Film Movement (Firm)
1) Mayor
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals: repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city's Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission: to end the occupation of Palestine. Rich with detailed observation and a surprising amount of humor, the show offers a portrait of dignity amidst the madness and absurdity of endless occupation while...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marjoleine Boonstra visits the people who have translated this little masterpiece from French into Tibetan, Tamazight, Sami, and Nawat. All of these languages are under threat. Passionately enthusiastic language researches, teachers, and translators talk about how the observation of an alien prince on earth are interpreted in their own culture.
4) Shadowman
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Official documentary about '80s street art pioneer Richard Hambleton, known as the godfather of street art. This plunges viewers into the chaotic life of a forgotten artist, from early fame as a painter and denizen of the Lower East Side through his struggles with heroin, to his surprising comeback as street art exploded to become one of the most popular and lucrative art movement in the world.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"When Leipzig pianist Kyra Steckeweh realised that her repertoire almost exclusively consisted of music composed by men, she began searching for pieces written by female composers. Her research in archives, libraries, and publishing houses quickly brought to light a variety of remarkable piano pieces that have been buried in history and rarely performed ... the focus of her piano recitals and recordings has since shifted to the music of women composers,...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Beatles defined music and popular culture like no other band ever will, but how did they make the journey from Merseyside teenagers to international pop stars in the '60s? The film recounts how American rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues dragged post-war Liverpool into one of the most vibrant music cities ever with the Mersey Sound. Featuring unique archive and revealing interviews from those involved in the early years of The Beatles in Liverpool...
10) 200 meters
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mustafa, a Palestinian construction worker, lives 200 meters away from his wife Salwa and their children in villages separated by the Israeli border wall. Though his family are all Israeli citizens, Mustafa refuses to obtain a permit to live with them. Unwilling to succumb to what he believes are unjust laws, he instead uses his work permit to visit daily. However, one day he gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been injured and brought to...
11) Morlang
Series
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Julius Morlang is a successful art photographer who has moved on after the tragic suicide of his first wife, Ellen. He has found a new muse and lover in Ann, a younger version of Ellen. With the expected success of his new exhibition a near certainty, life for Morlang seems almost perfect - for now. But the past still haunts him. The voice of his dead wife appears on his answering machine - someone sends him her funeral announcement. Paranoia grows,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This stirring feature portrait of Lucha libre star Cassandro in his waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor shower rendered in Technicolor. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and sky-high pompadour as for his show-stopping kicks and flips, his trailblazing ascent as one the industry's first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter-century.
13) Oh Lucy!
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Setsuko is a single, emotionally unfulfilled woman, seemingly stuck with a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo. At least until she's convinced by her niece, Mika to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named "Lucy." This new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly develops romantic feelings for her American instructor, John. When John suddenly disappears from...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Byong-man Jo and Gye-Yeul Kang have been inseparable companions for the past 76 years. Living in their small home by the river, they wear traditional Korean clothes, go shopping at the local market, have picnics with neighbors, and enjoy dance parties. Every night they go to sleep holding each other's hands. Observing this fragile couple for 15 months, director Moyoung Jin acts as a fly-on-the-wall, capturing their twilight days with tender moments...
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. A time capsule of Paris and New York between 1969 and 1973 as viewed through the eyes of Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the dominant fashion illustrator of the time. Counted among Antonio's discoveries (muses of the period) were iconic beauties such as Grace Jones, Jessica Lange, and Jerry Hall, as well as Warhol's Superstars Donna Jordan, Jane Forth and Patti D'Arbanville. Antonio's inner circle was also comprised of his creative partner, Juan...
16) STYX
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
ER doctor Rike (Susanne Wolff) embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. When Rike comes across a sinking ship of refugees, she is quickly torn out of her contented and idealized world and must make a momentous decision. Aptly named after the mythological river that separates the living from the dead, STYX is an astute modern day parable of Western indifference in the face of marginalized suffering. Carrying...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an unsuspecting violinist, the tall blond man, is misidentified by the head of a spy network to his assistant as the target of their investigation and a superspy himself, a series of wacky misunderstandings and silly situations ensues. As the assistant, his henchman fall all over each other in their misguided attempts to discover the alleged superspy₂s vital secrets, his best friend happens by and only further complicates things.
18) Center stage
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
International superstar Maggie Cheung embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan. Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan's private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kawan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic...
19) Alamar
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Jorge has only a few weeks before his five-year-old son Natan leaves to live with his mother in Rome. Intent on teaching Natan about their Mayan heritage, Jorge takes him to the pristine Chinchorro reef, and eases him into the rhythms of a fisherman's life. As the bond between father and son grows stronger, Natan learns to live in harmony with life above and below the surface of the sea."--
20) Hockney
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A portrait of David Hockney, legendary artist and an early icon for LGBTQ and AIDS activism.