Hallstrom | 2000 Dual-Layer Format, Buena Visa Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2002 (Vahlkamp, Film Series, Ciholas, Keffer) | ||
| Chocolat (French with subtitles) | Depiction of a family's struggle during the final years of French colonialism in Africa takes a profound look at the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society. | 1 hr. 40 min., color | Feature, Dir. Clair Denis | 1988 Cinemanuel, MK2 Productions, Cerito Films-LA S.E.P.T.-Caroline Productions | Atkins | AV | 2002 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Choephori (The Libation Bearers, Part 2 of the Oresteia Trilogy) - Aeschylus. | The play opens as Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returns from exile with his friend Pylades and dedicates a lock of his hair on his father Agamemnon's tomb. His sister Electra and the Chorus of Trojan Women come to offer libations at the tomb, and in a deeply moving scene brother and sister recognize one another. They swear to avenge their father's death, as they have been directed to do by Apollo. Disguised as strangers, Orestes and Pylades enter Agamemnon's palace and Orestes first kills Aegisthus and then his mother Clytemnestra. Threatened by the Furies, he flees to seek Apollo's help. | 90 min., color | Feature (the Peter Hall production) | FFH | AV | 1999 (Hum.11-12 Joyce, Morrison) | ||
| Chorus, The (Les Choristes) (DVD) (French w/English and Spanish Subtitles) | When he takes a job teaching music at a school for troubled boys, Clement Mathieu is unprepared for its harsh discipline and depressing atmosphere. But with passion and unconventional teaching methods, he's able to spark his students' interest in music and bring them a newfound joy! It also puts him at odds with the school's overbearing headmaster, however, locking Mathieu in a battle between politics and the determination to change his pupils' lives! | 97 min., color | Feature, Dir. Christophe Barratier w/Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Marie Bunel and Jean-Baptiste Maunier | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (M. Manheim) | ||
| Chosen, The | Adaptation of Chaim Potok's novel centering on friendship between Americanized and Hasidic Jews. Set in 1940s Brooklyn | 107 min., color | Feature, Dir. J. P. Kagan | 1988 CBS/FOX Company | Atkins. | AV | 1994 (GSP) (Glazier-McDonald) | |
| Chouchou (DVD) (PAL Format) (French Language) | color | Feature | 2002 Films Christian Fechner - France 2 Cinema - Fechner Productions - KS2 Productions | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Ciholas - Gift) | |||
| Christmas Carol, A (George C. Scott) | Another version of the Dickens favorite | 100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Clive Donner | 1984 Travenol Laboratories, Ltd. via Fox Video |
AV | 1996 (Garriott) | ||
| Christmas in Spain (Spanish language version) | 45 min., color | Documentary (Spanish/Hispanic culture) | Gessler Publishing Co. Inc. | AV | 1997 (Finch, Spanish) | |||
| Chronos | An incredible visual-music journey through time. Shot in dozens of locations throughout the world,"Chronos" is a guided meditation on both nature and humanity, often juxtaposing the influence of one on the other. In Fricke's vision, our modern skyscrapers are simply this era's model of medieval chruch spires, which come from the pillars of the Parthenon, which reflect the towers of Stonehenge, and so on. A remarkable meditation presenting thousands of years of human history in 40 minutes. | 40 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Ron Fricke | 1991 Miramar Images, Inc. 1985 Chronos Joint Venture |
AV | Would make a good class offering for the end of the HUM 110-111 studies. | 1993 (Reigelman, Morrison) HUM 110-111 | |
| Chuck Jones, Extremes & Inbetweens: A Life in Animation (DVD) (English, French and Spanish Subtitles) | A lineup of best-loved Warner Bros. cartoon superstars joins a cast of Hollywood heavyweights for this warm celebration of one of the most creative talents in animation history. As engaging as the characters he created and/or shepherded on the screen, Chuck Jones offers personal insights on his animated menagerie (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote and more) and timeless shorts like Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc? It's a one-of-a-kind salute to the class act of cartoons. | 85 min., color | Feature, Dir. Margaret Selby | 2000 & 2002 CAMI Spectrum | Jim Morrison (1/13/05) | 2005 (Morrison - Centre Term) | ||
| Church and Mosque: Religious Architecture in Venice and Istanbul (DVD) | Enhanced by outstanding location footage, this program thoroughly compares and contrasts Andrea Palladio's spectacular Redentore Church, in Venice, and Mimar Sinan's magnificent Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque, in Istanbul. Deborah Howard - author of Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture, 1100-1500 - and others discuss the innovations of Palladio and Mimar, who both adapted the established architectural traditions of the day to the specific political and geographical challenges of their monumental projects. | 30 min., color | Documentary (Religion) | 2003 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (McCollough) | ||
| Churchill | 40 mins., color/b&w | Documentary (British history, World War II) | 1990 MPI Home Video | AV | 1993 (Hamm) | |||
| Cigarettes: Who Profits, Who Dies? | Features former cigarette models who are now dying of cigarette-related cancer, who were once selected because of their wholesome young looks to persuade others to become addicted to cigarettes. Also shows the new international tactics devised by American tobacco companies in the face of falling demand for their products in this country. | 49 min., color | Documentary (Tobacco, medical ethics) | 1994 FHH | AV | 1998 (Mount - purchased from grant funds) (Brent White) | ||
| Cincinnati's German Heritage | 26 min. | Documentary (German culture) | In house copy (see remarks below) | AV | Copy of a loaned tape by permission of Cincinnati Goethe Society given to W. Klimke. Narration is in English. | 1990 (Klimke) | ||
| Cine Scoop (French with no subttles. Not NTSC format) | A video magazine preview of several "new" releases from April 1995. Brought to us by Prof. Keffer from Strausbourg | ? | ? | 1994 Cine Video Scoop | AV | 1999 (Keffer) | ||
| Cinema Europe. The Other Hollywood (DVD) Six one-hour programs on 1 disc | A history of the Cinema from its beginnings with emphasis on the developments in Europe. From the first public presentation in Paris through "The Jazz Singer" and the beginning of World War II. Narration by Kenneth Branagh, produced by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill of Photoplay Productions | 6 programs of 1 hr. each on a 2-sided DVD | Documentary (French, Film studies, early movies) | 1995 Photoplay Productions | Grace Doherty Library | 2002 (Mothion) | ||
| Cinema Paradiso (Italian with subtitles) | Tells of a young boy in a small Italian village, where the only pastime is a visit to the movies at the Cinema Paradiso. Enchanted by the flickering images, Salvatore yearns for the secret of the cinema's magic and is overjoyed when Alfredo, the projectionist, agrees to reveal the mysteries of moviemaking to him. As their friendship grows, so does Salvatore, growing older with his good firend and the movies he adores, learning from both of them how to court his first love, and dreaming of one day making movies of his own. When the day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream, Alfredo makes the young man promise to never look back, to keep moving forward. And so he does, for thirty years, until the day a message arrives that beckons him back home to a secret, beautiful discovery that awaits him there. | 121 min., color | Feature, Dir. G. Tornatore | 1990 Miramax, HBO Home Video | AV | 1997 (Finch, Spanish, Reigelman, Weston) | ||
| Citizen Kane (Orson Welles) | Orson Welles' first film (he was only 25 years old) is the story of a Hearst-like publisher's rise to fame. The production which broke many film rules and established others is cinematic landmark. | 120 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Orson Welles | release date 1941 1978 The Nostalgia Merchant 1980 The Nostalgia Merchant Inc. |
AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Citizen Ruth | Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) is pregnant, confused and in trouble with the law for the umpteenth time! She soon becomes the unwitting object of a wacky tug-of-war that erupts when Burt Reynolds squares off with Kelly Preston and Swoosie Kurtz and everyone goes to ridiculous extremes trying to claim her as a national symbol for their cause. Highly provocative and outrageous critically acclaimed comedy (?). Gratuitously explicit scene of sexual intercourse runs behind the opening credits. |
105 min., color | Feature, Dir. A. Payne | Beuna Vista Distribution, Miramax, Independent Pictures | AV | 1998 (Weston) | ||
| City of Coral (Nova) | A Coral Reef | 60 min. | Documentary (Marine biology) | 1982 Ambrose | AV | 1990 (M. Barton) | ||
| City of God (DVD) (Brazilian Portuguese w/English Subtitles) | Celebrated with worldwide acclaim, this powerful true story of crime and redemption has won numerous prestigious awards around the globe! The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's "City of God," are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings with a different eye: the eye of an artist. In the face of impossible odds, his brave ambition to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world and ultimately his way out! | 130 min., color | Feature, Dirl Fernando Meirelles | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Ciudad y Los Perros, La (Spanish with subtitles) | Four angry cadets, who have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder and suicide. First published in 1962, "La Ciudad y Los Perros", (The Time of the Hero) was written by the Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, who has become a leading author of contemporary Latinamerican literature. The same year the book won the Biblioteca Breve Prize, an award given to the best work of fiction in the Spanish Language. | 135 min., color | Feature, Dir. Francisco J. Lombardi | 1987 Condor Video (Peru) | AV | 2001 (Bellver, Helmuth, Spanish) | ||
| Civil War (BBC, Ken Burns series) | Boxed set also includes an index booklet with references for time, episode, characters, places, dates, battles, etc. | Documentary (American Civil War) | AV | 1993 (Wyatt, Perkins) | ||||
| Civil War: The Fiery Trial (Volume IV of Atlas Video Library) | A voice-over (Edwin Newman) whirlwind trip through the Civil War with not much detail. | 35 mins. | Documentary (American Civil War) | Atlas Video, Inc. 1988. | AV | 1992 (gift to library - with book purchase) | ||
| Claire's Knee (French with subtitles) | When a diplomat is on vacation in the beautiful countryside without his fiancee, he is introduced to two young, teenage girls by an old friend Although he insists he has put all of his romantic feelings behind him, the two girls prove to be difficult to ignore. Claire's Knee is the classic story of one man's battle with desire and temptation. | 106 min., color | Feature, Dir. Eric Rohmer | 1969 Les Films du Losange | AV | 2001 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Clan of the Cave Bear | "Daryl Hannah" portrays Ayla in a screen version of Jean M. Auel's best seller. Separated from her Cro-Magnon people by a calamitous earthquake, Ayla lives with a less-developed, male-dominated Neanderthal clan. She's different in appearance, in resourcefulness, in her uncommon defiance of social taboos. And from those differences arise conflicts that underscore the Cro-Magnons' evolutionary ascendancy and the Neanderthals' mysterious disappearance from our world." | 98 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Chapman | 1985 Warner Bros. and Jonesfilm | AV | Purchased for Kyra Kaiser-Landzelius, Ant. | 1997 (Anthropology, Passariello) | |
| Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill: Public Hearing, Private Pain (Frontline) | The principal concern of this program is not the rift between the sexes. Producer Ofra Bikel finds, after talking with black Americans, that the dynamics of race - being black in America - was inescapably at the heart of the story.From the public record of the televised hearings, and candid conversations with dozens of black Americans Bikel probes how race was misrepresented and used by the nominee and his supporters and opponents. The program also details how little common understanding existed in the way black and white Americans viewed the confirmation battle. What was riveting theater to a global television audience of tens of millions was an often cruel, humiliating experience for black Americans. This production charts the entire course of events - from Thurgood Marshall's resignation and the opening of the "black seat" on the Supreme Court to the final emotional day when Thomas was sworn in as associate justice. | 58 min., color | Documentary (Women's studies, sociology., African American studies) | 1992 Documentary Consortium of public television stations (KCTS Seattle, WGBH Boston, WNET New York, WPBT Miami, WTVS Detroit). Dist. by PBS | Atkins | AV | lori-2 | 1996 ( Pace, African-American studies, Weston) |
| Clash of the Titans | Adventures of Perseus | 118 min., color | Feature, Dir. Desmond Davis | 1981 Titan Productions | AV | 1995 (Morrison) (HUM 11-12 ?) | ||
| Class Divided, A | The follow-up interviews with members of a class of very young students who were divided into groups of blue-eyes and brown-eyes and given the experience of being controllers and controlled accordingly. (We do not have a copy of the original film study) | 60 min. | Documentary (Psychology) | 1985 |
CLOSED RESERVE | AV | off air License PBS 1987 | 1990 (Lunney, Don Brown) |
| Classic Documentaries (3): Power and the Land, The River, and The Plow That Broke the Plains | POWER AND THE LAND:A plea for the support of rural co-ops so that those areas could receive cheap electric power, told through the story of an actual family. It is also a revealing picture of everyday life in rural America of the time. THE RIVER: A panoramic view of the Mississippi River from the Civil War through the 1930s,showing the growth of industry and agriculture which led to the basin's exploitation and ruin. One of the first films fo call for social change to save the environment. THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS: The social and economic history of the Great Plains, from the settlement of the prairies through the World-War-1 boom to drought and depression in the 1930's, is dramatically presented.. | 1.= 41 min., 2.= 29 min., 3.= 30 min. All b/w | Documentary (3 titles on one cassette) (U. S. History, sociology, economics, ecology) | 1. 1940 2. 1937 3. 1936 | AV | 1993 (Perkins, Manheim) | ||
| Classic Foreign Shorts Volume I - The Dove - The Existentialist - The Loves of Franistan |
Verrrrrrrry POOR quality copies. | b&w | Feature | 0000 | AV | 1996 (Morrison) | ||
| Classical Comedy: Aristophanes: Women in Power (Ecclesiazusae) and scenes from Miles Gloriosus with the vainglorious soldier and the clever servant | Classical Drama | 30 min. | Documentary (Classical Greek drama, comedy) | Films for the Humanities | AV | 1996 (Morrison) | ||
| Classified X, Melvin Van Peebles' | Melvin Van Peebles, director of the breakthrough movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, turns his acerbic insights and acid-dripped humor on Hollywood's utilization of its sepia citizens. Classified X examines the treatment of black characters throughout the history of American cinema. Van Peebles uses examples from classic films beginning with footage by Thomas Edison in 1903 to the present, tracing how Hollywood has aided and abetted the public perception of the African-American down through the years. From its earliest days, Van Peebles says, Hollywood reflected society's fear of blacks and countered with wish-fulfilling images of African-Americans as servile, ignorant, superstitious, or untrustworthy. With candor and wit, he explores the institutionalization of racism before Sweetback and afterwards. | 50 min., b&w/color | Documentary (Anthropology, Film studies, African American studies, civil rights) | 1998 La Sept. ARTE - Les Films d'ici - Ecoutez Voir - Yeah, Inc. | Atkins | AV | 1999 (Anthropology, Pace) | |
| Cleopatra (2 cassettes in one box) | Richard Burton, Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor star in one of the greatest screen spectacles ever made - the story of the queen of the Nile and her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. At its center is Elizabeth Taylor in one of the most glamorous roles of her career as the woman who conquered two of Rome's greatest soldiers, affected the course of history, and became synonymous with beguiling beauty. Leonard Maltin describes it as flat, slow, and overly long. | 246 min., color | Feature, Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1963, Twentieth Century Fox, renewed 1991, Fox Video | AV | 1995 (Joyce) | ||
| Cleopatra (Colbert) | The life of Cleopatra as envisioned by 1930s Hollywood (before censorship code) | 101 min., b&w | Feature, Cecil B. DeMille | 1934 Paramount Productions Inc | AV | 1995 (Joyce) | ||
| Cleopatra: Destiny's Queen | Story of Cleopatra's life. Purchased for a short term course on Cleopatra. | 50 min. | Documentary (Biography, Egyptian history & culture) | 1994 A&E TelevisionNetwork | AV | 1995 (Joyce) | ||
| Clerks | One wacky day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razor-sharp wit and on-the-job antics give a whole new meaning to customer service! Even while braving a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, the clerks manage to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home, and straighten out their offbeat love lives! The boss is nowhere in sight, so you can bet anything can - and will - happen when these guys are left to run the store! | 92 min, b&w | Feature, Dir. Kevin Smith | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. | AV | 1997 (Weston) | ||
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Superb, intelligent sci-fi about UFO mystery that leads to first contact with alien beings. | 132 min., color | Feature, Dir. Steven Spielberg | 1980 Columbia Pictures | AV | 2 Academy Awards-Special Achievement Award for sound effects editing-Best Cinematography | 1995 (Lerner) | |
| Clueless (Beverly Hills High's Emma) | The "Beverly Hills High version" of Jane Austen's Emma with Alicia Silverstone as the "clueless" Cher who manages everyone's lovelife except her own. For those born before the California, teen vocabulary deviated so drastically from standard English it would be nice to have subtitles. The Closed Captions show the words but not the translations. |
97 min., color | Feature, Dir. Amy Heckerling | 1995 Paramount Pictures | AV | 1997 (Bastian, Wards) | ||
| Coal Miner's Daughter | Sissy Spacek gives an extraordinary performance as Loretta Lynn in a drama that reveals the life of the "Queen of Country Music." Tommy Lee Jones is Loretta's ambitious husband Mooney who takes Loretta away from her backwoods Appalachia home to be his child bride. At eighteen, the mother of four children still finds time to sing and write songs. Badgered into making a record and going to Nashville, she gets a chance at the Grand Ole Opry, which launches her career into super stardom. | 2 hrs. 4 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Apted | 1980 Universal City Studios, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Stoycos - Centre Term) | ||
| Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown (French, with subtitles) | From the series "Profile of a Writer", "Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown." Jean Cocteau was a member of an extraordinarily creative group of artists who gathered in Paris in the early part of the 20th. century. He wrote plays, novels and poetry, drew and painted, devised ballets, and produced films. In this program Cocteau himself describes his encounters with such luminaries as Picasso, Renoir, Nijinsky, Erik Satie, and Charlie Chaplin. Interspersed with his appearances are photographs, archival film clips, views of his home and garden, and extracts from films of his written works. An intriguing record of a rare and delightful man. | 58 min. | Documentary (French Literature) | 1983 Antenne 2 / L'Institut National de L'Audiovisuel / JC Productions / RM Arts | AV | 1998 (Ciholas) | ||
| Code Unknown (DVD) (French w/English Subtitles) | Carefully interweaving the stories of Anne, a promising actress (Juliette Binoche), her photojournalist boyfriend Georges (Thierry Neuvic), a young teacher of African descent (Ona Lu Yenke) and a Romanian illegal immigrant (Luminita Gheorghiu), Haneke crafts a compelling portrait of life in a fractured, lonley world. As tese divergent stories gradually unfold, the seemingly unrelated lives prove to have very much in common, as they struggle for love and acceptance in a society of locked doors and cold stares. | 113 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Haneke | 2002 Kino Intl. Corp. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Codebreakers (Nova) | The breaking and manipulating of enemy codes (German and Japanese) by American and British groups during WW II. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Math, computers, World War II) | 1994 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 2002 (Wilson) | ||
| College | Highbrow student, Buster Keaton, has to become an all-star athelete to please his girlfriend. | 60 min., color toned | Feature, Dir. James W. Horne | 1927 | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Colombia de Hoy (In Spanish) | This vibrant program offers solid information about Colombian culture and geography. This exceptional program dually teaches about the Colombian way of life and reinforces the language of the Colombian people. | 25 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Colonel Chabert (French with subtitles) | Man must prove he was not killed in war to reclaim his property |
111 min., color | Feature, Dir.Yves Angelou | 1995 Republic Entertainment | AV | 1995 (Ciholas) (Beaudoin) | ||
| Colonel Redl (DVD) (German w/optional English Subtitles) | In the early part of the 20th Century, Alfred Redl ruthlessly rises from his peasant background to become a high-ranking member of the Imperial Austrian military. But when Redl is sent to spy on the Russian Empire, his espionage is compromised by his secret double life as a homosexual. As the world perches on the brink of war, Redl finds himself trapped in a web of deception where honor, grandeur and greed can only be betrayed by one final shocking act of fate. | 142 min., color | Feature, Dir. Istvan Szabo | 1984 MA Film | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Color (Wilton Art Appreciation SERIES 100) | 23 min., color | Educational | 1985/1998 Reading 7 O'Reilly, Inc. | AV | 2006 (Romine) | |||
| Color Adjustment (2 part program: Color Blind TV? (1948-68) + Coloring the Dream (1968) ) | In "Color Adjustment" Marlon Riggs brings his landmark study of prejudice and perception begun in "Ethnic Notions" into the Television Age. From Amos'n Andy to the Cosby Show, he traces over forty years of turbulent race relations through the lens of prime time entertainment. This program confirms the observation by James Baldwin which begins the film: "The Country's image of the Negro which hasn't very much to do with the Negro, has never failed to reflect with a kind of terrifying accuracy the state of mind of the country." | 87 min. in 2 parts: Color Blind TV? (1948-68)=48 min., Coloring the Dream (1968) =39 min. |
Documentary (Anthropology, African-American studies, media studies) | 1991 California Newsreel | Atkins | AV | Dir. Marlon Riggs | 1999 (Pace) |
| Color Purple, The | A black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning some forty years: a sprawling saga of characters both frustrated and fulfilled, and at the center a Survivor. | 154 min., color | Feature, Dir. Steven Spielberg | 1985 Warner Brothers, Inc. | Atkins | AV | lori-2 | 1995 (Mount, Reigelman) |
| Colorful Notions | Color perception in animals (?) and humans | 50 min. | Documentary (Psychology, biology) | 1989 PMI/Films Incorporated Video (BBC Horizons Series) | AV | 1992 (Thompson) | ||
| Colosseum (from the Nova series Secrets of Lost Empires) | Attempts to construct a cloth cover for the Roman Colosseum without the assistance of modern materials and machinery. Two theories used are a dome supported by a network of ropes and a series of sail-like panels manipulated from masts similar to those on ancient ships. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Roman history, Architecture, Humanities) | 1997 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 2000 (Prof. Joyce and Physics Dept., HUM) | ||
| Columbian Exchange, The: Columbus and the Age of Discovery Series (Spanish/Hispanic) | Old world - new world reciprocal influences: biological, historical, religious, etc. | 58 min. | Documentary (Plant biology, ecology, Spanish/hispanic studies, American history) | FFH, 1991 | AV | 1993 (Perkins) | ||
| Comedy of Errors, The (BBC Shakespeare) | 109 min. | Feature BBC Series for TV | Ambrose, No PPR, School and library only, license 1994 | AV | 1994 (Rasmussen) | |||
| Comic Book Confidential | "A medium that takes ineptitudes in both fields (drawing and writing) and comes out with an eptitude." For more than 60 years, comic books have combined storytelling and drawings to amuse, thrill, and enlighten readers of all ages. From the fantastic adventures of superheroes Spiderman, Captain America, and Batman to the realism of "American Splendor", from the terror of "Tales from the Crypt" to the sophisticated commentary of "Maus" and the pure insanity of "Mad", Comic Book Confidential treats comics with the esteem they deserve. Historical footage, state-of-the-art animation, and interviews with 22 influential writers and artists- including "Marvel Comics' Stan Lee, "Mad"'s William Gaines and reclusive "Zap" artists Robert Crumb and Victor Moscoso - tell the fascinating story. Beginning with the very first comic book (Funnies on Parade) to the hippest (Rip Off Press) to the latest (RAW), Mann traces the evolution of comics from their inception in 1933 well into the '90s. | 85 min., color | Documentary (Pop art, anthropology) | 1988 Sphinx Productions, Via PMI 1997 | Scott Hall/GSP (6/29/06) | 1998 (gift) | ||
| Coming and Going: The Road to the Future | Mass Transit and the Cities of the USA | 57 min. | Documentary (Economics, Urban ecology) | 1994 WETA - TV (Films for the Humanities) | AV | 1995 (Brownlee) | ||
| Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (3 DVD Set) #1 - The Battle of Ideas #2 - The Agony of Reform #3 - The New Rules of the Game |
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy confronts head-on critical concerns about the new interconnected world. Based on the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, this groundbreaking PBS series explores our changing world-the great debate over globalization and the future of our society. | DVD #1 - 2 hrs., color DVD #2 - 2 hrs., color DVD #3 - 2 hrs., color |
Documentary (Economics) | 2003 Heights Productions, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Anderson, Economics Dept.) | ||
| Commandments | Seth Warner (Aidan Quinn) has lost everything in his life that he holds dear - his wife, his job and his home. All of which, he suspects, is neither accident nor coincidence. He feels that he is, for some inexplicable reason, the target of God's wrath. At the end of his rope, Seth is taken in by his sister-in-law, Rachel (Courteney Cox), who is trapped in a miserable marriage with her corrupt husband, Harry (Anthony LaPaglia). It is in their care that he forms a bizarre plan to seek revenge on the Almighty. By breaking each of the Ten Commandments, he attempts to get even and force an answer from above. What follows is a series of twisted events that leads them to believe that when you have nothing left to lose, you have the strength to risk it all. | 1 hr. 28 min., color | Feature, Dir.Daniel Taplitz | 1996 Universal City Studios (Gramercy) | AV | 1999 (Glazier-McDonald) | ||
