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Understanding the World of Financial Markets. by Fullenkamp, Connel,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Connel FullenkampOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2024.These 12 lectures introduce the impressive range of financial markets, including stocks, bonds, futures, options, real estate, private equity, and virtual assets.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Educational films.; History, Modern.; Social sciences.; Instructional films.; Business education.; Business.; History.; Finance.; Occupational training.;
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Remembering Gene Wilder. by Frank, Ron,film director.; Alda, Alan,actor.; Mankiewicz, Ben,actor.; Kane, Carol,actor.; Wilder, Gene,actor.; Brooks, Mel,actor.; Ostrum, Peter,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alan Alda, Ben Mankiewicz, Carol Kane, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Peter OstrumOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2023.This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers, to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like Silver Streak. It is illustrated by a bevy of touching and hilarious clips and outtakes, never-before-seen home movies, narration from Wilder’s audiobook memoir, and interviews with a roster of brilliant friends and collaborators like Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, and Carol Kane. REMEMBERING GENE WILDER shines a light on an essential performer, writer, director, and all-around mensch.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Biography.; Motion pictures--History.; Actors.;
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Let's Get Lost. by Weber, Bruce,film director.; Baker, Chet,actor.; Isaak, Chris,actor.; Flea,actor.; Marie, Lisa,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chet Baker, Chris Isaak, Flea, Lisa MarieOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 1988.Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. The film uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage, and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives, and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life. Winner of the 1989 Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award, LET'S GET LOST has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a jazz legend. Since its release in 1989 LET'S GET LOST has introduced a whole new generation of jazz enthusiasts to the timeless talent of the late Chet Baker.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Biography.; Jazz.; Performing arts.;
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History: The Interesting Bits. by Harries, Simon,film director.; Armstrong, Alexander,actor.; Curiosity Stream (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alexander ArmstrongOriginally produced by Curiosity Stream in 2022.Forget the textbooks! These 8 fast-paced episodes reveal the funny, disturbing, weird, but always interesting bits of history.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; History, Modern.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; History.; Documentary television programs.;
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Once Upon a Place. by Novis, Cèlia,film director.; Pragda (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Pragda in 2021.The story of "La Nacional," a nondescript building in New York City that welcomed thousands of immigrants to the United States over its 150-year history.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; History.;
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The women's history of the modern world : how radicals, rebels, and everywomen revolutionized the last 200 years / by Miles, Rosalind,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Now is the time for a new women's history--for the famous, infamous, and unsung women to get their due--from the Enlightenment to the #MeToo movement. Recording the important milestones in the birth of the modern feminist movement and the rise of women into greater social, economic, and political power, Miles takes us through through a colorful pageant of astonishing women, from heads of state like Empress Cixi, Eugenia Charles, Indira Gandhi, Jacinda Ardern, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to political rainmakers Kate Sheppard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Stout, Dorothy Height, Shirley Chisholm, Winnie Mandela, STEM powerhouses Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Rosalind Franklin, Sophia Kovalevskaya, Marie Curie, and Ada Lovelace, revolutionaries Olympe de Gouges, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Patyegarang, and writer/intellectuals Mary Wollstonecraft, Simon de Beauvoir, Elaine Morgan, and Germaine Greer. Women in the arts, women in sports, women in business, women in religion, women in politics--this is a one-stop roundup of the tremendous progress women have made in the modern era. A testimony to how women have persisted--and excelled--this is a smart and stylish popular history for all readers.
Subjects: Women revolutionaries; Women revolutionaries; Women; Women; Women; Women;
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The Search for the Palace Letters. by Dellora, Daryl,film director.; Film Art Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Film Art Media in 2024.Professor Jenny Hocking's epic and successful legal battle against the Australian Government and HM Queen Elizabeth II to access the Palace letters, revealing the hidden story behind the dismissal of the Whitlam Government in 1975.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Australians.; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.;
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Lee and Grant. by The History® Channel (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by The History® Channel in 2011.Produced with the cooperation of leading Civil War historian Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, this 2-hour special is a personal look at two iconic leaders of the Civil War.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; History.; United States--History.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.;
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The angel makers : arsenic, a midwife, and modern history's most astonishing murder ring / by McCracken, Patricia Nell,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."THE ANGEL MAKERS is a true-crime story like no other-a 1920s midwife who may have been the century's most prolific killer, leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men"--
Subjects: Case studies.; True crime stories.; Murder; Poisoners; Serial murders; Women murderers; Women serial murderers;
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Serving in Secret. by T., Jonathan,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.In 1970, Tom Carpenter graduated from the Naval Academy ready to follow his family’s lineage in the military as a US Marine Corps attack pilot. Then he met Courtland Hirschi. Tom and Court fell deeply in love, keeping their illicit relationship a secret. At that time, homosexuality – if discovered – resulted in being kicked out of the military with a dishonorable discharge, a court martial, jail time, or worse… Tom and Court’s story would be no exception. SERVING IN SECRET features leading voices in politics, historians, civil rights activists, and retired military personnel telling the story of LGBTQ discrimination in the military, and the controversial compromise known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Tom’s work towards its repeal along with many others was the Turning Point for LGBTQ+ rights, a fight that continues today.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Military.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; LGBTQ.; Current affairs.;
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