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A short history of film / by Dixon, Wheeler W.,1950-author.(CARDINAL)180834; Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey,author.(CARDINAL)209637;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-431) and index.Timeline 1832-2017 -- The invention of the movies -- The birth of an American industry -- World cinema : the silent era -- The Hollywood studio system in the 1930s and 1940s -- International cinema through World War II -- Postwar challenges to the movies -- World cinema in the 1950s -- The 1960s explosion -- World cinema 1970 to the present -- The new Hollywood."With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema- especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers- an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects..." - Back cover.
Subjects: Motion pictures; Motion picture industry;
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A royal surprise [videorecording]/ by Kruger, Johan(Producer),film producer.; Jansen, Grant,film producer.; Alt, Beautie Masvaure,film director,screenwriter.; Freeman, Jennifer,1985-actor.; Mokoena, Thapelo,actor.; Ayivor, Abena,1975-actor.; American Cinema International,presenter,publisher.;
Jennifer Freeman, Thapelo Mokoena, Abena Ayivor.Riley Stevenson accepts an invitation to visit Mandla, her boyfriend's, family in South Africa. When she arrives, she is shocked to learn that Mandla is not only extremely wealthy but also the prince of Chacula! The news puts Riley's trust in Mandla in jeopardy and now is up to him to win her love back. Riley must decide if she will give Mandla a second chance while also winning the approval of his royal family.Rating: Not rated.DVD, all regions; NTSC; wide screen.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Man-woman relationships; Princes;
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When the levees broke [videorecording] : a requiem in four acts / by Alexander, Shelton.; Belafonte, Harry,1927-2023(CARDINAL)176042; Blanchard, Terence.(CARDINAL)277887; Blanchard, Wilhelmina.; Blanco, Kathleen.; Brinkley, Douglas.(CARDINAL)340947; Charles, Cliff.; Gandbhir, Geeta.; Lee, Spike,director,producer.(CARDINAL)759040; Lee, Spike.(CARDINAL)759040; Lee, Spike.drtpro(CARDINAL)759040; Marsalis, Wynton,1961-(CARDINAL)354061; Nagin, Ray,1956-; Novack, Nancy.; Penn, Sean,1960-(CARDINAL)353210; Pollard, Sam,producer.(CARDINAL)271204; Pollard, Sam.(CARDINAL)271204; Pollard, Sam.pro(CARDINAL)271204; Sharpton, Al.(CARDINAL)394791; Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.; HBO Documentary Films.(CARDINAL)348529; HBO Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)347268; Home Box Office (Firm)(CARDINAL)165002; Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
disc 1. Act I (65 min.) ; Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.) ; Act IV (70 min.).Special features: on discs 1-2: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee; on disc 3: Next movement : Act V (108 min.); Water is rising (8 min.).Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte.The world watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Many were shocked, not only by the scale of the disaster, but the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery efforts. Structured into four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans. Tells the heartbreaking personal stories of those who endured this harrowing ordeal and survived to tell the tale.TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older).Venice International Film Festival, 2006: Venice Horizons Documentary Award, Human Rights Film Network Award; Image Awards, 2007: Image Award (nominated); Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, 2007: BCFA Award (nominated); American Cinema Editors, 2007: best edited documentary (nominated).
Subjects: Distaster films.; Documentary films.; Films for the hearing impaired; Documentary television programs.; Films for the hearing impaired; Historical television programs.; Television programs for the hearing impaired.; Auxilio en los desastres; Disaster relief; Disaster victims; Disasters.; Disasters; Emergency management; Environmental degradation.; Films for the hearing impaired; Films for the hearing impaired; Hurricane Katrina, 2005.; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Hurricanes; Levees.; Levees; Muros de contención; Personal property.; Auxilio en los desastres; Desastres; Muros de contención; New Orleans (Luisiana); Hurricane Katrina, 2005.; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Hurricanes;
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Squeaky clean mysteries : [videorecording] hazardous duty / by Olson, Sean Robert,1976-film director.; Buckingham, D. F. W.,sceenwriter.; Freed, Bryar,screenwriter.; Shamieh, George,film producer.; Pek, Emma,film producer.; Blackmore, Jessica,actor.; Roy, Jamie,actor.; McKamie, Kristi,actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Barritt, Christy.Hazardous duty.; American Cinema International,presenter,publisher.;
Jessica Blackmore, Jamie Roy, Kristi McKamie.Gabby St. Clair works as a crime scene cleaner. She and her boss Harold scrub, wash, and detail crime scenes spotless after the police finish collecting evidence. But that's not what Gabby dreamed of becoming. She grew up dreaming of becoming a police forensics expert but dropped out of college to help support her family. One day, Gabby and Harold are assigned to clean up the scene of an upscale home invasion gone wrong. When Harold becomes suspected of robbing the Cunninghams' home and burning it down to destroy the evidence, the case gets personal. Gabby must uncover the actual arsonist's identity to prove her boss's innocence. Her number one suspect? Congressional candidate Michael Cunningham himself!Rating: Not rated.DVD, all regions; NTSC; wide screen.
