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DVD/Video Reservation Form VI 0063 - 1984. VHS cassette. 1984. 115 min. Starring John Hurt and Richard Burton, the film is based on the book by George Orwell. VI 0344 - 400 Blows. VHS cassette. 1992. 99 min. This is the story of s young boy who is more or less on his own. VI 0156 - A Light History of the English Language. VHS cassette. 1997. 37 min. Professor Elliot Engel traces the origins of language and the development of the English language from its Anglo-Saxon and French roots to the present day. VI 0330 - A Passage to India. VHS cassette. 1993. 163 min. This is an emotional and deeply personal story of love and class-struggle in 1928 India. Based on the classic novel by E.M. Forster. VI 1027 A Raisin in the Sun. DVD. 1998. 172 min. Story of a family caught between the reality of their surroundings and a chance at a piece of the American dream. VI 0297 - Acting One, Day One. VHS cassette. 1997. 35 min. Suitable for the beginning college acting class, this video demonstrates Robert Cohen's four basic acting principles. VI 0205 - Age of Innocence. VHS cassette. 1993. 138 min. A brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's. VI 0085 - Alice Walker. VHS cassette. 1994. 35 min. Alice Walker relives her journey from an impoverished childhood in rural Georgia to her present life in northern California. VI 0777 - American Passages. 16 VHS cassettes. 2003. 30 min. ea. A. Native voices This 16-part American literature instructional series places literary movements and authors within the context of history and culture. VI 1236 - And Still I Rise. DVD. 1993. 30 min. Prominent black women comment on the history and experiences of the Afro-American slave woman in white European society. VI 0359 - Annie Hall. VHS cassette. 1977. 94 min. A romantic and sensitive comedy revolving around the diverse and diverting relationships of two nervous New Yorkers, Alvy Singer and Annie Hall. VI 0286 - Antigone. VHS cassette. 1989. 86 min. The Greek tragedy of Sophocles in which King Creon orders Antigone's death for burying her slain brother against the King's desire. VI 0992 - August Wilson. DVD. 2003. 30 min. Bill Moyers interviews playwright August Wilson on the importance of the blues in Wilson's life and his writing. Also talks about finding an African-American cultural identity and what Wilson sees as the false portrayal of black Americans on television. VI 0480 - August Wilson: A Conversation with August Wilson. VHS cassette. 1992. 22 min. Playwright August Wilson talks about his roots in the black community, how his plays express the African-American experience, how the African heritage of Black Americans is both expressed and repressed in American society today, and the importance of blues as cultural expression. VI 0442 - Barbara Kingsolver. VHS cassette. 1997. 60 min. This program presents an interview with the author Barbara Kingsolver. VI 0356 - Barton Fink. VHS cassette. 1991. 116 min. Set in Hollywood during the 1940's, this film is a comic satire about creative egos, flashy movie moguls, a traveling salesman and a nasty case of writer's block. VI 0331 - Beggar's Opera. VHS cassette. 1985. 13 min. The characters of this highly spirited comedy of London's lowlife thrived on thieving, lechery, and deceit. VI 1019 - Bell Hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation. DVD. 1997. Bell Hooks makes a compelling argument for the transformative powers of cultural criticism. She demonstrates how learning to think critically was central to her own self-transformation and how it can play a role in the students' quest for a sense of agency and identity. Includes footage from many films and music videos, and news coverage. VI 1384 - Beyond Words: The Marriage of Art and Literature in Bookmaking . DVD. 1999. 28 min. Through interviews with writers, artists, paper makers, printers, and curators, this film describes the history and production of contemporary fine art bookmaking, or livres d'artistes. VI 0357 - The Big Lebowski. VHS cassette. 1949. 98 min. The Dude. One cool guy who comes home one day to find two thugs have broken in and ruined his favorite carpet--the one that made the room "hang together." They did it because he has got the exact same name as one of the richest men in town, Lebowski. VI 0345 - The Big Sleep. VHS cassette. 1946. 114 min. (b & w) Philip Marlowe is hired by millionaire Gen. Sternwood to learn who is blackmailing his young, loose daughter, Carmen, with pornographic pictures. Hard-boiled private eye Marlowe has his hands full when he gets involved in a web of sex, blackmail and murder. VI 0443 - Bobbie Ann Mason. VHS cassette. 1995. 60 min. Southern author Bobbie Ann Mason of Western Kentucky discusses her work, and reads some of her short stories. VI 1317 - Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life . 6 DVDs. 2005. 