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Becoming a Queen. by Strikes, Chris,film director.; Crichton, Joella,actor.; Game Theory Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Joella CrichtonOriginally produced by Game Theory Films in 2021.An intimate portrait of one woman’s quest to become Queen of Caribbean Carnival for an unprecedented tenth time in her final competition. Through her lens, we explore expressions of identity, love and family through Caribbean artistry, against a larger society that often lacks understanding of its significance.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Performing arts.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Biography.; Caribbean Area.; Canada.; Women artists.; Theater.; African diaspora.; Competition.; Fashion.; Black people--Latin America..;
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Janis Ian. by Bar-Kar, Varda,film director.; Guthrie, Arlo,actor.; Ian, Janis,actor.; Smart, Jean,actor.; Baez, Joan,actor.; Metcalf, Laurie,actor.; Tomlin, Lily,actor.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Arlo Guthrie, Janis Ian, Jean Smart, Joan Baez, Laurie Metcalf, Lily TomlinOriginally produced by Films We Like in 2024.Janis Ian ("At Seventeen", "Society's Child", "Stars") tells her remarkable life story-with Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Jean Smart, and others.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; History, Modern.; Judaism.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; LGBTQ.; Artists.; History.; Nineteen seventies.; Biography.; Folk music.; Women musicians.; Performing arts.;
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Ari's Theme. by Petry, Jeff,film director.; Drillot, Nathan,film director.; Collective Eye Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2024.Ari Kinarthy is a composer who first found music as a teenager. His love and talent was instant and his dream was to score a feature length film. As a child, he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder and outlived all the doctors predictions. But now, at 34 he can feel his body changing again and not for the better. Concerned about his legacy, and making meaning of the challenges he’s experienced, Ari sets out to create musical compositions based on the most impactful moments of his life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Health.; Motion pictures--Canada.; Biography.; Disabilities.; Composers.; Musicians.; Performing arts.; People with disabilities.;
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Dancing in A-Yard. by Dalle, Manuela,film director.; Under the Milky Way (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Under the Milky Way in 2023.In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster's A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality, so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, gang life, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Dance.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; California.; Prisons.; Art therapy.; Modern dance.; Men's studies.; United States.; Masculinity.; Choreographers.; Performing arts.;
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Dusty & Stones. by Rudoy, Jesse,film director.; First Run Features (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2022.DUSTY & STONES chronicles the remarkable ride of cousins Gazi “Dusty” Simelane and Linda “Stones” Msibi, a struggling country music duo from the tiny African Kingdom of Swaziland who long for their big break. When they are unexpectedly invited to record in Nashville and to compete in a Texas battle of the bands, Dusty and Stones embark on their long-awaited first pilgrimage to the ancestral heart of country music.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Music.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; Biography.; Musicians.; Folk music.; Country music.; Competition.; Popular music--Africa.; Performing arts.;
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Obsessed With Light. by Krayenbühl, Sabine,film director.; Oelbaum, Zeva,film director.; Jones, Cherry,actor.; Dodin, Claire,actor.; Anderson, Erin,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Cherry Jones, Claire Dodin, Erin AndersonOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2023.OBSESSED WITH LIGHT pulls back the curtain on Loïe Fuller (1862-1928), a wildly original performer who pioneered modern dance though combining fabric and movement to develop a completely new kind of spectacle. Creating a dialogue between the past and the present, filmmakers Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum delve into the astonishing influence Fuller's work has had on contemporary culture including artists like Taylor Swift, Bill T. Jones, Shakira, William Kentridge, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, among many others. “A rich tapestry of discoveries by a passionately devoted mover and transformer of light and shape,” (Eye On Dance) OBSESSED WITH LIGHT is a close study of a woman who became famous on her own terms – unapologetic about her body type, open about her sexuality, and protective of her signature, often mimicked, style.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; Dance.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Biography.; Modern dance.; Women artists.; Women musicians.; Choreographers.; Performing arts.;
