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Playing to the Camera is the first full-length study devoted to the musical performance documentary. Its scope ranges from music education films to punk rock concert films to experimental video art featuring modernist music. Unlike the 'music under' produced for movies by anonymous musicians sequestered in recording studios, on-screen 'live' performances remind us of the relation between music and the bodies that produce it. Leaving aside analysis...
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On the coast of Washington and British Columbia sit the misty forests and towering mountains of Cascadia. With archipelagos surrounding its shores and tidal surges of the Salish Sea trundling through the interior, this bioregion has long attracted loggers, fishing fleets, and land developers, each generation seeking successively harder to reach resources as old-growth stands, salmon stocks, and other natural endowments are depleted. Alongside encroaching...
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The Smythe-Smith quartet volume 1
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English
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After they survive a deadly fever and the world's worst musical performance, Honoria Smythe-Smith, a really bad violinist, and Marcus Holroyd, her older brother's best friend, fall desperately in love.
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
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Because she has a terrible singing voice, fourth-grader Sassy must use a different talent to be part of her school's musical performance on the importance of saving our planet. Includes "Fifteen ways that you can help save our earth."
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Putting it together weaves a lyrical story around the emotions and relationships of five guests attending a Manhattan cocktail party, studded with material from a number of Sondheim's original musicals and films including A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, Anyone can whistle, Company, Follies, A little night music, The frogs, Sweeney Todd, Merrily we roll along, Sunday in the park with George, Dick Tracy, Into the woods and Assassins."--www.image-entertainment.com...
11) Trudell
Publisher
[Big Buck Releasing]
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Language
English
Description
A look at the life and work of John Trudell, a Native American poet, musician and political activist of Santee Sioux heritage.
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Saddler's legacy volume 2
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English
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In Westerville, Ohio, 1855, Kate Winter's dreams are almost within reach. As the first woman to graduate from Otterbein College, she'll be guaranteed her deepest wish: escape from the dark secret haunting her family. But with her mother determined to marry her off to a wealthy man, Kate must face reality. She has to run. Now. And she has the perfect plan. Join the upcoming musical performance--and use it to mask her flight. Ben Hanby, Otterbein College's...
14) Empire: Season 1
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Drama about a family dynasty that follows the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife battle for this throne.
15) Annie
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The story of a plucky, red-haired girl who dreams of life outside her dreary orphanage. One day, Annie is chosen to stay for one week with the famous billionaire 'Daddy' Warbucks. One week turns into many and the only person standing in the way of Annie's fun is Miss Hannigan, the gin-soaked ruler of the orphanage. Will Miss Hannigan's zany attempts to kidnap the irrepressible Annie succeed? Enjoy all the unforgettable songs, including It's A Hard...
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback ... with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight. She didn't start this deadly series of events, but she is determined to finish the business.
17) Road house
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A legendary bouncer comes to Jasper, Missouri, for a special purpose: to restore order at the notorious Double Deuce bar. In one spectacular fight after another, Dalton rids the bar of thugs and henchmen. But when he runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss, the state is set for a blistering showdown that'll leave only one man standing.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Multiple
Description
Story of the Roma, commonly referred to as Gypsies, a people who have been both romanticized and vilified in popular culture. The Roma have endured centuries of intolerance and persecution in Europe, most notably the Holocaust genocide where an estimated 500,000 were murdered. A People Uncounted documents their culturally rich yet often difficult lives, and demonstrates how their present state has been deeply shaped by the tragedies of the past. Filmed...
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