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New Acquisitions - October 2006

2 brothers & a bride 2004

Performer Note: David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Lois Smith, Larry Pine, Emily MortimerTwo brothers need a wife after the death of their doting mother and decide that a Russian woman will best meet their needs. They learn about the realities of life and love on this romp into mail-order bride land. Uses an actual tour party and features genuine clients and "potential wives.".

1 videocassette (92 min.)

MEDIA 2-7648

The aggressives 2005

Features intimate interviews with 6 transgendered lesbians (5 African American, 1 Asian) living in New York City who define themselves as "aggressives." They exhibit masculine appearances and behaviors, but do not aspire to be men. Shows their daily lives and their participation in the underground lesbian "ball" scene, where cross-dressers compete for trophies.

1 videodisc (73 min.)

MEDIA 10-684

Autocracy and rebellion in Mesoamerica a video documentary] /by Alfonso Moises ; Media Arts, University of Arizona 1996

Performer Note: Narrator/interviewer: Martha MoisesDocumentary film with dramatized segments describing the political behavior of Mesoamericans through a historical and cultural analysis of the cultural traits of autocracy and rebellion.

1 videocassette (42 min.)

MEDIA 2-7625

Black & white 2000

Performer Note: Elena Shevchenko, Gilbert Giles"The story of Lisa, a young Soviet emigré studying medicine in Manhattan, Roy, an African American building superintendent on New York's Lower East Side, and the bond that they form from living on the edges of Manhattan"--Container.

1 videocassette (92 min.)

MEDIA 2-7621

The bloody child a film 2001

Performer Note: Tinka Menkes, Robert Mueller, Sherry Shibley, Russ Little, Jack O'HaraBased on a real incident in which a U.S. Marine, just back from the Persian Gulf, is arrested while digging a grave in the middle of the Mojave Desert for his murdered wife, whose bloodied body lies in the backseat of his car.

1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-7620

The bronze screen 100 years of the Latino image in Hollywood cinema 2002

Performer Note: Narrator: Wanda de JesúsThe Bronze screen honors the past, illuminates the present, and opens a window to the future of Latinos in motion pictures. From silent movies to urban gang films, stereotypes of the Greaser, the Lazy Mexican, the Latin lover and the Dark lady are examined. Rare and extensive footage traces the progression of this distorted screen image to the increased prominence of today's Latino actors, writers and directors.

1 videodisc (120 min.)

MEDIA 10-682

The Chicago Maternity Center story 1996

Contents: Pt. 1. Heathcare worth fighting for -- pt. 2. The struggle for controlFor more than 75 years, the Chicago Maternity Center provided safe home deliveries for Chicago mothers. But a change in attitude of modern medicine towards home birth and a decline in funding from Northwestern University forced the Center's closure in 1974. The story of the Center's history and the fight to keep it open are interwoven with the case history of one expectant mother.

1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-7619

A closer walk 2003

Performer Note: Narrators: Glenn Close and Will SmithDocuments the realities of the AIDS epidemic around the world.

1 videodisc (85 min.)

DANA 316

Cognitive therapy with couples initial phase of treatment 1996

Guide includes bibliographical references (p. 17-19) Contents: Initial session -- Individual session, Jill -- Individual session, Oz -- Jill and Oz, second session -- Jill and Oz, sixth session Performer Note: Jill Clayton, David OsbornFrank Dattilio runs several couples therapy sessions with Jill and Oz. In these sessions, cognitive therapy is used to help the couple regain communication with each other to improve their marriage.

1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-7622

The contender 2001

Performer Note: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, William Petersen, Philip Baker Hall, Saul Rubinek, Sam ElliottAs soon as a woman is nominated to replace the deceased vice president of the USA, her political enemies search in her private life for ways to bring her down.

1 videodisc (127 min.)

MEDIA 10-681

Conversations in literature 2002

Workshop guide contains bibliographical references Contents: 1. Responding as readers -- 2. Envisioning -- 3. Stepping in -- 4. Moving through -- 5. Rethinking -- 6. Objectifying the text -- 7. The stances in action -- 8. Returning to the classroom Performer Note: Project leader, Dr. Judith Langer Added Title: Responding as readers Added Title: Envisioning Added Title: Stepping in Added Title: Moving through Added Title: Rethinking Added Title: Objectifying the text Added Title: Stances in action Added Title: Returning to the classroom Added Title: Envisioning literatureA video workshop on engaging in literature for grade 6-12 literature and language arts teachers.

