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Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the twentieth century. This is the first major documentary film to explore West₂s life and career, as she 'climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong' to become a writer, performer, and subversive agitator for social change.
43) Isaac Newton
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Learn all about the life of Sir Isaac Newton and his major contributions to science. What were the significant events of Isaac Newton's early life? What were his major discoveries? The answers to these questions and many more are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb, have worked together to create some of the greatest non-fiction books in history. Now 86, Caro is determined to complete the final volume of his masterwork, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson"; Gottlieb, 91, wants to edit it. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities, and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects...
45) Minding the gap
Series
Criterion collection volume 1061
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Director approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary debut from documentarian Bing Liu weaves a story of skateboarding, friendship, and fathers and sons into a coming-of-age journey of courageous vulnerability.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1164
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New York's 1960s underground culture, the Velvet Underground redefined music with its at once raw and exalted blend of experimentation and art-damaged rock and roll. In his kaleidoscopic documentary The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes vividly evokes the band's incandescent world: the creative origins of the twin visionaries Lou Reed and John Cale, Andy Warhol's...
47) Muhammad Ali
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The legendary performer and iconic social satirist transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to America's stages and living rooms until his death at 65. Featuring an iconic comedic cast of historians, activists and artists who provide a unique brushstroke into the complex world of Pryor, the film dives deeply into the psyche of a comedic genius whose mother was a prostitute, father a pimp, and grandmother...
51) George W. Bush
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A profile of former President George W. Bush as part of the landmark Presidents series.
52) Hoop dreams
Series
Criterion collection volume 289
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
This documentary follows two inner-city basketball phenoms' lives through high school as they chase their dreams of playing in the NBA.
53) Europa Europa
Series
Criterion collection volume 985
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
"As World War II splits Europe, sixteen-year-old German Jew Salomon (Marco Hofschneider) is separated from his family after fleeing with them to Poland, and finds himself reluctantly assuming various ideological identities in order to hide the deadly secret of his Jewishness. He is bounced from a Soviet orphanage, where he plays a dutiful Stalinist, to the Russian front, where he hides in plain sight as an interpreter for the German army, and back...
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Conductor and violinist Scott Yoo is on the road again, for Season 4 of Now hear this. Join him in Buenos Aires, to learn the tango and Piazzolla's conflicted relationship with it. In Scotland and Germany, explore the connection between mental health and creative genius. In the boroughs of New York, meet a dynamic new composer pointing classical in a new direction. And in Spain, discover the breathtaking musical portraits of Albeniz.
55) Don't look back
Series
Criterion collection volume 786
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
The legendary documentarian finds Dylan in London during his 1965 tour, which would be his last as an acoustic artist and marked a turning point in his career. In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century₂s greatest artists thrust into the spotlight, Dylan is surrounded by teen fans; gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists; and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band's intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been brilliantly restored....
57) Mark Twain
Series
Language
English
Description
Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best-known and best-loved author. Considered in his time as the funniest man on earth, Twain was also an unflinching critic of human nature who used his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. He created some of the world's most memorable characters as well as its most quoted sayings. And, in his often-misunderstood novel "Huckleberry...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1082
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Three-DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
A collection of documentary films directed by Marlon Riggs which discuss the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States in the late twentieth century.
Ethnic notions: Covers more than one hundred years of United States history, which traces the evolution of deeply rooted stereotypes that have influenced anti-Black prejudice. Some caricatures have played a role in political and social conflicts concerning race.
Tongues united:...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
I am somebody : Records the 1969 strike by black, predominantly female, hospital workers in Charleston, S.C. for better working conditions and higher wages. Shows how the struggle was won by a coalition of local and national union and civil rights groups plus the local black community through nonviolent marches and demonstrations. Highlights Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy, and Walter Reuther speaking and working in defense of the...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Television series about Chris Rock's experiences growing up in Brooklyn. In this season, Chris finds that being a teenager isn't as cool as he imagined, growing up means bullies are bigger, his parents are more demanding, and girls are getting more fascinating--and frightening--every day.
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