FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Drama

VH 8420 The Actor
Summary: A wild comedy of marital discord in which a popular film actor, who longs to be a serious actor, has become wealth making mindless commercially-liked comedies. Meanwhile, his wife has become obsessed with her inability to have a child and insists that Akbar take a second wife, a mute waif of a gypsy girl who will disappear after being well paid for providing them with an infant. Written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. 084 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 2433 Actors At Work: Getting The Past
Summary: The Audition Process can be the most challenging and unsettling work an actor can do. This tape will take the mystery out of the audition experience and give the actor the tools necessary to get the part. 050 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7497 Affair Of The Pink Pearl, The
Summary: Video is based on the story, "The Affair Of The Pink Pearl" - part of the video series entitled, "Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 4806 Africa Dreaming
Summary: Africa Dreaming is a landmark in African television, a series drawing together for the first time broadcasters, television producers, film directors and writers from across the continent. It is designed to give Africans a rare opportunity to speak directly to each other in their own words and images. Directed by Richard Pakleppa. 104 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 0523 Agamemnon
Summary: Masked actors of the National Theatre of Great Britain present the great masterpiece trilogy of Aeschylus in the classic tradition. 090 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: ORESTEIA TRILOGY, THE

VH 2357 Age of Sophocles, The I: Oedipus Rex
Summary: Starting with the opening scene of "Oedipus Rex, " the video provides an historical perspective on the ancient Greeks and their experiences with pure democracy. Students can also compare the properties and conventions of the Greek theater with the theater today. 030 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 4332 Akropolis
Summary: Presents a synthesis of the past and present by dramatizing biblical an d Homeric tales in a contemporary setting. 068 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 8267 Alias, La Gringa
Summary: Film drama about the life experiences of La Gringa, a criminal with the ability to escape from any jail in which he is incarcerated. However, LaGringa finds himself in the middle of a prison riot while helping to pay back a favor. 096 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, DRAMA

VH 7710 All This And Heaven Too
Summary: Motion picture drama about the murder of a wife who was insanely jealous of a romantic attachment between her husband and another woman. Directed by Anatole Litvak. 121 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7081 Almacita di Desolato
Summary: "Based on old legends, the film depicts a fictional agricultural community in an isolated part of Curacao at the turn of the century. The central theme of the film is the struggle between creative and destructive forces...." 112 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2277 Amadeus
Summary: The film version of Peter Shaffer's London and Broadway stage hit centered around Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life and music. Cast includes; F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridhe, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Kenny L. Baker, Cynthia Nixon, Vincent Schiavelli. Director: Milos Forman. 158 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7501 Ambassador's Boots, The
Summary: Based on the story, "The Ambassador's Boots" - part of the video series, "Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 7719 America's Dream
Summary: Motion picture presents three adaptations of short stories by African American authors. The stories focus on the struggle of Black men and women in the face of changing attitudes. Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. 087 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 4881 Amistad
Summary: Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. Directed by: Steven Spielberg. 155 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 7108 Anna Bolena
Summary: A live performance, recorded in 1984. 157 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: DRAMA, OPERA

VH 0527 Antigone
Summary: A modern version of the three great plays of Sophocles that tell the entire story of Oedipus and his family. 120 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4618 Antonia's Line
Summary: Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this video is inspiring and uplifting. At the end of World War II, a woman returns to the place of her birth, a small Dutch village with her young daughter. Directed by: Marleen Gorris. 102 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4423 Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
Summary: The saga of Apu and his family continues in the second chapter of the Apu Trilogy. Following Apu and his family to the city, director Satyajit Ray introduces you to many unforgettable images and characters. Tragedy strikes and Apu must choose between the life of his father chose or a life of his own. 113 Min. VIDEO 1956 Subject: DRAMA Series: APU TRILOGY

VH 5743 Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The
Summary: The story of a young man in the Montreal Jewish ghetto of the 1940's who works and schemes his way out of the clutter and poverty of his surroundings. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. 121 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2311 Aristophanes: Women in Power
Summary: The first part of this film, devoted to a substantial section of Aristophanes' "Ecclesiazusae (Women in Power), " shows what happens when women, fed up with the stupidity and incompetence of men, organize to take over the government. The second part introduces Roman comedy, with its stock character types of the Vainglorious Soldier and the Clever Servant in "Miles Gloriosus". The two plays demonstrate the different concepts of "funny" and the different 058 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA Series: HISTORY OF DRAMA

VH 7766 Ashakara
Summary: In this modern African tale set in Togo, an African doctor finds a cure to a deadly virus and decides to mass produce the drug at low cost in Africa. However, a pharmaceutical multinational does not want the doctor to succeed and sends an agent to Africa, first to buy the drug, then to destroy it. A film by Gerard Louvin. 094 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3960 August Wilson
Summary: One of America's leading playwrights traces his work back to a trouble d childhood in a Pittsburgh ghetto. His on-going project to write a play of African-American life set in each decade of the 20th century is one of the most ambitious endeavors in American theatrical history. He describes his plays as passing down the wisdom of the African-American community. 022 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4812 August Wilson
Summary: This video introduces one of America's most celebrated playwrights, August Wilson. His on-going project to write a play on African American life set in each decade of this century is one of the most ambitious endeavors in the history of American theater. 022 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, WRITERS, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: IN BLACK AND WHITE