8 videocassettes (ca. 480 min.)

MEDIA 2-7609-2-7616

Cyclo 1997

Performer Note: Lę Van Loc, Tony Leung-Chiu Wai, Tran Nu Yęn-KhęIn the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, a young cyclo (pedicab driver) transports anonymous passengers through the teeming streets, trying to eke out a meager living for his two sisters and elderly grandfather.

1 videocassette (123 min.)

MEDIA 2-7639

Fetal positions a film 2002

Fetal Positions relates the story of volunteer clinic escorts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose 'patients first' philosophy focuses on protection rather than promoting counter-protest and confrontation.

1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-672

The gift of therapy a conversation with Irvin Yalom, M.D 2002

Performer Note: Interviewer, Randall C. WyattAn interview in which Dr. Yalom discusses the central theme's of his life's work as a psychotherapist and writer.

1 videodisc (63 min.)

MEDIA 10-670

The Grace Lee project 2005

Growing up, award-winning Korean-American filmmaker Grace Lee was the only Grace Lee she knew. Moving to New York and California, however, everyone she met seemed to know "another Grace Lee." But why did they assume that all Grace Lees were nice, dutiful, piano-playing bookworms? THE GRACE LEE PROJECT puts a hilarious spin on the eternal question "What's in a name?" as she persued those who broke the mold.

1 videocassette (68 min.)

MEDIA 2-7632

Introduction to Baroque dance dance types 2005

Contents: v. 1. Introduction to Chorégraphie published by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, in 1700 -- 8-measure sequence Chorégraphie -- Step sequences -- Courante -- Menuet -- Bourrée & rigaudon -- Allemande -- Gavotte -- Sarabande. -- v. 2. Gigue -- Loure -- Entrée grave -- Passacaille and chaconne -- Les caractčres de la danse (choregraphed by Whitley-Bauguess & Baird) Performer Note: Narrator: Paige Whitely-Bauguess Performer Note: Paige Whitely-Bauguess & Thomas Baird ; baroque dancers ; members of Baroque Arts Project Event Note: Videotaped in the Council Chamber at Tyron Palace and in performances by Atlantic Dance Theatre at Craven Community College, New Bern, North CarolinaAcclaimed Baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess demonstrates and performs Baroque dance techniques. Included are descriptions of the dances found in music and dance writings from the period; most notably specific choreographies preserved in 18th century dance notation.

1 videodisc (67 min.)

MUSIC 87

Kamikaze hearts 1993

Performer Note: Tigr Mennett, Sharon Mitchell"Combines fiction and documentary, storytelling and talking heads in a narrative about Sharon Mitchell and Tina Mennet, real-life lovers and junkies, the former an actress, the latter a director/producer"--Container .

1 videocassette (80 min.)

MEDIA 2-7629

Magdalena Viraga story of a Red Sea crossing 1988

Performer Note: Tinka Menkes, Claire AguilarPresents imaginative and experimental feature which explores the inner life and psychological journey from passivity to awareness of a prostitute who is arrested as a murder suspect.

1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-7626

Magyar rapszódia Hungarian rhapsody 1990

Performer Note: György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Gábor Koncz, Udo Kier, Bertalan SoltiIn 1911, Istvan, a nobleman, joins ranks with the peasants in opposition to his brother, who chooses to work for the established order.

1 videocassette (ca. 95 min.)

MEDIA 2-7631

Managing anxiety in youth the Coping Cat video 2000

Contains a brief description of child anxiety and sampling sessions portrayed by actors.

1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7623

Mary Ainsworth attachment and the growth of love 2005

Performer Note: Narrator: Robert MarvinThis program reviews Mary Ainsworth's studies on attachment behavior and shows how attachment can lead to the growth of loving relationships.

1 videodisc (38 min.)

MEDIA 10-669

La noire de Black girl 2005

Performer Note: La noire de ... : Mbissine Thérčse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinck, Momar Nar Sene, Robert Fontaine Performer Note: Borom sarret: Ly Abdoulaye, AlbourahIn La noire de ..., a Senegalese maid goes to the Riviera with her employers and gains a new perspective on what it means to be African outside of Africa. A story of exile and despair. Borom Sarret follows a cart driver as he meets an unfortunate array of people in Dakar.

