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Shakespeare in American Communities (2004 Audio, Multimedia, Video)

Subject

Drama

A teaching package for American high school teachers and students comprising: Teacher’s Guide to Shakespeare’s life and times and his role in American culture, with lesson plans. Recitation Contest...

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Lion King, The (1994 Film)

Director

Roger Allers; Rob Minkoff

Producer

Don Hahn

Feature animation film. At Pride Rock in Africa, a young lion prince, Simba, is born to Mufasa, king of the lions thus making his embittered and politically ambitious uncle, Scar, the second in line to the...

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True Identity (1991 Film)

Director

Charles Lane

Producer

Carol Baum; Teri Schwartz

Subject

Drama

Feature film comedy. Miles Pope is a black actor trying to make a name for himself on the stage. He finds himself in danger when he discovers that a supposedly dead Mafia chief, Frank Luchino, is the patron...

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King: Montgomery to Memphis (1970 Film, Video)

aka: Montgomery to Memphis

Director

Ely Landau

Producer

Richard Kaplan; Ely Landau

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £50.00

Documents the activities of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s and discusses his philosophy of non-violence. Newsreel and television footage recall the civil rights...

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz; Sidney Lumet

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 185 minutes), $349.00

This landmark documentary chronicles the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in...

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End of the Road (1969 Film)

Director

Aram Avakian

Producer

Terry Southern; Stephen F. Kesten

Feature film adapted from the novel by John Barth. Jacob Horner (Keach) is an emotionally disturbed young college professor who enters a catatonic state and undergoes therapy from an unorthodox psychologist,...

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Shakespeare in New York (1966 Video)

Director

Richard Blofson

Subject

Drama

Documentary profile on the New York Shakespeare Festival. The Mobile Theatre travels to 23 parks and playgrounds during the summer to bring Shakespeare into local neighbourhoods; a second tour is made during...

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Rewriting Shakespeare (Television)

Subject

Drama

Interview by Fred Noriega and Marlo Bendau on CBS’ Daybreak programme with actor James Earl Jones, producer/director Joseph Papp and scholar A.L. Rowse regarding the modernisation of Shakespeare’s...

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Stratford-On-The-Subway (Television)

Subject

Drama

Item from BBC arts documentary series. A profile of the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Includes an interview with Joseph Papp and brief clips of actors George C....

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Love, Tyranny and Madness (Television)

Director

Patrick Reams

Subject

Drama

Documentary on King Lear shown ahead of Richard Eyre’s production with Ian Holm transmitted later the same evening. The themes of the play are debated by actors Warren Mitchell, James Earl Jones and...

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