Founding father of Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski's work raises powerful and disturbing questions today. This is a look at his legacy and the imprints it has made on the generations that followed.
This is the DVD documentary of The 13th Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. It follows the organizers through organization and the event.
“…the Birmingham of the North.” — Lawrence Downes, New York Times "Brick by Brick is an engrossing window into a titanic constitutional struggle that consumed an otherwise typical urban community. It depicts the full sweep of the human condition: passion, courage,…
Problems of dumping nuclear waste in the sea. Many people are worried about the dumping of nuclear waste in the sea, where it might contaminate marine life including our own food. This film shows the courageous action of the Greenpeace protesters, who chained themselves to the platforms of the ship…
An ancient common in Oxford, its history, ecology and uses. Port Meadow is unique, older than the University, older than the Domesday Book. It is one of the largest stretches of common land in England, and it has never been ploughed. The film looks at the many facets of the meadow, its history, ecology,…
A South American Indian legend says that the tropical forest supports the sky - cut down the trees and disaster follows. The Indians may be right. We are destroying one of the Earth's most valuable natural assets at an alarming rate. This programe illustrates our dependence on the forest and its…
Version originale francophone • Au revoir ma Lou est un portrait intimiste et tendre que deux jeunes cinéastes dressent d’un couple amoureux dont la femme est gravement atteinte d’un cancer au cerveau. Ce film est une fenêtre sur ce moment délicat et fragile qu’est…
Landmarks in 21st Century American Architecture Series Architect Daniel Libeskind first gained worldwide attention when his haunting, zigzag-shaped Jewish Museum opened in Berlin in 1999. After his dramatic urban design plan for Ground Zero was selected by city and state officials in 2002, Libeskind…
Developed as an adjunct to the exhibition Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting, this 35-minute film is a co-production with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. It is comprised of excerpts from interviews conducted by PAFA Director Harry Philbrick and Associate…
When Alex Katz paints one of his large, signature paintings, it is an act of the utmost concentration, a performance in which he draws on years of experience as well as preliminary sketches, painted studies, finished drawings, and a large charcoal cartoon, as he transfers the bare bones of the image…
"Both the object and the idea are in varying degrees of harmony and dominance... Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions without eliminating them."- Aaron Siskind, 1954 Aaron…
*This film may be purchased by individuals for personal home viewing with family and friends only. It is strictly prohibited to screen, loan or broadcast for any group for either educational or commercial purposes. A film by Sari Gilman 2013 | 30 minutes | Color -- During the 1970s and 80s, thousands…
