Cinema Studies
HOWARD KOCH: YOU MUST REMEMBER THISCinema Studies American Studies
Profiles the career of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Howard Koch (1901-1995), best know for such classic films as The Sea Hawk (1940), The Letter (1940), Sergeant York (1941), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) and Casablanca (1942).
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LYMAN H. HOWE'S HIGH CLASS MOVING PICTURESShort Films Cinema Studies American Studies Directed by Women
Examines the career of a traveling exhibitor who brought motion pictures to America's towns and cities when movies were in their infancy, from the early 1880s through the early 1920s.
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LATINO HOLLYWOODLatino Studies Cinema Studies American Studies
This two-part video-including "1911-1940" and "1940-1990" - chronicles Latino participation in the American film industry, profiling major performers and other creative personnel and examining issues of typecasting and stereotypes.
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BASIL POLEDOURIS: HIS LIFE AND MUSICMusic Cinema Studies American Studies
This biographical video traces the career of one of Hollywood's most successful composers of film and television scores, including Conan the Barbarian, Robocop and Starship Troopers
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VELVET HANGOVERPolitical Science Eastern Europe Cinema Studies
This video features candid interviews with the filmmakers- including Vera Chytilova, Jiri Menzel, Jan Nemec, Ivan Passer, and Jan Sverak, among many others-who created the Czech New Wave.
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THE QUEST OF CARMEN D'AVINOAnimation Cinema Studies Art History American Studies
This video chronicles the life and work of Carmen d'Avino- filmmaker, painter, sculptor, and photographer.
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WOMEN OF VISION: 18 HISTORIES IN FEMINIST FILM AND VIDEOWomen's Studies Anthropology Sociology Cinema Studies Directed by Women
Profiles a variety of women active in independent-feminist film and video, including production, distribution and education, whose work expresses a variety of political and esthetic viewpoints.
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SERGEI EISENSTEIN IN ALMA-ATA 1941-1944Cinema Studies Russia Eastern Europe
This video chronicles a crucial period in the life of the great Soviet filmmaker, Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), when he left Moscow during WWII for the Kazakhstan capital to film Ivan the Terrible (1943).
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GILLO PONTECORVO: THE DICTATORSHIP OF TRUTHMiddle Eastern Studies Islamic Studies Cinema Studies
Profiling the acclaimed Italian film director, blending clips from his films- The Battle of Algiers, Burn!, etc - with an interview in which he discusses his wartime experiences, the influence of Italian neo-realism, his philosophy of filmmaking.
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