Arts and Literature
Arts and Literature
Art, music, literature, and works about them.
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| "History Has to be Told by Eyewitnesses": Bernard Gotfryd | Video Clip | October 3, 2011 |
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A Portrait of Maya Angelou 58 minutes |
Library Resource | February 3, 2010 |
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Amandla! 105 minutes This film tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. It specifically considers the music that sustained and galvanized blacks for more than 40 years, focusing on the struggle's spiritual dimension named for the Xhosa word for 'power.' |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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An Indonesian Artist uses her Canvas to Unite a Nation
In the article, "An
Indonesian Artist uses her Canvas to Unite a Nation," Grace Siregar tries
to unite opposing groups through art in Indonesia. Siregar believes her calling "is helping the
country to vent on canvas instead of at one another. |
Facing Today | October 23, 2008 |
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Anne Frank in the World Exhibit Study Guide The purpose of this guide is to prepare teachers and students to view the exhibition, Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945, while incorporating perspectives and themes highlighted in the Facing History and Ourselves program.
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Publication | February 23, 2008 |
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Blessed is the Match 49 minutes |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Bordando La Verdad: Arte de Protesta Femenino en el Chile de Pinochet
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Publication | July 12, 2010 |
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Brother Future 110 minutes T.J., a young man from contemporary Detroit, is knocked unconscious while fleeing the police after committing a crime. He wakes up in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822 and is taken captive as a slave. Before he can get home, T.J. must learn some hard lessons about the history of his fellow African Americans, the value of education, and what it takes to keep the dream of freedom alive. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Challenge of Memory 23 minutes This video accompanies Elie Wiesel's Night. The six selections in this montage parallel scenes described in Wiesel's memoir. The video excerpts not only provide a point of departure for discussing characters and incidents in the memoir, but they encourage students to think about universal themes of human behavior. Part of the Elements of Time series. |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
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Color Adjustment 87 minutes, color |
Library Resource | December 15, 2009 |
Bordando La Verdad: Arte de Protesta Femenino en el Chile de Pinochet es la historia de las hermanas, esposas y madres que formaban el movimiento de mujeres de protesta en Chile durante la dictadura de Pinochet (1973-1990). Es una increíble historia de coraje y resistencia.
