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Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A journey of discovery into how an American artist and a Canadian artist with a father and son generation gap team up to revive the ancient Japanese woodcut printing by juxtaposing traditional art with pop culture icons such as Super Mario and Pokémon. Official Selection at the **Hot Docs International Documentary Festival**. *"UKIYO-E HEROES is a beautiful film about people who strive to make beautiful things, and that lesson resonates regardless...
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This documentary pulls back the curtain and takes a look at the cultural climate surrounding MoMA’s now famed exhibition, “High & Low: High Art and Popular Culture”. Opening in the fall of 1990, the show placed a spotlight on the rapid merging of consumerism and the artistic avant-garde. Curated by Kirk Varnedoe and Adam Gopnik and featuring work from artists such as Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein, “High & Low” ignites conversations of...
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Language
English
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Description
A mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office ... No, it wasn't the start of a joke: it was the start of a program that changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television. Television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz were among the first to write about the series before it became a cultural phenomenon. To celebrate the twentieth...
Author
Language
English
Description
America's preeminent columnist presents his penetrating and surprising reflections on everything from embryo research to entitlement reform, from Halley's Comet to border collies, from Christopher Columbus to Martin Luther King, from drone warfare to American decline. Features a special, highly autobiographical introduction.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 60 min)
Language
English
Description
For all of the achievements of the womens movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important new documentary, Thomas Keith, Professor of Philosophy at California State University-Long Beach, looks specifically at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In this collection of sharp, poignant essays, Bolin blends the personal and political in an exploration of American culture through the lens of our obsession with dead women. Stories, novels, movies and television programs are obsessed with women who are abused, killed, and disenfranchised. Bolin shows how women's bodies (dead and alive) are used as props to bolster men's stories. She analyzes stories of witches and werewolves, and ends by interrogating...
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (61 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
bell hooks is one of America's most engaging public intellectuals. In this richly illustrated two-part interview, hooks argues that we can acknowledge the impact of media without denying our own agency or the pleasure we derive from popular culture. Rather than ignoring or denying the power of representation, hooks advocates for critically confronting the influence of media in our lives.
29) Dying Laughing
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Featuring Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Bob Saget, Jamie Foxx, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Lewis, Steve Coogan, Bobby Lee, & the late Garry Shandling, DYING LAUGHING is a candid look inside the agony and ecstasy of making people laugh for a living. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director, and the star performer. There is no rehearsal, no practice, and no safety net when you’re in front of a live audience. For most...
30) Awesome America
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Series
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover what makes America unique in this comprehensive timeline and photographic overview of American history-pre-Columbus through the present-highlighting the milestone events and important people that have made America awesome. Perfect for both dip-in reference and longer-form reading, Awesome America is organized into thematic sections, each comprised of bite-sized articles, engaging factoid sidebars, colorful charts, graphics and interactive...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-read"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
There are certain things every Texan should know how to do and say, whether your Lone Star roots reach all the way back to the 1836 Republic or you were just transplanted here yesterday. Some of these may be second nature to you, but others . . . well, maybe it wouldn’t hurt to have a few handy hints if, say, branding the herd or hosting a tamalada aren’t your usual pastimes. That’s where How to Be a Texan can help.
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Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (128 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all time. From “Fast Time at Ridgemont High” and “Office Space” to “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” and “Showgirls.”
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like “Night of the Living Dead,” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and sci-fi gems such as “Blade Runner,” and “A Clockwork Orange.”
Publisher
The Film Sales Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Recognition from Paris’s Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture is considered the apex of the fashion industry, and Chinese designer Guo Pei is determined to reach it. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **Tribeca Film Festival** nominee. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the **Palm Springs International Film Festival**. "*Numerous story threads keep the interest, and Pei makes for delightful company -- you don't need to be interested...
37) At The Drive-In
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Unable to purchase a {dollar}50,000 digital projector, a group of quirky film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free. AT THE DRIVE-IN is the award winning underdog story about The Mahoning Drive-in Theater. Winner of Best Local Feature at the **Philadelphia Film Festival**. "*An absolute masterpiece, an engrossing and endearing tale of the...
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to “The Big Lebowski” and everything inbetween, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of the greatest cult movies of all-time discussing the birth of the midnight movie.
39) The Lost Arcade
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A critically acclaimed documentary about the last hold out of old-school arcade culture in New York City. An intimate portrait of the passionate and exceptionally diverse community at the beloved Chinatown Fair, THE LOST ARCADE, chronicles the evolution of arcades, while celebrating the camaraderie and history of a pop culture phenomenon. Nominated for the Metropolis Grand Jury Prize at **DOC NYC**. *"A deeply felt and bittersweet experience." - Chris...
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