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Did you know we had…?
Today I was working on indexing the online resources (databases, films and ebooks) we have in the library with respect to my stuff: film, theatre and literature. It reminded me, and I want to remind you! Except for Penn & Teller and AK 100 all of these films are licensed with PPR – pay for performance rights. That means if you (or your students, or some student group you know of) wish to show them for an event, it is completely legal (though you cannot charge admission).
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
History of the American Cinema
descriptions and essential facts of more than 14,000 shows through 2007
Penn & Teller:Bullsh*t (all seasons)
A landmark fusion of feminism and formal experimentation that seeks to create a non-sexist film language. Invoking and challenging traditional interpretations of the Oedipus story as a movement from matriarchal culture to patriarchal order, the film also probes representation in film itself. (Script and Direction, Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen).
Looks specifically at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very heart of our popular culture.
Broadway, A history of the American Musical
v. 1. The formative years (1886-1927) — v. 2. Broadway comes of age (1928-1950) — v. 3. Broadway thrives in the mid 50′s — v. 4. The Golden Era continues — v. 5. Blockbuster mark the end of the Golden Era
The Open Theater group in its last performance before disbanding. “Nightwalk” is a collective theater piece, the work of writers Jean-Claude van Itallie, Sam Shepard, Megan Terry, and Open Theater director Joseph Chaikin, as well as the actors.
Documentary about a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a bloody civil war, violent warlords and a corrupt Charles Taylor regime. Includes interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day Liberia together to recount the experiences and memories of the women who were instrumental in bringing lasting peace to their country.
“An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana’s breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, climate and landscape, and vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.”
Word is out: Stories of some of our Lives
Preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive and Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation…this print is a restoration of the film’s original 133 minute release version. Preservation elements have also been created for the film’s 142 minute pre-release version.
Interviews with 26 diverse people who speak out about their experiences as gay men and women.
This documentary traces the work of Chinese-born artist and activist Lily Yeh, who uses art to create social change in Philadelphia’s inner city and in Korogochi, a village near Nairobi, Kenya.
Body memories is a wild and often comic ride, one man’s journey inward to find meaning in his life. He becomes an archeologist of the soul, digging through the layers of his past. Evocative images blend with a riveting performance that uncovers family secrets and buried traumas. The Bouffon, a creature who reflects the light and dark aspects of the protagonist’s journey, accompanies him on this outrageous odyssey. From Collective Eye.
“Tells the story of Margarita and Ramona de Saá. Born identical twins, the sisters grew up to become acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inserparable, their relationship deteriorated as one sister left for America while the other embraced the Cuban Revolution. Mirror dance is the story of two women forever linked by birth and dance but struggling to overcome a deep rift between sisters and nations alike”
A tour through the yard, methods and mind of collagist and front yard artist Richard “Richart” Tracy of Centralia, Washington.
AK 100 – 25 films by Akira Kurosawa – Criterion Collection
25 feature films of Akira Kurosawa remastered by Criterion Collection
OhioLINK and Google Books Preview
Just an FYI – the OhioLINK catalog will now reflect any books that have a Google Books Preview or Google Books Limited Preview. Of course Google Books does not contain every book, but it can be quite helpful much of the time. If you have any q’s about this, just ask.
For example:
History of the American Cinema
Click here to get to the online resource we have via INFOTREE
Comprehensive history, in 10 sections, of the motion picture industry in the United States, from the beginnings through 1989.
E-Books Online from OhioLINK
OhioLINK Electronic Book Center
Acting: An International Encyclopedia
Native American Literatures:
Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors and Themes
Encyclopedia of Travel Literature