| Commune, La (Paris, 1871) | La Commune is the name given to the revolutionary government established by the people of Paris in 1871. On March 17 and 18, Parisians led an uprising against the national government. They set March 26 as election day for a municipal council, which became known as the Commune of 1871, its members as Communards. | color, 345 min. on 4 tapes | Feature, Dir. Peter Watkins | 2000 | AV | 2005 (Beaudoin) | ||
| Como Agua para Chocolate (Spanish WITHOUT SUBTITLES) | A young woman's life is shaped firs tby her stern and unyielding mother, and more important by the overwhelming power of cooking. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Alfonso Arau | Buena Vista | AV | 1997 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Computers in the Classroom. Will they improve education? | In the education arena, technology has a long history of broken promises. What is it about computers and the Internet that is causing America to spend billions to wire schools, with only scanty statistical evidence that it will improve student learning? In this program, ABC News correspondent Gina Smith questions the wisdom of the wholesale infusion of computer technology into public schools while anchor Ted Koppel leads a spirited debate on the pros and cons with Linda Roberts, of the Department of Education, and educational psychologist Jane Healy, author of "Failure to Connect". Are the budgetary trade-offs really worth the investment? And do computers contribute to socialization problems and developmental difficulties? | 22 min., color | Documentary (Math, computers, education) | Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1999 | AV | 2001 (Prof. Fee, Plummer, Atkins) | ||
| Conan the Barbarian | A sword-wielding warrior seeks vengeance on the cult leader who enslaved him and massacred his village in a bloody epic based on Robert E. Howard's pulp tales. | 128 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Milius | MCA HOME VIDEO, 1991 | AV | 1993 (Thompson) | ||
| Coney Island (American Experience Series) (AMEX) | The story of the famous amusement park. | 60 min. | Documentary (American history, leisure studies, anthropology) | PBS | AV AMEX | . | 1994 (Passariello) (Perkins) | |
| Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1952), A | "Westinghouse Studio One" adaptation of the Mark Twain classic, as a 20th-century New Englander finds himself back in the days of King Arthur, where he must defend himself against Merlin the Magician. | 51 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Tay Garnett | 1996 Hollywood's Attic | AV | 2004 (Reigelman) | ||
| Conocer Espana (2 tape set, Spanish without subtitles) | Apprx. 30 min per tape | Documentary (Spanish language) | Ed. Video Network | AV | 1995 (Finch, Spanish) | |||
| Conquistadors (Series of 4 programs on 2 cassettes)(Spanish-Hispanic) | Michael Wood travels in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Pichu. He retraces the journeys and conquests of Hernan Cortes, Francisco and Gonzalo Pizarro, Orellana, and Cabeza de Vaca. | 4 programs 60 min. each | Documentary (Spanish/hispanic history) | 2001 Maya Vision International, Dist. PBS Home Video | Bellver (Mexico) | Dir. David Wallace | 2001 (Bellver, Axtell, Passariello, Spanish) | |
| Conrack | Take a good look at Conroy (Jon Voight). He's handsome, a hypochondriac and believes in love of all kinds-romantic, platonic, fraternal, religious. What's more, he is the best eighth grade teacher a remote South Carolina island ever had. Conroy doesn't just teach by the book, he uses whatever is at hand. To educate illiterate, impoverished children, he employs highly unorthodox methods. | 111 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Martin Ritt | 1974 Twentieth Century Fox Film | AV | 2003 (Plummer - Centre Term) | ||
| Consequences of Cloning, The: Thinking Twice | When Barney the purple dinosaur says, "you're the only one like you," is he lying? In this program, ABC News correspondent Robert Krulwich reports on the facts and fiction of human cloning through expert commentary by Harvard's Dr. Stephen Jay Gould and Princeton University's Dr. Lee Silver, a humorous yet effective demonstration of cell differentiation, and clips from the movies " Multiplicity" and "The Boys From Brazil." After dispelling the myth of Xeroxed zombies bent on world domination, the focus shifts to the issue of genetic engineering. What will be the ethical and scientific impact on society and the human genome if parents can create designer babies that are not only healthy, but talented and even enhanced by attributes of other species, as well? | 22 min., color | Documentary (Medical Ethics, Cloning, Biology) | FFH 1999 | AV | 2001 (Mount) (Biology) | ||
| Constable: The Changing Face of Nature | Pictures such as John constable's much-loved The Hay-Wain have helped to define a popular view of British landscape painting since the nineteenth century. But as this valuable introduction to Constable's art shows, his intent and technique were more complex and more sophisticated than we may realise. Through close examination of paintings and sketches spanning his entire career - some well-known, others refreshingly unfamiliar - this video casts new light on the full breadth and originality of Constable's vision of nature. | 25 min., color | Documentary (Art History) | 1991 National Gallery 1991 Tate Gallery |
2004 (B. Hall) | |||
| Constructing the Multigenerational Family Genogram: Exploring a Problem in Context | This video teaches clinicians how to construct and use the multigenerational family genogram. It illustrates how the therapist introduces the idea of the genogram to the family in the first therapy session. A detailed multigenerational family case vignette highlights the important areas of information a genogram provides. | 31 min., color | Documentary (Sociology, geneology) | 1983 Prod. Charles Baird, Vernon T. Fisher, | AV | Dir. Dr. Stephen Lerner | 2000 (Weston) | |
| Controlling Interest (California Newsreel) | An expression of early (1978) concern about the growing impact of multinational corporations on global affairs. Documents the interconnected impact ot multinational corporations on people around the world including case studies from Massachusetts' declining machine tool industry, Brazil's 'economic miracle' and Chile before and after the 1973 coup. | 45 min. | Documentary (Economics) | 1978 California Newsreel | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1992 (Winrich) (Mount) | |
| Conversation, The | Made between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. For Harry Caul, expert surveillance man, a routine wire-tapping job turns into a modern nightmare as he hears something disturbing in his recording of a young couple in a park. He begins to worry about what the tape may be used for and becomes involved in a maze of secrecy and murder. | 113 min., color | Feature, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola | 1974 Paramount Pictures | Closed captions | AV | 2001 (Prof. Joyce) | |
| Copper Beeches, The (from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) | Sinister happenings around the governess at the mansion "Copper Beeches" a la Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes | 50 mins. | Feature | 1984 Granada Television Ltd. | AV | Made for television | 1991 (Cantrell - for Elderhostel, Literature) | |
| Copyright Law: What Every School, College and Public Library Should Know | 21 min. | Documentary (Copyright law) | AIME (Association for Information Media and Equipment) | AV | 1992 (AV staff) | |||
| Coqueta (DVD) | 90 min., color | 2001 2004 Televisa, S.A. de C.V. Mexico |
Grace Doherty Library | Not on back-up disk. | 2006 (Gift - Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Corazon de melon (Heart of the Melon) (DVD) (Regions 1 and 4) | Corazon de melon is, above all, a comedy. But it is also a story that shows us how far some youths are capable of going at the moment of trying to reach their dreams and to be accepted. It is a lesson about how to successfully, or not, examine, according to the point of view from which a physical defect can be examined, confront that defect, and the crazy race that one can end up entering in order to be like other people. And this point exactly, is shared by children, young people, and adults alike. The same folks who will lick their chops with enjoyment at this story, that is nothing but a sonogram of a dream whose awakening we witness, at the same time, the beginning of a life and the end of the story of a young woman who only was looking to be loved, to love, and learn along the way what it means to love forever more, just as the talks of love always end. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Luis Velez | 2003 Quality Films S.A. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Coriolanus (BBC Shakespeare) | 145 min. color | Feature from Television series | Ambrose, no PPR, School and Library only. License 1994. | AV | 1995 (Murphy) Rasmussen) HUM | |||
| Corn Island Storytelling Festival | Each year, storytellers from across the United States converge in Louisville to swap stories and tales of the unknown at the Corn Island Storytelling Festival, the largest and second-oldest gathering of its kind in the world. | 30 min. | Documentary (Anthropology) | KET | AV | 1998 (Passariello) | ||
| Corner in Wheat and Selected Biograph Shorts 1909-13. D. W. Griffith (The Masterworks of D. W. Griffith vol. 1) | Those Awful Hats, The Sealed Room, Corner in Wheat, The Unchanging Sea, His Trust, The New York Hat, An Unseen Enemy, The Mothering Heart | 118 min., total | Feature(s) | 1992 Film Preservation Associates | AV | 2001 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Cortazar: Cartas De Mama (Spanish, no subtitles) | 60 min. | Feature | Films for the Humanities, Inc. | AV | 1994 (Finch, Spanish) | |||
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | Raymond St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson, Godfrey Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Calvin Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. | 157 min. | Feature, Dir. Ossie Davis | FORMOSA PRODUCTIONS, 1970 - VIA MGM/UA HOME VIDEO | Atkins | AV | 1992 (Tony McDonald) | |
| Cotton Patch Gospel (Musical) | The gospel story set in rural Georgia, USA | 111 mins. color | Feature | 1988 The Bridgestone Production Group | AV | 1992 (Glazier-McDonald) | ||
| Country Wife, The | William Wycherley's comedy of manners paints an unflattering group portrait of the unflattering group portrait of the worldly hypocrites and simple fools of late 17th-century London. This production contains key excerpts that focus on Mr. Homer's comic and devious pursuit of Mrs. Pinchwife. Using authentic costumes and period music, it captures both the play's atmosphere of frivolity and its underlying cynicism. | 60 min., color | Feature (Literature) | 1992 | AV | 2004 (J. Ward) | ||
| COUP DE GRACE (Der Fangschuss) (DVD) (In German and French w/ Optional English Subtitles) | Latvia, 1919: the end of the Russian Civil War. An aristocratic young woman (brilliantly played by Margarethe von Trotta) becomes involved with a sexually repressed Prussian soldier. When she is rejected by her would-be lover, the young woman is snet into a downward spiral of psychosexual depression, promiscuity, and revolutionary collaboration. A startling tale of heartbreak and violence set against the backdrop of bloody revolution. | 98 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Volker Schlondorff | 1976 Kioskop Film - Argos Films 2003 The Criterion Collection |
Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Coup: The Second Russian Revolution Series | 46 min. | Documentary (Modern Russia) | 1991 BBC - Discovery Channel (Coronet) | AV | 1992 (Hamm) | |||
| Cow Jumped Over the Moon, The | Documents the interaction between the tradition-based knowledge of West African nomads and the advaned technological capabilities of the United States, represented by agencies such as NASA and NOAA. Connected by an extraordinary program which aims to preserve the "old" by using the "new", these radically different sets of information are expressed in contrasting images - from thousands of cows swimming the Niger River to enormous satellite dishes scanning the night skies. | 52 min., color | Documentary (Ecology, anthropology) | 1999 Planete - Ardeche Images Production, via First Run/ Icarus | AV | Dir.Christopher Walker | 2001 (Nyerges, Passariello, Pace)(Anthropology) | |
| Cradle Will Rock (DVD) (Orson Welles) |
Takes a kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America. A young Orson Welles and a troupe of passionate actors risk everything to perform the infamous musical "The Cradle Will Rodk." As threats to their freedom and livelihood loom larger, they refuse to give in to censorship. Based on actual events. | 134 min., color | Feature, Dir. Tim Robbins | 1999 Touchstone Pictures | Grace Doherty Library | 2002 (Manheim) | ||
| Crafting Tradition | Meet 5 Western Kentucky families who keep traditional arts alive. Profiles weaver of white-oak baskets, maker of hoop fishing nets, producer of willow furniture, quilters, broom-makers. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, arts and crafts) | KET | AV | 1998 (Passariello) | ||
| Crash of 29 (American Experience Series) | The Stock market crash. | 59 mins., color/b&w | Documentary (Economics) | PBS Video | AV | 1992 (Winrich, Martin) | ||
| Creation of the Universe | 88 min. | Documentary (Astronomy) | 1985 Northstar | AV | 1990 (Miles, Lockett) | |||
| Cria (Cria Cuervos or Raise Ravens) Spanish with subtitles. | In haunting memories, a woman relives the disturbing summer of her father's death. Outside her father's bedroom door, the nine-year-old Ana hears him making love to his best friend's wife, then take his last gasp of breath. When, years earlier, her mother died of cancer, Ana blamed her Father; now she blames herself for his demise. In Saura's compelling vision of the child's world, past and present blend imperceptibly. Fantasy and reality become one as dead characters take their place beside the living. | 107 min., color | Feature, Dir. Carlos Saura | 1976 Elias Querejeta, Producciones Cinematograficas, S.L. 1998 Public Media Inc. |
AV | 2001 (Finch, Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Crime of the Century | The kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Based on the book by Ludovic Kennedy | 116 min., color | Feature, Dir. Mark Rydell | 1996 HBO | AV | 2001 (Passariello for GSP and fall 2000 class) | ||
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Film's title indicates the themes of two separate stories, which are neatly tied up in the final scene. Martin Landau plays a married man who is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship in this somberly tragic tale. Allen is an unhappy documentary filmmaker who's wooing attractive Mia Farrow while making a film about insufferably self-centered TV producer Alan Alda, in a hilariously bittersweet story. | 104 min. color | Feature, Dir. Woody Allen | 1989 Orion Pictures Corp. | AV | 1996 (Axtell) | ||
| Criminal Justice | CRIMINAL JUSTICE explores the dark underside of the justice system in New York. When Denise Moore's face is brutally scarred by a knife-wielding purse-snatcher in a Crack House, Denise (Rosie Perez) picks Jesse Williams (Forest Whitaker) out of the police files as her assailant. Now the Assistant D.A. (Jennifer Grey) must prove that her client, although a Crack user, is a reliable witness against her attacker, just as Jesse's lawer (Anthony LaPaglia) must fight to prove his innocence no matter what the cost. But Justice becomes a roll of the dice when Jesse is offered a plea bargain. If he fights for his innocence and is found guilty, he could serve twelve years. If he chooses to plea bargain, he'll serve three to six, but the world can never be certain the right man is behind bars. Denise will always carry the scars of her attacker, but when justice beomces one man's gamble with his life, the legal system also bears the scar. | 92 min., color | Feature, Dir. Andy Wolk | 1990 HBO Pictures | 2004 (Goodrum) | |||
| Crisis at General Hospital (Frontline) | Required services to patients who cannot pay endangers the ability of the hospital to serve those who can. | 60 min. | Documentary (Medical ethics, Economics) | 1984 PBS | AV | 1993 (Mount) | ||
| Cromwell | 17th century Britain is a hotbed of revolution, treachery, and court intrigue. Standing in the center of this tumultuous storm is Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), the fiery, ambitious commoner who took on the monarchy and almost singlehandedly changed the course of Western Civilization. Alec Guinness plays the enigmatic and forceful King Charles I. The clash of these two great figures is fought in castle corridors, on the floor of Parliament, and finally in a rousing battle between their two armies. One man will become absolute ruler - the other will be executed. | 140 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ken Hughes | 1970, Irving Allen Limited | AV | 2000 (Gift from Prof. Karin Ciholas) | ||
| Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War | Looks at the influence of race, economics, new technologies and the news media on America's decision to go to war. Filmed in Cuba and the Philippines, the film tells the story of the war from all perspectives, not just the American side. With images of Cuban and Filipino battle sites, and the actor Lou Diamond Phillips reading the words of Filipino rebel leader Emilie Aguinaldo, the program brings to light this significant but often overlooked war. | 120 min., color | Documentary (American history, Spanish) | 1999 Great Projects Film Company, Inc. | AV | Dir. Daniel A. Miller | 2001 (Spanish language faculty) | |
| Crucible, The | The setting is 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. But instead of love, Abigail Williams wishes for the death of her former lover's wife. 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! | 123 min., color | Feature, Dir. Nicholas Hytner | 1996 Twentieth Century Fox | AV | 2003 (Gift - Perkins) | ||
| Crucible, The (French/English subtitles) Screenplay and dialogue by J. P. Sartre | Dramatizes actual events of 1692 in a Salem Mass. Protestant settlement founded originally to escape religious persecution in England. Ironically, this sect became the most fanatical and intolerant of all. John Proctor is a middle aged, married farmer whose infidelity leads to tragedy. When he ends the brief affair, his young mistress launches a vendetta, charging that Proctor's wife practices witchcraft. The accusation ignites a wave of hysteria among the villagers, culminating in a trial of both Proctor and his wife. Arthur Miller's depiction of "witch hunts" and religious persecution provides an allegory for the McCarthy era, HUAC hearings, and the anti-communist panic that swept America in the 1950s. | 108 min, b&w | Feature, Dir. Raymond Rouleau | HTV 1995 (original release 1957) | AV | 1996 (Ciholas) | ||
| Cry the Beloved Country (1951) | The compelling story of two men, two fathers, one black, one white, living on opposite sides of the word apartheid. | 100 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Zoltan Korda from a screenplay adaptation by Alan Paton (Colonialism, Africa) | 1951 and 1979 British Lion Film Corp. Ltd. | Atkins | AV | 2002 (Mount) | |
| Cry the Beloved Country (1995) | Moving remake of the 1951 film based on Alan Paton's celebrated novel, about a backwoods minister (Jones) who, in 1946, makes his first-ever trip to the city of Johannesburg in search of his errant son, while wealthy landowner (Richard Harris) travels there to claim the body of his son, who has just been killed. | 106 min., color | Feature, Dir. Darrell James Roodt (with James Earl Jones and Richard Harris) Colonialism. Africa | 1995 Buena Vista Pictures Dist. | Atkins | AV | 2002 (Mount) | |
| Cuba - Trading with the Enemy | The time is now. The place is Havana, Cuba. Filmmaker Jeff Kaiser went to Cuba and was granted rare permission by the Cuban government to explore the streets of the capital city and document the unrestricted thoughts of the Cuban people. A fascinating look at the island republic and its people. | 42 min., color | Documentary (Spanish, Economics) | AV | 2004 (Bellver - Centre Term, Spanish) | |||
| Cuba Va! Challenge of the Next Generation (Spanish with English subtitles) | Takes a critical look at Cuba's social and economic situations today, through the eyes of its youth. The video provides interviews with young people; their discussions and arguments about the economic situation, the government, and the political system; and the responses of those in authority to youth subcultures such as rock, rap, hard core, and reggae. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Modern Cuba, Spanish/hispanic interest) | 1993 Cuba Va Video Project, Dist. Cinema Guild | x | AV | This tape was loaned by professor Hartmann-Mahmoud to a student who returned it with the Today show of May 15,2000, recorded over the program. Replacement purchased. | 2000 (Lori Hartmann-Mahmud, Spanish faculty) |
| Cuba, Island of Dreams (From Video Visits Series) | Hear the lively rhythms of Cuban music in the famed Tropicana and the Gran Teatro Ballet, stroll along Havana's bustling waterfront, the Malecon, and see the beautiful baroquebuildings from Cuba's colonial past. Tour Trinidad and Santiago and uncover the rich history behind centuries-old landmarks. Relive the exploits of Columbus and the pirates seeking Cuba's treasures, then explore the haunts made famous by Al Capone and Ernest Hemingway. From its cowboys to cigar craftsmen, Cuba offers a fascinating array of encounters that won't be forgotten. | 52 min., color | Documentary (Spanish/hispanic studies) | 1996 IVN Entertainment, Inc. | AV | 2001 (Brownlee) | ||
| Cuba, the Forgotten Island (Three part series) Spanish interest - English narration | CUBA'S CONQUISTADORS presents history. RETURN TO HAVANA describes the music and culture of the island. HEMINGWAY'S CUBA details the unique influence of the country and its people on one of the most famous writers of the United States. | 52 min., each part | Documentary (Spanish/hispanic studies) | 1999 Ironhill Pictures Limited | AV | Dir. Mark Ubsdell | 2001 (Spanish department) | |
| Curing the Incurable: Cell Replacement Therapy | Very soon, a cure for degenerative diseases may become a reality. This program examines the use of cell replacement therapy to reverse the damage of stroke, MS, Alzheimer's Parkinson's, and similar afflictions. The first-ever human trials using genetically engineered cancer cells to repair brain damage are applauded, but Stanford University's Irving Weissman questions the wisdom of using cancer cells for regenerative purposes. Will stem cells really provide the miraculous magic bullet? What will be the social impact of such a breakthrough - and who will have access to the pricey therapy? | 51 min., color | Documentary (medical ethics - genetic alteration) | FFH 2000 | 2002 (Mount) | |||
| Curriculum Connections: Using Music to Help Children Learn | This program shows early childhood teachers how to use music in classes to improve understanding in such areas as phonemic awareness, sequencing, math concepts, and science skills. It features a sing-along with Bob McGrath of Sesame Street. | 28 min., color | Educational | 2004 Educational Activities Video, Inc. | AV | 2006 (Romine) | ||
| Curse Of Frankenstein | Retelling of Mary Shelley's famous tale. First of Hammer Films' horror series. | 83 mins. | Feature, Dir. Terence Fisher | 1989 Warner Home Video, Inc. 1957 Clarion Film Productions. |
AV | 1992 (Joyce) | ||
| Curse On the Gypsies (In Search of History) | A history of the Rom people (Gypsies) from their departure from their Northwestern India original home to all parts of the modern world, and their continued struggle for equality and acceptance. | 100 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Anthropology, Gypsy culture, History) | A & E Television Networks, 1996 (MPH) | Passariello | 1999 (Passariello, Anthropology) | ||
| Cursed Ground, Hallowed Ground: Nazi Death Camps Revisited (DVD) | As time and neglect take their toll, the Nazi death camps of World War II are falling apart. Should these solemn memorials to the millions who died there be restored, as a reminder of the Holocaust and a warning to future generations, or should they be allowed to disappear forever, to help heal the deeply wounded spirit of humanity? And what should be done with the slowly deteriorating shoes and other fragile relics collected by museums? Has the time come to lay these artifacts to rest, or must they too be kept alive for their value as evidence of the Nazis' monstrous atrocities? Filmed at Auschwitz, this ABC News program searches for answers. | 23 min., color | Documentary (History, Religion) | 2002 ABC News | CLOSED RESERVE | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (McCollough) | |
| Cyberpunk | Cyberpunks are young people who fight technology with technology, idealistic and sometimes romantic figures on the margins of society. They use their wits to outsmart the powers that control iinformation and technology. To some, they have terrifying implications; to others, they are the future hope for individual liberty. In 1982 William Gibson published the first of a seies of award-winning science fiction novels that captured the imagination of the youth of the world. The intervening years have seen the realization of many of the "fictional" concepts in these novels, from virtual reality, industrial music, bionic medicine, "smart" weapons, "smart" drugs, and seemingly "sentient" computers to the elusive underworld of hackers. What started as a book became a literary movement. What was a literary movement became a subculture. CYBERPUNK tells how this phenomenon began, where it is now and where it may lead. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Computers, Anthropology) | 1990 Intercon, via Mystic Fire | AV | 2001 (Fee) | ||
| Cymbeline (BBC Shakespeare) | 174 min., color | Feature | Ambrose Video BBC | AV | From Television Series | 1994 (Rasmussen) | ||
| Cyrano de Bergerac (Depardieu) (French with English subtitles) | One of the most famous romances of all time comes to brilliant life in this dazzling new film based on the world famous play. Gerard Depardieu, France's most celebrated actor, gives the performance of his life as Cyrano De Bergerac, the 17th Century soldier-adventurer who is secretly in live with the beautiful, young Roxane (Anne Brochet). Believing he is too ugly because of his grotesque nose to ever win Roxane, the eloquent Cyrano helps Christian, a tongue-tied soldier, to woo her with live letters. After many years Cyrano starts to tell Roxane the truth. But Christian is killed in battle and Cyrano feels compelled to keep his secret. Years later, Roxane living in a convent, still faithful to her husband Christian, is visited by her mortally wounded friend Cyrano. It is then that Roxane realizes that it was Cyrano that she had loved all the time. His secret revealed, Cyrano dies as he had lived, heroically and fearlessly. | 138 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau | 1991 Orion Pictures Corp. | 1994 (Ciholas) | |||
| D. O. A. | Original film noir with Edmond O'Brien desperately trying to find who has given him a slow-acting poison - and why. | 83 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Rudolph Mate | 1949 | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| D. W. Griffith 1908-09 (Shorts) Crossroads of Life - Adventures of Dolly The Calamitous Elopement - The Curtain Pole The Jones Have Amateur Theatricals A Drunkards Reformation - Confidence What Drink Did - Resurrection Her First Biscuits Violin Maker of Cremona |
120 min., b&w | Feature(s) | Grapevine Video (Classic Silent Movies) | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |||