1080 min. total. Lecture 1. Bonhoeffer, "Letters and papers from prison" -- lecture 2. Homer, "Iliad" -- lecture 3. Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations" -- lecture 4. Bhagavad Gita -- lecture 5. Book of Exodus -- lecture 6. Gospel of Mark -- lecture 7. Koran -- lecture 8. Gilgamesh -- lecture 9. Beowulf -- lecture 10. Book of Job -- lecture 11. Aeschylus, "Oresteia" -- lecture 12. Euripides, "Bacchae." Lecture 13. Plato, "Phaedo" -- lecture 14. Dante, "The Divine comedy" -- lecture 15. Shakespeare, "Othello, the Moor of Venice" -- lecture 16. Aeschylus, "Prometheus bound" -- lecture 17. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, "The Gulag archipelago" -- lecture 18. Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" -- lecture 19. George Orwell, "1984" -- lecture 20. Vergil, "Aeneid" -- lecture 21. Pericles, "Oration" ; Lincoln, "Gettysburg address" -- lecture 22. Remarque, "All quiet on the western front" -- lecture 23. Confucius, "The Analects" -- lecture 24. Machiavelli, "The prince". Lecture 25. Plato, "Republic" -- lecture 26. John Stuart Mill, "On liberty" -- lecture 27. Sir Thomas Malory, "Morte d'Arthur" -- lecture 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 1" -- lecture 29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 2" -- lecture 30. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden" -- lecture 31. Gibbon, "Decline and fall of the Roman Empire" -- lecture 32. Lord Acton, "The history of freedom" -- lecture 33. Cicero, "On moral duties (De officiis)" -- lecture 34. Gandhi, "An autobiography" -- lecture 35. Churchill, "My early life; Painting as a pastime; WWII" -- lecture 36. Lessons from the great books. VI 0410 - The Canterbury Tales. VHS cassette. 2000. 30 min. Animated versions, in a variety of styles, of the stories told by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. VI 0478 - Charles Johnson: A Conversation with Charles Johnson. DVD. 1992. 27 min. Johnson describes his literary objective: to explore classic, metaphysical questions from East and West against the backdrop of African life and history. VI 1546 - Cold Comfort Farm. DVD. 2002. 105 min. Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advise of Mrs. Smiley and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives, where she finds ample material for the novel she wishes to write. VI 0152 - The Color Purple. VHS cassette. 1985. 154 min. An award winning film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning literary classic by Alice Walker, it is the story of a poor black woman from the south, whose friendship with two women helps her overcome the brutality of her father and husband. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey. VI 0374 - Conducting Light on a Shoestring. VHS cassette. 2000. 33 min. Introduction to Sledgehammer Theater at St. Cecilia's (former chapel) in San Diego, California and the lighting conditions on a professional production. Also outlines the lighting design process. VI 0155 - Death of a Salesman. 2 VHS cassettes. 1986. 218 min. Dustin Hoffman stars in this adaptation of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play that depicts the dark side of the American dream. Willie Lowman, a traveling salesman, struggles with the conflict of family values and society's expectations of success. Film includes a candid look at the filming of the play and conversations with the actors about various aspects of film making. VI 0288 - Doll's House. VHS cassette. 1973. 107 min. Nora, the "model wife," commits forgery and risks destruction in order to save her husband. But after he rejects her, she leaves her husband and children to begin a new life. VI 0328 - Doorway to Dickens. VHS cassette, activity & resource book. 1995. 120 min. A resource pack for studying the life, literature and legacy of Charles Dickens. It includes materials on his style, characterization, and the plots and themes of Hard Times and Martin Chuzzlewit. VI 0371 - Dreams Are What You Wake Up From. 2000. 60 min. Carver's second wife, Tess Gallagher and writers Jay McInerney and Richard Ford, his close friends, explore Carver's artistic legacy; his stories and poems about the other side of the American Dream. VI 0805 - Ed McClanahan. DVD. 1995. 60 min. Southern author Ed McClanahan of Kentucky discusses his works and reads from his critically acclaimed novel The Natural Man and his comic memoir Famous People I have Known. VI 0315 - Educator's guide to using the Internet in the classroom: English and Language Arts. VHS cassette. 2000. 30 min. Designed for teachers, this video describes uses of the Internet in English and language arts instruction. It shows how to use the Internet for research, how to link to reference sites, how to communicate with other educators, and how to provide students with a sense of direction online. VI 1086 - Farewell My Concubine. DVD. 1999. 