Short Films
BETTY LaDUKE: AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY FROM THE BRONX TO TIMBUKTUWomen's Studies Art History Cultural Studies American Studies Short Films
This video takes us on a trip through six decades and over twenty countries in tracing the
development of Betty LaDuke, one of America's leading multicultural artists. Her vision
encompasses not only American culture, but also influences from Native American,
Mexican and African cultures and lifestyles.
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HARRY DEVLIN: AN ARTIST'S ODYSSEYShort Films Architecture Art History American Studies
Documents the life and work of Harry Devlin, whose long and varied career as a
commercial and fine arts artist has spanned more than half a century, with work in
virtually every medium in the fields of syndicated cartooning, publishing and advertising.
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CHARLES DANA GIBSON: PORTRAIT OF AN ILLUSTRATORWomen's Studies Art History American Studies Short Films
The Gibson Girl, the first popular image of the American woman, was created by Charles
Dana Gibson, one of the nation's greatest illustrators, during the "Golden Age" of
illustration, when America's national magazines, such as Life and Collier's, influenced
every aspect of American culture.
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FROM A BALL OF CLAYArt History Short Films Directed by Women
This fascinating and informative video details the step-by-step procedures involved in
modeling a clay sculpture, showing how professional sculptor and art instructor Margot
McMahon creates a portrait of her model over several sessions (working from a
knowledge of anatomy and a sensitivity to artistic rhythms) and then demonstrates the
plaster mold-making process by which the final art work is cast in Fondu concrete for
permanent exhibition.
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THE PIPES ARE CALLINGShort Films Music Irish Studies American Studies Directed by Women
Portrays a summer bagpipe school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where piping enthusiasts
from all over North America gather to learn the craft and music of the traditional
instrument of the Scottish highlands.
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WIZARD OF THE STRINGSShort Films Music American Studies
Profiles Roy Smeck, a former vaudeville star known as "The Wizard of the Strings"
because of his virtuoso talents on the guitar, banjo, ukelele and Hawaiian guitar, and who
is shown to be still active, in his mid-80s, teaching students and giving occasional public
performances.
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CATCHING UP WITH YESTERDAYMusic American Studies Short Films
A documentary portrait of Andrew F. Boarman, a 78-year-old West Virginia instrument
maker and musician, featuring a number of lively musical performances and an illustration
of Boarman's skills as a master craftsman of banjos, guitars, fiddles, and dulcimers.
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DESTINATION BARBADOSSpanish Language Performing Arts Music Latin-American Studies Cultural Studies Short Films
This video, which documents one of the oldest cultural festivals in the Western
Hemisphere, celebrates the vitality of calypso music today on the island of Barbados.
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THE LAST OF THE ONE NIGHT STANDSShort Films Performing Arts Music American Studies
This video portrays the big-band era in American entertainment, profiling the Lee
Williams Band which, from 1938 to 1952, barnstormed throughout the Midwest, bringing
Swing music to rural America.
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THE SPITBALL STORYShort Films Music American Studies Directed by Women
This video features legendary musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Hinton and Jonah Jones,
who clear up the mystery of a fabled incident in jazz history in the early Forties when the
three were members of Cab Calloway's famous band.
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JOURNEY OF STRINGSShort Films Music Cultural Studies
This first video from the "Journey in Music" series surveys the history and musical
heritage of string instruments, from ancient times to the present day, including string
instruments from China (Zheng), Iran (Santuri), Greece (Bouzuki) and Spain (Guitar),
among others, and concludes with an unusual jam session featuring all of these classic
instruments.
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SHAKESPEAREUrban Studies Short Films Performing Arts Literature Latino Studies Europe Education
A high school teacher and one of his students don Elizabethan garb and travel back in time
to London in 1609 to have lunch with William Shakespeare at the Mermaid Tavern.
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