| Dadi's Family (Odyssey) | Examines a large family in northern India and how it adapts to change. Newly married at the age of sixteen, Dadi came to live in the houselhold of her husband's mother. Now, decades later, she finds herself in charge of the large household and becomes troubled, not by social or economic changes, but by internal family pressure. Documents and chronicles the life of a family in India and the intricate relationships that develop in an extended family of grandchildren. | 60 min. | Documentary (Anthropology, India) | 1980 1988 Public Broadcasting Service |
AV | 1990 (Anthropology, Passariello) | ||
| Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The: Indecision 2004 (DVD) | The 2004 Race for the White House was one of the most memorable presidential elections of the last five years. Now relive it again - and again - and, that's enought - with this equisitely packaged heirloom collection. This 3-DVD set brings together some of the most repackageable moments from "Indecision 2004." |
299 min., color | Television Program | 2005 Comedy Partners 2005 Paramount Pictures |
Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Morrison) | ||
| Daisy Miller (DVD) | "Daisy Miller" is adapted from Henry James' clasic novella about an expartiate American living abroad in Europe with her daffy mother and bratty kid brother. Daisy is very liberated and very much ahead of her time as her behavior scandalizes the Victorian high society of 1878. | 91 min., color | Feature, Dir. Peter Bogdanovich | 1974 Paramount Pictures Corp. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Reigelman) | ||
| Dakota Conflict, The | Conflict between the Sioux and European settlers in Minnesota. | 60 min. | Documentary (American Indian Studies, American history, Anthropology) | 1992 Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. | AV | 1996 (Passariello) | ||
| Dance Arts Toolkit (DVD & CD-ROM) | Dance Arts Toolkit The video segments included on this DVD were drawn from KET productions and performances or were produced specifically for the Dance Arts Toolkit. Use them to help students learn forlk dances and create their own dances; understand the elements of dance as well as the meaning and function of dance in various cultures; and analyze, compare and contrast, and evaluate various styles of dances. These segments also convey the magic and emotion of dance. DanceSense Enhanced This 10-part series explores why people dance, what dance is, and how dances are created. The series was created to align with Kentucky's core content for dance. The DVD format allows easy access to the three to five segments that make up each 15-minute program. |
Dance Arts Toolkit Teaching Creative Dance - 58 min., 18 sec., color Dances from Many Cultures - 54 min., 38 sec., color The African Root - 51 min., color Dance Performances - 45 min., color DanceSense Enhanced DanceSence - 2 hrs. 30 min., color Dancing Through Time - 25 min., color Dance Traditions - 24 min., 20 sec., color Dance Styles - 34 min., 31 sec., color |
Educational | 2004 KET | AV | Not on back-up disk. | 2006 (Romine) | |
| Dance Improvisation (Arts Archives) | no. 5 | Documentary (Drama) | 1993-94 Arts Archives | Drama dept., Norton Center | 1996 (Kagan Moore) | |||
| Dance of the Warriors: Ring of Fire, An Indonesian Odyssey Vol. 2 of 4 | The Blair brothersvisit Komodo, Sumba, the Asmat tribe of headhunters on New Guinea, and Bali, where they build a home among farmers, artists and mystics. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Indonesia, anthropology) | 1988 Blair Brothers Productions | AV | 1993 (Passariello)(Anthropology) | ||
| Dance With Me (Spanish/Latin American interest) | When Rafael (Chayanne) meets Ruby (Vanessa Williams) his honesty and sensuality awake in her new and, at first, frightening passions. Though Rafael follows Ruby to Las Vegas for the World Open Dance Championships, she is destined to dance with another - and win. But Rafael is looking for more than just a dance partner and Ruby could take home something far more precious than a trophy in this steamy story of love and dance. | 127 min., color | Feature, Dir. Randa Haines | 1998 Columbia Pictures Industries | AV | 1999 (Helmuth) | ||
| Dance, Girl, Dance | Two women (Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara) fight over fame and men. | 89 min. | Feature, Dir. Dorothy Arzner | 1940 RKO | AV | 1996 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Dancing Outlaw | His real name is Jesco White, but you can call him Jesse, or you can call him Jesco, or you might call him Elvis. Since the untimely death of his father, most folks call him "The best mountain dancer left in these here parts." - West Virginia. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, appalachian studies) | Flower Films 1991-92 | AV | A "cult classic" which is not at all flattering to the mountain people (West Virginians) whom it claims to portray. | 1998 (Passariello) for her folklore class | |
| Dangerous Liasons (French background) (English language) | Adaptation of Richard Hampton's play Les Liaisons Dangereuses, based on the famous period novel. Stars Glenn Close and John Malkovich. There are earlier film versions in 1959 and 1989 (Valmont) | 120 min., color | Feature, Dir. Stephen Frears | 1988 Warner Home Video, Inc. | AV | Also available on DVD, PAL Format, French w/o subtitles. | 1993 (Murphy), 2006 (Ciholas) | |
| Dangerous Minds (DVD) (French Language Track) | Based on an incredible true-life story - Michelle Pfeiffer is former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, a first-time high school teacher assigned to a class of tough-but-smart inner city students. When conventional methods fail to reach them, the feisty Ms. Johnson tries the unconventional - defying the rules and creating her own curriculum! In the process, she instills a new self-confidence in her students - motivating them towards their greatest potential. Critically acclaimed and powered by a riveting star performance, Dangerous Minds is hard-hitting, crowd-pleasing entertainment you won't soon forget! | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. John N. Smith | 1995 Hollywood Pictures Company | Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (Plummer - Centre Term) | ||
| Dante's Inferno | Peter Greenaway's all-star contemporary interpretation of the first 8 cantos of the work. | 88 min. (eight 11 min. segments) | Documentary (Renaissance literature) | 1993 Reiner Moritz Associates Ltd. | AV | Far out! | 1997 (Morrison) for HUM 11-12 | |
| Danton (French with English subtitles) | Drama of Danton, Robespierre, and the Reign of Terror following the FrenchRevolution. | 143 min., color | Feature, Dir. A. Wajda | 1982 Gaumont-Film | AV | 1992 (Ciholas) (Beaudoin) | ||
| Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Disney fantasy about an Irish caretaker who spins so many tales that no one believes him when he says he has befriended the King of Leprechauns. | 90 min., color | Feature, Dir. Robert Stevenson | 1959 Walt Disney Company | AV | 1995 (Galmish, GSP) | ||
| Darwin's Nightmare (DVD) | Some time in the 1960's, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was intoduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast, that its white fillets are today exported all around the world. Huge hulking ex-Soviet cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch in exchange for their southbound cargo... Kalashnikovs and ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the continent. The booming multinational industry of fish and weapons has created an ungodly globalized alliance on the shores of the world's biggest tropical lake: an army of local fishermen, World bank Agents, homeless children, African ministers, EU-commissioners, Tanzanian prostitutes and Russian pilots. |
Documentary (Hubert Sauper) | 2004 Celluloid Dreams | CLOSED RESERVE | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Nyerges) | ||
| David and Bathsheba | The Biblical story - very romanticized ! | 116 min., color | Feature, Dir. Henry King | 1979 20th Century Fox Film Corp. | AV | Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward | 1995, 2006 (Glazier-McDonald) | |
| David Copperfield | Since 1935, David Copperfield has been acclaimed for its cast, handpicked from MGMs acting company.W.C. Fields is Micawber, Basil Rathbone a fiendish Murdstone; Roland Young an oily Uriah Heep; Edna May Oliver an infectiously quirky Aunt Betsey; Jessie Ralph a definitive Nurse Peggotty; and Freddie Bartholomew as the young hero, David. The production follows the famous story by Charles Dickens. | 2 hrs. 11 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. George Cukor | 1935, 1962,1990, MGM via Turner | AV | 1998 (M. Ward) | ||
| David Smith: Steel Into Sculpture (Strokes of Genius Series) | 58 mins. | Documentary (Modern art) | Cort Productions, Public Performance Copy | Art Department, Powell | 1992 (Powell) | |||
| Dawn of Man: The Story of Human Evolution (three-volume set) Vol. 1, Pt .1 - First Born Pt. 2 - Body Vol. 2, Pt. 1 - Love Pt. 2 - Exodus Vol. 3, Pt. 1 - Contact Pt. 2 - Human |
The case for human evolution based on fossil remains and other artifacts from Africa and Europe, outlining our supposed development from animal to human. | 6 programs of 50 minutes each mounted on 3 cassettes, color | Documentary (Anthropology, evolution) | BBC 2000 | AV | 2001 (Nyerges) | ||
| Dawn of the Clone Age | In February 1997, science fiction took a step closer to reality when a team of British scientists achieved what many believed to be impossible - the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly. This is the most complete documentary ever made on the subject of Dolly, the science of cloning, and the debate surrounding cloning ethics. With exclusive access to Dolly's creators, this program charts their struggle to achieve the Holy Grail of embryology and examines the future ethical implications raised by cloning. | 50 min., color | Documentary (Biology) | 1998 FFH/BBC Collection | Porterfield (Summer 2001) did not return it | 1999 (Porterfield, Biology Dept.) | ||
| Day After Trinity | A haunting examination of the dawn of the nuclear age focuses on the dramatic events surrounding the development of the first atomic bomb, providing a gripping profile of J. Robert Oppenheimer and a penetrating commentary on the nature of scientific inquiry, the McCarthy era, and nuclear proliferation. | 88 mins. | Documentary (Nuclear science, Physics) | 1981 Jon Else (Pyramid Home Video) | AV | 1993 (Wilt) | ||
| Day of the Dead (Spanish culture, English version) | The Mexican observervances of the "Halloween" scene. | 28 min., color | Documentary (Spanish/hispanic culture) | Gessler Pub. Co. | AV | 1995 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Day That Shook the World, A (3 part series on 3 separate cassettes) | Part 1 (30 beief segments) begins with the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the era in 1901. Part 2 (16 vignettes) examines key world events from the early sixties to the mid-eighties. Part 3 (15 events) from 1986 through 1992 |
Part 1, 100 min; part 2 50 min.; part 3 50 min. | Documentary (American and World history shorts) | Dist. BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. | AV | 2002 (American and world history - Bradshaw, Perkins) | ||
| Dead Birds (three part series) | Ethnographic cross-section of the life and customs of the Baliem Valley people of Western New Guinea. Explores the nature of primitive warfare and its motivations. Shows traditional mutilation and death customs, as well as food production, housing, mythology, clothing, ornament and art. | 30 min. each, color | Documentary (Anthropology) | CRM Films McGraw Hills Films |
AV | 1992 (Thompson) | ||
| Dead Man | A young man in search of a fresh start embarks on an exciting journey to a new town...never realizing the danger that lies ahead. But when a heated love triangle ends in double murder, he finds himself a wanted man, running scared - until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man." Johnny Depp, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Mitchum. | 121 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Jim Jarmusch | 1996 (US. German, Japanese) | AV | 2001 (Passariello) | ||
| Dead Man Walking | Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon in an academy award winning performance) visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution - death by lethal injection - Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the outrage that will follow her decision. | 122 min., color | Feature, Dir. Tim Robbins | 1996, PolyGram Film Productions B.V. | B. Hall | 1999 (Cooney, GSP) | ||
| Dead Poets Society | Robin Williams portrays passionate English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest. The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm, changing their lives forever. | 128 min., color | Feature, Dir. Peter Weir | 1989 Touchstone Pictures | AV | 2001 (Gift from Karin Ciholas) | ||
| Dead, The | A vignette about a lively holiday dinner party in 1904, followed by a melancholy confrontation between a loveless husband and wife. | 82 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Huston | 1987 Zenith Prod. 1988 Vestron |
CLOSED RESERVE | Missing - 11/17/04 | 1991 (Reigelman, Literature) | |
| Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius (Nova) | The inside story of the history, current activity and potential threat of Mt. Vesuvius and other neighboring volcanos. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Humanities, Environment, Volcanoes) | 1998 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 2000 (Prof. Joyce) HUM (Lubbers) | ||
| Deaf Culture: Tape #8 I Cultural Differences | Sign language interpretation of narration detailing differences in hearing and deaf cultures. | 35 min., color | Documentary (Education, Deaf culture) | Sign Enhancers Inc. 1994 | No PPR, Atkins | AV | 1998 (Nystrom) | |
| Death and the Maiden | From director Roman Polanski comes a shocking tale of redemption and revenge. Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson star in this critically acclaimed psychological thriller about a woman's desperate search for justice - at any price. Fifteen years ago, PaulinaEscobar had her life shattered when she was taken prisoner and tortured by a sadistic doctor. Now, through a chance encounter, she may have found the man responsible for her nightmares and tonight he's going to pay. But how far will she go to get even? And how can she be sure, after so many years, that she has found the right man? | 103 min., color | Feature, Dir. Roman Polanski | 1995 New Line Home Video | AV | 2003 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Death By Design (Cell Death) | 73 min., color | Documentary (Biology, cell studies) | 1995 - Distributed by First Run/Icarus | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | NO PPR | 1998 (Asmus) | |
| Death in Venice (German literature) Eng. Lang. | Abroad on a solitary rest holiday in Venice, composer Gustav Aschenbach is to all the world reserved, distinguished, civilized. But one day he glimpses a vision of ideal beauty - and instantlyabandons himself to a secret passion, one that will carry him to his doom. From Thomas Mann's novel. | 131 min., color | Feature, Dir. Luchino Visconti | 1971 Alfa Cinematografica/Warner Bros. | AV | 2001 (Marshall) | ||
| Death of a Bureaucrat (Spanish - Cuba - with subtitles) | The story of a young man's attempt to fight the system is an entertaining, hilarious account of galloping bureaucracy and the tyranny of red tape. An adventutous mix of slapstick farce and paranoid nightmare make this comedy a rich and enjoyable frenzy of laughter. Alea pays homage to the history of film comedy from the anarchic traditioin of Bunuel and Vigo, to the satire of Billy Wilder and the masters of American silent comedy Harold LLoyd and Buster Keaton. | 87 min., b&w | Feature, Dir.Tomas Gutierrez Alea | 1966 ICAIC , 1972 ICAIC Released in cooperation with Center for Cuban Studies, 1991 New Yorker Films | AV | 2001 (Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Death of a Salesman | Dustin Hoffman in a remounting of his 1984 revival of the Arthur Miller play. | 135 min., color | Feature, Dir. Volker Schlondorff | 1986 The H.M. Television Company | AV | 1992 (Converse) | ||
| Death of a Salesman (Cobb) | "Attention must be paid" to this abbreviated but superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize-winning modern tragedy, starring the incomparable Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnonck re-creating their original Broadway roles as the Lomans. In a career-defining performance, Cobb portrays the suffering Willy Loman-the middle-aged man at the end of his emotional rope-with dunnock equally impressive as his patient wife, Linda. George Segal and James Farentino play their disillusioned sons, Biff and Happy. Shattering and unforgettable, this landmark television production has been digitally re-mastered and will endure for all generations to come. | 120 min., color | Feature, Dir. Alex Segal | 1966 Talent Associates | AV | 2003 (Drama Dept.) | ||
| Death of One's Own, A | More and more Americans are looking for opportunities to exert some measure of control over where and how they die. In this program, Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide. Three patients, their families, and their doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions, including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane treatment, and how to balance dying and dignity. In the end, do these patients die the way they wanted? Yes....and no. | 90 min., color | Documentary (medical ethics, Death and dying) | 0000 Public Affairs Television, Inc., FFH | D&D | AV | 2002 (Mount) (Scarborough) | |
| Deathmaker, The (DVD) (German w/optional English subtitles) | 1924. Hanover, Germany. A salesman, Fritz Haarmann (Gotz George), confesses to having killed and dismembered 24 young men. Professor Ernst Schultz (Jurgen Hentsch) is commissioned to prepare a psychiatric report to determine whether or not Haarmann is of sound mind to stand trial for his crimes. In August, 1924, his six-week examination begins in the Gottingen Provincial Mental Asylum. During the interrogation, Haarmann's madness is slowly revealed, as he details the motives and methods of his murderous acts. This is the true story of the most infamous mass-murderer of the 20th century. . .Fritz Haarmann, THE DEATHMAKER. |
115 min., color | Feature, Dir. Romuald Karmakar | 1985 Pantera Film GmbH / Westdeutscher Rundfunk Koln / Sudwestfunk Baden-Baden | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Decalogue (Polish with subtitles) 5 cassettes | Each of the short films deals in some way with one of the 10 Commandments of the Bible (addressed in the order they appear in the Bible) | Ten short films, about 1 hour each, mounted on 5 cassettes | Feature, Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1999 Facets Video | AV | 2001 (Glazier-McDonald) | ||
| Deer Hunter | About young Pennsylvania steel workers, their lives before, during and after wartime duty in Vietnam | 3 hrs. 3 mins. on 2 tapes, color | Feature, Dir. Michael Cimino | 1991 MCA Home Video, Inc. 1978 EMI Films, Inc. |
AV | 1992 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Definitive Dali, The: A Lifetime Retrospective | This film presents Dali's entire oeuvre - painting, sculpture, writing, fashion and film - in the context of his extraordinary life adn international career. It has been constructed through a combination of specially shot location footage, archive film, feature film material, rostrum filming of Dali's paintings and interviews with Dali's friends and colleagues. The narration of the film has been drawn from Dali's own writings, principally, 'My Secret Life' and 'The Unspeakable Confessions of Salvador Dali' but also critical and other writings. | 75 min., color | Documentary (Spanish, Art) | 1988 Salvadore Dali Foundation, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| DeGaulle: Une certaine idee de la France. (Has both French and English audio.) (French lang. and culture) | A film about the life of Charles de Gaulle was made on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. It employs period film footage to highlight the events that made De Gaulle, known as 'l'homme du 18 juin', one of the most important figures in French history. (This cassette has all French narration on one audio track and English on the other. To obtain a clear English audio - disconnect the second audio cable from the French source track. ) | 26 min., b&w | Documentary (French history) | 1990 FACSEA | AV | 1999 (Keffer, Hamm) | ||
| Degenerate Art | Examines the historical context of the infamous Entartete Kunst exhibition mounted by the Nazis in Munich in 1937 and the far reaching effects of the Nazis' vilification of the avant-garde in Germany. Includes archival footage of Nazi book burnings, installation shots of the original Entartete Kunst exhibition, and interviews with historians, art critics, family members of several defamed artists, and eyewitnesses to the 1937 exhibition which land a poignancy and immediacy to this powerful story of the Nazis' attack on modern culture. Narrated by David McCullough. | 60 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Hitler, holocaust, modern art) | 1993 David Grubin Productions., Inc and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art | I. Wilson | 2001 (Art faculty, Sabatos) | ||
| Deliverance | Recreation of a James Dickey novel in which four Atlanta businessmen get more than they bargained for during a week-end canoe trip. Dickey adapted his own novel and also appears in the film. Source of the "Duelling Banjos" scene and song. | 109 mins., color | Feature, Dir. John Boorman | 1972 Warner Brothers, Inc. | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Democrat and the Dictator, The: A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers | The parallel lives of Franklin Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler. Their different family and cultural backgrounds, uses of political power and deaths in the same calendar year. | 51 min., color | Documentary (Hitler, Roosevelt, World War II, German history) | 1982 PBS | AV | 1990 (Lee, Hamm) | ||
| Demon Rum (American Experience series AMEX) | Demon Rum examines prohibition as it affected the city of Detroit, Michigan. Viewers meet the people involved in rum running and operating the speakeasies. In a saga that reflects our own times and problems, this program traces the advent of prohibition and a campaign that asked drinkers to "just say no" to the evils of alcohol. The program also covers the enormous profits to be made in any illegal enterprise involving banned substances and the eventual repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. | 60 min., color/b&w | Documentary (American History, Sociology) | 1990 WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York, KCET/Los Angeles | AV | 1997 (Weston) | ||
| Der Zerbrochene Krug (German, No Subtitles) | A Dutch village must sit in judgement of its own misdeeds. Stars Emil Jannings and Paul Dahlke. | 85 min. | Feature | AV | 1996 (Klimke) | |||
| Designer Plants (The Life Revolution) | The possibilities for both good and bad uses of gene alteration and splicing in plants. Do the aleviation of hunger and super productive qualities outweigh the unknown adverse affects to future generations.? | 26 mins. | Documentary (Plant biology, genetics) | 1990 Films For The Humanities & Sciences, Inc. | AV | 1994 (Richey, Biology) | ||
| Designer Plants (The Life Revolution) | The possibilities for both good and bad uses of gene alteration and splicing in plants. Do the aleviation of hunger and super productive qualities outweigh the unknown adverse affects to future generations.? | 26 mins. | Documentary (Plant biology, genetics) | 1990 Films For The Humanities & Sciences, Inc. | AV | 1994 (Richey, Biology) | ||
| Desire Under the Elms | Eugene O'Neill's play about a family torn apart by greed. Anthony Perkins is the farmer's son Eben, awaiting the day he will inherit the land from his tyrannical, widowed father (Burl Ives). But when father takes a new wife and announces he'll leave the farm to her, passions erupt in a fiery night of lust and fury between Eben and his new stepmother (Sophia Loren, in her Hoollywood film debut). A sizzling story of passion unleashed and temptation unbridled, and of a heavy price paid for the pleasures of sin. Sweeping score by Elmer Bernstein. | 111 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Delbert Mann | 1958 Paramount | AV | Prof. Joyce pronounced it "just dreadful" | 1999 (Joyce) | |
| DESTINOS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH - PART I = Lessons 1 - 26. PART II = Lessons 27 - 52 | 26 min. per lesson | DOCUMENTARY (Spanish language) | ANNENBERG / CPB PROJECT 1992 | Spanish | AV | Mounted 2 lessons on each of 26 cassettes. | 1994 (Finch, spanish) | |
| Destiny (DVD) (Silent) | This beautiful Gothic fantasy was inspired by a childhood dream of its writer/director Fritz Lang, who first gained world recognition with the film's triumph. In a middle-European village a century or more ago, Death takes a young man just before he is to be married. His lover seeks out the Death figure in a room filled with thousands of burning candles, each representing a human life. Filled with pity for her, he promises to return her fiance if she can save even one of three lives about to flicker out. | 99 min., tinted | Feature, Dir. Fritz Lang | 1921 Decla-Bioscop Production | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Deutsche Kriegs-Wochenschauen, Teil 10: Das Kriegsjahr 1943 (German) | Newsreel footage shown in Germany | 85 min. | Documentary (German, World War II) | Junger Offenbach - Frankfurt | AV | 1998 (Bokel) | ||
| Devil Gave Us Oil, The (Spanish/Hispanic) | The decline in oil prices and subsequent disastrous effects on the Mexican economy in the late 1980's. | 58 min. | Documentary (Economics, Mexican History) | PBS Video 1987 | AV | 1992 (Brownlee, Bradshaw) | ||
| Devil's Backbone, The (DVD) (Spanish w/English Subtitles) | THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE is a stylish and unpredictable supernatural chiller from director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade 2) which deftly mixes horror, suspense and dark humor. Twelve-year-old Carlos is the latest arrival at Santa Lucia School, an imposing stone building that shelters the orphans of the Republican militia and politicians during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Carlos gradually uncovers the dark ties that bind the inhabitants of the school: hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student. | 108 min., color | Feature, Dir. Guillermo del Toro | 2001 EL DESEO, S.A., TEQUILA GANG | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Ballard, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Devil's Playground (DVD) | Rumspringa, literally, 'running around.' Given the choice, how many young people would endure eighteenth century religious strictures when they could indulge in twenty-first century pleasures? Amish youth are given just such a choice. On turning 16 they are turned loose to experience the outside world until they can decide whether or not to commit to a lifetime within the community. With this freedom comes many conflicting emotions; full-blown teenage mayhem coupled with deep religious roots - a brutal combination. Devil's Playground follows four Amish teens through this experience and is the first film to get inside the Amish community, revolutionizing our understanding of this unique american subculture. |
77 min., color | Documentary (Sociology) | 2001 Stick Figure Productions | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Weston) | ||
| Diary of a Country Priest (French with English subtitles) | Account of the anguish of a young priest whose faith is neither understood nor accepted by his village......"No humorous assides, - one of the most profound emotional experiences in the history of film". | 120 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Robert Bresson | 1950 France | AV | 2000 (Ciholas-Gift) | ||