Subjects: Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Detective and mystery films.; Fiction films.; Crime scenes; Murder;
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Jack Hunter and the lost treasure of Ugarit / by Cunningham, Terry,film director.director.; Palmieri, Michael,screenwriter.author.; Moore, Kevin,screenwriter.author.; Tarver, John P.,director.; Christopherson, Jamie,1975-musical director.; Sergei, Ivan,1972-actor.; Kelly, Joanne,1978-actor.; Riefenstein, Thure,actor.; Ward, Susan,1976-actor.; Oasis Entertainment (Firm),production company.; American Cinema International,presenter.; SP Releasing,presenter,film distributor.; Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp. LLC,publisher.;
Director of photography, John P. Tarver; music, Jamie Christopherson.Ivan Sergei, Joanne M. Kelly, Thure Riefenstein, Susan Ward.Young archaeologist Jack Hunter planned only to take a picture of a cuneiform tablet from once unsurpassed Mesopotamian metropolis Ugarit in present Syria, but is caught and has to steal it from a private museum in France. He refuses to join his mentor, professor Frederic 'Freddie' Shaffer, who believes the poem is a coded treasure map, on a relic hunt, until his friend is murdered to steal it. Obvious suspect is Syrian artifact trader Ali, so Jack flies to Damascus. There he must accept working with local, US-educated colleague Nadia and her driver Tariq. Their lives are threatened during the long relic quest, for one by common nemesis Albert Littman, but another secret lurks too.TV rating: Not rated.Closed captioning in EnglishDVD, region 1, stereo and 5.1, widescreen (1.78:1).
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Fantasy television programs.; Archaeologists; Treasure troves; Archaeological expeditions;
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Jack Hunter and the quest for Akhenaten's tomb / by Cunningham, Terry,director.; Shamieh, George,producer.; Bastaki, Osama,producer.; Tarver, John P.,cinematographer.director.; Christopherson, Jamie,composer.musical director.; Duncan, Dan,editor.; Sergei, Ivan,1972-actor.; Kelly, Joanne,1978-actor.; Fiefenstein, Thure,actor.; Ward, Susan,1976-actor.; American Cinema International,production company.; Oasis Entertainment,production company.; Questar, Inc.;
Editor, Dan Duncan ; music, Jamie Christopherson ; director of photography, John Tarver.Ivan Sergei, Joanne M. Kelly, Thure Riefenstein, Susan Ward.Abducted and taken to a Turkish US base by the NSA, Jack is told his mentor was killed because Littmann's Russian mob employer Doridanov wants an ancient Osiris weapon. Jack accepts the assignment of going to Giza to look for the missing part of the weapon, encountering a mysterious sect of Akhenaton worshipers, who try to steal an obelisk from the museum after Jack deciphers its clues to a pharoah's treasure.DVD; NTSC; region 0.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television mini-series.; Fantasy television programs.; Treasure troves; Archaeological expeditions;
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Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven / by Cunningham, Terry,director.; Shamieh, George,producer.; Bastaki, Osama,producer.; Hedlund, Brett,editor.; Tarver, John P.,cinematographer.director.; Christopherson, Jamie,composer.musical director.; Sergei, Ivan,1972-actor.; Kelly, Joanne,1978-actor.; Fiefenstein, Thure,actor.; Ward, Susan,1976-actor.; American Cinema International,production company.; Oasis Entertainment,production company.; Questar, Inc.;
Editor, Brett Hedlund ; music, Jamie Christopherson ; director of photography, John Tarver.Ivan Sergei, Joanne M. Kelly, Thure Riefenstein, Susan Ward.Jack Hunter realizes a Roman coin in the pharoah's tomb means the treasure was looted to Rome, but was probably transferred to the new Byzantine capital of Constantinople at some point. There, the NSA reunites him with Nadia and Tariq to prevent the Osiris weapon from falling into criminal hands. Russian mob king Petrovsky increases the pressure on Littman, and now each side count on Nadia's lover, Faud Antaki, son of a Turkish antiquarian who once sold the Star of Osiris.DVD; NTSC; region 0.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television mini-series.; Fantasy television programs.; Treasure troves; Archaeological expeditions;
