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Personal and political [videorecording] : the films of Natalia Almada. by Alatorre, Daniela,film producer.; Almada, Natalia,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Barraza, Adriana,1956-actor.; Cerf, Dave,film producer.; Fiacchino, Tommaso,film producer.; Icaza, Alejandro de(Motion picture producer),film producer.; Penn, Josh,film producer.(CARDINAL)815452; Rogowski, Kent,film producer.; Stepp, Elizabeth Lodge,1985-film producer.; Altamura Films,production company.; Department of Motion Pictures (Firm),production company.; Icarus Films Home Video,publisher.; Icarus Films,contributor.;
Todo lo demás: Adriana Barraza."Genre-bending films that blur boundaries and the line between personal and social. Drawing heavily on her Mexican background, Almada brings together disparate elements--archival audio recordings, home movie footage, literature, and closely observed moments--to create a distinctive powerful body of work"--Container.Al otro lado: A composer of Mexican folk songs known as "corridos" is faced with the choice of becoming a drug trafficker or immigrating to the United States.All water has a perfect memory: The filmmaker's meditation on a deceased sister she had been too young to have any recollection of.El general: Audiotapes inherited from Almada's grandmother, the daughter of Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who, in 1924, went on to become Mexico's president, reveal the tension between a daughter's filial bonds and the facts of her nation's history.El velador: Profiles the day-to-day experiences of a cemetery guard responsible for watching over the mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious drug lords.Todo lo demás: A tale that reveals the terrible loneliness and total absence of joy experienced by a woman employed in the bureaucracy of the government of Mexico.Users: A meditation on the unintended, dehumanizing consequences of technology.DVD; NTSC; widescreen and full screen presentation.Title from container.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Experimental films.; Nonfiction films.; Almada, Natalia; Calles, Alicia, 1911-1989.; Calles, Plutarco Elías, 1877-1945.; Bureaucracy; Cemeteries; Children; Drug dealers; Drug traffic; Families; Folk singers; Loneliness; Parent and child.; Technology and civilization.; Technology; Watchmen; Women motion picture producers and directors.; Women motion picture producers and directors; Women;
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Billy Wilder on assignment : dispatches from Weimar Berlin and interwar Vienna / by Wilder, Billy,1906-2002,author.(CARDINAL)509136; Frisch, Shelley Laura,translator.(CARDINAL)761119; Isenberg, Noah William,editor.(CARDINAL)685570;
Introduction: A roving reporter, a tale of two cities, and the making of Billy Wilder -- Extra, extra! Reportage, opinion pieces, and features from real life -- Portraits of extraordinary and ordinary people -- Film and theater reviews."Before Billy Wilder (1906-2002) left Europe for the United States in 1934 and became a filmmaker, he worked as a newspaper reporter, first in Vienna and then in Weimar Berlin. This book, edited and introduced by Noah Isenberg and translated by Shelley Frisch, collects about 65 articles Wilder published in Austrian and German newspapers in the 1920s. The collection includes reported pieces on urban life, from a first-person account of Wilder's stint as a taxi dancer to an article about street sweepers; profiles of writers, movie stars and poker players; and dispatches from the international film scene, from reviews to interviews with such figures as Charlie Chaplin and Erich von Stroheim. Isenberg provides an introduction that gives biographical details and places the writings in context, emphasizing their historical moment and their connections to Wilder's later career"--
Subjects: Reviews.; Journalism; Journalism; Motion pictures; Theater;
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Indian Point [videorecording] / by Meeropol, Ivy,1968-film director,film producer.; Goldman, Julie,film producer.; Clements, Christopher,film producer.; Hepburn, Carolyn,film producer.; Mutch, Ruth,film producer.; O-Shea, Anne,film producer.; Quattrini, Brian,film producer.; Silver, Steven,film producer.; Tabatznik, Neil,film producer.; Smith, Robin,film producer.(CARDINAL)372737; Heffner, Stephen,film editor.; Halpern, Nathan,1978-composer.; Ruggiero, Chris,composer.; Motto Pictures,production company.; Red 50,production company.; Soaring Flight Productions,production company.; Minerva Productions,production company.; Blue Ice Fact Fund,production company.; First-Run Features (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)356877;
DVD.Produced by Julie Goldman ; co-producers, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn ; executive producer, Ruth Mutch ; executive producers, Anne O-Shea, Brian Quattrini ; co-executive producers, Steven Silver, Neil Tabatznik, Robin Smith ; edited by Stephen Heffner ; music by Nathan Halpern & Chris Ruggiero."Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the plant's operators and the NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission--yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the surrounding community, including a vocal anti-nuclear contingent concerned that what happened at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could happen here. In the brewing fight for clean energy and the catastrophic possibilities of government complacency, director Ivy Meeropol presents a balanced argument about the issues surrounding nuclear energy and offers a startling reality check for our uncertain nuclear future."--Container.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (N.Y.); Nuclear power plants; Nuclear power plants;
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Movies of color [videorecording] : Black Southern cinema : a portrait of independent African-American filmaking / by Bellando, Tara,producer.; Brower, Mike,editor.; Follmer, Michael,cinematographer.; Schaap, Frank,composer.; Thurman, Tom,producer,director.; Fly By Noir Films.; Kentucky Educational Television.; Kentucky Humanities Council.(CARDINAL)773143; Louisianna Endowment for the Humanities.; Maryland Humanities Council.; North Carolina Humanities Council.(CARDINAL)275510; South Carolina Humanities Council.; Texas Council for the Humanities.; Wellspring Media.;