1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.)

MEDIA 10-671

Northeast passage the inner city and the American dream 2002

A feature length documentary exploring issues of gentrification, community revitalization and affordable housing in the African American neighborhoods of inner North/Northeast Portland, Oregon.

1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-683

The pianist 2003

Performer Note: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate MeyerBased on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.

1 videodisc (149 min.)

DANA 315

Power 1999

Performer Note: Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E.G. Marshall, Beatrice StraightThis film depicts the political candidates tactics as they try to get elected and the media consultants hired to sell them to the public.

1 videodisc (111 min.)

MEDIA 10-678

Primary colors 1999

Performer Note: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney, Paul Guilfoyle, Larry Hagman, Kathy BatesFollows a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife.

1 videodisc (144 min.)

MEDIA 10-680

Recent advances in cognitive therapy an interview 2005

Performer Note: Interviewer, Judith S. BeckThis videotape is in two parts. Part 1. Dr. Judith Beck is interviewed about the forthcoming therapy session with a depressed patient. Part 2. Dr. Beck illustrates the basics of cognitive therapy.

1 videodisc

MEDIA 10-679

Sexuality in Mesoamerica machismo and marianismo : a video documentary 1996

Performer Note: Narrators: Alfonso Moises, Martha MoisesA study of the concept of sexuality in Mexico and Central America. Focus is on the cultural archetypes of machismo and marianismo, orientations which have defined social conduct and sexual orientation throughout Latin America.

1 videocassette (33 min.)

MEDIA 2-7624

La temtation de la poissance (Iran) = The temptation of power 1979

A documentary which probes the reasons for widespread discontent among Iran's population during the rule of the Shah.

1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.)

MEDIA 2-7649

Trisha Brown early works 1966-1979 2004

Contents: disc 1. Homemade (1966) ; Man walking down the side of a building (1970) ; Floor of the forest (1970) ; Leaning duets (1970) ; Walking on the wall (1971) ; Accumulation (1971) ; Primary accumulation (1972) ; Group primary accumulation (1973) ; Roof and fire piece (1973) ; Structured pieces 11 (1974) ; Spiral (1974) ; Locus (1975) ; Structured pieces 111 (1975) ; Spiral (1974) ; Sololos (1976) ; Line up (1976) ; Spanish dance (1976) ; Watermotor (1978) ; Accumulation with talking plus watermotor (1979) -- disc. 2. A conversation with Trisha Brown and Klaus Kertess Performer Note: Trisha Brown, choreographer, performer ; interviewer, Klaus KertessDisc 1. features Trisha Brown, a choreographer of contemporary dance, who is instrumental in changing the limits of modern dance. In the 1960s Brown created works which attempted to defy gravity and challenge dancers to experiment with the dynamics of stability. Her search for her own style in dance and the formation of her own company in 1970 showcase her unique ideas of movement. This DVD presents of Brown's major performances -- Disc 2. presents a conversation between Trish Brown and art historian, Klaus Kertess, in which she reminisces about her early years, her works and the creation of her characteristic style.

2 videodiscs (ca. 80 min.)

MUSIC 88

TSirk 1996

Performer Note: Liubov Orlova, Vladimir Volodin, Yevgeniya Melnikova, N. Massal skii, S. Stoliarov, A. KomissarovAlexandrov's attempt at importing American musical comedy into Soviet film. An American circus star who has a black baby can only find happiness with the Soviet people in the Soviet Union.

1 videocasette (89 min.)

MEDIA 2-7618

Una pasión llamada Clara Lair 1996

Performer Note: Nildi Frontera, Iris Martínez Performer Note: Narrator: David OrtizDocumentary on the life and work of the Puerto Rican poet, Mercedes Negrón Muńoz (Clara Lair, 1895-1973).

1 videocassette (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-7630

A walk through Newark with David Hartman and historian Barry Lewis 2002

Performer Note: Guides, David Hartman and Barry Lewis"In their first tour outside New York, Host David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis discover the fascinating people and places of Newark ... They visit the Newark Public Library, jazz radio station WBGO, the Newark Museum."--Cover.

1 videocassette (ca. 70 min.)

DANA 2193

Who moved my cheese? the movie! 2003

Dr. Spencer Johnson assists people in seeing and doing the few things that make the biggest difference.

1 videocassette (ca. 16 min.)

MEDIA 2-7635