| Dido and Aeneas | This adaptation of the critically acclaimed and provocative dance production by Mark Morris takes a fresh and controversial approach to the Baroque operatic masterwork written in 1689 by Henry Purcell. Dido, the nobel Queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with the Trojan Prince Aeneas. While the court celebrates the imminent union of the two monarchs, the evil Sorceress with her coven of witches plots their downfall. Romance leads to heartbreak and tragedy. |
55 min., | Performance (A Danced Opera), Dir. Barbara Willis Sweete | 1995 Rhombus Media Inc. | AV | 2006 (B. Hall - Centre Term) | ||
| Die Hard (DVD) (English & Spanish subtitles) | High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. But one man has managed to escape detection...an off-duty cop. He's alone...tired...and the only chance anyone has. Bruce Willis stars as New York City Detective John McClane, newly arrived in Los Angeles to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia). But as McClane waites for his wife's office party to break up, terrorists take control of the building. While the terrorist leader, Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his savage henchman (Alexander Godunov) round up hostages, McClane slips away unnoticed. Armed with only a service revolver and his cunning, McClane launches his own one-man war. A crackling thirller from beginning to end, DIE HARD explodes with heart-stopping suspense. |
132 min., color | Feature, Dir. John McTiernan | 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2 Disc Set Lost | 2004 (Dupertuis - Centre Term) 2006 (Replacement) | |
| Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (German, Opera, Wagner)(music) | Staged and Directed by Wolfgang Wagner from the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth | 4 and 1/2 hours color 2 cassettes | Opera, Music | UNITEL 1984 | AV | 1995 (Bokel) (Klimke) | ||
| Die Nibelungen (DVD) (2 Disc Set) | A passionate retelling of Nordic legend, invested with all the resources of the colassal Ufa Studios. SIEGFRIED establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor and rigid codes of honor. In order to win the hand of Kriemhild (Margarete Schoen), Siegfried (Paul Richter) must win a bride for her brother, King Gunther (Theodor Loos). KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE begins after the death of Siegfried, and weaves the treacherous tale of his widow's ungodly vengeance upon his murderers. | SIEGFRIED: 143 min., b&w KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE: 148 min., b&w |
Feature, Dir. Fritz Lang | 1924 Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung English translation 2002 Kino International Corp. |
Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Digging for Slaves, The Excavation of American Slave Sites | Between the 16th and 19th centuries, some ten million Africans were kidnapped and transported as slaves to America. Archaeologists are digging up American slave sites, unearthing the realities of slave life and discovering the contributions of enslaved Africans to American society. This program provides many fascinating and surprising details at excavations of 18th-century slave quarters on Middleburg Plantation near Charleston; at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; and at Colonial Williamsburg, which until recently neglected to show the lives of the slaves who made up over half of the town's population and where a slave quarter is now being accurately reconstructed. | 50 min., color | Documentary (American history, Slavery) | 1989 BBC Elstree, Dist. under exclusive license from BBC/Lionheart Television International, Via FFH | AV | 1998 (Perkins) | ||
| Dinosaurs (4 part series) 1 - The Monsters Emerge 2 - Flesh on the Bones 3 - The Nature of the Beast 4 - Death of the Dinosaurs |
60 min. each part, color | Documentary (Biology) | 1992 WHYY 1993 Pacific Arts (PBS Home Video) |
III, Biol., M. Barton | AV | Biology - M. Barton , purchase 1992-93 | 1995 (Mike Barton) | |
| Discovering Psychology (Complete Telecourse series, 26 programs) | 30 min. each, color | Documentary (Psychology) | 1989 PBS | . | YOUNG 234 | Video is kept in the Psychology Dept. | 1994 (Brent White) | |
| Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (DVD) (French with optional English subtitles) | In Luis Bunuel's deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined. Fernando Rey, Stephane Audran, Delphine Seyrig, and Jean-Pierre Cassel head the extraordinary cast of this 1972 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Film. |
101 min., color | Feature, Dir. Luis Bunuel | 1972 Studiocanal Image 2000 The Criterion Collection |
Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (Mothion - Centre Term) | ||
| Displaced Person, A (The American Short Story Series - Flannery O' Connor) | The tragic outcome of an attempt to transplant an immigrant worker to a rural American farm. | 58 min., color | Documentary (American Literature, Flannery O'Connor) | Coronet Films & Video | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1990 (Mount, Lucas) | |
| Distinguished Lecture Series (Computer Math) (4 Tape Series) |
1. NP-Complete Problems 2. Computer Musings: Associations... 3. Encapsulation and Inheritance... 4. The Design of C++ |
Documentary (Computers - math) | Prof. Shannon | 1994 (Shannon) | ||||
| Diva (French with English subtitles) | When Jules, an 18-year-old postal worker, secretly tapes the concert of a superstar diva who refuses to be recorded, he finds himself with more than he bargained for. In addition to the concert, Jules accidentally winds up with another tape that identifies a top mobster involved in an international sex and drug ring. Suddenly, he finds himself chased through the streets of Paris by blackmailers, hitmen and the police. | 123 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix | 1991 Greenwich Film Production 1996 Fox Lorber |
AV | 1997 (Ciholas) | ||
| DNA Detective: Discovering Women Series (Lydia Villa-Komaroff) | Molecular Biologist Lydia Villa-Komaroff | 60 min. | Documentary (Biochemistry, DNA) | 1995 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | lori-2 | 1996 (Dew) | |
| Do the Right Thing | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Disc jockey Mr. Se_or Love Daddy wakes his morning listeners with soulful rhythms and prepares them for the sweltering heat of the summer's day. The nearby eatery and hangout is Sal's Famous Pizzeria. Young locals Buggin'Out, Radio Raheem and pizza delivery-boy Mookie view Sal's as a symbol of the successful economic and cultural assimilation of Italian-Americans and as an oppressive economic force that profits at their expense. Existing racial tensions between merchant and community are exacerbated when Sal refuses to place pictures of prominent African-Americans on his shop's "Wall of Fame." But things really heat up after Sal declares he'll not only forgo the pictures, he'll also restrict rap music. When Radio Raheem and Buggin' Out confront Sal on his exclusionism, tempers fly and tragedy ensues. | 120 min., color | Feature, Dir. Spike Lee | 1989 Universal City Studios | Atkins | AV | 1991 (Weston) | |
| Doctor Zhivago (Russian history/culture) | Man's life & loves are disrupted by the Russian Revolution | 197 min. | Feature, Dir. David Lean | 1965 Turner Entertainment Co. | AV | 5 Oscars, Omar Sharif, Alec Guiness | 1996 (Weston) (Hamm) | |
| DODGING DOOMSDAY: Life Beyond Malthus | Since 1950, the world's population has more than doubled - and is predicted to double again very soon. In this classic program, the Malthusian perspective as articulated by biologist Paul Ehrlich is pitted against the persuasive arguments of economist Julian Simon. Together with Lester Brown, of World Watch Institute; representatives of the World Resources Institute and the World Development Movement; and other experts, they analyze the issues surrounding two main questions: can the Earth sustain its burgeoning population, and is the population explosion really the chief cause of the world's societal and environmental problems? | 51 min., color | Documentary (Environmental, Biology) | 2000 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | AV | 2003 (Brownlee) | ||
| Dog Days (DVD) (German w/Optional English Subtitles) | Crisscrossing a suburban landscape of a bright starkness that succeeds in "bringing together Francis Bacon and David Hockney", a seemingly disturbed hitchhiker compulsively quizzes her drivers on the most banal and personal subjects. "I'm not too lazy to eat," insists one of the hitcher's corpulent benefactors, and it's this sincerely oddball morality that graces each of DOG DAYS tableaus. In the tomblike quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawns both tenderness and revenge. Everyone in DOG DAYS teeter on the edge of both self-made oblivion and accidental redemption. | 121 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ulrich Seidl | 2004 Kino Intl. Corp | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Doll's House (The Jane Fonda one) | Jane Fonda's controversial interpretation of Ibsen's liberated 19th century woman. | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Joseph Losey | 1972 A Tomorrow Entertainment Production | AV | 1992 (Converse) | ||
| Don Giovanni (DVD) (Losey) (Music Opera with subtitles) | Filmed on location and translated to film by Joseph Losey with music performed by the Paris Opera, conducted by Lorin Maazel. Mozart's incomparable tale of the unrepentant philanderer. | 176 min., color | Feature, music, opera Dir. Joseph Losey | 1979 Opera Films Produzione Gaumont, Camera One Film Productions, Janus | Grace Doherty Library | 2002 (B. Hall, Warfield) | ||
| Don Giovanni (Mozart) (opera) (music) Glyndebourne Festival Opera | A Glyndebourne traditional interpretation of the Mozart opera. | 173 min., color | Music, Opera | 1977 1985 Southern Television Ltd. |
AV | 1992 (Foreman) | ||
| Don Juan My Love (Spanish with subtitles) | For 450 years, Don Juan has been lying in purgatory trying to repent for his sins. Now he's been given one more chance to perform a good deed to free himself from a phantom existence. "Don Juan, My Love" is a fast paced and luscious comedy where an arrogant cad and an utterly passionate romantic face off to the death. | 96 min., color | Feature, Dir. Antonio Merero | 1990 International Film Exchange Ltd. | AV | 2001(Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Don Quijote (DVD) (Spanish w/English subtitles) | Here is a true and faithful interpretation of one of the bulwarks of world literature. It is a grandly conceived, beautifully executed visual epic, rooted in Cervantes' own words. The episodic format of the production follows the structure of the book as the adventures gradually reveal Don Quijote's character and madness. Don Quijote wanted, in his youth, to be an actor; his words in this production never stray far from Cervantes' text, as Quijote is left to act out his fantasies - the same ones, of course, that motivated so many of Cervantes' contemporaries to head for the New World as conquistadors in search of honor and glory. With Fernando Rey as Don Quijote and Alfredo Landa as Sancho Panza. | 5 hrs. 10 min. on 5 discs, color | Documentary | 2004 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | CLOSED RESERVE | Patricia Finch (1/17/05) | 2005 (Finch) | |
| Don Quixote (Spanish literature, Russian adaptation, English audio - dubbed?) | The story of an old Spaniard who becomes so impressed by stories of ancient chivalry that he transforms himself into a mighty knight-errant and takes up arms in defense of the weak and oppressed. He chooses Dulcinea del Toboso as the lady of his heart, calls himself Don Quixote de la Mancha and sets off with his good squire Sancho Panza to right the wrongs of the world. The noble knight is portrayed in this performance by the same Russian actor who played "Ivan the Terrible" in Eisenstein's classic. This is considered by many to be the best film version of Cervantes' immortal classic. | 110 min., color | Feature, Dir. Kozintsev | 1957 USSR 1985 Corinth Films, Inc. |
CLOSED RESERVE | Finch | 1998 (Finch, Spanish) | |
| DON QUIXOTE ( PABST ) (Spanish interest) | This early production is very "operatic" in style - even stars the famous Chaliapin. | 73 min., b&w | FEATURE, Dir. Pabst | GREAT BRITAIN - 1933 | CLOSED RESERVE | Finch | 1993 (Finch, Spanish) | |
| Don Quixote (From the Discovery School Great Books Series) | Cervantes' great work explores themes of social criticism, religious reflection, individualism, and idealism. This video recounts some of the wild adventures of Don Quixote and his sidekick Sancho Panza, shot on location throughout Spain. Then, contemporary commentary by noted comedians, as well as by former New York state governor Mario Cuomo, reveals why this work remains popular and prominent four hundred years after its creation. | 27 min., color | Documentary (Spanish culture) | 1997 Discovery Communications | CLOSED RESERVE | Finch | 2000 (Finch, Spanish) | |
| Dona Barbara (DVD) | Feature, Dir. | 2003 Televisa S.A. DE C.V. | Grace Doherty Library | Not on back-up disk. | 2006 (Gift - Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Dona Perfecta (Miss Perfect) (DVD) | Pepe, a young upstart in the year of refors, arrives in the township of Santa Fe, immediately creating hostility when he tries to force townspeople to change their ways. He seeks refuge in the home of his Aunt Dona Perfecta, only to learn she opposes his liberal ideas more than anyone. Tempers rise, accusations fly, and things become worse when love arises between Pepe and his cousin Rosario. How can Dona Perfecta stand up for what she believes while respecting her nephew's love for Rosario and his wishes to improve life in the village? | 115 min., b&w | Feature | 1951 2005 Vanguard Cinema |
Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Dona Perfecta de Benito Perez Galdos (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | The tragedy of a woman who believes herself to be good. | 115 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Alejandro Galindo | 2003 Cozumel Films, LLC | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Donald in Mathmagic Land | Donald is shown the importance of mathmatics to all the arts. | 27 min. color | Feature (Disney cartoon) | 1959 The Walt Disney Company (Buena Vista Home Video) | AV | 1991 (Petitjean) | ||
| Donatello 1386 - 1446 (The First Modern Sculptor) from "Portrait of an Artist " Series | The importance of Donatello to the development of "modern" sculpture. | 60 mins. | Documentary (Renaissance, art, sculpture) | 1986 BBC Television. Licensed worldwide by Reiner Moritz Associates, Ltd. | AV | 1993 (Morrison) HUM 11-12 | ||
| Dot Con (FRONTLINE) | When the Internet bubble burst in March 2000, unlucky investors watched more than $3 trillion of their money disappear. What spurred the incredible dot-com bull run on Wall Street? Was the public blinded by dreams of small fortunes and easy living or did the nation's investment banks manipulate the IPO market and exploit public trust? | 60 min., color | Documentary | 1983-1999 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 2005 (Das) | ||
| Double Life of Veronique, The (French w/English subtitles) | "I have a strange feeling . . . I'm not alone in the world," muses Weronika, a young Polish singer gifted with an extraordinarily beautiful voice. In France, a music teacher and aspiring singer named Veronique is similarly moved, sensing that somewhere there exists another person with which her life is intertwined. Born on the same day, both women are identical in age and appearance, sharing the same talents and delicate health. One day, looking through some photos taken during her school trip to Cracow, Veronique finds a picture of a sad, lone figure in a city street. It is Weronika, her life double. | 96 min., color | Feature, Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1991 Sideral Productions | AV | 2005 (Ciholas) | ||
| Down and Out in America | Poverty in the USA | 57 min. | Documentary (Anthropology, Sociology, Hunger, poverty) | 1985 Joseph Fuery Productions | AV | 1995 (Mount, Axtell, Brownlee) | ||
| Downfall (DVD) (German w/English Subtitles) | Called "dramatic, accurate and harrowing" by the San Francisco Chronicle and nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, DOWNFALL takes you into Hitler's bunker during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Traudl Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Fuhrer and his closest advisors. | 155 min., color | Feature, Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel | 2005 Constantin Film 2005 Newmarket Films, LLC |
Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (F. March, 1932) | Fully restored 1932 version with seventeen minutes of previously censored material, this is the definitive Dr. J. and Mr. H. Director Rouben Mamoulian's choice of Fredric March to play the lead was made because "I don't want Hyde to be a monster. Hyde is not evil, he is the primitive, the animal in us, whereas Jekyll is a cultured man, representing the intellect. Hyde is the Neanderthal man, and March's makeup was so designed." | 97 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. R. Mamoulian. | 1932 Paramount Publix Corp. 1959, Loew's Inc. 1989, MGM/Turner |
AV | 1997 (M. Ward) | ||
| Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (DVD) (2 Disc Set) (English Intertitles) | Dr. Mabuse - criminal genius, psychologist, hypnotist, counterfeiter, card shark, master of disguise, thief of state secrets and ruler of a sinister empire founded on selfishness, chicanery and murder - gained his first screen incarnation in this monumental four-hour film by Fritz Lang, one of cinema's greates directors. Made in 1922 and subtitled "A Picture of the Times," DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER is indeed a snapshot of a precise historical moment when Germany was often likened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when inflation skyrocketed, public morality collapsed, and the Nazi party first emerged from Munich beer-halls. | 229 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Fritz Lang | 2001 Film Preservation | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Dr. Strangelove (2 copies) | The US president must contend with the Russians and his own political and military leaders when a fanatical general launches an A-bomb attack on th USSR. Peter Sellers plays the President, British captain, and the mad inventor of the Bomb in this black comedy which seems better with each passing year. Sellers' phone conversation with the Soviet premier is classic. The outstanding cast includes George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, Peter Bull and James Earl Jones in his film debut. | 93 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Stanley Kubrick | 1963 Hawk Films Ltd. 1966 Highland Films Ltd. |
AV | Also available on DVD. | 1990 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (DVD) (English, French, Spanish or Portuguese Audio) (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai Subtitles) | Convinced the Commies are polluting America's "precious bodily fluids," a crazed General (Sterling Hayden) orders a surprise nuclear air strike on the USSR. His aide Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers) furiously attempts to figure out a recall code to stop the bombing. Meanwhile, the U.S. President (Sellers again) gets on the hot line to convince the drunken Soviet premier that the impending attack is a silly mistake, while the President's advisor (And ex-Nazi scientist) DR. STRANGELOVE (Sellers once more) confirms the existence of the dreaded Doomsday Machine -- a new secret Soviet retaliatory device guaranteed to end the human race once and for all! | 90 min., color | Feature, Dir. Stanley Kubrick | 1964 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2 copies also available on VHS. | 2004 (Garriott) | |
| Dracula (Lugosi) | Towering ominously among the shadows of the Carpathian Mountains, Castle Dracula strikes fear in the hearts of the Transylvanian villagers below. After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Count, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society by day and search for potential victims by night. Starring Bela Lugosi as the screen's most popular vampire, Count Dracula, and directed by horror specialist Tod Browning. | 75 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Tod Browning | 1991 MCA Home Video (produced 1931, Universal Pictures) | AV | 1997 (M. Ward) | ||
| Dragons of Komodo (from Wild Discovery Series) | The Komodo Dragon, A giant prehistoric reptile, dominates its island home south of Indonesia with terrifying power and a voracious appetite. Measuring up to thirteen feet long and possessing a lethal bite, the largest and most bizarre lizard in the world has the strength and hunting ability of its ancestors and is capable of preying on wild boar and water buffalo many times its size. This astounding film captures the reptiles' ruthless predatory abilities and little known aquatic talents and records for the first time ever the dragons' egg laying, burying and hatching rituals. | 60 min, color | Documentary (Biology) | 1996 Discovery Communications, Inc. | Biol. Dept. (Prof. M. Barton) | 1998 (M. Barton) | ||
| Drama Arts Toolkit | The excerpts and programs included on these four videotapes were drawn from KET drama programs and performances or produced specifically for use in teaching the Arts and Humanities. Use them to bring the art of drama to life in the classroom and to build knowledge of drama, fromt he elements of production and performance to cultural and historical styles. | Video 1: About Drama - 62 min., color Video 2: Kabuki - 45 min., color Video 3: Performance Excerpts - 51:29 min., color Video 4: Storytelling Sampler - 1:52:31, color |
Educational | 2003 KET | AV | Not on back-up disk. | 2006 (Romine) | |
| Drama Arts Toolkit 2nd Edition (DVD & CD-ROM) | Drama Arts Toolkit - The excerpts and programs included on these four videotapes were drawn from KET drama programs and performances or produced specifically for use in teaching the Arts and Humanities. Use them to bring the art of drama to life in the classroom and to build knowledge of drama, fromt he elements of production and performance to cultural and historical styles. Aspects of Drama - This DVD provides video resources ranging from improvisational exercises to cross-curricular applications to performance excerpts, including Reader's Theater presentations produced exclusively for the Drama Arts Toolkit. Use these segments to explore the literary, technical, and performance elements of drama; to introduce the process of creating and producing theater, including jobs associated with these processes; and to inspire creative thinking. |
Drama Arts Toolkit About Drama - 62 min., color Kabuki - 45 min., color Performance Excerpts - 51:29 min., color Storytelling Sampler - 1:52:31, color Aspects of Drama Creative Dramatics - 19 min., 30 sec., color Elements of Drama - 10 min., 3 sec., color Culture/Periods/Styles - 103 min., 15 sec., color Drama Across the Curriculum - 101 min., 8 sec., color |
Educational | 2006 KET | AV | Not on back-up disk. | 2006 (Romine) | |
| Dream of Light (Quince Tree of the Sun) Spanish with subtitles | Antonio Lopez Garcia is Spain's leading painter who, for several weeks one autumn, tries to paint the sun filtering through the leaves of a quince tree. Erice documents this process. His observations are elegantly restrained, at once matter-of-fact and lyrically evocative. Very little dialogue. | 138 min., color | Feature, Dir. Victor Erice | 1990 Maria Moreno P.C. | AV | 2001 (Finch, Bellver, Spanish) | ||
| Dream of Passion, A | Brenda Collins (Ellen Burstyn), an American imprisoned in Greece, was known as a modern Medea; a woman who sought revenge on her unfaithful husband by murdering their children. When Greek film star Maya (Melina Mercouri) returns to her homeland to portray the classic Medea, a publicity stunt exploits Brenda's tragedy. Maya becomes obsessed by Brenda and the Medea complex and distorts fantasy and reality until the three women seem to fuse into one. | 106 min., color | Feature, Dir. Jules Dassin | 1978 Bren Films, N.V. | AV | 2006 (Joyce) | ||
| Dream, The (DVD) | A comical tale of fairies, mismatched lovers, and a mischievous sprite, Frederick Ashton's enduring one-act ballet, The Dream, has delighted audiences since its premiere in 1964. Set to the ethereal music of Felix Mendelssohn, the ballet is a charming interpretation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. | 54 min., color | Performance, Dir. Matthew Diamond | Kultur | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Joyce, Humanities) | ||
| Dreaming a Nation: The Kurds (from the series "Nationalism: Blood and Belonging") | "Until I knew I was a Kurd, I didn't know who I was. Now I know who I am and I am willing to die for it..." -- the words, not of a battle-hardened guerrilla, but of a teenage girl from Australia. This program shows little children singing that the Kurds will live forever as jets roar overhead, introduces us to warlords and guerrilla camps, and demonstrates how people who are threatened by genocide feel that a state of their own is their only protection. That is the bottom line of nationalism. | 50 min., color | Documentary (History, Middle East) | FFH 1994 | AV | Middle East ? | 1999 (Hamm) | |
| Dreamtales (Two animated tales from Venezuelan tribes, Spanish, Hispanic interest). 1- Watunna, 2- Starlore | WATUNNA depicts five creation myths of the Yekuana Indians of the Venezuelan rainforest. These fascinating tales explore the genesis of evil, the night, sexuality, fire, and food. This animation by Stacey Steers is handpainted with watercolors using metamorphosing designs, drawn in part from ancient Native American art. STARLORE animator, Faith Hubley, uses only animation and music to tell six stories including an Inuit tale of a race between Sun and Moon that leads to the creation of night and day, a Pawnee tale of measuring time against the changing position of the stars, and a Maya tale of a cosmic ball game between Death and the Hero Twins. Also included are a Campa tale, from Peru, of the birth of the sun; a Tupi tale, from Brazil, of the star god who exceeds his creation powers; and a Yahgan tale, from Tierra del Fuego, in which the Moon Lady introduces mourning customs and the dead follow the Milky Way as their path to paradise. | 35 min. total time | Documentary (Anthropology) | Watunna 1989, Rocky Mt. Film Center, Starlore 1984 Hubley Studio, Inc. via Atlas Video, Inc. | AV | 1997 (Passariello, Anthropology, Pace) | ||
| Dreamworlds II | Desire, sex and power in music video. "DreamWorlds II powerfully illustrates the systematic representations of women in music video, and how these representations tell a dangerous and narrow set of stories about what it means to be female or male; stories which impact how women think about themselves sexually, and how men think sexually about women. Shocking and often disturbing, this program gives us a critical distance from images which have become so ubiquitous, and normal, they are almost invisible." | 56 min. | Documentary (Psychology) | 1991 Media Education Foundation | AV | Uses brutal rape scene (not a video) gimmick | 1995 (Hamilton) | |
| Driven to Distraction (A segment of 20/20) | Cameras follow drivers to observe the myriad activities they engage in while they are supposedly concentrating on driving safely. | 15 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) | ABC News, 5/19/99 | Kitty Baird took this to physical education dept. for permanent storage. | 2000 (Baird, Passariello) | ||
| Driving Miss Daisy | Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd star in this joyous comedy about a headstrong Southern lady and her ever-patient chauffeur. They couldn't agree. They wouldn't give in. They thought they had nothing in common. But in the years they spent together they built the friendship of a lifetime. | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Bruce Beresford | 1989 Warner Bros. Inc. | Atkins | AV | Won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (Tandy), Adaptation Screenplay and Makeup. | 1998 (Gift from Prof. Ciholas) |
