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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a rock star of the early 80s art scene: he lived fast, died young and created thousands of drawings and paintings. It took less than a decade to go from anonymous graffiti writer to an epoch-defining art star. He has emerged as one of the most important artists of his generation and his work is now exhibited in museums all over the world.
82) Anne Frank
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 189) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatization of the life and death of Anne Frank.
83) Marie Antoinette
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a callous monarch, swept to her death in the torrent of the French Revolution. It is also the tale of a fragile young woman struggling to find herself during one of the most turbulent moments in human history.
Publisher
Devine Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A dramatization of the life and times of Albert Einstein, including the effects of the McCarthy hearings on his life and that of his fellow scientists and his influence on a young black girl and her family in the South.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1978, Oakley Hall III, the brilliant and charismatic founder of the Lexington Conservatory Theater, had it all. This is the harrowing tale of Hall's fall from grace, a bittersweet look at what was recaptured and a heartbreaking reminder of what was lost forever.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor, and arrogance. His life and career were marked by power, scandal, and tragedy.
90) The Buddha
Publisher
distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had found a kind of serenity that others could find, too. This documentary tells the story of his life, a journey especially relevant in our own times.
91) Elizabeth R
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (540 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatization of the life of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. As a young woman, Elizabeth is faced with imprisonment and worse, but she prevails over vicious court intrigues and secures her claim to the throne. As Queen, she faces the continuing threat from Mary, Queen of Scots, an impending royal wedding that would unite England and France, and a palace insurrection involving a former court favorite.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (255 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Like a Renaissance painting come to life and gives a portrait of fifteenth-century Florence, ruled by the Medici political dynasty. Focuses on two of the city's leading citizens: banker Cosimo de' Medici and art theorist Leon Battista Alberti.
Publisher
Page 124 Productions
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career?́?and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober?́?one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become the world's.
95) Joan of Arc
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born to a peasant family, young Joan hears the voices of saints telling her to unite her beseiged nation. At seventeen, she leads one of the greatest campaigns for freedom the world has ever witnessed.
Publisher
UMe
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the roots of country singer Patsy Cline's impact in both personal and cultural terms to illuminate how she arrived at a pivotal moment in the evolution of American culture. The documentary also features rare performances and archival interviews with Cline's contemporaries and new interviews with a wide range of artists who have been influenced by Cline.
97) Des
Publisher
Sundance Now
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the 'kindly killer,' Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain's most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen's emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A humorous and heartwarming portrait of beloved novelist John Mortimer's early years. After his highly eccentric lawyer father Clifford Mortimer is struck with blindness, John must deal with his father's decreasing ability to take care of himself.
100) Longitude
Series
Adventure collection volume disc 5-6
Publisher
New Video Group [distributor
Pub. Date
2000]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chromometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
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