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#Untruth. by Partland, Dan,film director.; Dark Star Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Dark Star Pictures in 2024.This documentary examines the psychology of “Trumpism” and the authoritarian strain that it seeded in the American political landscape. #UNTRUTH delves into the forces driving current efforts to enshrine a bias toward a white, conservative, minority rule, into US Law, and the forces of disinformation that have been deployed on the American electorate.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Journalism.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Current affairs.; Democracy.; United States--Politics and government.; History.; Disinformation.;
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The League. by Pollard, Sam,film director.; Aaron, Hank,actor.; Robinson, Jackie,actor.; Mays, Willie,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Willie MaysOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2023.Told through the personal experience of notable Negro League umpire Bob Motley, THE LEAGUE explores Black baseball as a stage for some of the world’s best athletes, an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and the unintended consequences of MLB integration. The rise and fall of the Negro Leagues follows the arc of race history in the United States.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Health.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; African Americans.; Race.; Racism.; United States--History.; Baseball.; Athletes.;
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With Peter Bradley. by Rappoport, Alex,film director.; Icarus Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Icarus Films in 2023.79 years old and overlooked since the 1970’s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his artistic process on the cusp of his rediscovery. Despite the systemic racism of society in general and the art world in particular, Bradley built an incredible resumé before the age of 35: the first Black art dealer on Madison Avenue (at the prestigious Perls Galleries); likely the first Black abstract artist represented by a major New York gallery (André Emmerich); and curator of what is considered the first integrated modern art show in America (The DeLuxe Show). WITH PETER BRADLEY is a celebration of artmaking, resilience, and the creative contributions of Black artists to American life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Art.; Arts.; Experimental films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Artists.; History.; African Americans.; Nineteen seventies.; Racism.; United States--History.; Artists--Interviews.; Art, Abstract.; New York (State).; Art and architecture.;
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Citizen Nation. by Agnew, Singeli,film director.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by PBS in 2024.In this inspiring coming-of-age story, high school students from every corner of the United States discover what it means to show up, be civil and tackle the issues straight on. This series from Retro Report follows teenagers with different backgrounds and political sensibilities as they come together to compete in the nation's premier civics competition, We the People.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Education.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Educational films.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; Politics and government.; Public schools.; Students.; Youth.; Teenagers.; High schools.; Competition.; Documentary television programs.;
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Hillbilly Elegy A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis [electronic resource] : by Vance, J. D..aut; cloudLibrary;
Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance’s powerful origin story…. From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Republican Vice Presidential candidate for the 2024 election, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class.  THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  "You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Poverty & Homelessness; State & Local; Rural; 21st Century; Personal Memoirs;
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat. by Grimonprez, Johan,film director.; Lincoln, Abbey,actor.; Blouin, Andrée,actor.; Gillespie, Dizzy,actor.; Coltrane, John,actor.; Armstrong, Louis,actor.; Simone, Nina,actor.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Abbey Lincoln, Andrée Blouin, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Nina SimoneOriginally produced by Films We Like in 2024.United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Arts.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Music.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; History.; Jazz.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Congo (Democratic Republic).; United Nations.; Assassination.; Performing arts.;
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Hummingbirds. by Contreras, Estefanía,film director.; Del Carmen Castaños, Silvia,film director.; Factory 25 (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Factory 25 in 2023.In HUMMINGBIRDS, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Experimental films.; Arts.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Emigration and immigration.; Autobiographies.; Teenagers.; Coming-of-age films.; Mexico.; Southern States.; Hispanic Americans.;
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The undertow : scenes from a slow civil war / by Sharlet, Jeff,author.;
"One of America's finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart. Across the country, men "of God" glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while citing Scripture and preparing for civil war-a firestorm they long for as an absolution and exaltation. Lies, greed, and glorification of war boom through microphones at hipster megachurches that once upon a time might have preached peace and understanding. Political rallies are as aflame with need and giddy expectation as religious revivals. Framing this dangerous vision, Sharlet remembers and celebrates the courage of those who sing a different song of community, and of an America long dreamt of and yet to be fully born, dedicated to justice and freedom for all"--
Subjects: Polarization (Social sciences); Religion and politics; Right and left (Political science);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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London in the Time of Dickens. by Nayder, Lillian,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Lillian NayderOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2023.In LONDON IN THE TIME OF DICKENS, you'll get the unique opportunity to experience the British capital through the eyes of a literary master whose work is inextricably tied to the city and its rich history. Throughout 12 lectures taught by Professor Lillian Nayder of Bates College, you'll utilize Dickens's life and work to tour the metropolis of London in a time of rapid transformation.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Social sciences.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; European literature.; Literature--Study and teaching.; History.; British Isles.; Art and architecture.;
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This Is for Everyone : The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web. by Berners-Lee, Tim.;
'This Is for Everyone' is a gripping account of the rise of the digital world from the inventor of the World Wide Web. As the rapid development of artificial intelligence brings new risks and possibilities, Berners-Lee also offers a crucial guide to the decisions ahead - and shows how our digital lives can be reengineered for the sake of human flourishing rather than for profit or power.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology; COMPUTERS / Internet / General; COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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