| Drowning by Numbers | Three women kill their husbands without remorse-no redeeming qualities | 121 min., color | Feature, D. Peter Greenaway | 1988 Allarte | AV | Nasty scene of self mutilation by a young boy. | 1995 (Lerner) | |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Captures the flavor of Colonial life in a vigorous, courageous story of settlers in upstate New York during the Rev olutionary War. Stars Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, John Carradine, Ward Bond, and others. | 103 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Ford | 1939 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 1967 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 1988 The CBS/Fox Company |
AV | 1994 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Duck Soup | Political satire. The Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film containing many of the brothers' famous sequences: the lemonade stand, a masterpiece of slow burn; the Paul Revere parody, the "We're Going To War" number, a beautiful spoof of 30's musicals; the hilarious mirror scene; a final battle episode that has since been copied by everyone from Woody Allen to Mad Magazine. | 70 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Leo McCarey | 1933 Paramount Productions, Inc. 1960 EMKA Ltd. 1986 MCA Home Video, Inc. |
AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Duel in the Sun | David O. Selznick's ambitious attempt to duplicate the success of GONE WITH THE WIND. A big, brawling, engrossing, often stupid sex-Western, with half-breed Jennifer Jones caught between brothers Gregory Peck and Joseph Cotten - and an unexpectedly bizarre finale. From the novel by Niven Busch. Score by Dimitri Tiomkin. | 138 min. | Feature, Dir. King Vidor | 1946 American Broadcasting Companies | AV | 1996 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Duellists, The | Two officers in Napoleon's army violently confront each other in a series of savage duels. The duels begin as a reaction to a minor incident and escalate into a consuming passion that rules the lives of both men for a period of 30 years. Based on Joseph Conrad's story, "The Duellists" explores the themes of obsession, honor and violence. Stars Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel. | 101 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ridley Scott | 1977 Paramount Pic. | AV | 1999 (Bruce White) | ||
| e. e. cummings: Making of a Poet | 24 min., color | Documentary (American literature) | 1988 FFH | AV | . | 1993 (Reigelman) | ||
| Ealing Studios Comedy Collection (5 DVD Set) | This exclusive collection brings together five of Ealing Studios' greates comedies, starring such beloved legends as Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Hugh Griffith, Margaret Rutherford and more. Each classic film in the EALING STUDIOS COMEDY COLLECTION has been newly remastered from pristine vault materials, many available for the first time ever in America. | The Maggie - 92 min., b&w Passport to Pimlico - 85 min., b&w A Run for Your Money - 83 min., b&w Whiskey Galore! - 84 min., b&w The Titfield Thunderbolt - 84 min., color |
Feature The Maggie, Dir. Alexander Mackendrick Passport to Pimlico, Dir. Henry Cornelius A Run for Your Money, Dir. Charles Frend Whisky Galore!, Dir. Alexander Mackendrick The Titfield Thunderbolt, Dir. Charles Crichton |
The Maggie - 1954 Canal + Image UK Ltd. Passport to Pimlico - 1949 Canal + Image UK Ltd. A Run for Your Money - 1949 Canal + Image UK Ltd. Whiskey Galore! - 1949 Canal + Image UK Ltd. The Titfield Thunderbolt - 1952 Canal + Image UK Ltd. |
Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Dew) | ||
| Early Cinema #1 Conquest of the North Pole - Max and the Statue Max's Mother in Law - Auntie's Portrait Mabel's Dramatic Career - An Angelic Attitude Cowboy Ambrose - Just Neighbors - Take the Air |
See title field for list of segments | 120 min., b&w | Feature(s) | Grapevine Video | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Early Musical Instruments (Series of 6) Vol. 1 Reed Instruments Vol. 2 Flutes and Whistles Vol. 3 Plucked Instruments Vol. 4 Bowed Instruments Vol. 5 Keyboard and Percussion Vol. 6 Brass Instruments |
See title field for individual segments | 30 min. each, color | Documentary (Music) | Films for the Humanities | AV Wolfe - #5 Keyboard |
1990 (Weaver) | ||
| Early Russian Cinema (10 volumes) | Printed materials accompany the cassettes with historical information and transcripts. | 10 cassettes, various lengths | Documentary (History) | 1992 British Film Institute | No PPR | AV | 1996 (Hamm) | |
| Earth Explorer: Discovering Women Series (Marcia McNutt) | Story of Geophysicist Marcia McNutt | 60 min. | Documentary (Biochemistry) | 1995 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | lori-2 | 1996 (Dew) | |
| East Africa: Pathway to Growth (One of a pair of programs on "Economic Recovery in Africa: The Role of the IMF") | The International Monetary Fund is an international resource, yet each region that it works with has specific needs. Many African countries suffer from the effects of political instability, war, central planning, and corruption. The IMF and the international community have made a commitment to creating stability in the region, and the key is economic prosperity. This two-part series highlights East and West Africa and the unique challenges that these two regions face as they rebuild. This first program high lights East Africa. Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda are overcoming the legacy of central planning and charting a course from poverty to prosperity. Taking control of their own destiny, these countries have embarked on a voyage of economic recovery which depends on peace, political stability, a commitment to reform, and the support of the international community, in which the IMF's role is crucial. | 47 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | 1999 FFH | x | AV | Program 1 of 2 | 1999 (Brownlee, Econ) |
| East of Krakatoa (Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey - Volume 3) | 30 min. | Documentary (Anthropology) | 1988 Blair Brothers Productions (A Mystic Fire Video) | II, Anthro. | AV | 1994 (Passariello)(Anthropology) | ||
| Eastern Europe: Breaking With the Past Selected parts of a series: #2 Vaclav Havel: Leadership In Europe #4 Touched By the Revolution #5 Estonia: A Story of Survival #8 Theatre and the Revolution #9 Germany Reunites #10 The Polish Experience |
Selected parts (6 of 10) from a series. See title field. | 50 mins. each, color | Documentary (History) | 1990 Global View Productions | AV | 1993 (Hamm) | ||
| Eastern Europe: Political Powder Keg Series of three programs divided into time periods: 1900-39, 1939-53, 1953-91. | 1900-39: Program traces history of Eastern Europe from reign of Franz Josef to rise of Hitler and beginnings of second World War. Includes the war for Macedonia with Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece against the Turks; political manipulation of the Balkans by Russia Austria, Britain and France; domination of Serbia; assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; fall of czarist Russia; Hungarian Revolution of 1918; rise of the Communist Party; birth of Czechoslovakian Republic; Treaty of Versailles; rise of Marshal Pilsudski in Poland; formation of United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes; and the Munich Conference. 1939-53: Traces how both Hitler's and Stalin's quests for power left this vulnerable area of the world permanently destabilized. Includes invasion of Poland by Germany;intrigues and internal politics of Balkan States; declaration of Croatian independence; the war between Russia and Germany; the Warsaw Ghetto; Marshal Tito and the Anti-Facist Liberation Council; battle for Stalingrad; American intervention; Slavic resistance movement; Yalta Conference; Potsdam Conference; Communist takeover; Tito's break with Moscow; and closing of the Iron Curtain. 1953-91: Begins with the death of Stalin and ends with the fall of Communism. Includes the rise of Khrushchev; 1956 Polish Workers Revolt; liberation of Cardinal Wyszinski; Hungarian Revolt; rise of Nicolae Ceausescu in Romania; Tito's socialism;Czechoslovakian Revolution; death of Tito;Helsinki Conference; Lech Walesa and the Polish miner's strike; Gorbachev and perestroika; and the rise of democracy. |
approx. 60 min. each part | Documentary (History) | FFH 1998 | AV | 1999 (Hamm) | ||
| Easy Rider | Classic youth film of the 1960's which reflects the attitudes and longings of an entire generation. Two motorcyclists embark on a coast-to-coast odyssey in search of the real America. |
94 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Dennis Hopper | 1969 Raybert Productions, Inc. RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video 1987. | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese with subtitles) | Trouble is cooking for widower and Master Chef Chu who's about to discover that no matter how dazzling and delicious his culinary creations might be, they're no match for sex - especially to his three beautiful and rebellious daughters! His youngest just learned the recipe for first love...his middle has something cooking with a very married co-worker.... and his eldest daughter is about to cut loose and blow the lid off years of unrequited passion! So what's a father to do? Try brewing up a secret romance of his own, in this fresh and funny film the New York Times calls "Wonderfully seductive! An irresistible, almost edible treat." | 2 hrs. 4 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ang Lee | 1994 Central Motion Pictures, Inc. | AV | 1998 (Bradshaw, Passariello) (Beaudoin) | ||
| Ebola The Plague Fighters (Nova) | When a dreaded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus swept through a remote region of Zaire in May 1995, NOVA was the only film crew permitted into the "hot zone." Spending a total of four weeks in the quarantined city of Kikwit, the result is unprecedented journalistic coverage of this grim battle against one of the world's deadliest diseases. The Ebola plague kills a very high percentage of its victims (77% in Kikwit), often by dissolving their internal organs and connective tissue. Learn how disease specialists traced the origins of the outbreak by compiling a complete "chain of death" of the epidemic, and why they fear a mutation of Ebola will emerge that is even more difficult to contain. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Biology) | 1996 WGBH and others | Prof Richey | 2000 (Richey) (Biology) | ||
| Ecology of a Coral Reef | Documentary (Marine Biology, Ecology) | Prof M. Barton Summer 2001 | 2001 (M. Barton) | |||||
| Economic Growth | Focusing on the need to increase standards of living, this video explains how savings rates, technological advances, and investment are the engines of economic growth. It then considers the challenges that face a number of developing countries in their efforts to achieve economic growth. | 30 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | 2000 | AV | 2004 (Das) | ||
| Economics U$A (Series of 26 lessons to accompany a television class. Mounted 4 per tape) | This if the original version - no updates. | 30 min. each, color | Documentary (Economics) | Annenberg 1989 | AV | 1990 (Campbell, Brownlee) | ||
| Ed Sullivan Presents the Beatles (DVD) | Here they are! For the first time ever - four of the most beloved shows in television history! It all begins on February 9, 1964. The beatles step onto Ed Sullivan's New York stage to make their American TV debut. 73 million Americans tune in to CBS that magical Sunday night and Beatlemania is born! These are the four historic Ed Sullivan Shows that featured The Beatles' unforgettable live appearances - 20 timeless songs, 7 of them Number 1 hits! These are the four complete one-hour Ed Sullivan Shows as they aired in February and September 1965. You will also marvel at many other legendary performers from the worlds of music, comedy, novelty and Broadway - and the original commercials that were part of these historic broadcasts. These are the Ed Sullivan Shows that launced the "British Invasion." So kick back on your sofa, push play and float downstream. |
240 min., b&w | Television Broadcast | 1987, 2003 SOFA Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Stoycos) | ||
| Educating Rita | Julie Walters is Rita, a working-class woman seeking the path to self-discovery. Bored with her life as a hairdresser and under pressure from her husband to start a family, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university determined to better herself. Michael Caine is Frank Bryant, the disillusioned English professor who is assigned to teach her. While Frank watches Rita embark on a radical transformation, his own life takes on a different kind of transformation as he finds himself falling in love with Rita while sinking into the depths of his alcoholism. | 110 min., color | Feature, Dir. Lewis Gilbert | 1983 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | AV | 1999 (Reigelman, GSP) | ||
| Education Through Drama: Planning with Heathcote | In this program, Dorothy Heathcote demonstrates how she plans a classroom drama and shares tips for making a drama successful. Her method uses drama to motivate learning in an environment that simulates real life. | 38 min., color | Educational | 2005 Insight Media | AV | 2006 (Romine) | ||
| Edukators, The (DVD) (German w/English Subtitles) | When the rich go on vacation, The Edukators break into their homes. They don't steal, but simply rearrange everything, leaving the message "Your days of plenty are numbered." When Peter's girlfriend Jule (Julia Jentsch, Downfall, winner, Best Young Actress, 2005 Bavarian Film Awards) moves in, she joins them in their subversive activities. But when a rich businessman catches them in the act, they rashly decide to kidnap him. Faced with the values of the generation in power, they will see what kind of revolutionaries they are, if their friendship can survive, and discover if they truly work in the interest of the greater good, or just in their own self-interest. |
120 min., color | Feature, Dir. Hans Weingartner | 2004 Y3 Films Hans Weingartner Filmproduktion Coop 99 Filmproduktion | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (I. Wilson) | ||
| EDWARD II | Trenchant (if unnecessarily violent) adaptation of the Christopher Marlowe play, written in 1592, about the downfall of the openly gay British monarch who rejects his queen for a male lover. | 91 min., color | FEATURE, Dir. Derek Jarman | 1991 Fine Line Features, New Line Home Videos. Columbia Tristar Home Videos, British Screen & BBC | AV | 1994 (Rasmussen) | ||
| Edward Scissorhands | Strikingly original fable (expanded from an idea Burton hatched as a child) about a man-made boy whose creator dies before attaching hman hands to his body. Now he's adopted by a relentlessly cheery Avon Lady, and taken to live in American suburbia. | 105 min., color | Feature, Dir. Tim Burton | 1990 20th Century Fox Film Corp | AV | 1995 (Lerner for GSP) | ||
| Egypt, A Gift to Civilization (2 cassettes) | Panorama of Egyptian history from ancient dynasties to modern democracy....from pharaohs to presidents. | Approx. 90 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Humanities) | LDA Video 199? (Library Distributors of America, Inc.) | AV | Purchased prior to Jane Joyce's "Cleopatra" course. | 1995 (Joyce) | |
| EIGHT MEN OUT | Exquisitely detailed period piece about the infamous 1919 "Black Sox" World Series, in which members of the Chicago White Sox agreed to throw the games in return for cash. | 120 min., color | FEATURE, Dir. John Sayles | 1989 Orion Home Video | AV | 1994 (Weston, Garriott) | ||
| Einstein, A.: How I See the World | Beautifully narrated by Oscar-winning actor William Hurt, this program chronicles how the world's most famous Nobel Prize-winner became its most eloquent advocate for peace. Much is told in Einstein's own words,excerpted from his diaries, personal letters and writings. News film and photos show the public figure, while home movies and family albums reveal the private man. Einstein's life is an absorbing human drama - from the poignant losses he experienced leaving Nazi Germany - to the hero's welcome he received in America, which treated him like a Hollywood star. Through it all, the charm and compassion of Einstein make this a moving inspiring portrait. It is a powerful reminder that truly important thinkers have not only great knowledge, but great wisdom as well. | 60 min C & b/w | Documentary(Astronomy, Physics) | 1991 VPI Video-film Producers International, Ltd. (via PBS) | AV | 1994 (Lockett) | ||
| El Mariachi (Spanish with Eng. Subtitles) | All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse - of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life in this critically-acclaimed film debut from director Robert Rodriguez. Financed with earnings from a month-long stay in a research hospital, this astonishing action-adventure was shot with no second takes using borrowed equipment and a talented cast of unknowns. The riveting result is a wild bullet-dodging ride through a world of bandido violence - from the suspense of the opening shoot-out to the tragedy of the unexpected conclusion. With little more than a great story and a lot of heart, Rodriguez has created pure movie pleasure - setting new standards for independent film making and establishing himself as an unquestionable talent. | 81 min., color | Feature, Dir. Robert Rodriguez | 1993 Columbia Pictures | AV | 1999 (Helmuth) | ||
| El Cara Parchada (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | Arsenio is freed to find the real guilty party, the crime for which he was imprisoned four years earlier. When he gets out, he is able to have the judge let the criminal commit another offense, in exchange for four lost years, but he doesn't do it out of kindness. | b&w | Feature, Dir. Jose Diaz Morales | 2003 BCI Eclipse | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| El Ceniciento (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | Marcelo's family finds itself in serious financial difficulties. When Tin-Tan arrives from the countryside, he is received with all honor since they believe he has a lot of money but they will get a big surprise when they discover that he is poorer than anyone. | 95 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Gilberto Martinez Solares | F. Mier S.A. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| El Cid (2 parts) (Spanish/Hispanic) | Mammoth spectacle with above-average script and acting in film of legendary 11th-century warrior-hero (Charlton Heston) who drove Moors from Spain. | 172 min. | Feature, Dir. Anthony Mann | 1961 Samuel Bronston Productions, Inc. 1989 P.C. Film Corp. |
CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1994 (Ciholas, Finch, Spanish) | |
| El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel) (DVD) (Spanish with or without English subtitles) | The Colonel waits. They promised him a pension, which for years has remained a promis unfulfilled. Friday after Friday, solemn and dressed in his finest suit, the Colonel waits by the dock in anticipation of the letter announcing the arrival of his pension. Everyone in the small town knows that he waits in vain. He knows it too. Every Friday, his wife watches him at the mirror dressing and preparing to pick up the letter that for years has eluded him. But the Colonel, eyes closed to the all to evident truth, stands by his dream, for if not, what else remains for him? There is hunger in the Colonel's house. His wife is a sack of bones consumed by asthma, and the Colonel lives ashamed of his poverty with the shame befitting a decent man. As his needs become more prevalent.........no one writes to the Colonel. | Color | Feature, Dir. Arturo Ripstein | 2003 Maverick Entertainment | David Slade (5/24/06) | 2004 (Paulk, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| El crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Padre Amaro) (DVD) (Region 4) | The confrontation between impulses and moral rules has the power to create a dramatic conflict of great impact. Celibacy, as well as the relationship between power and the Church has inspired stories in literature, in film and in the popular imagination. The Crime of Padre Amaro is of great interest for its human approach, for the possibilities it offers us to explore human motivations, always complex, never simple. This film doesn't deal with the battle between good and evil, but offers an examination of the fibers that are woven to create human beings. | 118 min., color | Feature, Dir. Carlos Carrera | 2002 Alameda Films - Wanda Vision - Blu Films - Foprocine | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| El Gavilan Pollero (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | Two great friends, Jose and Luis, make a blood pact to be inseparable friends; nevertheless Antonia, Jose's sweetheart, tries to make Luis fall in love with her to revenge herself on Jose; when she is about to succeed, something unexpected happens. | 93 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Rogelio A. Gonzalez | F. Meir S.A. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| El Greco (Vol. 3 of Portrait of an Artist Series) | Biography | 30 min., color | Documentary (Spanish Art) | 1982 RM Productions, Home Visions of Films, Inc. | AV | 1992 (Orlins) | ||
| El Licenciado Vidriera - Cervantes (Spanish language, no subtitles) | 51 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) | 1993 FFH Prod. RTVE | AV | 1995 (Finch, Spanish) | |||
| El Norte (Spanish, subtitled) | A brother and sister leave their violence-torn village in Guatemala to find a better home in "the North." | 141 min., color | Feature, Dir. Gregory Nava | 1983 Cinecom International Films 1984 CBS/Fox Company |
AV | 1991 (Orlins) | ||
| El Padrino de la Mafia (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | No drug trafficker is free while the Godfather is in control, everyone has to obey him while his favorite hobby is to spend his time surrounded by the most beautiful women. . . | color | Feature, Dir. Jorge Gomez | 2002 Gomez Films | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| El Siete Machos (Spanish with no subtitles) | 98 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Miguel M. Delgado | 1992 Laguna Films | AV | 2000 (Gift from Prof. Bellver, Spanish) | |||
| El Slavador & Guatemala | Guatemala Natividad Hernandez is a 14-year-old Maya girl, called "Nati" by her friends. He isolated mountain village retains many traditions which strengthen its sense of identity. But Nati's world is changing. A recently constructed road brings new influences to the community; and farm land is growing scarce. Soon she will make important choices about the direction her life will take. El Salvador Jose Marvin Benitez is 15. Everyone calls him Marvin. A child of refugee parents, he was born in Nicaragua during the civil war of the 1980s. After years of uncertainty, Marvin's family has returned to El Salvador to sink roots in Nueva Esperanza, a jungle cooperative village of 200 refugee families. He shows us his family, school and village. |
28 min., color First 14 min., Guatemala; Second 14 min., El Salvador |
Documentary (Spanish) | Maryknoll World Productions | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| El Super (Spanish with subtitles) | A humorous and touching view of Cuban exiles living in a basement apartment during a snowy winter in New York, EL SUPER is the story of Roberto, a superintendent who dreams of his warm and friendly homeland and stubbornly refuses to assimilate into the new culture. Surrounded by his friends and family, all of whom are struggling to adapt to their new home, he encounters life's most familiar and ordinary irritations. EL SUPER is remarkable for its sense of real people and the human experience. | 80 min., color | Feature, Dir. Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jimenez-Leal | 1979 MMF 1989 New Yorker Films |
AV | 1999 ( Helmuth, Daniels, Spanish) | ||
| Election Special (The '90's): The Primary | 60 mins. | Documentary (U.S. Government) | 1992 PBS | AV | 1992 (Gift of Professor Welch) | |||
| Elephant Man | The story of John Merrick, a grotesquely deformed man shown compassion for the first time in his life by an eminent doctor in turn-of-the-century London. No relation to the Broadway play (in which one had to imagine the way Merrick looked.) | 124 mins., b&w | Feature, Dir. David Lynch | 1989 Paramount Pictures Corp. 1980 Brooksfilms Limited. |
AV | 1992 (Converse) | ||
| Elie Wiesel Witness To the Holocaust (from Nobel Prize Series, Sunburst Communications) | 20 mins. | Documentary (German History, Holocaust) | 1990 International Merchandising Corporation | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1994 (McCollough) | ||
| Elie Wiesel: Facing Hate with Bill Moyers (Holocaust) | 40 mins. | Documentary (German History, Holocaust) | 1991 International Cultural Programming, Inc. and Public Affairs Television, Inc. Mystic Fire Video | AV | 1994 (McCollough) | |||
| Elizabeth | England, 1554. Young, passionate Elizabeth Tudor (Cate Blanchett) comes to the throne amidst bloody turmoil. Among her courtiers are the venerable Sir William Cecil (Richard Attenborough), her lover the Duke of Leicester (Joseph Fiennes), the imperious Duke of Norfolk (Christopher Eccleston), and her advisor Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush). She must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown--and her head. | 124 min., color | Feature, Dir. Shekhar Kapur | 1998 Polygram | AV | Has 7 minutes of obnoxious previews before feature. | 2000 (Rasmussen) HUM ? | |
| Elizabeth Madox Roberts (Weaver of Words) | 39 min., color | Documentary (Kentucky authors, American Lit.) | 1982 | AV | 1990 (Reigelman) | |||
| Elizabeth R. (Glenda Jackson) - 6 tapes | The story of Elizabeth the first of England. | 90 min. per tape | Feature | 1971 BBC | AV | 1996 (Ciholas) | ||
| Elmer Gantry | Elmer, a fast-talking salesman living on shoeshines and off-color jokes, meets up with beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a revivalist preacher traveling and dazzling the Bible Belt population. Hired to give testimony and raise a few dollars, Elmer discovers he has the true gift of gab and the minimum amount of divine inspiration needed to launch his career as a preacher. Unfortunately, his success is jeopardized when a prostitute and former girlfriend,Lulu Baines crosses his path. A searing and provocative indictment of religious corruption earlier in this century. | 2 hrs. 27 min., color |
Feature, Dir. Richard Brooks | 1960 Elmer Gantry Productions | AV | 1996 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Emerald Forest (Spanish/Hispanic) (2 copies) | Powers Booth is Bill Markham, an engineer helping civilization conquer the world's last savage frontier, the Amazon. Charley Boorman is Markham's son who, one day, at the jungle's edge, disappears. Markham returns to the Amazon year after year, searching for his son. Then, after ten years, Markham finds the man that had once been his boy, but now is a warrior from a different world. | 114 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Boorman | 1985 Embassy FilmsAssociates | Passariello to Ecuador, Fall 1999 (copy #1) AV (copy #2) |
Adventure, Environmental concerns. Purchased for Axtell, 1992-93. | 1993 (Passariello) 2003 (Gift - Reigelman) | |
| Emma (Paltrow) | Charming, witty adaptation of Jane Austen's comedy of manners about a headstrong young woman who makes a habit of playing matchmaker for others, but can't recognize her own true feelings - or those of the men who surround her. | 121 min., color | Feature, Dir. Douglas McGrath | 1996 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | AV | 1997 (Bastian, Wards) | ||
| Emma (The A & E production - Kate Beckinsale) | The Jane Austin 19th century England world of drawing rooms and country manors. | 107 min., color | Feature, Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence | 1996 A & E Television Network | AV | 2001 (M. Ward) | ||
