Laura Nyro
Author
Publisher
Masterworks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Composer/arranger/pianist Billy Childs leads and all-star interpretation of songwriter Laura Nyro's beloved works. Featuring guest artists Renee Fleming, Esperanza Spalding, Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss, Ledisi, Wayne Shorter, and more. Nyro is a singer-songwriter from the Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame whose blend of Broadway-inspired melodies, jazz improvisation and socially conscious lyrics have stayed with Childs. His devotion to her art...
Series
Criterion collection volume 167
Publisher
Monterey International Pop Festival Foundation
Pub. Date
[2002,1968]
Language
English
Description
Monterey Pop is the first filmed document of a rock festival. The Monterey Pop Festival, held on California's Monterey Peninsula in 1968, inspired Jann Wenner to launch his enormously successful "Rolling Stone Magazine." It also did much to boost the careers of many of the pop and rock stars who performed in it.
14) Broken rainbow
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona that began in the 1970's and continues to this day. The relocation was instituted under the pretext of separating Navajos from Hopis but was primarily instigated by energy companies eager to exploit the mineral resources on Navajo lands. Witness as they take their protest to Congress and turn tragedy into acts of heroic resistance.
Series
Criterion collection volume 168
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Concert film documenting the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, with live performances, interviews, photos, and more.