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Coffy [videorecording] / by Papazian, Robert A.; Hill, Jack,1933 Jan. 28-; Grier, Pam,1949-(CARDINAL)356883; Bradshaw, Booker.; DoQui, Robert.; Elliott, William,1934-1983.; Arbus, Allan,1918-; Haig, Sid,1939-; Cahill, Barry.; De Broux, Lee.; Lohmann, Paul.; McClelland, Chuck.; Ayers, Roy.; Ferguson, Perry.; American International Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)807556; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.(CARDINAL)533205; Hill, Jack,1933 January 28-; Arbus, Allan,1918-2013;
Director of photography, Paul Lohmann ; editor, Chuck McClelland ; music, Roy Ayers ; production designer, Perry Ferguson II.Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Doqui, William Elliott, Allan Arbus, Sid Haig, Barry Cahill, Lee de Broux.Coffy, a young nurse, takes vengeance on the powerful drug ring that destroyed her younger sister's life.MPAA rating: R.DVD, Region 1, Widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Revenge; Drug traffic; Drug abuse;
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Born 2 race [videorecording] by Badaan, Nicole.; Cross, Joseph,1986-; Eaton, Brando.; Pyper-Ferguson, John.; Ranarivelo, Alex.; ACI Productions.; American Cinema International.; ARC Entertainment (Firm); ESX Productions.; XLrator Media (Firm);
Director of photography, Rueben Steinberg ; editor, Brett Hedlund ; music, Jamie Christopherson.Joseph Cross, John Pyper-Ferguson, Nicole Badaan, Brando Eaton, Erik King, Sherry Stringfield.After an accident at an illegal street race, Danny Krueger is sent to a small town to live with his estranged father, a washed up NASCAR racer. When Danny decides to enter the NHRA High School Drags, he's forced to seek his father's help in taking down the local hot shot. To win it all, Danny needs to rise to the challenge in a world where old rivalries run deep, outsiders are rarely welcome, and racing is a way of life.MPAA rating: PG-13; for reckless behavior and a fight sequence.DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen.
Subjects: Feature films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dragsters; Fathers and sons; High school boys;
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Circulation / by Brunet, François,1960-2018,editor.(CARDINAL)351410; Gervais, Thierry,contributor.(CARDINAL)351409; Terra Foundation for American Art,issuing body.(CARDINAL)290516;
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction : no representation without circulation / François Brunet -- American art's dark matter : a history of uncirculation from Revolution to Empire / J.M. Mancini -- Shifting images : American news photographs, 1861-1945 / Thierry Gervais -- Rematriating James McNeill Whistler : the circulation of arrangement in Grey and black no. 1 : portrait of the artist's mother / Hélène Valance -- Circulation and transformation of cinema; or, did the French invent the American cinema? / Tom Gunning -- How silhouettes became "black" : the visual rhetoric of the Harlem Renaissance / Frank Mehring."As a category in art history, circulation is rooted in the contemporary context of Internet culture and the digital image. Yet circulation, as a broader concept for the movement of art across time and space in vastly different cultural and media contexts, has been a factor in the history of the arts in the United States since at least the eighteenth century. The third volume in the Terra Foundation Essays series, Circulation brings together an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars, including Thierry Gervais, Tom Gunning, J.M. Mancini, Frank Mehring, and Hélène Valance, who map the multiple planes where artistic meaning has been produced by the circulation of art from the eighteenth century to the present. The book looks at both broad historical trends and the successes and failures of particular works of art from a wide variety of artists and styles. Together, the contributions significantly expand the conceptual and methodological terrain of scholarship on American art"--
Subjects: Essays.; Art and society; Art, American;
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