| Emperor Jones, The (musical) and Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist | Paul Robeson plays Pullman porter who escapes from chain gang and improbably becomes King of a Caribbean island. | 72 min., b&w - 29 min., color | Feature, Dir. Dudley Murphy and Documentary together on one tape. (Music) | 1933 Krimsky Gifford Cochran Productions 1979 Janus Films, Inc. |
Atkins | AV | 1993 (Pace, African-American Studies, Music) | |
| Encierros San Fermin | The most exciting images about the "encierros '99", don't broadcast for any mass media with a tourist introduction of Navarra, a land of contrast where go is back. Advices about how to run with the bulls and everything you need to know of the "Fiesta". |
Documentary (Spanish) | Pandora Imagen y Servicios | AV | 2007 (Bellver - Gift, Spanish) | |||
| End of Days, The (DVD) | About 2,000 years ago, a group of people lived at Qumran, on the shore of the Dead Sea. Were they really the Essenes? And did the inhabitants write the more than 800 scrolls that were found there? In this program, Geza Vermes, of Oxford University; Lawrence Schiffman, of New York University; archaeologist Hanan Eshel; and other experts search for the answers. The startling counter-theories of Norman Golb and Yitzhar Hirschfeld are also considered. Close-ups of scroll and pottery fragments, footage of the dig at Qumran, models and drawings, and readings from the War Scroll, Temple Scroll, and Copper Scroll are included. | 36 min., color | Documentary (Religion) | 2003 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (McCollough) | ||
| Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The (DVD) (German w/Optional English Subtitles) | In 1828, as if out of nowhere, a young man appeared in Nuremberg's town square. He had no history, spoke only a few words, and could not stand upright. Having been locked in a basement for 17 years, Kaspar Hauser was more beast than man. Despite attempts by townsfolk to understand and civilize him, Kaspar became little more than a sideshow attraction. And though the mystery of his origins remained unanswered, perhaps the biggest question of all was, why did someone want him dead? |
109 min., color | Feature, Dir. Werner Herzog | 1974 Werner Herzog Filmproduktion | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson) | ||
| ENTER GORBACHEV: SECOND RUSSIAN REVOLUTION SERIES | 45 min. | DOCUMENTary (Russian History) | CORONET | AV | 1993 (Hamm) | |||
| Entre Panco Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda (Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman) (Spanish without Subtitles) | Gina (Diana Bracho) is a modern business woman in her late forties, she has a lover named Adrian, who she sees once in a while just to have sex; they are both attracted to the historic figure of Pancho Villa, while he admires his power, she admires his virility. As Gina helps Adrian (who is a journalist) to write a book about Pancho villa, she discovers the similarity between Villa's relation to women to that of Adrian and hers. She gets sick of only having sex, and when she decides to get married with him and hav a baby, he escapes to buy cigarrettes and gets lost for three months. Gina forgets about him and gets a new boyfriend (half the age she is), and when Adrian tries to get her back and she refuses him and humiliates him, the one and only Pancho Villa appears as his machista conscience ready to do anything to get Gina back. | 100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Sabina Berman and Isabelle Tardan | 1995 Televicine, S.A. de C.V. Todos los derechos Reservados | AV | 2003 (Gift - Spanish Dept.) | ||
| ENVIRONMENT, THE: A Historical Perspective | From the first agricultural settlements, to the industrial revolution, to agribusiness and widespread urbanization, humans have been transforming the environment for thousands of years. But now, with rain forests disappearing at an appalling rate, pollution on the rise, and the world's population reaching truly astronomical proportions, how will the Earth survive? In this program, Lester Brown, president of World Watch Institute; academic experts; and others study the environmental impacts humans have had on the planet and present their perspectives on ecological stewardship for the 21st century. | 53 min., color | Documentary (Environmental) | 2000 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | AV | 2003 (Brownlee) | ||
| Equinox (Touring Mexico) | 60 mins. | Documentary (Mexico, Tourism, Spanish/Hispanic) | 1988 Equinox Video. | AV | very poor quality program | 1994 (Brownlee) | ||
| Equus | Peter Shaffer's shattering play loses vivid theatricality on film. Richard Burton is very good as the psychiatrist. | 2 hrs. 45 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Sidney Lumet | 1977 United Artists Corporation. | AV | 1992 (Converse) | ||
| Erendira (Spanish, subtitled) | Strange does not begin to describe this fable of queenly Irene Papas forcing beautiful, obedient granddaughter Claudia Ohana into prostitution in a vast surreal desert. From a screen play by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. | 103 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ruy Guerra | 1983 1985 Media Home Entertainment, Inc. |
AV | 1991 (Kelley) | ||
| Ernesto Che Guevara: The Bolivian Diary | Over 30 years ago, on October 9, 1967, Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army, aided by the CIA. Guevara's diary, a detailed, personal account of his futile 11-month attempt to foment revolution in Bolivia, is the basis of this moving portrait. Che's relationship with the mysterious Tania, his betrayal by local peasants, his constant battle with asthma, and his distress at the death of comrades are recounted. Interviews with Bolivians who met Che during these final days testify to a man who embraced sacrifice for his ideals. | 94 min., Color/B&W | Documentary (Spanish) | 1997 Richard Dindo | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| es weihnachtet sehr (German without subtitles) | Customs, music and stories of Christmas in Germany. | 50 min., color | Documentary (German) | 1986 Pantoffel-kino | AV | 1998 (Bokel) | ||
| Eskimo | Examines Eskimo life. | 55 min. | Documentary (Anthropology) | AV | 1996 (Passariello) (Anthropology) | |||
| Espana y las Americas (Spanish with no subtitles) | 40 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) | 1994 Eagle Multimedia Group | AV | 2003 (Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Ethics in America (10 part series mounted on 5 cassettes) 1. Do Unto Others 2. To Defend a Killer 3. Public Trust, Private Interest 4. Does Dr. Know Best? 5. Anatomy of a Hostile Takeover 8. Truth on Trial 6. Under Orders, Under Fire (pt. 1) 7. Under Orders, Under Fire (pt. 2) 9. The Human Experiment 10. Politics, Privacy and the Press |
See title field for individual segments. | 60 min. each, color | Documentary (Ethics) | 1989 Annenberg (off air license) | AV | 1990 (Mount) | ||
| Ethnic Notions | A disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the evolution of the deeply rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, advertisements, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights era and implanted themselves deeply within the American psyche. Narration by Ester Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed light on the origins and devastating consequences of this 150-year-long parade of bigotry. | 57 min., color | Documentary, Dir. Marlon Riggs. (History, Anthropology, African-American studies, Racism) | 1987 Dist. by California Newsreel | AV | 1999 (Baker, Pace) (Atkins) | ||
| Eudora Welty "Worn Path" | The production of the story itself lasts about 22 minutes and is followed by an interview in which Ms. Welty discusses the writing of the story with a young lady. | 32 min., color | Documentary (Literature, Southern authors) | FFH 1999, 1994 W orn Path Productions, Harcourt Brace | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2000 (Lucas) | |
| Eumenides (The Furies, Part 3 of the Oresteia, Aeschylus) | Having avenged his father's murder by killing his mother, Orestes - now pursued by the Furies because he has committed matricide - takes refuge at the shrine of Apollo, who promises protection and sends him to seek justice from Athena. The ghost of Clytemnestra rouses the Chorus of Furies to bring her murderer to justice. Athena, goddess of wisdom, judges between Orestes, who murdered his mother to avenge his father, and the Furies, who demand revenge for the murder of Clytemnestra. Her decision reflects the historical turning in Athens from personal retribution to community law. | 90 min., color | Feature (The Peter Hall production) | FFH | AV | 1999 (Gift of Prof. Bruce White to Hum 11 ) | ||
| Europa Europa (German with English subtitles) | Agnieszka Holland's story of a German-Jewish teenager who survived World War II by disguising himself as a Nazi for seven years and in 3 countries. | 115 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Agnieszka Holland | 1991 Orion Pictures Corporation | I, German and Russian with English subtitles | AV | Also available on DVD (VHS copy missing Centre Term 2006) | 1993 (Leppig) |
| European Union Moves East, The (from series: Expanding Europe - Round Five of the E.U. Buildout) | A Deutsche Welle program featuring an interview with the European Commission's Gunter Verheugen, surveying the issues facing Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, and Cyprus, including their need for economic revitalization, industrial innovation, and infrastructure improvements. The E.U.'s relationship with Russia and the Balkans is considered as well. | 25 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | 2000 FFH | AV | 2001 (Brownlee, Hamm, Bradshaw) | ||
| Ever After: A Cinderella Story | A "modern" young woman of the 16th century, Danielle (Drew Barrymore) is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Against remarkable odds, she stands up to her scheming stepmother (Anjelica Huston) and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her, including the crown prince of France (Dougray Scott)! | 100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Andy Tennant | 1998 20th Century Fox | AV | 1999 (Gift to college) | ||
| Every Time We Say Goodbye | In a moving departure from his comedic roles, Tom Hanks, star of the widely acclaimed Splash, Bachelor Party and Nothing in Common, stars as a Royal Air Force officer caught amidst the ravages of World War II and unrequited love. Jerusalem, 1942. Tom Hanks is Flight Lieutenant David Bradford. While recuperating from a leg wound at a local army hospital, David meets and falls madly in love with a beautiful Jewish girl, Sarah. Her highly religious clan cruely rejects David, a gentile and the son of a minister. The family wages war on the couple by keeping Sarah separated from the man she loves. But, the two young lovers stage an emotional fight against the powerful ties of family, heritage and tradition. | 97 min., color | Feature, Dir. Moshe Mizrahi | 1986 Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Everybody Rides the Carousel | 72 min., color | Documentary (Death and Dying) | 1976 The Hudley Studio Inc. | D&D | AV | 1991 (Scarborough) | ||
| Evolution and Human Equality | 60 min., color | Documentary (Biology) | Insight Video | AV | 1991 (C. Barton) | |||
| Evolution with Dr. Jared Diamond (from Great Minds of Science series) | Recently, scientists discovered that humans share almost 99% of their DNA with chimps. This fact has raised profound scientific, ethical and philosophical questions. What does it really mean to be human? How much of our behavior is programmed into our genes? Why do we do stupid things such as waging war and destroying our environment? No scientist has thought longer and harder about these issues than Dr. Jared Diamond, professor of physiology at UCLA Medical School and recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Award. Dr. Diamond is able to offer startling insights about who we humans really are, and what awaits us down the evolutionary road. | 45 min., color | Documentary (Biology, Psychology) | 1995 Discover Magazine | AV | 1998 (Biology, Psychology) | ||
| Evolution: Series of seven programs aired on PBS. Mounted on separate cassettes. Darwin's Dangerous Idea Great Transformations Extinction! The Evolutionary Arms Race Why Sex? The Mind's Big Bang What About God? |
Beginning with Darwin's revolutionary theory, this series explores all facets of evolution - the changes that spawned the tree of life, the power of sex, how evolution continues to affect us every day, and the perceived conflict between science and religion. | 8 hours on 7 cassettes, color | Documentary (Biology, Anthropology) | 2001 WGBH Educational Foundation and Clear Blue Sky Productions, Inc. | Lives in Biology Dept. with Dr. Lubbers | 2002 (Barton(s), Lubbers, Nyerges) | ||
| Evolutionary Economics | In this program, David Audretsch of Indiana University and Ulrich Witt of the Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems discuss the notion of evolutionary economics. | 42 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | 1999 Insight Media | Winrich | 2003 (Brownlee) |
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| Excalibur (DVD) (English & French Language & Subtitles) | All the elements of Sir Thomas Malory's classic Le Morte Darthur are here: Arthur (Nigel Terry) removing the sword Excalibur from the stone; the Round Table's noble birth and tragic decline; the heroic attempts to recover the Holy Grail; and the shifting balance of power between wily wizard Merlin (Nicol Williamson) and evil sorceress Morgana (Helen Mirren). With Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne and Liam Neeson in notable early screen roles, Excalibur serves up, The New Yorker's Pauline Kael wrote, "one lush, enraptured scene after another." | 140 min., color | Feature, Dir. John Boorman | 1981 Warner Bros. | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Rasmussen) | ||
| Executive Suite | Slick, multifaceted story of company power struggle. | 105 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Robert Wise | 1954 Loew's Incorporated 1981 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. 1988 Turner Entertainment Co. |
AV | lori 2 | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Exodus to Israel | 60 min., color/b&w | Documentary (History) | 1988 Films for the Humanities Inc. | AV | 1991 (Hamm) | |||
| EXPEDITIONS THROUGH GERMAN CULTURE (German with no subtitles) | 52 PROGRAMS ON 13 TAPES with hard bound book. | Documentary (German Language) | EUROTEL | Prof. Marshall | GERMAN - NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 1994 (German faculty) | ||
| Experiment, The (DVD) (German w/English Subtitles) | An undercover reporter (Moritz Bleibtreu of Run Lola Run) signs up to be a paid volunteer in a two-week scientific research project designed to test the psychological effects of prison life. Joining a group of 11 other volunteer "prisoners" in a makeshift prison, the inmantes are monitored by eight volunteer "guards" and an elaborate system of surveillance cameras. Now, the watched and the watchers find themselves drawn into a twisted nightmare where vulnerability is weakness, power is intoxicating and The Experiment becomes a terrifying reality that will change their lives forever. | 119 min., color | Feature, Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel | 2000 Typhoon Films and Fanes Film | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Explore Bolivia | Bolivia is host to a vast array of societies, some of which are nearly unchanged from Incan times! | 45 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) | 1986 Gaylord Production Co./Southern Cross Productions | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Exploring the World of Music (with teacher's guide booklet) | 1. Sound, Music and the Environment- 2. The Transformative Power of Music- 3. Music and Memory- 4. Transmission:Learning Music- 5. Rhythm- 6. Melody.- 7. Timbre:The Color of Music- 8. Texture- 9. Harmony.- 10. Form: The Shape of Music- 11. Composers and Improvisors- 12. Music and Technology. |
12 lessons (Approx. 30 min. each on separate cassettes) designed as basis for a telecourse. | Documentary (Music) | 1998 Annenberg/CPB Collection | AV | 2000 (Bitensky) | ||
| Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West In the Land of the Bolsheviks (Russian interest) | In 1924 an American's paranoid adventures in the USSR. Silent with English subtitles and piano accompaniment. As a bonus, the film stars famous Soviet directors Boris Barnet as the gun-totin' Jeddy and Vsevolod Pudovkin as the con-man Zhban. | 78 min., b&w | Feature | 1991 Kino International | AV | 1996 (Weston) | ||
| Extreme Machines Volume 1: Wheels of Steel, Race Cars, Rollercoasters | Experience the most powerful machines to ever ride the rails, from Big Boy steam engines to today's TGV, guided by onboard computers to speeds exceeding 300 m.p.h. Then examine the role of aerodynamics in winning Indycar Tasman and GTR races. And hang on for breathtaking rides atop 1920s-era wooden rollercoasters, as well as a modern-day variety, which loops 20 times in 60 seconds. | 150 min. total, color | Documentary (Biology) | The Learning Channel, Discovery Communications, Inc., Pioneer Productions | Not logged | Biol. Dept. (Prof. M. Barton) | Purchased for an STP course 1998-99 | 1999 (M. Barton) |
| Eye of the Storm: Jerusalem's Temple Mount (DVD) | At the heart of the Middle East conflict stands the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Holy ground for Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, this 35-acre plot is the world's most contested piece of land. Filmed on location, this timely program presents a wide array of perspectives on the role and future of the Temple Mount. Numerous interviews bring together political and religious activists - from moderate to radical - from all three faiths, including Jewish groups actively preparing for the reestablishment of King Solomon's Temple and evangelical Christians taking similar steps that they believe will hasten the Second Coming. | 52 min., color | Documentary (Religion) | 2003 Films for the Humanities & Sciences | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (McCollough) | ||
| Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads - 1965 to 1985 (Series of 8) #1 The Time Has Come (1965-85) #2 Two Societies (1965-68) #3 Power! (1968-76) #4 The Promised Land (1967-68) #5 Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964-72) #6 A Nation Of Law? (1968-71) #7 The Keys To the Kingdom (1974-80) #8 Back To the Movement (1979-mid 80s) |
The second series from PBS about the Civil Rights Movement of 1965-1985. | 60 min. each part | Documentary (American History, Civil Rights) | 1989 Blackside, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | Atkins | 1992 (Stroup, Government) |
| Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (Series of 6 programs) #1 Awakenings (1954-56) #2 Fighting Back (1957-62) #3 Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-61) #4 No Easy Walk (1962 66) #5 Mississippi: Is This America? #6 Bridge to Freedom ( 1965) |
60 min. each part | Documentary (Government) | 1986 Blackside Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE |
AV | Atkins | 1990 (Stroup) | |
| Faat Kine (French and Wolof with English subtitles) (Africa) | A penetrating analysis of the interplay of gender, economics and power in today's Africa. Sembene accomplishes all this through the deceptively light domestic drama of "Faat Kine", a gas station operator born, significantly, the same year as Senegalese independence, 1960. | 110 min., color | Feature, Dir. Ousmane Sembene | via California Newsreel | Lori x | AV | Lori | 2001 (Lori, Bradshaw) |
| Fabulous 60's: 1965, Vol. 6 & 1968, Vol. 9 | 55 min. each volume, color/b&w | Documentary (History) | Maljak Productions, Inc. | AV | 1992 (Lee) | |||
| Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers (South Africa - Desmond Tutu) 2 cassettes | The years 1960 through 1994 were a time of terror in South Africa. With the destruction of the yoke of apartheid in 1994, South Africa has had to come to terms with its oppressive past: recrimination and punishment, or forgiveness? This program describes the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate human rights violations and to help South Aftrica in its process of reinvention. Bill Moyers and producer-director Gail Pellett speak with apartheid victims to hear their stories firsthand. Additional interviews with Nobel laureate and TRC architect Arthbishop Desmond Tutu, former officers of state security, counterterrorists, and fournalists- combined with footage of some of the most dramatic confrontations that occurred during the TRC hearings - round out this documentary. As the U.S. wrestles with its own heritage of descrimination and injustice, the TRC's process offers insights into how America might improve its own future through reconcilliation and forgiveness. | 60 min. each cassette | Documentary (Sociology) | 1999 FFH | AV | 2001 (Weston) | ||
| Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (2 part series - The Beginning, and The Next Bit - each part mounted on 3 cassettes) | Part 1 - The Beginning: Distinguished actor Leonard Rossiter stars as Reginald Iolanthe Perrin, a man on the run from both success and the rat race. Middle-aged and disillusioned with his job as a sales executive with Sunshine Desserts, Reggie wants to break loose from his ordered existence. Waving goodbye to his past - the only things he will miss are his outrageous sexual fantasies with his secretary - our hero heads for the beach and swims off to oblivion then floats back as Martin Wellbourne with a completely new personality. His wife Elizabeth, becomes his new wife, and as Martin, he accepts a job at his old firm of Sunshine Desserts. Part 2 - The Next Bit opens with Martin/Reggie tiring of the masquerade and telling Elizabeth who he really is. Then C.J. finds out the truth and he is fired. Reggie opens Grot - to stock things that are of no value whatsoever and sell them at high prices to people who will find them of no possible use. The new firm goes from strength to strength. Reggie employs C.J. and all his old colleagues as Grot goes into Europe. Disillusioned with his success, Reggie decides to destroy Grot and employs four men ideally suited for the job. They make the company even more prosperous. Reggie can do nothing to shock people and destroy Grot, so an extreme solution to his unwelcome success is forced upon him. Back to the beaches. |
Part 1 = 210 min. on 3 cassettes. Part 2 = 250 min., on 3 cassettes., color | TV series (feature ?) | Part 1, 1976 BBC Part 2 , 1978 BBC |
AV | 1999 (Morrison, Comedy course?) | ||
| Families of MEXICO | Journey to Mexico to experience real family, including responsibilities, celebrations, conversations, and customs. this unique program follows the daily lives of children and their families to thoroughly illustrate human interaction, food traditions, education, and much more. Students go behind-the-scenes to experience the best of Mexican culture! | 30 min., color | Documentary (Spanish) | 1997 Arden Films, Inc. 2001 Master Communications, Inc. |
AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Family Across the Sea | An Historical and linguistic detective story, this program shows how scholars have uncovered the remarkable connections between the Gullah people of South Carolina and the people of Sierra Leone. It movingly portrays how African Americans have preserved their ties with their homeland through centuries of oppression. The film concludes with the "homecoming" of a delegation of Gullah to the West African brothers and sisters they hadn't realized they had. | 56 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, American history African-American studies) | 1991 California Newsreel | Atkins | AV | Dir. Tim Carrier, Prod. S.Carolina ETV | 1999 (Pace) |
| Family Fuel: A Coal Strike Story | 30 min. | Documentary (Anthropology, Sociology) | AV | 1993 (Passariello, Weston) | ||||
| Family Gathering (American Experience series) | A personal look at the repercussions of historical events. Five days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Masuo Yasui, a respected figure of Hood Valley, Oregon, was arrested by the FBI as a "potentially dangerous enemy alien." Among 110,000 Japanese Americans evacuated from the West Coast after Executive Order 9066, Masuo's wife and children were subjected to internment, family separation, and wartime race politics. Thus begins an intergenerational legacy of myth, selected memory and silences surrounding the Yasui family's American history, and a granddaughter's resolve to know the truth. | 60 min., color | Documentary (History) | 1989 L. Yasui | AV | Lisa Yasui and Ann Tegnell | 2000 (Prof. Baker) | |
| Fantasia (Music) | Walt Disney's eight-part marriage of music and animated images remains an amazing achievement: Deems Taylor's narration dates it more than the content. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (with Mickey Mouse), "The Dance of the Hours" (with dancing hippos and alligators), "Rite of Spring" (dinosaurs stalking the earth), and "A Night on Bald Mountain" (with Chernobog, the personification of evil) are so stunning that they make up for the less compelling sequences. | 120 mins., color | Feature, Ben Sharpsteen (Production Supervisor) | 1940 The Walt Disney Company | AV | 1993 (Lerner) | ||
| Fantastic World of M. C. Escher, The | "The works of the Dutch graphic artist, Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) have intrigued and delighted for generations. His distortions of space and time, steeped in fantastic imagery, have created a dedicated following around the world. But who was the man behind the intricate and mysterious designs? What inspired his unique and often bizarre prints? And what are the mathematical principles at work in so much of Escher's Art? Through first-person accounts by his friends and mathematicians, computer animated recreations of his work, and a look at his sources of inspiration in Italy and Spain, [this program] answers these questions and more in an engaging exploration that will enrich the understanding and appreciation of Escher and his art." | 50 min. | Documentary (Art, Mathematics) | 1980 and 1994 Michele Emmer Film 7 International and M.C. Escher Foundation, Dist. by Atlas Video, Inc. | AV | 1998 (Art, Mathematics) | ||
| Farinelli (French and Italian with subtitles) music? | The amazing true story of the world famous castrato comes to life in a sumptuous and sexy drama of high notes and even higher passions. Farinelli had everything; money, talent, fame, wormen... and the voice of an angel. "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll - 18th Century Style!" Dr. Joy Browne WOR RADIO. | 110 min., color | Feature, Dir. Gerard Corbiar | 1994 Stephen Films and several collaborators | AV | 2001 (B. Hall) | ||
| Farmers of the Sea (Nova) | 60 min., color | Documentary (Biology) | 1984 Ambrose | AV | 1990 (M. Barton) | |||
| Fascism (from History of the 20th Century series) | This program looks at the appeal of fascist ideologies in the 20th century - in Germany, Italy and Spain. | 48 min., color/b&w | Documentary (History) | 1996 FFH | AV | David Frost-host | 2000 (Hamm) | |
| Fashion Through the Ages | Pt. 1 Fashion in the Ancient World Pt. 2 The Dark Ages Through the 17th Century Pt. 3 The Late 1680's Through the 19th Century Pt. 4 The Twentieth Century |
Pt. 1=25 min., Pt. 2=36 min., Pt. 3=24 min., Pt. 4=21 |
Documentary (Humanities) | Educational Video Network, inc. | AV | 2002 (Joyce) | ||
| Fast Cars (Nova) | Follow the Bobby Rahal - Carl Hogan team's nerve-wracking race to ready a custom car for the next Indianapolis 500. Find out how an elusive balance of design factors - downforce, drag, wing tilt, undertunnels - can spell the difference between driving home a victory and driving into the wall. | 60 min., color | Documentary (Biology) | 1995, WGBH Educational Foundation | Biol. Dept., Dr. M. Barton | 1998 (M. Barton) | ||
