Summary: "Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts of the Rhythm Boys...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KIN

Summary: A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album 'Amazing grace' at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, in January 1972.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AMA

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC AMA

Summary: Tells the rags-to-riches story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colors. A filmed performance of the staged musical.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2000

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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS JOS

Summary: After the death in 2004 of American theater actor and monologist Spalding Gray, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) pieced together a narrative of Gray's life to create the documentary And Everything is Going Fine. Brilliantly and sensitively assembled entirely from footage of Gray, taken from interviews and one-man shows from throughout his career, it is a rich, full portrait, and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AND

Summary: An intensely intimate look at one of the biggest hard rock/heavy metal bands of all time, with over 90 million albums sold. Takes you inside the studio, the counseling sessions the band went through together and the difficult process of finding a new band member.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2005

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MET

Summary: "Indie folk heroes Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Tennesee's Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain's acclaimed Mumford & Sons hopped on a beautiful vintage train and set out across America on a 'tour of dreams.' With poignancy and beauty, Malloy documents these incredible musicians as they ride the rails and wow the crowds from Oakland to New Orleans"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: S2BN Films 2012

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BIG

Summary: Meet Seymour Bernstein: a virtuoso pianist, veteran New Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert career to teach music. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, Ethan Hawke, Seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eye-opening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art, creativity, and the search for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEY

Summary: A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is unable to perform due to intoxication, and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS BRO

Summary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOL

Summary: An adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, chronicling the events around the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JUL