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382) Mo' better blues
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined"--Container.
384) Memories of Duke
Publisher
MVD Music Video Distributors
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Features interviews with Cootie Williams and Russell Procope and captures the Duke and his band on 1968 Mexican tour.
386) Dress to kill
Publisher
Anti
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Eddie Izzard spins free-flowing jokes about San Francisco, transvestitism, squirrels, American optimism, Hitler, the British royal family, mass murder and Stonehenge. Izzard romps through human history and transforms surprisingly complex ideas into biting satire--as well as knockout bits of sublime frivolity, like describing the movie Speed entirely in French. His mercurial patter is sprinkled with four-letter words, but his twinkling glances make...
388) The chaperone
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.
390) Three ages
Series
Publisher
Kino International Corporation
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
[Three ages] Romantic misadventures from the dawn of man in the Stone Age, through the gladiatorial arenas of Ancient Rome to the city streets of the American Jazz Era. A clever parody of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance. [The goat] Keaton is mistaken for a nefarious gunslinger named Dead Shot Dan. [My wife's relations] A comedy of domestic turmoil that seems to reflect some of the tensions between Keaton and the Talmadges, his real life in-laws at the...
Series
Publisher
V.I.E.W. Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and music of one of the great jazz guitarists with recollections from his musical colleagues. Explores his career from its beginning Oklahoma City, his legendary tenure with the Benny Goodman Sextet, and his contribution to the birth of BeBop in late night sessions at Minton's in Harlem with Dizzy, Kenny Clarke, Thelonius Monk and Bird.
394) Porgy and Bess
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
George Gershwin melded classical idioms, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both.
395) Tell it like it is
Publisher
manufactured and distributed by Promotional Concept Group
Pub. Date
[between 1990 and 1999?]
Language
English
Description
A spicy hour of funk, rock, calypso, rhythm & blues, jazz, and rap, played from the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter.
Publisher
Digital Classics
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Based loosely on the memoirs of Shostakovich, a classical composer living in Russia during the reign of Stalin, this film traces the relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin and the effect that Stalin had on Shostakovich's life and work.
397) Mo' better blues
Publisher
MCA Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
398) The razor's edge
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The adaptation of the classic novel by W. Somerset Maugham of a World War I veteran disillusioned by jazz-age values. A WW I veteran breaks off his engagement to Isabel and sets out on a journey that takes him through the trenches of WW I, the Himalayas of India, and Paris.
Publisher
Screenscope
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Explores the impact of the Deepwater Horizon blowout through the eyes of a cadre of scientists working together to better understand and mitigate the fall-out from the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. Some questions answered include: Why are so many pregnant dolphins losing their young? Why did much of the oyster population in Louisiana disappear? Did Deepwater Horizon oil affect the health of sharks? Did the use of dispersants help mitigate the...
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In 1996, a group of legendary Cuban musicians were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. This documentary shows some of their songs being recorded in the studio, concert footage from Amsterdam and New York City, and some of the musicians talking about their lives in Cuba and how they got started in music.
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