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1) Koko Pops
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 11 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A little female character called Koko represents the muse of music and dances and clowns her way through a breathless, animated short-history of western music from the beginning of time to punk. It’s an ideal introduction to a range of musical styles including pan flutes, baroque, romantic, circus music, jazz, French popular and opera.
2) A rebours
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Canadian Institute for Exploratory Cinemas presents this transgressive short film compilation. Conceived by the underground film society Cinema Abattoir, the A Rebours short film anthology convey the spectator side of experimental and avant-garde cinema.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Among significant Neolithic (New Stone Age) sites, explore Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, whose imposing stone rings are the oldest known examples of monumental architecture in the early Near East. Continue to Jericho, with its extraordinary tombs and famous tower, and Turkey's Catalhoyuk, noted for its mysterious houses built without doors or windows.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 86 min.)
Language
English
Description
Nat Hentoff is one of the enduring voices of the last 65 years, a writer who championed jazz as an art form and was present at the creation of ‘alternative’ journalism in America. This unique documentary wraps the themes of liberty, identity and free expression around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patriot Act. At the core of the film are three extraordinary, intimate conversations with Hentoff, plus additional...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (2 video files, approximately 91 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Dreamworlds 3, the highly anticipated update of Dreamworlds 2 (1995), examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and by extension boys and men, providing a meticulous analysis of how these narratives reflect and shape individual and cultural attitudes toward femininity, masculinity, sexuality, and race. Systematically dismantling music video's most persistent and disturbing stock representations, and setting them against...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 92 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Imagine the Sound brings together interviews and performances with the prime innovators of the once controversial free jazz movement of the 60s. The first feature documentary by Ron Mann (Grass, Comicbook Confidential) is an eloquent tribute to a group of highly celebrated artists that helped forge the avant-garde jazz of the 1960s. Critic and film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has said Imagine the Sound “may be the best documentary on free jazz...
7) Jazz
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 86 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Comic Book Confidential is a feature-length documentary that profiles twenty-two of the most significant artists and writers working in comic books, graphic novels and strip-art in North America today. In an entertaining and informative combination of interviews, historical footage and state-of-the-art animation techniques, Comic Book Confidential provides a positive answer to that burning existential question of the late twentieth century first posed...
Publisher
Passport International Productions
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (144 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Uses over 30 film clips and interviews to illustrate the aspects of the film noir genre. Jeffrey Wells discusses The big sleep, Touch of evil, Kiss me deadly, D.O.A., Out of the past, Against all odds, Laura, and Kiss of death.
13) Country music
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (960 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns and the blues to its mainstream popularity, and meet the unforgettable characters and storytellers who made it 'America's Music.' Viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century, as it eventually emerged to become America's...
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A film that celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and the Byrds, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and the Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to LA to emulate the Beatles, and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of artists who would soon put their stamp...
Publisher
Storm Bird Ltd
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 73 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (72 p.)
Language
English
Description
Book and film review draws on archive concert film ... and documentary footage from television and radio archives around the world. Featuring journalists, musicians, and insiders presenting their accounts of the band and its music. Includes interviews and concert footage. Songs include Cymbaline, Eugene, Atom Heart Mother, and more.
Publisher
Direct Holdings Americas
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Standard.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (730 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This 10-part documentary covers rock 'n' roll history from its humble beginnings in the '50s to Lollapalooza in the '90s. Experience favorite rock 'n' roll moments through hundreds of exclusive interviews, classic footage and concert performances.
18) Kill your idols
Publisher
Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary presents a complex history of New York's art-punk scene, surveying both the original art-punk explosion in the late '70's/early '80's and the 21st century resurgence of the movement.
19) Possession
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Roland is an academic researcher who discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, Randolph Henry Ash. Ash was presumed to have been totally devoted to his wife, but Roland finds letters written to another unnamed woman, and soon determines that the intended recipient was another, less well-known poet, Christabel LaMotte. Roland contacts Maud, an expert on LaMotte's life and work. Despite her skepticism, the two begin to investigate,...
20) Roots of rhythm
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins of Latin music from Spain and Africa to the New World (Program 1). Focuses on pop music developed in Cuba and examines how North Americans began to discover this island's musical treasures (Program 2). Shows how Spanish-African music has become the basic part of popular musical culture of the U.S. (Program 3).
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