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Publisher
Zeitgeist Films [distributor]
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Through a combination of still photos, archival film footage, and interview commentary, documents the creative community of French, English and American women, many of whom were lesbians, who gravitated to the Left Bank in Paris during the early part of the 20th century.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sarah is a famous British murder mystery author. Tired of London and seeking inspiration for her new novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher to stay at his home in the south of France. Sarah finds that the beautiful country locale and unhurried pace is just the tonic for her - until late one night, when John's sexy and provocative daughter, Julie, unexpectedly arrives. Sarah's English reserve is jarred by Julie's lifestyle. An increasingly...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man starts to hear a voice narrating the events of his life and finds that the voice is that of a woman writing a novel in which he is the main character. He must meet the author and try to save his own life when he learns her plans to kill him off.
5) Happening
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
Annie Ernaux recounts her experience with abortion during a time when it was illegal in 1960s France.
8) Adam
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adam is a handsome but intriguing young man who has Asperger's syndrome and has led a sheltered existence. Then he meets his new neighbor, Beth. She is a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection.
9) Images
Publisher
Arrow Academy
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Description
While on vacation with her husband in Ireland, a pregnant author becomes mentally unstable.
Series
Criterion collection volume 301
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
Publisher
CBS Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 181 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Amidst the adventure, hardships, and excitement of her teenage years on the Dakota prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder puts pen to paper and begins to document her extraordinary life. Laura matures from young girl to woman, making sacrifices to help her family survive. She also meets her loving husband, Almanzo Wilder, and together with their daughter, Rose, they set off on their own pioneer adventure in Missouri.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born into poverty and a broken family, Maya Angelou's gift for poetry and storytelling propelled her to international renown as a leader in African-American culture and literature. Ultimately, her personal story and written words inspired and delighted millions from all races around the world. Witness a close-up portrait of a legendary figure in this first feature documentary about her life.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved best seller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th century. Mary McDonagh Murphy's Hey, Boo explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes...
15) Nim's Island
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...
Formats
Description
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë face a bleak future, with their father half-blind, and troubled brother Branwell in decline. As their situation worsens, Charlotte sees that writing could offer a way out. This is the story of the sisters' great novels and their extraordinary battle for recognition.
17) Rich and famous
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The long-standing friendship between two women is threatened when one becomes immediately successful as a writer while the other continues to strive for literary recognition.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 84 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Filmed on location at many places actually frequented by the real persons portrayed and featuring a script written from primary sources, this documentary tells the life story of American author Louisa May Alcott, chronicling her efforts to rescue her family from poverty and find wealth, fame, and happiness for herself. Includes animations and commentary from Alcott scholars, novelist Geraldine Brooks, and the "literary sleuths" who uncovered Alcott's...
Series
Criterion collection volume 973
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Director Gillian Armstrong drew on author Miles Franklin's novel, a turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to upend the conventions of period romance. Headstrong young Sybylla bemoans her stifling life in the country, where her literary ambitions receive little encouragement, and craves independence. When a handsome landowner begins to court her, Sybylla must decide whether she can reconcile the prospect of marriage with the...
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