Kanopy (Firm)
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Presented and written by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this series journeys deep into the ancestry of a group of remarkable individuals and provides new understanding of personal identity and American history. Part 3: The ancestral pasts of journalist Barbara Walters and educator Geoffrey Canada.
29243) The man who knew infinity
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
29244) Turn It Around
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This documentary spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of the inspiring 924 Gilman Street collective. This diverse group of artists, writers, organizers and musicians created a do-it-yourself petri dish that changed the punk scene... and the world at large. Narrated by Iggy Pop. Featuring interviews from Billie Joe Armstrong, Tim Armstrong, Miranda July, Kathleen Hanna, Brett Gurewitz,...
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This entertaining documentary focuses on the career of legendary photographer; Rose Hartman, a fixture of the New York Fashion scene. The film follows Hartman seeking her prey in the “chiffon jungle," going from ateliers, to fashion shows, exhilarating backstage and glittering nights at Studio 54. Her eye is able to capture something new from very famous subjects: supermodels, actors, celebrities, artists, designers, and fashionistas, each of them...
29246) The Farewell
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
29247) Other Music
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
OTHER MUSIC was an influential and uncompromising New York City record store that was vital to the city’s early 2000s indie music scene. But when the store is forced to close its doors due to rent increases, the homogenization of urban culture, and the shift from CDs to downloadable and streaming music, a cultural landmark is lost. Through vibrant storytelling, the documentary captures the record store’s vital role in the musical and cultural...
29248) Darwin's brave new world
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Darwin's Brave New World is the story of how four young voyagers to the Southern Hemisphere, Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Russel Wallace, revolutionized science and gave birth to an extraordinary theory about the evolution of life on earth. Darwin's voyage to the Southern Hemisphere in the 1830s changed him from a directionless rich kid bound for a career in the Church, into one of the most incendiary thinkers of our age....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A definitive K-12 of surfing in Australia, Bombora tells the story of Australian beach culture through our surfing champions, writers, pioneers, entrepreneurs, mavericks, legends, drop-outs and drop-ins. The two-part series follows the rise of surfing and its culture in Australia, using archival footage and classic Australian music to illustrate its growing importance in Australian society in the 20th century and beyond. From the time we learnt to...
29250) Making The Grade
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This endearing and uplifting documentary invites us into the world of the piano lesson. Every year teachers and students throughout Ireland prepare for graded musical exams. These exams can be pleasing for some but daunting for others. Each student has their own particular goal but reaching Grade Eight is considered a pinnacle. MAKING THE GRADE explores the bond between piano teachers and their pupils as they struggle through these grades. This is...