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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Hot Docs: Not my life now available in Media Services
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 […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles in Media Services
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 […]
Continue readingRaiders of the Lost Archives
Check out this amazing comparison of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with scenes from 31 adventure films that were made between the years 1919-1973. Uploaded by StooTV Check these titles out from the Media Services Home Use Collection: Raiders of the Lost Ark – HU DVD 3251Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – HU […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles in Media Services
Check out these titles that were recently added to the Media Services Home Use Collection: Lost Boundaries – HU DVD 1591Cul de Sac – HU DVD 9084Soga – HU DVD 9085Le Mans – HU DVD 9086Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan – HU DVD 9088Caribe – HU DVD 9089Faces of Children – HU DVD 9091Crainquebille […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Corporations in the Classroom now available in Media Services
“As cash-strapped schools struggle to pay for books and other materials, corporate sponsors are offering promotions, sponsorships, and even free curriculum. The line between corporate social responsibility and back-door marketing opportunities is blurring … This tough documentary asks: Should our schools be free of commercial messages? Or should they be a microcosm of the outside […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Coca Cola Case: A film about Coca-Cola and labor rights in Latin America now available in Media Services
In early 2000, two American lawyers in employment law, David Kovalik and Terry Collingsworth, embark on a crusade against the Coca-Cola empire. Indeed, in the offices of countries like Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey, it uses a paramilitary militia to remove or kill the workers trying to unionize. Denying their responsibility for these crimes, executives of […]
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