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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Through the story of one woman's year in a room with a view, the film catches its audience up in the collective memories of all those who have loved and lost. Through a study of Liz's obsession and loneliness, the film mixes the particular with the universal to cover the whole gamut of feelings and theories about lost love. Ranging from the popular to the more erudite, snatches of songs, quotes and diary jottings are all stitched together with stories...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 26 min. 27 sec.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
From the time they are born, human beings are predisposed to learn and enjoy music. Children especially are open to it, and research increasingly has shown that exposure to music and especially participation in making it - by singing and playing simple percussion instruments - is invaluable in helping childrens brains develop the - neural bridges - that make them stronger.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish subtitle version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album 'Amazing grace' at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, in January 1972.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
[English/Spanish version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A visitor from the future tells best friends Bill and Ted that one of their songs can save life as they know it and bring harmony to the universe.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 56 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Vietnamese
Description
A documentary of the Vietnamese band Dai Lam Linh, which has created "a unique form of popular music, which is both international in outlook and rooted in Vietnamese traditions and aesthetics." The group has faced numerous challenges owing to the disfavor of state-run organizations and Vietnamese censors to their experimental style.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 32 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This film, shot in 1955, focuses on a small band of /Gwi San living in the arid landscape of the central Kalahari Desert in present-day Botswana. The hardships of their everyday survival are woven into the songs of a blind musician, Ukxone, who composes music on a hunting bow.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 40 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For generations, Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal, India have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The Patuas tell the stories of Muslim saints (pirs and fakirs) as well as Hindu Gods and Goddesses, and offer devotion to saints at Muslim shrines.
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
All the colors of the Earth: Reveals in verse that despite outward differences children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable. Foolish frog: A dramatization of Charles L. Seeger's and Pete Seeger's song of the same title in which a foolish bullfrog explodes with pride when he hears someone singing a song about him. Over in the meadow: Counting song in which flowers and grasses, animals and insects, mothers and their young provide...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 58 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Pastaay, which means "the festival of the legendary little people," is a significant ritual held every other year in the Saisiat aborigine group in Taiwan.
Author
Publisher
EuroArts
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (483 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Latin
Description
"One of the greatest composers of all time, with a representative selection of his most important works performed by artists who are among the most eminent interpreters of his music: devoted to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, these DVD's provide a unique survey of some of the greatest examples of Baroque music."--Container.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 70 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Bulgarian
Description
In her search for the true origins of a haunting melody, the filmmaker travels to Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria. The trip is filled with humor, suspense, tragedy and surprise as each country's citizens passionately claim the song to be their own and can even furnish elaborate histories for its orgins.
Publisher
Two Little Hands Productions
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Teaches 29 signs in American Sign Language. Combines signing children and infants, animation and music, and an adult to model each sign. Teaches babies to sign before they can speak. Includes concepts like day, night, hungry, bread, happy, and sad.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans have retained links with their African past through the horrors of the middle passage,...
Publisher
Arhoolie Foundation
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the journey of the New Lost City Ramblers, stars of the 1960s folk revival who pioneered the concept of urban musicians working side by side with authentic traditional musicians. They influenced generations of musicians, from folk-rock elder statesmen Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia to the contemporary African American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. A treasure trove of recently filmed and rare archival footage, photos and music, including...
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (33 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The scrambled states of America. Disenchanted with their fixed places on the map, the states decide to swap spots in hopes that each can get to see a different part of the country and do something different for a change. Full of facts and fun, children will have a geography lesson like never before. This land is your land. America's favorite folk song sung by Arlo Guthrie, is brought to life by renowned folk artist, Kathy Jakobsen. An American classic...
Publisher
Two little hands Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Teaches American Sign Language signs. Combines signing children and infants, animation and music, and an adult to model each sign. Teaches babies to sign before they can speak. Introduces the signs for the alphabet and includes more than 50 signs for words corresponding to different letters.
Series
Signing Time volume 10
Publisher
Two Little Hands Productions
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alex and Leah are ready to start their day! Come join Rachel and her young friends as you learn songs and signs for all your daily activities - waking up, getting dressed, cleaning up, and going to bed.
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