172 min. Story that spans more than 50 years in the lives of two men at the Peking Opera, friends since childhood, and the woman who comes between them. VI 0287 - Frankenstein. (See under Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) VI 1052 - Federico Garcia Lorca: Remembering The Earth. DVD. 1999. 59 min. This documentary traces the life of Federico Garcia Lorca from Fuentevagueros in Andalusia to his death at age 38 in 1936 when he was executed in Granada by nationalists at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. VI 0807 - George C. Wolfe. VHS cassette. 1996. 60 min. Tony Award-winning playwright and director George C. Wolfe discusses growing up in the segregated South and his work in the frenetic and sophisticated New York theater scene. VI 1064 - Ghosts. DVD. 2004. 77 min. For years, Mrs. Alving has, for appearance's sake, endured a loveless marriage to a dissolute and drunken man. She even sent her only son away from home so that he would not be corrupted by his father. But despite (or, ironically, perhaps because of) her efforts, the ghosts of the past are resurrected as her son reappears, the obvious heir to his father's sins and excesses. VI 0086 - Gloria Naylor. VHS cassette. 1994. 22 min. In this program, one of the most astute observers of contemporary African-American life discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African-American identity in a world dominated by whites. VI 0319 - The Great Gatsby. VHS cassette. 2000. 100 min. An A&E production of the American classic, the video stars Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens and Paul Rudd. VI 1329 - Great Speeches. 2 DVDs. 2004. 120 min ea. Vol. 1. Vol. 19. VI 0333 - Gulliver's Travels. 2VHS cassettes. 1996. 187 min. Starring Ted Danson, this is a tale of an 18th century physician who takes eight years to travel through a variety of fantastical lands, only to have everyone but his wife take him for a adman when he returns home. VI 0055 - Hamlet. VHS cassette (b&w). 1989. 155 min. The 1948 Academy Award wining film starring Laurence Olivier. Considered Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, the plot involves murder, conspiracy and revenge. VI 1243 - Helene Cixous. DVD. 2003. 39 min. In this interview, Hélène Cixous explores her childhood as a Jew in French-occupied Algiers and the impact it had on her work in the area of feminist theory and on her personal politics. VI 0225 - Henry IV. VHS cassette. 2 VHS cassettes. 1987. Pt. 1 147 minutes. VI 0067 - Henry V. VHS cassette. 1988. 136 min. The 1944 movie of Laurence Olivier's award-winning production based on the historical play about the English king who defeated the French at Agincourt. VI 0313 - History of the English language. VHS cassette. 1991. 20 min. Uses texts of the judgment of Solomon from the Middle Ages to the present day to show how the English language has evolved over the last millennium. VI 0154 - House Made of Dawn. VHS cassette. 1997. 77 min. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Scott Momaday comes to life in this deeply stirring film that tells the story of an outcast Native American and his search for destiny. VI 0289 - House of the Spirits. VHS cassette. 1994. 109 min. The core of this epic tale spanning three generations of the Trueba is the stormy, yet passionate, relationship between the supernaturally gifted Clara and her controlling husband Esteban, who resists change both politically and personally. VI 0144-6 Human Language Series. 3 VHS cassettes. 55 min. each. VI 0144 (part 1) Discovering the Human Language VI 0314 - Ideas of Chomsky. VHS cassette. 1997. 47 min. Linguist and political activist Chomsky challenges accepted notions of the way in which language is learned, examines the relationship of language to experience, and discusses the philosophical nature of knowledge. VI 0221 - In Search of the First Language. VHS cassette. 1994. 60 minutes. This deals with the research that has been done on tracing the roots and families of languages, specifically the Indo-European and the Sino-Tibetan. Also discusses the evolution and death of languages through time. VI 0204 - Intimate Portrait: Maya Angelou. VHS cassette. 1996. 45 min. As a child of a broken home, her life had many personal tragedies. Recipient of Emmy and Tony nominations and countless other awards she shares her full story in this video. VI 0482 - James Baldwin: The Price of a Ticket. DVD. 1990. 87min. Presents a look at author James Baldwin's life as reflected in his own words and reminiscences of family and friends. VI 0697 - Jane Austen: A Concise Biography. VHS cassette. 1993? 30 min. This film traces the life and literary career of Jane Austen, generally regarded as the greatest of women novelists. VI 0274 - Jane Austen's Life, Society, Works. 3 VHS cassettes. 1997. 52 min. each. A three-part series, these videos delve into the late 18th and early 19th centuries to find the effects of the world on Jane Austen, and vice versa. A. Life VI 0273 - Jane Eyre. VHS cassette. 