Gates, Henry Louis Jr.
Summary: Explores the historical period following the American Civil War known as Reconstruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RECSummary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRSummary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AFRSummary: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history. Joined by leading scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of people who shaped these years, Gates travels from the victories of the civil rights movement up to today, asking profound questions about the state of black America, and our nation as a whole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BLASummary: This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: The four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people beyond the reach of the "White gaze." The series recounts the establishment of the Prince Hall Masons in 1775 through the formation of all-Black towns and business districts, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, destinations for leisure, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAKSummary: Professor Gates' journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's fascinating ethnic mixture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: The 11-part BBC series is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts, shallow seas, seasonal forests, etc.) until the entire planet has been represented.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD PLASummary: The inspiring story of the wild rebirth of a continent. Across four episodes, the series reveals the spectacular resurgence of nature across Europe's most varied and breathtaking landscapes. From the Arctic Circle to rich river wetlands, from deep forest to rugged mountain peaks, witness Europe's most iconic wildlife thrive and flourish in the most unexpected places.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EURMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Summary: An abridged production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute for television.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Opera 2006
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MAGSummary: Professor Darius Arya explores the hidden secrets of three of the most fascinating cities of the ancient world: Athens, Cairo, and Istanbul. The latest 3D imaging technology allows viewers to see the architectural jewels of these cities as they've never been seen before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This sixth season offers viewers an aggressive, humorous expose of taboo topics, using the duo's trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks as well as hidden cameras and blatant confrontation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PENSummary: This three-part series uses cutting-edge graphics to reveal the surprisingly beautiful biological processes that keep one alive. Discover the ingenious ways your body develops, adapts, and endures, and witness the fascinating and finely tuned systems that keep one's body motoring, and the scientists guessing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMASummary: Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HEMSummary: Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley travels back in time to the Tudor Court of England's Henry VIII to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of his six wives. Combining drama based on eyewitness accounts and historical sources with Lucy's own contemporary historical commentary, it is these women's stories that Lucy sets out to uncover, witness, and explore.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RACSummary: With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artifacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, charting our changing views of the cosmos throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ANCSummary: Magicians Penn Jillette and Teller turn their talents to controversial muckraking as they confront a variety of institutions held dear by American society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PENSummary: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists, comedians, and more to explore a variety of cosmic topics, colliding pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life and the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STASummary: In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga, sending shockwaves around the world. Through first-person accounts of the disaster and eyewitness footage, experience the terrifying power of the eruption and the devastating tsunami that struck the shores of Tonga.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HIDSummary: It's the ultimate contest of courage, wits, and endurance when twelve of the world's best survivalists from the series return to take on a grueling survival challenge: 40 days and 40 nights in the Colombian badlands, with no food, no water, no clothes, and no help from the camera crews. Hunting for food and building shelters is only the beginning, as the survivalists confront such dangers as a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015