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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Retracing Agatha Christie’s footsteps across England, see how Agatha drew on her surroundings as a magpie would, as both the people, and the places she encountered, found themselves immortalized in her extraordinary canon of work.
Publisher
Janson Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
REDEEMING UNCLE TOM, narrated by acclaimed actor Danny Glover, is a ground-breaking documentary that will restore a hero of the abolitionist movement to his rightful place in history. Josiah Henson overcame incredible odds and brutal oppression to escape from slavery. His life inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the classic novel which has been recognized as one of the sparks that ignited the Civil War.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (60 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
This powerful documentary is a moving tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde (1934-1992). One of the most celebrated icons of feminism's second wave, Lorde inspired several generations of activists with her riveting poetry, serving as a catalyst for change and uniting the communities of which she was a part: black arts and black liberation, women's liberation and lesbian and gay liberation. Nowhere was this more apparent than...
Publisher
PBS
Formats
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An unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling Little House series.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (450 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Often the first stories we learn as children, myths are iconic tales where good and evil clash and humanity and fantasy collide. Thousands of years ago, they were used to help frame the world of the ancients, and dictate the guidelines of their societies.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Writer Amy Tan’s hit debut novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), catapulted her to commercial and critical success. Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950’s America, Amy Tan’s painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. Journey through the groundbreaking author’s life and career with archival imagery, artful animation and original interviews.
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1990.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Christa Wolf (1929-2011) was one of (East) Germany’s most important writers. Wolf’s novels, scripts and essays offer rich reflections on her experience in Nazi, divided and reunified Germany. Adapted as films and published abroad, her works often caused controversial public discussions. This documentary is a personal and open conversation between Christa Wolf and her friend, the author Daniela Dahn; it took place in 1990, during and after the...
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Before Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code, there was Holy Blood, Holy Grail, written by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, that is known for its revelation of the possibility of a sacred bloodline continued by Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
50) Nomad
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Told in Werner Herzog’s inimitable style and bursting at the seams with unforgettable characters and encounters, NOMAD takes the viewer on a journey through the creative and personal vision Herzog shared with iconic travel writer Bruce Chatwin, the prolific author of In Patagonia and a champion of the nomadic lifestyle.
51) American Oz
Pub. Date
2021
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Description
When L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, he was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of his American dream. He continued to reinvent himself, reflecting a uniquely American brand of confidence, imagination and innovation. AMERICAN OZ tells the remarkable story of the man behind one of the most enduring and classic American tales.
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