1997. 100 min. An A & E adaptation of the book, the story tells of Jane Eyre who arrives at Thornfield Hall to take over duties as a governess and falls in love with the owner. VI 0226 - King Richard the Second. VHS cassette. 1980. 157 minutes. This version stars Derek Jacobi, Sir John Gielgud, and Dame Wendy Hiller VI 0312 - Language Development. VHS cassette. 1995. 40 min. Emphasizes the development of language in babies and young children following this development from the first cry of an infant through that of a seven year-old. VI 0444 - Lee Smith. VHS cassette. 1996. 60 min. This program examines novelist Lee Smith's upbringing and its influence on her work and explores her development as a novelist and engaging storyteller, her approach to the process of writing, and her experience and significance as a teacher and mentor of "new" writers both young and old. VI 0369 - Leslie M. Silko. VHS cassette. 2000. 45 min. Silko discusses her own background and the interrelationship between her smaller, immediate Native American world and the larger, brutal surrounding world. VI 0358 - The Limey. VHS cassette. 1999. 89 min. Oscar nominees Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, and Peter Fonda team up with the director of Out of Sight and sex, lies and videotape for this critically acclaimed thriller that Newsday called "a lean and mean treat for savvy action lovers." VI 0237 - Literary Visions. 7 VHS cassettes. 1992. 30 min each program. A. Introduction to Literature; Responding to Literature; The Art of the Essay; The Elements of Short Fiction B. Plot and Structure in Short Fiction; Character in Short Fiction; Setting and Character in Short Fiction; Tone and Style in Short Fiction C. Symbolism and Allegory is Short Fiction; Theme in Short Fiction; The Elements of Poetry; Setting and Character is Poetry D. Words and Images in Poetry; Rhetorical Figures in Poetry; Prosody and Form in Poetry; Myth, symbolism and Allusion in Poetry E. Theme in Poetry; The Elements of Drama; Characters and Actors in Drama; Plot and Conflict in Drama F. Setting and Staging in Drama; The Language of Drama; Myth and Symbolism in Drama; Theme in Drama G. The Power of Literature; The Uses of Literature VI 0069 - Macbeth. VHS cassette. 1948. 115 min. The original uncut version starring Orson Wells and Roddy McDowall. This is a classic story of murder, witchcraft and revenge. VI 0353 - Manhattan. VHS cassette. 1979. 96 min. (B&W) This film is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. Considered to be one of Woody Allen's most enduring accomplishments. VI 0153 - Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures. VHS cassette. 1996. 50 min. Explore the life and career of the American humorist and writer, whose writing greatly reflected the events of his life, particularly his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri. Part of the A&E Biography: Authors Series. VI 0806 - Marsha Norman. VHS cassette. 1995. 60 min. Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright Marsha Norman reflects on her early years growing up in Kentucky, her move to New York City, and discusses her spectacular hits as well some of her less successful works. VI 0287 - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. VHS cassette. 1995. 123 min. This is an adaptation of the classic horror story in which a young doctor creates life. The creature he assembles from the bodies of convicts and the brain of a brilliant scientist soon realizes that he will be rejected by society and goes on a rampage seeking revenge on the doctor who gave him life. VI 0227 - Merry Wives of Windsor. VHS cassette. 1982. 167 minutes. Written by William Shakespeare, this version of his play stars Ben Kinsley. VI 0206 - Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe, The. VHS cassette. 1994. 50 min. This extraordinary program tells Poe's complete story, from the death of his parents when he was three, to his tragic death at the age of forty. Dramatic readings recall the devastation of his broken engagement and the loss of his child bride. VI 0355 - Mystery Train. VHS cassette. 1989. 110 min. VI 0373 - Nathaniel Hawthorne. VHS cassette. 25 min. Three leading Hawthorne scholars use the novel and several Hawthorne short stories to explore issues of interpretation and literary analysis. VI 1070 - One Step on a Journey: Tadashi Suzuki in Australia. VHS cassette. 1995. 56 min. Japanese theater director Tadashi Suzuki incorporates his technique and methodology in an Australian workshop and training session in preparation for the theatrical production of the "Chronicles of MacBeth." VI 0284 - Othello. VHS cassette. 1996. 124 min. A great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. Betrayal, deception and murder end the friendship between Othello, Desdemona, and Iago. VI 0379 - Performance Assessment. VHS cassette. 