Title: Alice Walker: Everyday Use Running Time: 26 minutes Item No: DVD ART ALI **************************************** Maggie sees the old family heirloom already promised to her?as something with practical utility as well as tradition. Her educated, social activist sister wants to hang it on the wall as folk art. With whom will their mother side? A study in class differences and the reclamation of Black history, Alice Walker’s short story "Everyday Use" is beautifully realized in this dramatization. (OBS/DOS) Title: American Ballet Theatre Now: Variety & Virtuosity Running Time: 83 minutes Item No: DVD ART AME **************************************** Introduced by the legendary Natalia Makarova, a glittering array of international dance stars from the American Ballet Theatre perform in a program designed to showcase their virtuosity. Interwoven with performances ranging from classical works through romantic and contemporary ballets are backstage visits with many of the principal dancers and the company's artistic director Kevin McKenzie as well as the premiere of "Remanso" by Nacho Duato. Ballet Title: American Cinema Running Time: 180 minutes on the 6 Item No: DVD ART AME **************************************** Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and many others.
Title: Alice Walker: Everyday Use Running Time: 26 minutes Item No: DVD ART ALI **************************************** Maggie sees the old family heirloom already promised to her?as something with practical utility as well as tradition. Her educated, social activist sister wants to hang it on the wall as folk art. With whom will their mother side? A study in class differences and the reclamation of Black history, Alice Walker’s short story "Everyday Use" is beautifully realized in this dramatization. (OBS/DOS) Title: American Ballet Theatre Now: Variety & Virtuosity Running Time: 83 minutes Item No: DVD ART AME **************************************** Introduced by the legendary Natalia Makarova, a glittering array of international dance stars from the American Ballet Theatre perform in a program designed to showcase their virtuosity. Interwoven with performances ranging from classical works through romantic and contemporary ballets are backstage visits with many of the principal dancers and the company's artistic director Kevin McKenzie as well as the premiere of "Remanso" by Nacho Duato. Ballet Title: American Cinema Running Time: 180 minutes on the 6 Item No: DVD ART AME **************************************** Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and many others.