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Adulthood Psychological aspects Age discrimination Aged Counseling of Aging Health aspects Community college students Drama Community colleges Drama Disney characters Juvenile films Irish question Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography Motion picture industry California Los AngelesBalio, Tino.
Summary: "Largely shut out of American theaters since the 1920s, foreign films such as Open City, Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, The Seventh Seal, Breathless, La Dolce Vita and L'Avventura played after World War II in a growing number of art houses around the country and created a small but influential art film market devoted to the acquisition, distribution, and exhibition of foreign-language and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Wisconsin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BALContents: Introduction : deep focus / Geoffrey Cocks, James Diedrick, Glenn Perusek -- The written word and the very visual Stanley Kubrick / Vincent LoBrutto -- Writing The shining / Diane Johnson -- The pumpkinification of Stanley K. / Frederic Raphael -- Kubrick's armies : strategy, hierarchy, and motive in the war films of Stanley Kubrick / Glenn Perusek -- Subjected wills : the anti-humanism of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Wisconsin Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 DEPSummary: Singapore, late 90s. The friendship between the maid Teresa and young boy Jiale ignite the mother's jealousy, while the Asian recession hits the region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ILOSummary: Welcome back for a wild new year at Greendale Community College, as the study group faces their toughest tests yet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD COMJones, Judy
Contents: American studies -- Art history -- Economics -- Film -- Literature -- Music -- Philosophy -- Political science -- Psychology -- Religion -- Science -- World History -- Lexicon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 031.02 JONSummary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NINSummary: Celebrated architect Frank Gehry lives and works in Los Angeles-a world away from Finland, where his idol, the late Alvar Aalto, created stunning additions to the urban landscape and helped originate Scandinavian modernism. This film studies parallels between the two creative giants, examining their respective styles and documenting an in-depth conversation about Aalto between Gehry and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Chinese Christians are growing in number-but are their beliefs compatible with Western teachings? Why does the Communist government look so favorably on a "foreign" faith? Has the Gospel become a tool of authoritarianism? This program searches for answers as it explores the startling ascent of Christianity in China. Outlining the persecution of Christians under Mao, the film studies a past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: What is left of Africa's hunter-gatherers, and do they have a future? This program enters the lives of the San bushmen of the Kalahari and the Hadzabe people of Tanzania in a way that may soon become impossible. Examining their crafts and customs, the film studies intriguing methods of making fire, cooking, building huts, and crafting jewelry. Viewers will witness detailed preparations for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Basinger, Jeanine.
Summary: Film studies authority Basinger gives us an entertaining look into the "star machine," examining how, at the height of the studio system, from the 1930s to the 1950s, the studios manufactured star actors and actresses. She shows us how the machine worked when it worked, how it failed when it didn't, and how irrelevant it could sometimes be. She gives us the "human factor," case studies focusing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384.8097 BASSummary: A smooth-tongued attorney must deal with an extremely eclectic staff and student body when he is forced to attend a local community college after his education is deemed invalid by the bar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD COMSummary: As appalling and unacceptable as domestic violence is, it often goes unaddressed-especially when inflicted upon those least likely to speak up. This program sheds light on abuse of the elderly with real-world, unscripted case studies. Norman, in his late seventies, suffers frequent beatings at the hands of his two adult sons, but refrains from pressing charges for fear of more severe abuse....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011