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Jake the Fake keeps it real / by Robinson, Craig,1971-; Mansbach, Adam,1976-; Knight, Keith,1966-;
Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Schools; Performing arts; Musicians; Gifted children; Brothers and sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Dark Cove Theatre Society. by Riley, Sierra Marilyn.;
In this captivating YA debut, 'The Dark Cove Theatre Society' illustrates both the intoxicating and insidious nature of success and the price we are often forced to pay for it. Passages of found text - glimpses of the schools handbook, secret letters, and other peeks into life at the Academy - seamlessly woven into the plot will immerse readers even further into the lush, magnetic world of Dark Cove. Sierra Marilyn Riley is an Italian Canadian actor and writer living in Toronto, ON. A RADD Pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Performing Arts / Theater & Musicals; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / School & Education / Boarding School & Prep School; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Mental Illness;
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The Dark Cove Theatre Society [electronic resource] : by Riley, Sierra Marilyn.aut; CloudLibrary;
An aspiring young actor must find her place at a cutthroat arts boarding school in this gothic YA debut for fans of Ace of Spades and If We Were Villains. Violet Costantino knows she is already on thin ice this school year: her scholarship has taken a significant hit due to her panic attack during her final performance in acting class last semester—which simultaneously shattered her dreams of becoming a leading lady. This year, she is determined to keep her head down and just get through unscathed. But the school seems to have other plans for Violet: to her extreme foreboding, she is cast as one of the leads in the annual Halloween play. What’s worse, the beautiful, infuriatingly talented Frankie Lin and Violet’s ex-crush, Hunter Kinsey, are both cast as her love interests. Despite her initial reluctance, Violet is drawn in by the glamor of the Dark Cove Theatre Society, and she cautiously starts believing that maybe she is cut out for this after all. But lurking in the shadows of Violet’s fragile self-confidence is the rumor of the Society curse, which is said to cause one cast member to drop out before opening night every year, mysteriously and without reason. In this captivating YA debut, The Dark Cove Theatre Society illustrates both the intoxicating and insidious nature of success and the price we are often forced to pay for it. Passages of found text—glimpses of the school’s handbook, secret letters, and other peeks into life at the Academy—seamlessly woven into the plot will immerse readers even further into the lush, magnetic world of Dark Cove.DARK ACADEMIA WITH A TWIST: This novel offers a classic dark academia setting with a critical lens on the intense pressures and toxic faculty dynamics students face. COMPELLING QUEER LOVE TRIANGLE: Diverse, realistic characters navigating identity, attraction, and ambition in a high-stakes environment. FOR THEATER ENTHUSIASTS: A must-read for theater fans as the story weaves in dramatic performance elements and backstage intrigue. DEBUT: This is Sierra Riley’s first book. MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATION: Thoughtfully portrays mental health challenges, especially the impact of panic attacks and anxiety, reflecting relatable struggles in the high-pressure world of performing arts. FOUND TEXT FOR IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE: Integrates school handbooks, letters, poems, and other "found" texts to deepen the atmospheric world, fully engaging readers in its gothic aesthetic. SOCIAL ADVOCACY NARRATIVE: A powerful story about student resilience and activism, with students challenging toxic power dynamics in an arts environment that demands change. FOR FANS OF: Ace of Spades and How We Fall Apart LEVELING INFO: Coming soonYoung adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; LGBT; Boarding School & Prep School; Theater & Musicals; Mental Illness;
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Trust exercise : a novel / by Choi, Susan,1969-author.;
"In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving 'Brotherhood of the Arts,' two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticed -- or untoyed with -- by anyone, especially not by their charismatic acting teacher, Mr. Kingsley. The outside world of family life and economic status, of academic pressure and of their future adult lives, fails to penetrate this school's walls -- until it does, in a spiral of events that catapults the action forward in time and flips the premise upside-down"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; High school students; Performing arts high schools; Interpersonal relations in adolescence; Teacher-student relationships; Memory;
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