| Fast Runner, The (DVD) (In the Inuktitut Language w/English Text) | When a small, nomadic community is cursed by an unknown shaman, the curse is still felt years later. Atanarjuat falls in love with Atuat, a woman already promised to the son of the clan's leader. In a fight, she is won by Atanarjuat causing vengeful clan leader Oki to plot to attack Atanarjuat and his brother in their sleep. Atanarjuat manages to escape and sets off running across the ice, embarking on a harrowing adventure to survive in the brutal wilderness. His journey ends when he returns, stronger and wiser, to reclaim his life and stop the curse that has divided his people. | 161 min., color | Feature, Dir. Zacharias Kunuk | 2002 Lot 47 Films, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler, The | Between 1933 and 1945 the people of Germany surrendered their will to a charismatic demagogue who led them, and much of the world, to destruction. How it happened is the subject of this program. Its focus is on the appeal of Hitler's personality not only to Germans, but to leaders of other European nations. We see how Hitler's life influenced his leadership style, and how he used the Jews as scapegoats on whom to blame Germany's economic problems. Home movies of Hitler's private life, and interviews with those who knew him, complete this eerie portrait. This is an excellent catalyst for classroom discussion on how demagogues come to power, and what social and economic conditions make it possible. | 90 min., color | Documentary (History) | FFH under license from BBC | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2000 (Hamm, McCollough) | |
| Fate of the Neanderthals, The (A&E Ancient Mysteries) | 50 min., color | Documentary | 1996 A&E Television Networks | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1999 (Nyerges) | ||
| Faulkner (Filmstrip transferred to video) | Slide/filmstrip show format with printed transcript of audio included. | 23 min., (faded color) | Documentary (Literature) | Thomas S. Klise Co. - purchased from Filmic Archives | AV | 1999 (Reigelman) | ||
| Faust (DVD) | Oft-told story of the eternal, earthly conflict between good and evil, in which the title character bargains away his soul to Mephistopheles (Emil Jannings). | 116 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. F. W. Murnau | 1926 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Faust (Goethe, German language, no subtitles) Mounted on 2 cassettes |
The Goethe classic as presented by Divina -Film | 124 min., color | Feature | 1960 Deutschland, via German Language Video Center | . | AV | Also available on DVD. | 1994 (Keffer) (Klimke) |
| Faustina (DVD) (Spanish w/o subtitles) | A fascinating woman dedicated to winning love, power, and fame, by any means possible, and an authentic devil who tries by any means to defeat her. But demons can also fall in love. Thus a battle begins, of infernal skills, strategies, and tricks. And the result, as one can already figure out: when a woman wants to get her own way there are no powers in hell that can stop her. | Feature | 2003 Cozumel Films, LLC | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | |||
| Feast, The | How an alliance is formed between hostile Yanomamo Indian villages through feasting, trading , dancing and chanting. Preparation of the compound and decoration of bodies are detailed. Notes that the leader must persuade the tribe members through his own actions as opposed to through some official authority. | 29 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) | 1968 NAVC | AV | 1998 (Passariello, Anthropology) | ||
| Fellini Satyricon | A visually stunning look at the decadence and debauchery of Ancient Rome. Based on contemporary accounts, the succession of bizarre beings, orgiastic lifestyles and amoral attitudes reflect Fellini's views of '60s youth. | 130 min., color | Feature, Dir. Federico Fellini | PEA PRODUZIONI, 1969 EUROPEE ASSOC. SA5 MGM/UA HOME VIDEO, 1988 |
BORROWED BY A FACULTY MEMBER AND NOT RETURNED.circa 1994 | 1993 (Missing) | ||
| Femme Nikita, La (French / English subtitles) | A ruthless street junkie is transformed into a deadly agent for the French government. | 117 min., color | Feature, Dir. Luc Besson | 1991 The Samuel Goldwyn Co. | AV | This is an awesome movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Ken Lammers) | 1996 (Ciholas) | |
| Femmes aux Yeux Ouverts (Women with Open Eyes) French with subtitles | Portraits of contemporary African women in four West African countries: Burkina Faso, Mali Senegal and Benin. Shows that women are organizing at the grassroots level to play a prominent role in Africa's current opening to democracy. It demonstrates why Africa's development is inextricably linked to the social and economic progress of its women. | 52 min., color | Documentary (International Studies) | 1994 Togo. California Newsreel from Library of African Cinema | Lori | AV | Dir. Anne-Laure Folly | 2002 (Hartmann-Mahmud) |
| FEMMES SAVANTES, LES (The Learned Ladies) - MOLIERE (French language - no subtitles) | 115 min. | Performance Comedie Francais | INA, 1978 - FACSEA | AV | 1994 (Ciholas, Keffer) | |||
| Fetal Surgery and Tissue Implant - Right or Wrong | This is an unbiased presentation of one of the most explosive topics in medical science: fetal surgery and fetal tissue transplant. It presents a thorough survey of the procedures currently being done, and allows those who support and oppose the practice to make their arguments. The program also examines such questions as: Should there be a moratorium on fetal surgery? Should fetal organs be harvested? Parents and professionals on all sides of the issue offer personal insights. A BBC Production. Original BBC broadcast title: "Twice Born". | 58 min., color | Documentary (Medical ethics) | FFH (BBC) 1999 | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 2001 (Mount)(Asmus) | |
| FIBERS: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SERIES (2) | none | 10 min. | DOCUMENTARY (Chemistry) | FFH, 1992 | AV | 1993 (Susan Campbell) | ||
| Fiddler on the Roof (Musical) (2 cassettes) | Adapted from the stage play. Tevye (Topol) is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in the village of Anatevka in Czarist Russia. With a sharp-tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep Tevye strong when his existence is balanced as precariously as a fiddler on the roof. | 3 hours, color | Feature, Dir. Norman Jewison | 1971 Mirisch Productions, Inc and Cartier Productions, Inc. | AV | A real joy! | 1996 (Garriott) | |
| Fidelio (opera, German, Beethoven)(music) | "Designed in an austere, but traditional style by Margit Bardy, Adolf Drenen's production moves at a compelling pace and conveys Beethoven's theme - the triumph of love and freedom over the forces of evil and oppression - with a natural, unadorned simplicity. .....A thoroughly teutonic 'Fidelio'." | 125 min., color | Music, Opera | 1991, RM Arts & Royal Opera House | AV | 1997 (Youmans) | ||
| Fight Club | A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. The concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until a sensuous eccentric (female) gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion. | 139 min., color | Feature, Dir. David Fincher | 1999 Twentieth Century Fox | AV | 2001 (Daniels) | ||
| Financial Markets | Using the interaction of supply and demand, this video analyzes bond and currency markets. It examines factors that cause changes in the bond markets, explains how governments affect currency prices, and reveals how bond and currency markets affect aggregate demand. | 13 min., color | Documentary | 1999 | 2005 (Das) | |||
| Fire Below Us, The (Remembering Mount St. Helens | What was it like to live through an erupting volcano? What lessons did Mount St. Helens teach us? Are we prepared to enter a new era of volcanic activity? | 68 min., color | Documentary (Ecology) | 1995 Global Net Poductions | AV | 2002 (Lubbers) | ||
| Firing Line Debate "Resolved: "The Evolutionists Should Acknowledge Creation" | 2 hrs., color | Documentary (Anthropology | 1997 Frontline, Seton Hall Univ., PBS | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | A Printed transcript accompanied the program but is checked out by Prof. Nyerges. | 1998 (Nyerges, Anthropology, Passariello) | |
| First Contact | "When Columbus and Cortez ventured into the New World there was no camera to record the drama of this first encounter. But, in 1930, when the Leahy brothers penetrated the interior of New Guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Thus they captured on film their unexpeted confrontation with thousands of stone age people who had no concept of human life beyond their valleys. This amazing footage forms the basis of "First Contact."........ Fifty years later some of the participants are still alive and vividly recall their unique experience. The Papuans tell how they thought the white men were their ancestors, bleached by the sun and returned from the dead. .......... As they see their younger, innocent selves on screen, they speak of the darker side of their relationship with these mysterious beings with devastating weapons. Australian Dan Leahy describes his fear at being outnumbered by primitive looking people with whom he could not speak. He felt he had to dominate them for his own survival and to continue his quest for gold." | 54 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology) | Filmakers Library ?1980? | AV | 1998 (Passariello, Anthropology) | ||
| First Measured Century, The | In 1881, President James Garfield predicted that "statistical inquiry" would make the historian "the prophet of his generation." Instead of cataloging "princes, dynasties, sieges and battles," he proclaimed, the new historian would use data to examine the lives of "the people themselves." The rise of social science made the realization of Garfield's vision possible, and thus the twentieth century became the "first measured century." Hosted by Ben Wattenbert of the weekly public television series "Think Tank". | 3 hours on 2 cassettes, color/b&w | Documentary (Sociology) | 2000 BJW, Inc. Dist. PBS Home Video | AV | With paperback book of same name | 2001 (Weston) | |
| Fisher King, The | Robin Williams is Parry, a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Jeff Bridges is Jack, New York's #1 shock dee-jay, whose off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy which ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors...Parry. A modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail, filled with humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance. | 137 min., color | Feature, Dir. Terry Gilliam | 1991 Tristar Pictures, Inc. | AV | 2000 (Ciholas - Gift) (Finch) | ||
| Flame | Flame is the story of two close friends, Florence, impulsive and brave, and Nyasha, scholarly and cautious, whose involvement in the war of liberation leads to very different outcomes. In 1975, while still teenages they join the Chimurenga, the Zimbabwean freedom struggle, at its camps in Mozambique; Florence assumes the nom de guerre, Flame, while Nyasha chooses, Liberty. We watch as they grow into confident women, training as soldiers and learning about their political rights. | 85 min., color | Documentary, Dir. Ingrid Sinclair | 1996 California Newsreel | AV | 2006 (Hartmann-Mahmud) | ||
| Flamenco (In Spanish with some English Subtitles) | Exploring the sensuous delights and dark mysteries of life by uniting music, song, and dance, FLAMENCO is one of the purest and most stunning performance films ever made. With an exceptional history that reaches back nearly five hundred years, the magnificent art of Flamenco has long been an integral part of the Spanish heart and culture. Joining three hundred of the worlds greatest flamenco performers with master cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, director Carlos Saura has magnificently transferred the beauty and power of Flamenco to the screen. The result is an unbroken series of electrifying numbers that range in emotion from heartbreak to elation and that shimmer with sexual energy while reaching a thrilling level of virtuosity. |
100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Carlos Saura | 1994 Juan Lebron Productions | AV | 2004 (Finch, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Flamenco Women | A portrait that combines all three elements of the Flamenco style: singing (canta) guitar(toque) and the dance itself (baile). Behind the scenes portrayal of a Flamenco troupe with just six days to prepare for a live performance. Figgis captures the sweat, toil and excitement as choreographers, musicians, singers and dancers blend their talents and artistry. | 52 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Spanish culture) | 1997, Channel 4 | AV | Dir. Mike Figgis | 1999 (Bellver, Spanish), 2007 (Bellver - Gift, Copy #2) | |
| Flames in the Forest | Resistance since the 1950s of the Amazon Indians of eastern Ecuador to the invasion of international oil companies which, with the encouragement of the Ecuadorian government, seek to use the resource-rich region for intensive oil production. | 52 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, Travel) | 1992 Films for the Humanities and Sciences | AV | 1997 (Brownlee, Passariello) | ||
| Flashing On the Sixties | Berkeley. Not as detailed or complete as Berkeley in the Sixties. | 60 min. | Documentary (Sociology, American History) | 1990 Flashback Productions Limited 1993 Pacific Arts Video |
. | AV | 1993 (Weston) | |
| Fledermaus, Die , (Opera,Music) (German with English Subtitles), (DVD) | Charming Johann Strauss operetta (The Revenge of the Bat) with convoluted comic plot. | 155 min., color | Music, Opera, Cond.Carlos Kleiber | 1987 Unitel | Grace Doherty Library | 2002 (B. Hall, Warfield) | ||
| Florence (A.C. Video) | A tour of the city with narration by Robin Williams. Purchased for an INS course "The Florentine Connection" but subsequently fell into disfavor because of what is described by professors Cantrell and Reigelman as "an inane, annoying narrative accompaniment". ART, HUM | 55 min., color | Documentary (Art, Humanities) | 1987 A.C. Video | AV | 1991 (Reigelman) HUM | ||
| Florence and Robin: Lesbian Parenthood | 52 min., color | Documentary (Women's studies) | 1994 FFH | AV | 2002 (Mount) (Hamilton) | |||
| Florence: Video Portrait of a City by Robin Williams | Director Robin Williams allows the viewer to feel he is actually there in person following the footsteps of Michelangelo as he walks to the Medici Palace. Works of Michelangelo are hilights of the informative video. The video shos DAVID by Michelangelo as well as the Davids of Verrocchio and Donatello, Ghiberti's Golden Doors of Paradise and Brunelleschi's magnificent dome for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Art treasures by Botticelli, Giotto and Leonardo da Vinci are well displayed. | 50 mins., color | Documentary (Humanities) | 1987 A.C. Video | AV | Dir. Robin Williams | 2002 (Humanities) | |
| Flowers from Another World (Flores de Otro Mundo) (DVD) (Spanish w/English Subtitles) | A group of vibrant young women travels by bus to remote Spanish village overwhelmingly populated by men. With souls of practicality, the women dream of better lives while the men ache with more romantic yearnings. From these very different hopes three relationships are tenuously formed and grow in different ways. A wealthy middle-aged builder, Carmelo (Jose Sancho, Sexo por compasion), and Milady, a young Cuban golddigger, embark on a lusty relationship that has little to do with love. Patricia must grapple with a meddling mother-in-law and her own children, though her marriage to Damian (Luis Tosar, Take My Eyes, Los lunes al sol) manages to bloom. In the third relationship, Alfonso (Chete Lera, Open Your Eyes) and Marirosi (Elena Irureta, I Will Survive) fall in love, but with deeply planted roots in different locations, struggle to find a way they can share a life together. | 100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Iciar Bollain | 1999 La Iguana - Alta Films, S.A. | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Slade, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Flowing with the Tao | Flowing water representing constant change. | 14 min. | Documentary (Chinese Culture, Religion) | 0000 Hartley Film Foundation | AV | 1991 (Scarborough, Religion) | ||
| FLYING BY THE PLANETS: THE VIDEOS (Details in Summary ) | Magellan Venus Radar Mapping Results; Galileo Earth/Moon Encounter; Mars: the Movie; Earth: the Movie; Jupiter, The Giant and Saturn, the Gem | 30 min. | Documentary (Astronomy, Physics) | Astronomical Society of the Pacific | . | Lockett | 1994 (Lockett) | |
| Focus on the Last 100 Years - Focus on 1965-1969: The Angry Years | America 1965-69 | 59 min., color/b&w | Documentary (American History, 1965-1969) | MTI Film and Video | AV | 1993 (Perkins, Wyatt) | ||
| Focus on the Last 100 Years - The Kennedy Years, 1960-64 | America 1960-64 | 60 min. | Documentary (American History, Kennedy years) | MTI | AV | 1993 (Perkins, Wyatt) | ||
| FOCUS ON THE LAST 100 YEARS: FOCUS ON THE FORTIES | 60 Min. | DOCUMENTARY (American History) | MTI | II, Amer. Hist., Perkins, Wyatt | AV | 1993 (Perkins, Wyatt) | ||
| Focus on the Last 100 Years: Focus on the Seventies: The Anxious Years | America in the 1970s. | 24 min. | Documentary (American History - 1970's) | MTI | AV | 1993 (Perkins, Wyatt) | ||
| Fog of War, The (DVD) (English w/French, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese Subtitles) | Former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now - for the first time ever - he sits dow one on one with award-winning director Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) to offer a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. As leader of the world's most powerful military force during this nation's most volatile period in recent years, McNamara offers new and often surprising insights into the bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War. |
107 min., color | Feature, Dir. Errol Morris | 2003 Sony Pictures Classics Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Morrison) | ||
| Food for the Ancestors | Each fall, Mexicans celebrate a weeklong holiday called Days of the Dead. The festival honors the memories of loved ones who have died. No celebration describes the Mexican culture as this one: sad, joyful, and satirical all at the same time. FOOD FOR THE ANCESTORS explores this fabulous festival as it is done in the culturally rich state of Puebla. Among the many things that we see during the week of Days of the Dead are Mask Dancing by the children of Cuetzalan and the spectacular Dance of the Volodores performed on a 60 foot pole; the indigenous village of San Miguel where waistlooms are used to make beautiful fabrics, and potters use Prehispanic techniques; the fantastic Cholula Pyramid (the Americas' largest pyramid) surrounded by fields filled with the Marigolds, the ancient flowers of the dead; famous Pueblan artisans creating Days of the Dead skeleton and skull artwork, and cazuela makers. The program focuses on the special foods that are made for this time of the year: Sugar Skull candies; pulque; Bread of the Dead; and Mole Poblano. And viewers can share in eating the oldest Mexican "meat:" grasshoppers, ant eggs, mosquitoes and their eggs and beetle larvae. FOOD FOR THE ANCESTORS and the holiday climaxes on the night of November 1st when family members decorate the gravesites and spend the entire night sitting at the gravesite waiting for the ancestors to return. |
60 min., color | Documentary, Dir. Jan Thompson (Spanish Culture) | 1999 Food For Thought Productions, Inc. | AV | 2005 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| For Whom the Bell Tolls (DVD) (English, Spanish and French Language options, and Spanish and Frech subtitles) | Based on the best-selling controversial novel by Pulitzer and Noblel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls graces the screen with legendary stars Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. The story follows expatriate American demolition expert Robert Jordan who aides anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain. Assisting him is a band of warriors including the stong-willed Pilar, the dangerously undependable Pablo and the lovely, innocent Maria. As danger mounts, Robert and Maria develop a closeness that blossoms into one of the screen's greatest love stories. |
2 hrs. 46 min. | Feature, Dir. Sam Wood | 1943 Paramount Pictures Inc. Renewed 1970 by EMKA |
Grace Doherty Library | 2003 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Forbidden Games | One of France's greatest films, Forbidden Games is the searing masterpiece of Rene Clement. Like its predecessor Grand Illusion, this startling antiwar film is devastating without bloody battle scenes. France's farmland provides a strangely picturesque backdrop for war's destruction of innocence. After a young girl is orphaned in an air raid, she finds comfort in building an animal graveyard with a caring peasant boy. The remarkable performances of Brigitte Fossey and Georges Poujouly portray a rare and tender friendship. By contrast, the bickering adults who surround the children provide marvelous comic interludes. Clement astounds with a masterful blend of gritty realism, ghoulish humor, and heartbreaking drama. | 102 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Rene Clement | 1952 Times Film Corp. | AV | 2003 (M. Manheim) | ||
| Forbidden Planet (Shakespeare ?) (letterboxed) | In the year 2200, a spaceship ventures to the planet Altair-4, where an Earth colony had mysteriously vanished years earlier. There Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew meet colony survivors Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira (Anne Francis) and their mechanized servant, Robby the Robot. But to their dismay, they also come into contact with a gigantic invisible monster which savagely attacks their spaceship! In order to survive the creature's attacks - and Altair-4's dark secret - the crew embarks on a mission more fascinating and complex than they could ever have imagined. Only by harnessing the technology of an ancient civilization can the space explorers solve the mystery that plagues this remote world. Oscar nominated special effects and the first ever all-electronic musical score. Ofter compared to and believed to be loosely derived from Shakeskeare's "The Tempest". | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Fred McLeod Wilcox | 1956 Turner Entertainment | AV | 1998 ( Rasmussen) HUM ? | ||
| Force More Powerful, A (Set of six tapes): 1. Nashville: "We Were Warriors" 2. India: "Defying the Crown" 3. South Africa: "Freedom in Our Lifetime" 4. Denmark: "Living with the Enemy" 5. Poland: "We've Caught God By the Arm" 6. Chile: "Defeat of a Dictator" |
This six-part series tells one of the century's most important and least-known stories -- how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. In South Africa in 1907, Mohandas Gandhi led Indian immigrants in a nonviolent fight for rights denied them by white rulers. The power that Gandhi pioneered has been used by underdogs on every continent and in every decade of the 20th century, to fight for their rights and freedom. Reviewing a century often called the most violent in human history, this series is the story of millions who chose to battle the forces of brutality with nonviolent weapons - and won. Each program has its own detailed summary on the cover of the cassette. | 45 min. each program | Documentary (Religion) | 2000 York Zimmerman, Inc. and WETA Washington, D. C. | Atkins - closed captioned |
AV | Dir. Steve York | 2001 (Axtell) |
| Forgotten Faithful, The | An introduction to the Christian witness in the Holy Land that demonstrates the Episcopal Church's role in supporting Palestinian christians and refugees. | 30 min., color | Documentary (Religion) | 1988 Lois Pinneo and George Conklin | AV | Dir. Lois Pinneo and George Conklin | 2003 (McCollough) | |
| Four Days in November (The assassination of President Kennedy - 25 yr. commemorative) | 123 min., b&w | Documentary (History) | 1964 Wolper Productions Inc. and United Artists Corporation 1988 MGM/UA Home Video Inc. |
AV | 1993 (Lee) | |||
| Four Hundred Blows (French with English subtitles) | Captivating study of Parisian youth who turns to life of small-time crime as a reaction to derelict parents. | 97 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Francois Truffaut | 1959 1981 Les Films du Carrosse 1986 CBS/Fox Company |
AV | 1993 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Delightful contemporary comedy about a young man who can't sustain a relationship, while all his friends seem to be getting married. Then he hits it off with another wedding guest, and the plot thickens. | 117 min., color | Feature, Dir. Mike Newell | 1993 PolyGram Filmproduktion | AV | 1995 (summer GSP) | ||
| Fractal Fantasy-The Art of Mathematics | Fractals in motion set to electronic music. | 30 min., color | Documentary (Computer Graphics, Art) | 1987 Media Magic | AV | 1991 (Kineke, Computer Science) | ||
| Frames of Reference | 29 min., b&w | Documentary (Physics) | 1960 Ward's Natural Science Establishment | AV | 1991 (Crummett, Physics) | |||
| France Falls: World at War Vol. 3 | Fall of France (May-June 1940) | 52 min. | Documentary (History) | 1980 Thames Television | AV | 1995 (Hamm) | ||
| France: Panorama | 40 min., color | Documentary (French Interest) | 1994 Eagle Multimedia Group | AV | 2004 (Klimke, Ciholas, Keffer) | |||
| Frankenstein | Definitive monster movie, with Colin Clive as the ultimate mad scientist, creating a man-made being (Boris Karloff) but inadvertently giving him a criminal brain. | 1 hr. 11 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. James Whale | 1987 MCA Home Video, Inc. 1959 Universal Pictures Company, Inc. 1939 Universal Pictures Corporation. |
I | AV | 1993 (Joyce) | |
| Frankenstein (The Great Books Series) | A dark tower. A stormy night. An experiment challenging the limits of science. A monster is created and forces are unleashed which the creator cannot control. Why are we still fascinated with Mary Shelley's nightmare? Vivid dramatizations and interviews illuminate the terrifying question that has troubled readers for centuries: Is there a little bit of Frankenstein's monster in all of us? Narrated by Donald Sutherland. | 50 min., color/b&w | Documentary (Literature) | 1993 Discovery Productions | AV | from the Learning Channel | 2000 (M. Ward) | |
| Frankenstein Unbound | John Hurt stars as a 21st-century scientist, not really mad, whose implosion experiments zap him back to the days of Doc Frankenstein (Raul Julia) and Mary Shelley (Bridget Fonda). | 86 mins., color | Feature, Dir. Roger Corman (Literature) |
1991 The CBS/FOX Company | AV | 1993 (Joyce, Literature) | ||
| Frankenstein: The True Dramatisation of Mary Shelley's Classic Novel | The "Mad" scientist. The castle laboratory. The resurrected corpse. The unspeakable experiment that leaves death and destruction in its wake. Robert Powell as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, David Warner as the creature, Carrie Fisher as Elizabeth (the fiancee), Sir John Gielgud as the blind hermit. | 80 min., color | Feature, Dir. James Ormerod | 1995 Yorkshire Television Limited | AV | 2000 (M. Ward) | ||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Biography Series | 26 min. 20 sec., b&w | Documentary (History, American Presidents) | 1962 1963 International Creative Exchange |
AV | 1993 (Lee, Wyatt) | |||
| Freaks | A unique movie about a traveling sideshow and the camaraderie of its unusual performers, goaded to vengence by cruel trapeze star Baclanova. | 65 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Tod Browning | 1932 Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Distributing Corp. 1959 Loew's Incorporated |
` | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | |
| Free Indeed | A video drama about racism that challenges white viewers to think about the privilegesthat come with being white in North America. Four white, middle-class young adults play a card game as a pre-requisite for doing a service projet for a black Baptist church. The game leads to a discussion about the privileges white people have. | 23 min., b&w | Documentary (African-American Studies) | 1995 Mennonite Central Committee | To Prof. Atkins 10/9/01 | 2002 (Atkins, Diversity, Axtell) | ||
