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  1. River, The (1937 Film)

    Director
    Pare Lorentz
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A documentary film about the Mississippi flood problem and the attempts made by the Tennessee Valley Authority to meet it. The film also tells the story of the Mississippi River, where it comes from, where...

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  2. After the Flood 2 (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Bettina Lerner
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    The Mississippi is one of the most rigorously controlled and engineered rivers in the world, yet in the summer of 1993 it suffered the worst flooding in its history. Fundamental questions are being asked...

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  3. Life on the Mississippi (1980)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 115 minutes), $19.95

    A version of the novel by Mark Twain made for American television.

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  4. Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn and the Mississippi: A Video Commentary (1988)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 28 minutes), £95.00 [University rate]

    Gives students background information about Mark Twain and his work in this interview with noted scholar Lee Schlesinger, Associate Professor of Literature at the State University of New York at Purchase....

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  5. Central USA from Space (1980 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, 20 slides. col.

    Concentrates upon the variety of agricultural regions of the plainland and plateau interior of the U.S.A., differentiating between core and transitional areas. Also includes the Gulf coastal zone, with...

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  6. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1988 Video)

    Director
    Greg Lanning
    Producer
    Peter Griffiths
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £9.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Mildred Taylor talk about the origins of her novel ‘Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry’ in her family’s experience of life in 1930s’ rural Mississippi and in the wider context of black people’s lives there.

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  7. Natural Disaster Films 1905-1973 (2005)

    aka: Natural Disaster Films - Earthquakes, Floods, Tornados & Hurricanes

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 150 minutes), $19.95

    A compilation of footage of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes & hurricanes. Includes: 1936 PITTSBURGH FLOOD (PART II - PART I MISSING) (1936, 2:49, Silent); A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET BEFORE THE FIRE (1906,...

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  8. Oh, Mr Faulkner, Do You Write? (2011)

    Director
    Jimbo Barnett
    Subject
    Drama; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 83 minutes), £120.00 [Educational rate]

    Set in William Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Mississippi, OH, MR FAULKNER, DO YOU WRITE? is a film based on a one-man play about the life of the Nobel Prize winning writer. It takes place the day after it has...

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  9. William Faulkner’s ‘As I Lay Dying’: Two Versions

    Subject
    Dance; Drama; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 55 minutes), £95.00

    Written in 1930, William Faulkner’s novel tells the story of a poor Mississippi farm woman whose family’s innermost thoughts come alive in the days of her death. It unfolds in a stream of consciousness...

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  10. Hot Coffee: Is Justice Being Served? (2013)

    Director
    Susan Saladoff
    Subject
    Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 86 minutes), $350

    First-time filmmaker and former public interest lawyer Susan Saladoff uses the legal battle that began with a spilled cup of coffee at a McDonald’s restaurant to investigate who and what is behind...

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