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African Americans Intellectual life African Americans Religion African Americans Social life and customs African Americans Songs and music Gospel Gospel music Noirs américains Mœurs et coutumes Noirs américains Religion Noirs américains Vie intellectuelle Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditivesSummary: Set in a blighted Nevada outpost in 2007, a telepathic father and daughter lead a group of media outlaws in resistance against a corporate/governmental "New Electronic Order" that threatens to use the earth's magnetosphere to "bulk erase" the brains of every human on the planet. The only way to save humanity is to uncover a secret lodged in an old episode of the 1950s series Science in Action....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE SPEOzias, Michael
Summary: Tracks four companies working on solving some of humanity's most important problems and examines the outdated regulatory systems impeding their progress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THEFuterman, Samantha
Summary: Tells the story of two young women who discover that they are identical twin sisters separated at birth and raised on different continents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Passion River 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWICunningham, Merce
Summary: Looks at the career of dancer and choreographer, Merce Cunningham.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CUNSummary: The advent of electronic music in the 20th century was a radical break from all musical traditions that came before it. Narrated by legendary multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, Lisa Rovner's superb Sisters with Transistors showcases the music of and rare interviews with female electronic pioneers Clara Rockmore, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Éliane Radigue, Maryanne Amacher, Bebe Barron,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SISSummary: In the midst of a dazzling and prolific career at the forefront of modern jazz innovation, Miles Davis disappears from public view for a period of five years in the late 1970s. Alone and holed up in his home, he is beset by chronic pain from a deteriorating hip, his musical voice stifled and numbed by drugs and medications, and his mind haunted my unsettling ghosts from the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MILSummary: The series begins a year after the dramatic events that saw Moray declare his love for Denise and lose The Paradise after breaking off his engagement to Katherine. The spurned Katherine has since married Tom Weston with a troubled history. Although she seems to be starting her life anew, her passion for Moray threatens to draw her back into a love triangle, competing with Denise. Moray and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PARSummary: "From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gospel explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. But, while musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom. It is a message that resounds from the pulpit to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024