2000. 29 min. In this timeless program, Dr. Art Costa-at California State University addresses the urgent need to create viable alternative s to standardized tests that can measure creativity, problem-solving, and cooperation. VI 0296 - Performing Shakespeare. VHS cassette. 1990. 120 min. Studio exercises are presented to help the American actor best perform Shakespeare. VI 0098 - Peter Elbow on Writing. VHS cassette. 1995. 43 min. One of the leading teachers on writing reviews the process of writing. Helpful tips are clearly presented to students and teachers. VI 1035 - Plagiarism: It's a Crime. DVD. 2004. 22 min. Includes a definition of plagiarism and consequences, reasons why people plagiarize, types of plagiarism, and strategies for avoiding plagiarism. VI 0002 - Poet Laureate Rita Dove. VHS cassette. 1994. 60 min. Ms. Dove talks about her life and work, the relationship between poetry and power. Also included are Dove's reading extensive selections from her works. VI 0462 - Ralph Ellison: An American Journey. VHS cassette. 2001. 87 min. "First documentary on one of the most gifted and intellectually provocative authors of modern American literature. It establishes Ellison as a central figure in contemporary debates over art, politics, race and nationhood. ... [T]he film brilliantly presents the first scenes ever filmed from Ellison's landmark novel, Invisible man."--Container. VI 0367 - Raymond Carver. VHS cassette. 50 min. American short story writer, poet, and essayist. In this program, Raymond Carver and Carver's wife discuss lower-middle-class roots in the Northwest as the source of inspiration for his characters and stories. VI 0329 - Reading Hard Times. VHS cassette + handbook & 25 slides. 1989. 45 min. The video is part of a resource kit of materials for teaching and study. VI 0343 - Rear Window. VHS cassette. 1954. 115 min. Alfred Hitchcock directed this spine-tingling movie. Confined with a broken leg, a photographer keeping a close eye on his neighborhood suspects that one neighbor murdered his wife. VI 0285 - Richard III. VHS cassette. 1996. 105 min. In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. VI 1053 - Roots: The Saga of an American Classic. DVD. 2003. 47 min. For eight nights in 1977, America came face to face with slavery depicted, for the first time, from the black point of view. It was an unforgettable experience. This penetrating retrospective considers the impact of the landmark miniseries 'Roots, ' the catalyst for a long-overdue dialogue on race relations in the U.S. Interviews with producer David L. Wolper and cast members LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, Maya Angelou, Richard Roundtree, Sam Bennett, and Ed Asner are featured. VI 0088 - Scrooge. VHS cassette. n.d. 61 min. The 1935 English version of "A Christmas Carol" starring Sir Seymour Hicks, three ghosts make a night visit to Scrooge and change his Christmas. VI 0087 - Searching for a Native American identity: Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris. VHS cassette. 1994. 30 min. In this program with Bill Moyers, the husband and wife team discuss faith and the search for a Native American identity in a pluralistic society. VI 0354 - Sex, Lies and Videotape. VHS cassette. 1990. 99 min. James Spader's seductive performance as Graham, a long lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of John, a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife Ann and her saucy sister, Cynthia. VI 0450 - The Standard Deviants Core Curriculum Series. 10 VHS cassettes, CD teacher's guide. 2000. 120 min. This series "combines serious academic content with a humorous presentation style to help make the rules of English more accessible. A. Introduction to Grammar/Parts of Speech (1) VI 0298 - Stock Scenery Companion Videos. 4 VHS cassettes & handbook. 1994. A. Building s standard flat frame. 8:48 min. VI 0003 - The Stories of Maxine Hong Kingston. VHS cassette. 1994. 60 min. In this program with Bill Moyers, Kingston discusses new images of America as a "melting pot" to produce a new American consciousness. VI 0347 - Student Speeches for Analysis. 2 VHS cassettes. 199? 60 min. each. Looks at student speeches and helps in their analysis. VI 1328 - Student Speeches for Analysis. DVD. 2005. By observing and analyzing some of the best and worst speech techniques, students are encouraged to examine their own speeches more critically. A supplement to any speech textbook. Discussion questions follow each speech. A variety of interesting topics and speech techniques. VI 0061 - Ten Days That Shook the World. VHS cassette. 1987. 77 min. This classic, narrated by Orson Wells, is the story of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Men and women involved in the revolution tell their eyewitness stories of those 10 days. VI 0207 - To the Lighthouse. VHS cassette. 