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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903-October 14, 1977) was, without doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the 20th century. For more than three decades, through radio, film, television and records, he reigned supreme. Bing Crosby Rediscovered, explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a man far more complex than his public persona.Crosby's estate, HLC Properties, Ltd., granted American Masters unprecedented...
2) The ice king
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Curry transformed ice skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Coming out on the night of his Olympic win in 1976, he became the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal. Toxic yet charming; rebellious yet elitist; emotionally aloof yet spectacularly needy; ferociously ambitious yet bent on self-destruction, this is a man forever on the run: from his father's ghost, his country, and even his...
3) Billie
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about the life of Billie Holiday, directed by James Erskine.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An exploration into the career, music and influence of the iconic musician. With unprecedented access to the artist and featuring interviews with Sarah McLachlan, Alec Baldwin and more, this intimate documentary follows Lightfoot's evolution from choirboy in rural Canada to troubled troubadour to international star with hits including "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown", "Carefree Highway", and "Rainy Day People". Official Selection at the **Hot...
Language
English
Formats
Description
The pseudonymous Agnes was a pioneering transgender woman who participated in an infamous gender health study conducted at UCLA in the 1960s. Her clever use of the study to gain access to gender-affirming healthcare led to her status as a fascinating and celebrated figure in trans history. In this innovative cinematic exercise that blends fiction and nonfiction, director Chase Joynt uses Agnes's story, along with others unearthed in long-shelved case...
Series
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of the life and times of Ludwig van Beethoven, from his early work up to 1802, which culminated in the highly dramatic compositions that mark the birth of Romanticism in music, to the late period, during which he grew deaf, and marked a change from dramatic to introspective-inspired music.
7) Zátopek
Language
Czech
Formats
Description
His nickname was "Czech locomotive," holder of eighteen world records, and famous for his three gold medals triumph at the 1952 Olympic Games. Emil Zatopek's grandiose success comes alive in the memories of his loved ones, friends, and rivals.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Actress, humanitarian, film and fashion icon, Audrey Hepburn was undoubtedly one of the greatest legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. But who was the real Audrey Hepburn? Malnourished as a child, abandoned by her father, and growing up under Nazi occupation in Holland, Hepburn faced a life-long battle with the traumas of her past, which thwarted her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, and cast a shadow over her personal life. yet she found inner...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band's intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been brilliantly restored....
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Victimized by a government that banned his books and jailed him for a crime he didn't commit, [poet] Reinaldo [Arenas] endured unspeakable persecution in a courageous stand against censorship and oppression. Without a country, but not without integrity, he fled to America where he continued to fight for personal expression and produced a stirring body of work." -- Container.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The most powerful, loved, and hated film critic of her time." - Roger Ebert on Pauline Kael (1919-2001). In a field that has historically embraced few women film critics, Kael was charismatic, controversial, witty, and discerning. Her decades-long berth at The New Yorker energized her fans ("Paulettes") and infuriated her detractors on a weekly basis. Her turbo-charged prose famously championed the New Hollywood Cinema of the late 1960s and '70s...
Author
Language
English
Description
After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home-or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two weeks later, Michael was stoned on Vicodin, drinking way too much, and picking a fight with a very large Hell's Angel. At his wit's end, he came to an agreement with himself: If things didn't...
14) Mark Twain
Series
Language
English
Description
Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best-known and best-loved author. Considered in his time as the funniest man on earth, Twain was also an unflinching critic of human nature who used his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. He created some of the world's most memorable characters as well as its most quoted sayings. And, in his often-misunderstood novel "Huckleberry...
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"This DVD charts the events of his ... life through ... interviews with Piazzola himself, his family, friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him. [Includes] rare ... archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzola's own groups ... contributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music ... [and] sequences from award-winning director Fernando Solanas' movies El exilo de Gardel and Sur, for which...
16) Zappa
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
17) Hemingway
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
Language
English
Description
The author of such innovative works as "The Iceman Cometh" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night", Eugene O'Neill wrote twenty plays in fewer than 25 years. This production, by award-winning director Ric Burns, tells O'Neill's turbulent story from his childhood to his painful death at the age of 65.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The story of that little boy who would grow up to become arguably the most, and according to People Magazine, the sexiest man in America. In addition to personal photos from John's closest friends, the film features vintage footage of young John-John in the White House, on vacation with his family, and rare footage of John in the years after his famous father's assassination.
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