Julia Marchesi
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents a vital documentary series. [It] explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of both profound destruction and revolutionary social change. Initially, African Americans enjoyed what W. E. B. DuBois called a 'brief moment in the sun', when they could build businesses, become educated, exercise their right to vote,...
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. A full-time actress at seven, a vaudevillian at 14, a dancing sensation at 25, a Broadway playwright at 33, a silver screen ingénue at 40, a Vegas nightclub act at 62, a recording artist at 73, a camp icon at 85 -- West left no format unconquered. She possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female...
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreaking, an eight-part event television series, traces this ongoing sonic revolution, and explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the...