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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans Drama African Americans in motion pictures Asian Americans Berkeley (Calif.) Fiction Cinéastes indépendants Romans, nouvelles, etc Identity (Philosophical concept) Interpersonal relations Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 United StatesSummary: When TV commercial director Paul Groves suffers a crisis due to a crumbling marriage and stagnating career, he begins to experiment with LSD to free himself artistically.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRISummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: As the title screens proclaim, "This film is based on a true story. The incidents and facts are documented. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and also to protect the film." In a Latin American country in the throes of a military coup, Charles Horman, an American journalist and filmmaker living there with his wife Joyce, disappears--never to be seen again. His father Ed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA MISSummary: Curious George rides a bike. The man in the yellow hat gives Curious George a brand new bicycle. What adventures are ahead for this little monkey and his new bike? The great white man-eating shark : a cautionary tale. Norvin, a boy who closely resembles a shark, uses his talents to scare away all the swimmers at Caramel Cove-- except for one female shark in love! Flossie and the fox. Flossie...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Friends navigate interpersonal relationships and cross the country in search of an ideal connection.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023