1997. 115 min. A BBC production that weaves an extraordinary illuminating, almost biographical account of family life from the pen of renowned Virginia Woolf. VI 0004 - Toni Morrison: A Writer's Work. VHS cassette. 1994. 60 min. Bill Moyers and Toni Morrison discuss the characters in her work, the people in her life, the power of love, and how the invented world of fiction connects to life. VI 0320 - Twelfth Night. VHS cassette. 1997. 133 min. The video presents Shakespeare's comedy about troublesome twins who win the heart of an entire kingdom. VI 0151 - Uncle Tom's Cabin. VHS Cassette. 1987. 108 min. Phylicia Rashad and Samuel L. Jackson star in this movie adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic story about slavery. VI 0440 Voices and Visions: Elizabeth Bishop. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. The life of American poet Elizabeth Bishop related through photographs, readings of her poems, and critical commentary by various poets and writers. VI 0068 - Voices and Visions: Emily Dickinson. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. Comments on the poet's life and work are included with dramatic scenarios and New England landscapes illuminating the genius of Dickinson. VI 0140 - Voices and Visions: Ezra Pound. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. His social and political fervor led to charges of treason and confinement in a mental hospital. The controversy is explored by scholars. The poet himself reads from his work. VI 0137 - Voices and Visions: Langston Hughes. VHS Cassette. 1988. 60 min. As one of the most important Black writers of his time, the film shows his involvement into issues of the times. Hughes reads from some of his works. VI 0441 - Voices and Visions: Marianne Moore. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. The life and career of American poet Marianne Moore, related through photographs, film clips, readings of her poetry, and critical and anecdotal commentary by other poets, writers, and literary critics. VI 0116 - Voices and Visions: Robert Frost. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. Taped interviews with the poet, dramatization of some of his works and a commentary explore Frost's place in literature. VI 0138 - Voices and Visions: Robert Lowell. VHS Cassette. 1988. 60 min. Through interviews with the poet and his work, the viewer finds an author in psychological and spiritual anguish. VI 0139 - Voices and Visions: Sylvia Plath. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. Archival footage chronicles her quick rise to fame. Included are interviews by Plath and her friends. The author also reads from several of her poems. VI 0115 - Voices and Visions: T.S. Eliot. VHS cassette. 1986. 60 min. Eliot reads some of his famous works, and others delve into who the man really was. VI 0117 - Voices and Visions: Wallace Stevens. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. Steven's flamboyant technique and philosophical vision of American life are beautifully illustrated by archival footage. VI 0076 - Voices and Visions: Walt Whitman. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. Readings of Whitman's poems demonstrate his vision and style. Whitman's sources, including Emerson, the King James Bible, opera and political oratory, are included. VI 0118 - Voices and Visions: William Carlos Williams. VHS cassette. 1988. 60 min. A collage of documentary footage, interviews, animation, and dramatization capture the poet's often visual work and intense life. VI 0372 - Walden. VHS cassette. 2001. 53 min. This program thoroughly examines Walden - its historical significance, spiritual interpretations and ongoing relevance to contemporary concerns. VI 0342 - Wild Strawberries. VHS cassette. 1957. 90 min. Considered to be one of the best films ever, this film was directed by Ingmar Bergman and deals with an aged professor who is facing his mortality. VI 0368 - William Faulkner. VHS cassette. 1995. 45 min. This new, beautiful, and exceptionally insightful documentary offers a critical key to understanding one of America's foremost writers. VI 0366 Writing Women's Lives. VHS cassette. 60 min. Women's studies, creative writing, or contemporary literature. Straight-up Television ; producer, Nigel Sanders-Self ; director, Melissa Sanders-Self ; writing and research, Melissa Sanders-Self. VI 0332 - Wuthering Heights. VHS cassette. 1997. 107 min. A story of two generations of families as their lives and fortunes intertwine. VI 0370 - Yellow Wallpaper, The. VHS cassette. 1998. 76 min. This is a stunning BBC dramatization of Perkins' autobiographical account of a woman driven to madness by her own mundane existence. BBC Education & Training; directed by John Clive. VI 1031 - Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy. DVD. 2005. 42 min. This video examines the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston. |
