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In 1985, Claude Lanzmann debuted one of the most monumental cinematic works of all time, Shoah, the nine hour documentary on the Holocaust told through interviews with both perpetrators as well as survivors. Ziva Postec, the editor of Shoah, was an indispensable part of the project. Postec dedicated six years of her life, from 1979 to 1985, working closely with Lanzmann, to construct the right pace and sequence for the 350 hours of footage. In this...
1403) How It Feels to Be Free
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How It Feels to Be Free takes an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and tells the story of how six trailblazing performers—Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier— changed American culture through their films, fashion, music and politics.
1404) A Matter of Respect
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A young drummer and dancer guides tourists through a museum, a silver carver/disc jockey talks about his love both of rock and roll and traditional carving, and a Tlingit elder teaches children at a summer fish camp. A MATTER OF RESPECT portrays a diverse group of people expressing their culture and identity and honoring their ancestors' way of life through teaching language, harvesting and preparing traditional foods, restoring community cemeteries...
1405) The Harlem charade
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Seventh-graders Jin, Alexandra, and Elvin come from very different backgrounds and circumstances, but they all live in Harlem, and when Elvin's grandfather is attacked they band together to find out who is responsible--and the search leads them to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune, and into conflict with an ambitious politician who wants to turn Harlem into an historic amusement park.
1406) Never fall again
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"Landry Hutton, quiet artist-in-residence of The Haven, came to Gossamer Falls to build a new life and a new home for her and her daughter--with the unexpected help of a handsome former Marine. But when danger threatens them, can Callum Shaw help protect both their hearts and lives?"--
1407) Save It for Later
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From Nate Powell, the National Book Award–winning artist of March, a collection of graphic nonfiction essays about living in a new era of necessary protest
In this anthology of seven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls "necessary protest." Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is Powell's reflection on witnessing the collapse of discourse in real time while...
1408) A warning about swans
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Swan maiden Hilde sacrifices her magical wings to seek freedom in the human world, but when her pact with an upstart baron takes her the court of Ludwig II, she struggles to fit in, and only Jewish artist Franz, who has the power to paint souls, can help her escape her newfound prison.
1409) R. Kelly: The Verdict
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After years of speculation... whispers... rumours, the verdict is in. R Kelly has been found guilty. The alleged crimes are some of the most heinous, graphic and disturbing ever to go before a court. Guilty on nine counts, including racketeering, kidnapping, bribery, sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of a child. For many, this was justice that took far too long to manifest. For decades there were reports of dangerous and corrupt behaviour haunting...
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"Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists-- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a new beginning, a break that led onto new creative...
1411) Nomad
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Told in Werner Herzog’s inimitable style and bursting at the seams with unforgettable characters and encounters, NOMAD takes the viewer on a journey through the creative and personal vision Herzog shared with iconic travel writer Bruce Chatwin, the prolific author of In Patagonia and a champion of the nomadic lifestyle.
1412) Onion skin
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Rolando's job was crushing his soul... and then it crushed his hand. Now he can barely get out of the house, marathoning TV and struggling to find meaning. Nera is a restless spirit who loves to taste everything life can offer, but sleeps in a broken-down food truck and can't see a way to make her dreams come true. When their paths cross at a raucous rock show, the magical night seems to last forever. Together they throw caution to the wind, fix up...
1413) Becoming Andy Warhol
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Celebrated during his lifetime as much for his personality as for his paintings, Andy Warhol (1928–87) is the most famous and influential of the Pop artists, who developed the notion of 15 minutes of fame, and the idea that an artist could be as illustrious as the work he creates. This graphic novel biography offers insight into the turning point of Warhol's career and the creation of the Thirteen Most Wanted Men mural for the 1964 World's Fair,...
1414) Rickshaw girl
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Young Naima who lives in Bangladesh loves to paint special pictures for celebrations. But unlike her friend Saleem who drives his father's rickshaw to make money, Naima cannot earn money for her paintings to help her family. The text is accompanied by unusual black-and-white drawings.
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A unique film following an international cast of three generations of women artists from Cairo, France, Germany, Iran, the United States and the United Kingdom who are forging their careers in the London art scene. The film takes you on an intimate but fast-paced journey, moving the lens between art and life to reveal the dynamic and multi-faceted story of this enigmatic calling. Ultimately, MIRRORS TO WINDOWS shows that it is in the negotiation between...
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"A charming debut about a family of four artistic sisters on the outskirts of Gilded Age New York high society and centered on the oldest--an aspiring writer caught between the boy next door and a mysterious novelist who inducts her into Manhattan's most elite artistic salon which has a seedy underbelly and secrets to hide"--
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"A memoir of the influence that Andy Warhol exerted throughout his life and beyond. Fraser-Cavassoni met the artist when she was sixteen, and then on and off over the years before landing in New York City at the Andy Warhol Studio, or as she calls it, "Adventures in Warhol Land." In this witty, page-turning account, she takes readers deep into the Pop artist's world--as well as miles into the stratosphere of the socialites, fashion icons, film stars,...
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