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The Fight for West Virginia. by George, Samuel,film director.; Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films in 2018.In the heart of West Virginia, this documentary tracks Richard Ojeda's quest to flip a red seat blue. It’s 2018, and the U.S. lurches towards a critical election. State Senator Richard Ojeda, a former Major in the Army, runs for Congress as a Democrat in a deeply Republican district. Can he flip a red seat blue? Can laid-off coal miners find employment in the digital economy? And can a group of young woman band together after addiction to restart their lives? This is the fight for West Virginia.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Elections.;
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Jennie's Boy A Newfoundland Childhood [electronic resource] : by Johnston, Wayne.aut; cloudLibrary;
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBC WINNER OF THE 2023 LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland boyhood. For six months between 1966 and 1967, Wayne Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Newfoundland. At seven, Wayne was sickly and skinny, unable to keep food down, plagued with insomnia and a relentless cough that no doctor could diagnose, though they had already removed his tonsils, adenoids and appendix. To the neigh­bours, he was known as “Jennie’s boy,” a back­handed salute to his tiny, ferocious mother, who felt judged for Wayne’s condition at the same time as worried he might never grow up. Unable to go to school, Wayne spent his days with his witty, religious, deeply eccentric mater­nal grandmother, Lucy. During these six months of Wayne’s childhood, he and Lucy faced two life-or-death crises, and only one of them lived to tell the tale. Jennie’s Boy is Wayne’s tribute to a family and a community that were simultaneously fiercely protective of him and fed up with having to make allowances for him. His boyhood was full of pain, yes, but also tenderness and Newfoundland wit. By that wit, and through love—often expressed in the most unloving ways—Wayne survived.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Social Classes; Personal Memoirs; Literary;
© 2022., Knopf Canada,
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Jennie's Boy A Newfoundland Childhood [electronic resource] : by Johnston, Wayne.aut; Johnston, Wayne.nrt; cloudLibrary;
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBC WINNER OF THE 2023 LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland boyhood. For six months between 1966 and 1967, Wayne Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Newfoundland. At seven, Wayne was sickly and skinny, unable to keep food down, plagued with insomnia and a relentless cough that no doctor could diagnose, though they had already removed his tonsils, adenoids and appendix. To the neigh­bours, he was known as “Jennie’s boy,” a back­handed salute to his tiny, ferocious mother, who felt judged for Wayne’s condition at the same time as worried he might never grow up. Unable to go to school, Wayne spent his days with his witty, religious, deeply eccentric mater­nal grandmother, Lucy. During these six months of Wayne’s childhood, he and Lucy faced two life-or-death crises, and only one of them lived to tell the tale. Jennie’s Boy is Wayne’s tribute to a family and a community that were simultaneously fiercely protective of him and fed up with having to make allowances for him. His boyhood was full of pain, yes, but also tenderness and Newfoundland wit. By that wit, and through love—often expressed in the most unloving ways—Wayne survived.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Social Classes; Personal Memoirs; Literary;
© 2022., Penguin Random House,
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Anita de Monte laughs last / by Gonzalez, Xochitl,1977-author.;
"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten - certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through life knowing that their futures are secured, Raquel feels herself an outsider. Students of color, like Raquel, are the minority there, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no secret. But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds, she stumbles upon Anita's story, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist. Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both women, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, is a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Art students; Elite (Social sciences); Interpersonal relations; Power (Social sciences); Women art historians; Women artists;
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Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity. by Christian, David,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
David ChristianOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2008.How is it possible for the disciplines of cosmology, geology, anthropology, biology, and history to fit together? These 48 lectures by Professor David Christian of Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) answer that question by weaving a single story from accounts of the past developed by a variety of scholarly disciplines. The result is a tale stretching from the origins of the universe to the present day and beyond, in which human history is seen as part of the history of our Earth and biosphere, and the Earth's history, in turn, is seen as part of the history of the universe. It's no wonder that Bill Gates declared this to be his favorite Great Course!Like traditional creation stories told by the world's great religions and mythologies, this lecture series provides a map of our place in space and time. But it does so using the insights and knowledge of modern science, as synthesized by a renowned historian. While you may have heard parts of this story before in courses on geology, history, anthropology, biology, cosmology, and other scholarly disciplines, Professor Christian provides more than just a recap of those disciplines. "To understand ourselves," says Professor Christian, "we need to know the very large story, the largest story of all." And that, perhaps, is one of the greatest benefits of Big History: It provides a thought-provoking way to help us understand our own place within the Universe.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Agriculture.; History, Ancient.; Social sciences.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; History.; Earth sciences.; Universe.;
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#AnneFrank: Parallel Stories. by Migotto, Anna,film director.; Fedeli, Sabina,film director.; Mirren, Helen,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Helen MirrenOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2019.The Oscar-winning Actress Helen Mirren retraces the life of Anne through the pages of her diary, and that of 5 other women who, as children and adolescents, were also deported to concentration camps but survived the Shoah. Off “the set”, a young girl, talking to her peers using social media, will lead us through Anne Frank’s short life and her feelings. In the documentary we also hear the voices of Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, historian and professor of Jewish studies at various American universities. Produced in collaboration with Anne Frank Fond Basel.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Judaism.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; History.; Holocaust.;
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Paul Robeson: "I'm a Negro. I'm an American.". by Tetzlaff, Kurt,film director.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1989.A cinematic homage to the African American singer, actor, civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898–1976). At the peak of his singing career in the late 1940s, Robeson began to work primarily as a political activist and subsequently had to endure years of discrimination and isolation in his own country during the hysteria of 1950s McCarthyism. The documentary tells Robeson’s story in non-chronological order, using a compilation of materials: rarely shown historical footage, including from the 1949 Peekskill riots; photographs of the U.S. civil rights movement; speeches; performances and visits to East Germany and the Soviet Union. Interviews with Paul Robeson Jr., Earl Robinson, Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte give insight into the courageous life of a Renaissance man. Commonly referred as the “voice of the other America,” East German officials used Robeson’s image to bolster GDR solidarity with the U.S. civil rights movement.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Enthnology.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.;
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60 Days In. by A&E® (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by A&E® in 2016.60 Days In offers an unprecedented look at life behind bars at Indiana's Clark County Jail as seven innocent volunteers are sent to live among its general population for 60 days.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Racism.;
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Deconstructing Karen. by Ivins, Patty,film director.; The Film Sales Company (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by The Film Sales Company in 2022.DECONSTRUCTING KAREN presents the world of RACE2DINNER, an innovative new program which gathers together 12 women, mostly white and most of whom have never met, who together embark on a deep dive into racism, fragility, and privilege. Everything is on the table for discussion with only one rule: no crying.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Women's studies.;
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All Static & Noise. by Novack, David,film director.; Journeyman Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Journeyman Pictures in 2023.Jewher, a Uyghur teen from China, lands in the US after she is violently separated from her father at the Beijing airport. Abduweli, a linguist and poet imprisoned and tortured for teaching Uyghur language, leaves for Istanbul upon his release. Together, they join survivors of China’s "re-education camps" and their families, in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Europe and the United States to expose atrocities with the hope that global awareness brings change.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Asians.; Foreign study.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.;
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