Associate producer, Tara Bellando ; editor, Mike Brower ; music, Frank Schaap ; videography/lighting, Michael Follmer.Black films of the 1920s through mid 1950s are shown as a mirror of the Black experience of the time. They developed as a reaction to the way African Americans were depicted by film makers such as D.W. Griffith. This program focuses on the innovative works of filmmakers Spencer Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Eloyse Gist, and Clarence Muse.Not rated.DVD, digital.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Documentary television programs.; Gist, Eloyse.; Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.; Muse, Clarence.; Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969.; African American motion picture actors and actresses.; African American motion picture producers and directors.; African American women motion picture producers and directors.; African Americans in motion pictures.;
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Somm [videorecording] / by Wise, Jason,director,producer,screenwriter.; Wise, Christina,producer.; Myers, Jackson,producer.; Cauble, Ian,participant.; McClintic, Brian,participant.; Wilson, Dustin,participant.; Proctor, DLynn,participant.; Carmody, Brian,1974-composer.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),film distributor.; Forgotten Man Films,production company.; First-Run Features (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)356877;
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.Featuring Ian Cauble, McClintic, Dustin Wilson, DLynn Proctor.Editors, Jason Wise, Jackson Myers, Bryan Carr ; music, Brian Carmody ; photography, Jackson Myers.Follows four candidates as they prepare for the Master Sommelier exam, which covers every aspect of the presentation and appreciation of wine.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Sommeliers.; Wine and wine making.;
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A year in Champagne [videorecording] / by Kennard, David,film director,film producer,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)472463; Kennard, James(Producer),editor of moving image work,film producer,cinematographer.; LeJeune, Jamie,editor of moving image work,film producer,cinematographer.; Ruppert, Todd,film producer.; Saunier, Martine,film producer,onscreen participant.; First-Run Features (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)356877; Independent Communications Associates,production company.; Ruppert International,presenter.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)847484;
Featuring Martine Saunier.With renowned wine importer Martine Saunier as a guide, get a rare glimpse behind the scenes into the real Champagne through six houses, from small independent makers to the illustrious big houses.DVD; NTSC; wide screen presentation.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Champagne (Wine); Vintners; Wine and wine making;
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Genius within [videorecording] : the inner life of Glenn Gould / by Hozer, Michèle,director,editor.; Raymont, Peter,director,producer.; Gould, Glenn,interviewee,performer.(CARDINAL)713360; Foss, Cornelia Brendel,interviewee.; Roslak, Roxolana,interviewee.; Clark, Petula,1932-interviewee.; Ashkenazy, Vladimir,1937-interviewee.(CARDINAL)521030; Kino Lorber, Inc.,distributor.(CARDINAL)347545; Lorber Films (Firm),producer.; White Pine Pictures,producer.;
Cinematography, Walter Corbett; editor, Michèle Hozer; music performed by Glenn Gould.Interviewees, Glenn Gould; Cornelia Foss, Roxolana Roslak, Petula Clark, Vladimir Ashkenazy.An unprecedented array of never-before-seen footage of Gould, photographs, and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal interviews with Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before, to reconstruct his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. An enigmatic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate 27 years after his untimely death.DVD; 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Gould, Glenn.; Gould, Glenn; Pianists;
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A life among whales [videorecording] / by Haney, Bill,1936-producer,screenwriter,director.; Payne, Roger,1935-on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)728106;
Directed and written by Bill Haney.Roger Payne.Explores the unique relationship between humans and whales.MPAA rating: Not rated.
Subjects: Documentaries and Factual Films; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nature films.; Nonfiction films.; Wildlife films.; Human-animal relationships.; Whales.; Whales; Baleines.; Relations homme-animal.;
For private home use only.
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A mother's love [videorecording] /
Rolonda Watts, Julian Starks, Salina Duplessis, Amentha Dymally.
Subjects: African Americans; Families; Mothers and daughters;
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Extras. The complete first season [videorecording] / by Gervais, Ricky.(CARDINAL)422571; Merchant, Stephen.(CARDINAL)340069; Hanson, Charlie.; Jensen, Ashley.(CARDINAL)786991; British Broadcasting Corporation.(CARDINAL)143648; Universal Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)318695;
DVD, PAL, widescreen, stereo, Dolby digital.Disc 1. Episodes 1-6. Disc 2. DVD extras.Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, Shaun Pye.Six episodes from the first series. Andy is an actor who only manages to get parts as a film extra. Maggie, his only friend, is a fellow extra. Each episode takes place on a different film set and features cameos from guest stars Ross Kemp, Ben Stiller, Kate Winslet, Les Dennis, Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Stewart.Censorship classification: 15.
Subjects: Films for the hearing impaired.; Television programs; Television comedies; Radio comedies;
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