| Free Radicals (DVD) (German w/Optional English Subtitles) | Austrian housewife Manu's narrow escape from the catastrophic consequences of The Butterfly Effect aboard an airliner only sets her up for an even more shockingly random fate. As the devastating results of a traffic accident transform Manu's family and the young occupants of the other car, the personal and circumstantial fallout envelopes an entire community. Raw sexuality, burgeoning romance, suburban sprawl and unsolved child abduction form a four-season dramatic fresco that exposes the lonely yearning and thwarted redemption ricocheting the human particles of FREE RADICALS off of each other. | 120 min., color | Feature, Dir. Barbara Albert | 2003 Coop 99 Fimproduktion | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Free to Choose (Series of 19 short (30 min.) lectures by Milton Friedman) Lectures 1a - 9a are each followed by a 30 min. debate/defense on a separate (b) tape. Number 10 stands alone. | #1 = The Power of the Market #2 = The Tyranny of Control #3 = Anatomy of a Crisis #4 = From the Cradle To the Grave #5 = Created Equal #6 = What's Wrong With Our Schools #7 = Who Protects the Consumer #8 = Who Protects the Worker #9 = How To Cure Inflation #10 = How To Stay Free |
30 min. each, color | Documentary (Economics) | 1980 Free to Choose Enterprise | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1991 (Brownlee) | |
| Free Trade Slaves | Discussion of free trade zones and the problems they have wrought in human terms. Filmed on location in Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Mexico, and Morocco, it exposes companies that pay little in taxes; exploit cheap labor, especially women; and reap significant profits by selling the products at high prices in other parts of the world. Also reveals human rights abuses common to free trade zones, including workers being locked in factories overnight, mass firings prompted by worker attempts to unionize, and substandard wages. In Mexico, large farm regions are transformed into makeshift cities, where residents have no social services and pollution has caused an alarming rise in brain damage among newborns. | 58 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | FFH 1998 | x | AV | 1999 (Brownlee, Axtell) | |
| Freedom Now (From People's Century series) | In 1947, 160 years of British rule would come to an end as India assumed the mantle of the world's largest democracy, inspiring the fight for freedom on another continent across the globe. Freedom Now talks to the prople who witnessed and participated in the struggle for independence in India and Africa. While Mohandas Gandhi showed the world how the masses could successfully defy their imperial masters, his example spurred others on: European empires in Africa and Asia began to crumble, and in short order, Ghana, Kenya, Algeria, Mozambique, and dozens more would win their freedom. | 60 min., color/b&w | Documentary (History) | 1997 WGBH Educational Foundation | x | AV | 2001 (Hamm, Lori Hartmann-Mahmud) | |
| French Family, The: Joys & Challenges of Family Life in France Today | Backed up in the guide by extensive articles and indepth activities, video segments include: Families from different backgrounds - two portraits; Paternity Classes: facing fatherhood with the thoroughly modern French male; Maternity Clinic Shutdowns: too many buildings, not enough patients? FP looks at the French Health-Care system; New Possibilities and Old Problems for the Elderly in France; Johnny Holliday video: Dans un an ou dans un jour | 40 min., color | Documentary (French Interest) | 1995 Eagle Multimedia Group | AV | 2004 (Klimke, Ciholas, Keffer) | ||
| French in Action I (26 lessons, 26 min.ea.) | Telecourse - 26 programs of 26 min. each mounted 2 programs per cassette | 26 min., color | Documentary (French Television course) | 1987 Annenberg | off-air license Annenberg French | AV | 1992 (Ciholas) | |
| French in Action II (26 lessons, 26 min.ea.) | Lessons 27-56 of telecourse, mounted 2 programs per cassette | 26 min. each, color | Documentary (French Television course) | Annenberg 1987 | off-air license Annenberg French | AV | 1992 (Ciholas) | |
| French Revolution, The (DVD) | On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION is a definitive feature-length documentary that encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization. With dramatic reenactments, paintings from the era, and revealing accounts from journals and expert historians, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robspierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands in this essential program from THE HISTORY CHANNEL. |
100 min., color | Documentary | 2005 A&E Television Networks | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Mothion) | ||
| Frescoes of Diego Rivera, The | Actor Michael Moriarty (Bang the Drum Slowly, The Last Detail), narrates this stirring portrait of the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. This flamboyant and controversial painter was the leader of the Mexican mural renaissance of the 1920's and 30's. Vividly exploring Rivera's evolution as an artist, his spectacular series of murals, and his explosive political beliefs; this stunning documentary reveals one of the true geniuses of the twentieth century. | 35 min., color | Documentary (Art History, Spanish) | 1986 Founders Society, Detroit Institute of Arts | AV | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| Frida (DVD) (Optional French Language Track and Spanish Subtitles) | A product of humble beginnings, Frida Kahlo earns fame as a talented artist with a unique vision. And from her enduring relationship with her mentor and husband, Diego Rivera, to her scandalous affairs, Frida's uncompromising personality would inspire her greatest creations! | 123 min., color | Feature, Dir. Julie Taymor | Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. | David Slade (5/24/06) | 2003 (James) | ||
| Frida Kahlo: The Ribbon That Ties the Bomb (DVD) (Spanish w/English Subtitles) | Using rare, never-before-seen footage, family interviews and photographs. The ribbon that ties the bomb explores the intimate details of the life of the infamous Frida Kahlo. This documentary explores her turbulent relationship with Diego rivera, her scandalous lesbian affairs, and her mastering of the art that depicted her anguished life. | 60 min., Color/B&W | Documentary (Art History, Spanish) | 2003 Estudios Xystus | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Bellver, Spanish Dept.) | ||
| From Here To Eternity | A powerful portrait of a peacetime military unit stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. | 118 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Fred Zinnemann | 1953 Columbia Pictures Corporation | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| From Jesus To Christ: The First Christians ( A 4-part series mounted on 4 cassettes, from Frontline) | Frontline explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, challenging familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading New Testament scholars, the series transports the viewer back two thousand years to the time and place where Jesus once lived and preached. The film traces Jesus' life, focusing on the events that occurred after he died and on his first followers, the men and women whose belief, conviction, and martyrdom created a major movement that transformed the Roman Empire in the space of only three hundred years. Part 1 traces the life of Jesus, exploring the message that helped his ministry grow and the events that led to his crucifixion. Born in the reign of Emperor Augustus in the "Pax Romana" - Jesus was a subject of the Roman Empire. This first hour looks at how scholars and archaeologists have pieced together a new portrait of where Jesus was born, how he lived, and who he was. Part 2 turns from the life of Jesus to the period that followed his death, examining the rise of Christianity and concluding with the First Revolt - the bloody and violent siege of Jerusalem and the beginning of a rift between Christianity and Judaism. It explores new evidence suggesting that Jesus' followers, because of their diversity and the differences in their cultures and languages, looked at and interpreted Jesus and his teachings in many different ways. Part 3 examines the period after the First Revolt, tracing the development and impact of the Gospels, looking at the increasingly hostile relationship between the Christians and the Jews. The hour concludes with another bloody Jewish war against Rome, the Second Revolt. Part 4 , the final hour, documents the extraordinary events of the second and third centuries in which Christianity grew from a small Jewish sect to an official religion of the Roman Empire. |
60 min., each part | Documentary (Religion) | 1998 WGBH Educational Fdn. | AV | 1999 (McCollough, Mount, Scarborough) | ||
| From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern In China including the Return trip documentary "Musical Encounters " of 20 years later. (music) | The first film documents Isaac Stern's 1979 trip to China to help the people understand and perform Western music. The second film chronicles his return, 20 years later. This was an incredible cultural odyssey. | 84 min. + 30 min., color | Documentary (Music, China) | 1980 Hopewell Foundation 2000 EBC and Hopewell Foundation |
AV | 1990 (B. Hall) 2002 (Pace, Beaudoin, Bradshaw, Anthropology, History) | ||
| Front, The | Brings to life one of America's most disturbing memories - the Communist "witch hunts" of the '50s. Woody Allen stars as Howard Prince, a small-time restaurant cashier, part-time bookie and fulltime loser who is induced by a writer-friend to "front" for the submission of his TV scripts when he is blacklisted as an alleged subversive. Howard is soon "fronting" for other writers. He becomes a celebrity and is lionized as television's most brilliant and prolific young author. But when popular TV comic Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel) is blacklisted and his career is threatened, he agrees to keep Howard under surveillance. Howard is then summoned to appear before an investigative committee and his stand before them brings about an unexpected dramatic conclusion. | 94 min., color | Feature, Dir. Woody Allen | 1975 The Devon Co. | AV | 1998 (Wyatt) | ||
| Frontline: Faith & Doubt at Ground Zero | Explore how the spiritual lives of both believers and non-believers have been challenged in the aftermath of September 11 by difficult questions of good and evil, God's culpability, and the potential for darkness within religion itself. From survivors who were pulled from the wreckage of the Twin Towers to the widow of a New York City firefighter, from priests and rabbis to security guards and opera divas; from lapsed Catholics and Jews to Buddhists, Muslims, and atheists, FRONTLINE explores and illuminates the myriad of spiritual questions that have come out of the terror, pain, and destruction at Ground Zero. | 120 min., color | Documentary (Religion) | 2002 WGBH Educational Foundation | AV | 2003 (B. Johnston) | ||
| FRONTLINE: The Killer at Thurston High | In May 1998, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth examinationof a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate, inside sotry of how Kip Kinkel, a "shy and likable teenage" from a solid middle-class family, became the boy police call a "cold-hearted killer." | 90 min., color | Documentary (Psychology) | 1983-1999 WGBH Educational Foundation | D. Brown | 2003 (D. Brown - Centre Term) | ||
| Frozen World program #5 of Civilization Series (Kenneth Clark) Also known by the title The Skin Of Our Teeth | 50 min., color | Documentary (Humanities, Art) | 1970 Films Incorporated | AV | 1993 (Hum 11-12) | |||
| Fuhrer Gives a City to the Jews, The (German w/English Subtitles) | THE FUHRER GIVES A CITY TO THE JEWS represents an unusual form of propaganda because most of the scenes were staged for the camera and bore little or no resemblance to the reality of life in the camp. The participants were forced to collude while they were incarcerated by their Nazi captors. The acutal scenes recorded by the camera and developed onto celluloid are a gross distortion. | 23 min., black and white | Documentary | 1991 The National Center for Jewish Film | AV | 2005 (Vahlkamp - Holocaust Film Series) | ||
| Full Metal Jacket | A harrowing look at Marine basic training on Parris Island and combat experiences in Vietnam. | 117 min., color | Feature, Dir. Stanley Kubrick | 1987 Warner Bros. Inc. | AV | 1999 (Wyatt) | ||
| Full Moon In Paris (DVD) | The fourth of Rohmer's "Comedies and Proverbs" series. Pascale Ogier stars as Louise, a young woman who moves away from her devoted lover to rent a small apartment in Paris. Convinced that she isn't ready to settle down, Louise embarks on a series of misguided affairs, only to discover that you don't know what you have until it's gone. | 101 min. color | Feature, Dir.Eric Rohmer | 1994 Les Films du Losange/Les Films Ariane | Grace Doherty Library | 2001 (Ciholas) | ||
| funny games (DVD) (German w/English Subtitles) | Michael Haneke's controversial thriller watches an affluent couple, their child and dog as they arrive at their lakeside vacation home. Settling into their holiday routine, the family is visited by a pair of clean-cut young men in tennis whites and gloves, who inexplicably turn ruthless and brutal, forcing the family into playing their "funny games." Haneke then plays his own games turning the audience into an active participant and radically shifting the films' narrative. A "cinematic tour-de-force of terror" (The Hollywood Reporter), Funny Games is quite simply a chilling and unforgettable experience that will leave you gasping for breath. | 103 min., color | Feature, Dir. Michael Haneke | 1998 Attitude Films | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (musical) | Frenzied adaptation of Broadway musical about conniving slave (Zero Mostel) in ancient Rome. | 99 min., color | Feature, Dir. Richard Lester | 1966 Quandrangle Films, S.A. 1982 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
AV | 1990 (Joyce) | ||
| Fuori/oustide | In fuori/outside the videomaker, a woman of African American and Italian American descent, examines her relationship with her Italian American grandmother. The lives of the two women are inextricably... | 12 min. 55 sec., color | Documentary | 1997 Thrid World Newsreel | AV | 2005 (James) | ||
| Further Adventures of Don Quixote, The (Spanish literature) | Approx. 60 min, color | Documentary (Spanish) | 1995 BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1998 (Finch, Spanish) | ||
| Future of Work, The | In this film we hear from economist Jeremy Rifkin (author of The End of Work) who foresees a calamity of global proportions as 80% of the workforce is marginalized, replaced by robots and computers. Only the well-educated, technologically adept people will survive. He predicts that society will become more polarized between rich and poor; the standard of living of even the middle class will slip; and the psychological trauma of unemployment will have far reaching effects on society. On the other hand, we hear from businessman, economist Stanley Hartt who feels that businesses must continue to cut back on employees to keep the 'bottom line' profitable. He acknowledges that there will be short term suffering, but thinks in the long run everything will work out. The questions provoked by "The Future of Work" will enliven any course on economics, society, and social theory. It will also warn young people of the importance of being skilled in the information age. | 28 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | Filmakers Library | AV | Produced by CBC (Canadian) | 1999 (Perkins, Brownlee) | |
| Gacaca - Living Together Again in Rwanda? | In 1994, decades of politically motivated ethnic scapegoating culminated in a wholesale slaughter of the Rwanda's Tutsi minority, along with many Hutu moderates. Vast numbers of ordinary citizens becam killers. More than 800,000 lives were taken, and the country was left in a state of devastation. Today, under a new government, Rwanda is rebuilding its physical and administrative infrastructure, but its most difficult task is to address the emotional trauma, and to foster reconciliation between the Hutu and Tutsi. GACACA ventures into the rural heart of the African nation of Rwanda. The film follows the first steps in one of the world's boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca Tribunals. This new form of citizen-based justice is aimed at unifying this scarred nation. Amidst a people renowned for their reserve, Anne Aghion spent six weeks recording the intertwining stories of survivors and prisoners, and their visions of the future. GACACA opens a new era, and is an astonishing, intimate look at the strength of the human spirit. |
55 min., color | Documentary (International Studies, Government) | AV | 2004 (Hartmann-Mahmud, Stroup) | |||
| Gallipoli (DVD) | Mel Gibson delivers an electrifying performance in director Peter Weir's (The Truman Show, Witness) compelling story of friendship and adventure between two Australian soldiers in 1915. They cross continents and great oceans, climb the pyramids and walk through the ancient sands of Egypt to join their regiment at the fateful battle of Gallipoli. The echoes of history blend with the friends' compelling destiny as they become part of a legendary World War I confrontation between Australia and the German allied Turks - a battle that is to Australians what the Alamo is to Americans. | 111 min., color | Feature, Dir. Peter Weir | 1981 Australian Film Distribution Company | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (Morrison) | ||
| Gandhi (2 cassettes) | Sweeping account of the life and times of Mahandas K. Gandhi, who rose from a position of simple lawyer to become a nation's leader and a worldwide symbol of peace and understanding. | 187 min., color | Feature, Dir. Richard Attenborough | 1982 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | Winner of nine Academy Awards. | 1996 (Bradshaw) |
| Garbage (From Modern Marvels series) | The history of garbage disposal and recycling. | 45 mnin., color | Documentary (Anthropology, Ecology) | Hist Channel, A & E, 1999 | To Prof Lubbers, 11/08/00 | 2001 (Nyerges, Lubbers, Passariello)(Anthropology) | ||
| Gattaca | Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Hawke stars as Vincent, an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he hass fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel. | 106 min., color | Feature, Dir. Andrew Niccol | 1997 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | AV | 2003 (Dupertuis - Centre Term) | ||
| Geburtig (DVD) | Hermann Geburtig is the only man alive who can testify against an infamous Nazi in Austria, but first he must be found. Attractive Viennese reporter Susanne Ressel leaves her Jewish actor boyfriend Danny Demant and tracks down the reluctant witness in New York. While struggling to convince him to return to Austria, Ressel finds herself falling in love with the older, world-weary Geburtig. | 100 min., color | Feature, Dir. Lukas Stepanik, Robert Schindel | 2004 Lifesize Entertainment, Inc. | Grace Doherty Library | 2005 (I. Wilson) | ||
| Gelatinous Marine Zooplankton | 30 min., color | Documentary (Biology) | University of Californa, Santa Barbara |
M. Barton | 1991 (M. Barton) | |||
| General, The (Silent) | One of Keaton's best silent features, setting comedy against true Civil War story of stolen train, Union spies. | 79 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Buster Keaton | 1927 Buster Keaton Productions for United Artists | AV | Considered a high point in the making of silent movies, both for historical accuracy and superb comedy. Organ score by Gaylord Carter. Ordered for film music course, Lerner. | 1995 (Lerner) | |
| Genesis: A Living Conversation (tape 2 of series, containing "The First Murder" - the story of Cain and Abel, and "Apocalypse " - the story of Noah, his ark, and the great flood) | Bill Moyers and various theological, theatrical and literary figures discuss the interpretation and implications of the Genesis stories for the modern world. There are in all 5 cassettes with 2 programs each of which we have only this one. | 45-50 min. each title | Documentary (Religion, Mythology) | 1996 Newbridge Communications, Inc. | AV | 2000 (Morrison for Mythology class) | ||
| Genocide (Wiesenthal) | 90 min., color | Documentary (German history, Holocaust) | Simon Wiesenthal Center | AV | 1991 (McCollough) | |||
| Genocide: World At War Vol. 20 | Genocide | 52 min., color/b&w | Documentary (History) | 1982 thames Television | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1995 (Hamm) (McCollough) | |
| Gentleman's Agreement | One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice, this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck as a journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-semitism. Searching for an angle, he finally decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance. Received three Academy Awards including Best Picture. | 118 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Elia Kazan | 1947 1975 Twentieth Century Fox |
Atkins | AV | 1999 (Glazier-MacDonald) | |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe are showgirls from Little Rock, crooning and cavorting, hoping to come into marriage and money in one steamy swoop. | 92 mins. | Feature, Dir. Howard Hawks | 1953 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Renewed 1981. CBS/FOX Company, 1987. | AV | 1991 (Vahlkamp, Film Series) | ||
| Geometry of Life, The (Infinite Voyage #104) | 60 min., color | Documentary (Bilogy) | 1988 Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting Inc. & National Academy of Sciences 1990 Vestron Incorporation |
AV | 1992 (Biology) | |||
| German Commercials | 25 mins., color | Documentary (German) | Teacher's Discovery | Somewhere in German department | Was not on shelf in storage closet when checked 4/4/94. Perhaps with Leppig, Keffer, or Klimke? | 1993 (Leppig) | ||
| German Propaganda Shorts | 4 short films shown in Germany to rally public support of the war effort and to demean the Jews in the public eye. Has one very short segment from "The Eternal Jew". | 30 min., b&w | Documentary (German History) | 193? | AV | 1990 | ||
| Germany Dada | Story of the Dada movement in art. | 55 mins., color | Documentary (Modern art, German culture) | 1986 Kartes Video Communications, Inc. | AV | 1993 (Leppig, Humanities) | ||
| Germinal (French with subtitles) (2 cassettes) | Based on the novel by Emile Zola. Tells the story of a miners' strike which destroys one family, yet plants the seeds of change for future generations. Stars Gerard Depardieu. | Tape 1 = 87 min., Tape 2 = 77 min., color | Feature, Dir. Claude Berri | 1993 Renn Productions. 1994, Tristar. | AV | 1996 (Ciholas) | ||
| Geronimo and the Apache Resistance (AMEX) | 58 min., color | Documentary (Anthropology, American History) | 1988 PBS Video | AV | 1992 (Passariello, Anthropology) | |||
| Gervaise (French with English subtitles) | Emile Zola tale of a woman struggling to keep her family going but finally succumbing to the tawdry life of her drunken husband. | 116 min., b&w | Feature, Dir. Rene Clement | 1957 | AV | 1990 (Ciholas) | ||
| Ghosts of Rwanda (DVD) | Rwanda was supposed to be easy. Ten years ago, when the United Nations sent peacekeepers to this small, Central African nation, most of the policymakers involved believed it would be a straightforward mission that would help restore the UN's battered reputation after failures in Bosnia and Somalia. Few could imagine that, a decade later, Rwanda would be the crisis that still haunts their souls. This documentary marks the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide - a state-sponsored massacre in which some 800,000 Rwandans were methodically hunted down and murdered by Hutu extremists as the United States and international community stood by, refusing to intervene. |
120 min., color | Documentary | 2004 WGBH Educational Foundation | Grace Doherty Library | 2004 (Bradshaw) | ||
| GHOSTS oF VERSAILLES (2 tapes) | Sung in English, and has English subtitles. Composed by Corigliano. Purchased for Prof. Hall's 20th Century music class, 1993-94. | 117 Min. (93 min. and 84 min.) | Feature (Opera, Music) | 1992 METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION 1993 DEUTSCHE GRAM./ POLYGRAM RECORDS |
AV | 1994 (B. Hall) | ||
| Gift of Life, The | Organ Donation and Awareness | 19 min. | Documentary (Biology, Organ Donation) | AV | From Iowa Statewide Organ Procurement Org. | 1995 (Gift) | ||
| Giotto & the Pre-Renaissance (Museum without Walls series) | 47 min., color | Documentary (Humanities) | 1986 Kartes Video Communications Inc. | AV | 1993 (Morrison)(Hum 11-12) | |||
| Girl on the Bridge (French w/ English subtitles) | Goodbye, cruel world... Adele's off to join the circus. Not that she planned it that way. After a series of failed romances, the 22-year-old waif aimed to end it all with a quick, cold plunge from a Parisian bridge. But there she meets Gabor, a struggling performance artist who needs a new assistant for his act. Gabor throws knives for a living - blindfolded. | 92min., color | Feature, Dir. Patrice Leconte | 2000 Paramount Pictures | AV | 2005 (Ciholas) | ||
| Girl Wrestler (DVD) | Screened to critical acclaim at Hot Docs, Full Frame and the South by Southwest Film Festivals, GIRL WRESTLER tells the story of 13-year-old Texas teenager Tara Neal who bucks traditional expectations by insisting that girls and boys should be able to wrestle oon the same mat. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Diane Zander's absorbing documentary follows Tara's determined journey to the national championships as she battles sexism from both officials and fans, struggles with the strained relationships of a divorced family, and fights with her own body to control her weight. Zander's film truly captures the nail-biting thrill of competition, while speaking volumes about sexism in sports and the way parents invest their hopes in young athletes. | 53 min., color | Documentary | 2004 Women Make Movies | Grace Doherty Library | 2006 (Goodrum) | ||
| Glasnost Film Festival (Video 2): The Temple Russian (Soviet languages with subtitles) | From Glasnost Film Festival | 59 mins., color | Documentary (Russia) | The Video Project | AV | . | 1992 (Hamm, History) | |
| Glasnost Film Festival (Video 3): The Tailor Also with Early On Sunday (Russian) (Soviet languages with subtitles) | From Glasnost Film Festival | 46 mins. (Tailor) color/b&w 18 mins. (Sunday) color |
Documentary (Russia) | The Video Project | AV | 1992 (Hamm, History) | ||
| Glass Menagerie, The | Respectable, well-made version of Tennessee Williams' now legendary play. | 134 min., color | Feature, Dir. Paul Newman | 1987 Cineplex Odeon Films | CLOSED RESERVE | AV | 1995 (Lucas) | |
| Global Banquet, The: Politics of Food | The world produces enough food to feed every single person a diet of 3-4,000 calories per day. The problem is not scarcity, but a cycle of poverty that prevents some people from purchasing food at any price. Drawing comparisons between the United States, where corporate farming has overwhelmed small family farms, and the world, where stronger countries exploit developing ones, this program shows how the policies and practices of giant international food producers pose complex threats to global food security. | 25 min., color | Documentary (Economics) | 2001 | AV | 2004 (Das) | ||
| Global Capitalism and the Moral Imperative |
In the rising tide of the global economy, some boats are riding high, and some are being left high and dry. Moral leaders warn that global laissez-faire is producing consequences similar to those of the 19th century, when gaps between rich and poor kept thousands in abject poverty for generations. In this new era of social Darwinism, moral leaders are asking who in the world community will care fo |