Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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By Gates, Henry Louis Grant, William (William R.) Kunhardt, Peter W Judd, Graham Farrell, Leslie D Sweet, Jesse Gladsjo, Leslie Asako Winfrey, Oprah Tucker, Chris, 1972- Jones, Quincy, 1933- Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944- Jemison, Mae, 1956- Jakes, T. D Carson, Ben Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950- Kunhardt Productions WNET (Television station : New York, NY) PBS Home Video2006., PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
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c1992., Juvenile, Ambrose Video Pub. ; First Run Features Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Focuses on the creative process behind the visual and performing arts. Goes behind the scenes with renowned artists and performers, covering fields of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music, dance and theater. Designed to instill creative and critical thinking skills in children through the creative arts.
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[2009]., Adult, PBS Distribution Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On October 29, 1929 - Black Monday, large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable.
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c2012., PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This film explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster.
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2012., PBS Distribution Call No: L.O.T.E. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The royal tour is a groundbreaking special, produced and hosted by Peter Greenberg, that will showcase Mexico in a way no visitor has ever seen the country before -- through the eyes of its leader.
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By Catán, Daniel. Skármeta, Antonio. Ardiente paciencia Large, Brian. drt Gershon, Grant. cnd Bridel, David. chr Domingo, Plácido, 1941- prf Castronovo, Charles. prf Gallardo-Domâs, Cristina. prf Herrera, Nancy Fabiola. prf Chernov, Vladimir, 1953- prf Los Angeles Opera. prf Sony Music Entertainment, Inc WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)p2012., Adult, distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Call No: DVD ILP Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A filmed version of LA Opera production of Il Postino by Daniel Catán. The postman, Mario, enlists the aid of the poet Pablo Neruda to conquer the heart of the beautiful Beatrice.
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c2004., Specialized, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This series explores the startling new map of the brain that has emerged from the past decade of neuroscience and shares a revelatory view of this most complicated organ, which now contradicts much of what we previously believed. Narrated by actress Blair Brown, the series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary and cutting-edge animation. Viewers will not only learn startling new truths about the brain, they will voyage inside it.
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-- D-day.[2004], PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This video explores the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled France, focusing on the Allies array of weapons and transport vehicles that were designed to overcome the Nazi's defenses on D-Day. Also included is a look at the innovators who designed them.
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c2005., Ambrose Video Pub. Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This program examines the history of slavery in the United States and the role it played in shaping the new country's development.
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By Weisberg, Roger Aronson, Josh Guttman, Ronald Coblence, Nora Artinian, Chris Artinian, Nita Artinian, Peter Artinian, Heather Collins, Ann Suozzo, Mark Aronson Film Associates Public Policy Productions, Inc WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) Channel Four (Great Britain) Artistic License Films Next Wave Films Docurama (Firm) New Video Groupc2001., General, Docurama Distributed by New Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the issues that arise in an extended family consisting of several deaf members when the opportunity arises for two of the children to receive a surgical implant that would enable them to hear. Explores the little-known world of deaf culture.
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c2008., PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Challenges the common assumptions about World War II, redefining it as one long battle that began with Japan's invasion of Russia in 1904 and continues to this day.