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1) Hey, Boo
Publisher
The Film Sales Company
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An exploration into the relationship between Scout’s fictional experiences and Harper Lee’s life, including her relationship with her father, with Truman Capote and others on whom the characters in the fictional Macomb, Alabama were based.
Publisher
Espresso Media International
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An exclusive private view of the ‘hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking exhibition’ (5 stars – The Guardian) at the V&A in London, filmed especially for the big screen. Take a guided tour ‘down the rabbit hole’ with the V&A curator Kate Bailey and presenter Andi Oliver as the documentary explores how Alice has become an enduring icon, influencing successive generations and inspiring creativity in fashion, film, photography, and on the stage....
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (74 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Umar Bin Hassan hasn’t even hit 70 yet, but he walks with difficulty and there’s sadness and fatigue in his eyes. As a member of The Last Poets, a group of performance poets who expressed the progressive spirit of the times starting in the late 1960s, he was a major influence on later hip-hop artists. In one of his best-known pieces, "Ni****s Are Scared of Revolution", he criticizes his black brothers’ destructive, macho behavior. SCARED OF...
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (70 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In a life that has spanned 92 creative years, ruth weiss is one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation. Born to a Jewish family during the rise of Nazism, as a 10-year-old refugee, she escaped to the United States. ruth became a Jazz troubadour exemplifying the zeitgeist of Chicago, New Orleans, and San Francisco. In the 1950s, she opened up and organized the first poetry readings in North Beach cafes and bars, giving a platform to...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably no one did more to shape understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. Director Matt Tyranuer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) vividly brings to life Jacobs’...
Publisher
Cargo Film & Releasing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Takes a critical look at the history of Western thought by examining the remains of Adolf Hitler’s private library. The dictator and mass murderer owned 16,000 books at the end of his life, 1,200 of which are kept in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C today. The documentary follows American historian Timothy Ryback, who studied these books for almost a decade. While many still confine racism and antisemitism to the ideological extremes in...
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