By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: February 22, 2012 at 4:49 PM ET (New York Times) NEW YORK (AP) — Barney Rosset was a publisher, not an author, and struggled for decades to write the story of his brave and wild life. But few over the past 60 years had so profound an impact on the way […]
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Selected New Home Use Titles in Media Services
Check out these titles that were recently added to the Media Services Home Use Collection. Hero/Ying Xiong – HU DVD 596Elephant – HU DVD 790Longest Day – HU DVD 1263Office: Season 6 – HU DVD 4029-4033Office: Season 7 – HU DVD 4034-4038Looney Tunes Super Stars: Pepe le Pew – HU DVD 4255She’s the Man – […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Fruit of Our Labor now available in Media Services
As the international community reflects on the impact of years of war in Afghanistan, Community Supported Film provides an opportunity to also reflect on the situation from an Afghan perspective through 10 Afghan-made documentaries. Story 1: L is for Light, D is for Darkness, Hasibullah AsmatyStory 2: Searching for a Path, Reza SahelStory 3: Hands […]
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“One of the greatest challenges facing schools today is the push to raise the expertise of teachers. but if teachers are going to become experts, they need proven strategies and the training to make them work…plain and simple. In ’The strategic teacher,’ renowned education consultant Harvey Silver illustrates practical ways to make this happen in […]
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Inspired by classical progressive rock bands of 40 years ago such as King Crimson, Emerson Lake, and Palmer and Pink Floyd, young bands of today have transformed progressive music into something new. Ignored by today’s music industry but empowered by the tools of the Internet, these young bnads are trying to find their audience while […]
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This documentary features more than fifty interviews with trafficking victims and their advocates in government, law enforcement, civil society, and the private sector. DVD 9512 Distributor description: http://notmylife.org/about-film
Continue reading18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Last night on Sunday, January 29, 2012, tons of Hollywood’s biggest television and movie stars came together for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. What’s interesting about the SAG awards is that there isn’t some predetermined committee that votes every year; instead its members vote on the SAG Award nominees and recipients. The Screen […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Feminist Philosophers: In Their Own Words now available in Media Services
Feminist Philosophers: In Their Own Words This series provides educators and scholars with in-depth, digitally filmed interviews with many of the scholars who generated and initially sustained feminist philosophy in North America. Susan Bordo – DVD 6924Sandra Bartky – DVD 6925Alison M. Jaggar: April 23-24, 2004 Chicago – DVD 9486Sara Ruddick: may 21-22, 2004 New […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Deciphering Dyslexia now available in Media Services
“The trials and triumphs of four people facing a lifelong struggle with learning. Dyslexia is the most common cause of reading and writing difficulties, affecting about 10 per cent of the population. [This documentary] is designed to raise awareness and provide an understanding of dyslexia, to bring a human face to this invisible disability and […]
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Check out these titles that were recently added to the Media Services Home Use Collection. Lion King – HU DVD 5090Lion King – BLU-RAY DVDCell 211 – HU DVD 9282Better Life – HU DVD 9285Chameleon Street – HU DVD 9286Live-in Maid – HU DVD 9287Super 8 – HU DVD 9288Super 8 – BLU-RAY DVD 9288Devils […]
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