VH 1967 Bartleby
Summary: The enigmatic haunting story of the man who "preferred not to" has been faithfully but imaginatively translated into film, with authentic locales, period sets, & unusually sensitive performances. 079 Min. VIDEO 1972 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5030 Barton Fink
Summary: Set in Hollywood during the 1940's, "Barton Fink" is a comic satire about creative egos, flash movie moguls, a traveling salesman and a nasty case of writer's block. Directed by Joel Coen. 116 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7452 Battle For Music
Summary: Film tells the story of the London Philharmonic Orchestra as told and played by its members. 075 Min. VIDEO 1943 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0916 Battle of Algiers
Summary: Dramatization of the conflict between Algerian nationalists and French colonialists that culminated in Algeria's independence in 1962. Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef. Director: Gillo Pontecorvo. 123 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 7444 Beautiful Thing
Summary: Motion picture is set in London's lower class suburbs. Story of a teenager who discovers that he's gay and his love for next door neighbor teenager. 090 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0522 Beckett: Waiting for Godot
Summary: Presents act 2 of Samuel Beckett's tragic comedy Waiting for Godot, in which Beckett's non-heroes Didi and Gogo wait and hope for Godot. 045 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 4415 Before the Rain
Summary: In a monastery, a young man must abandon his vow of silence to save a girl from a hate-filled mob. A woman torn between a loveless marriage and a passionate affair finds that fate dictates a decision she could not make herself. A photographer returns to a nation divided by religious hatred and violence. Directed by: Milcho Manchevski. In Macedonian, Albanian, and English with subtitles. 112 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7742 Belly of An Architect, The
Summary: An American architect travels to Rome to set up an exhibition. As he is increasingly obsessed with his wife's adultery and his own failing health, the beauty of Rome becomes the backdrop to his erratic and self-destructive behavior. Directed by Peter Greenaway. 119 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA

VH 6313 Ben-Hur
Summary: The story of a Jewish nobleman, set in the time of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity. 111 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6314 Ben-Hur
Summary: The story of a Jewish nobleman, set in the time of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity. 111 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7864 Black Girl
Summary: A Senegalese woman, working as a governess for a French family, finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers, and she falls into isolation and despair. 057 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4839 Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Summary: Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. This program recaptures the birth of a new theatre from the Civil Rights activism of the 1950's, '60's, and '70's. It presents an encyclopedia of the leading figures, institutions, and events. Clips include the first all-black production of Genet's "The Blacks" along with "A Raisin in the Sun, " "Black Girl, " etc... 109 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1981 Bleak House, Part 1
Summary: The Dickens story of decay and corruption of 19th century England. 131 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I, DRAMA

VH 1982 Bleak House, Part 2
Summary: The Dickens story of decay and corruption of 19th century England. 130 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I, DRAMA

VH 3670 Blue Kite, The
Summary: Banned in China where the director was under close government scrutiny for making the film "without permission, " The Blue Kite is the most acclaimed and controversial of all of the films to come out of the new Chinese cinema. Told from the perspective of a young boy, Tietou, it traces the fate of a Beijing family and their neighbors as they experience the political and social upheavals in 1950's and 60's China. Directed by: Tian Zhuangzhuang. 138 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 7662 Body In The Library, The
Summary: Detective and mystery television program drama in which Miss Marple investigates how a corpse wound up in the home of Col. and Mrs. Bantry. Directed by Silvio Narizzano. 151 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MISS MARPLE

VH 7746 Borom Sarret
Summary: The story of a cart-taxi driver who goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-striken people, works for free and goes hungry himself. In Wolof and French with English subtitles. 020 Min. VIDEO 1963 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8416 Boycott
Summary: Set in the period just prior to the Islamic Revolution, the story is inspired by the filmmaker's own painful experiences. Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his beliefs and comes to doubt the validity of the ideas for which he has been condemned. At the same time, his prison comrades are pressuring his to make a sacrifice for their cause. Written and directed by Moshen Makhmalba. 091 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA, MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

VH 5041 Brideshead Revisited, Book 1
Summary: Nostalgia for a vanished past begins in Oxford. Charles Ryder meets dazzling, boyish and flamboyant Sebastian Flyte. As the youngest son of the aristocratic Marchmain family, he introduces Charles to a charmed and glittering existence. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5042 Brideshead Revisited, Book 2
Summary: Charles and Sebastian visit the self-exiled Lord Marchmain and his mistress in Venice. Charles finally meets the eccentric, very Catholic and compellingly charming Marchcmains - headed by the pious and willful Lady Marchmain. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5043 Brideshead Revisited, Book 3
Summary: Sebastian recognizes that his family is stealing his friend. Despairing, he drowns his sorrows in alcohol. When Sebastian runs away, Charles is blamed for his escape. Meanwhile, his sister Julia blossoms into full womanhood and captivates all. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5044 Brideshead Revisited, Book 4
Summary: Rex agrees to adopt the Catholic faith so he can marry Julia. But Bridey, her eldest brother, shatters their plans when he discovers that Rex is a divorcee, thereby negating any chance of being married in a Roman Catholic church. They marry in a Protestant church despite family disapproval. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5045 Brideshead Revisited, Book 5
Summary: Charles' and Julia's respective marriages begin to fail. By chance, they meet on a luxury liner and they become embroiled in a romantic love affair. Once more, Charles returns to Brideshead - this time as Julia's lover. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5046 Brideshead Revisited, Book 6
Summary: Lord Marchmain returns to Brideshead Castle to die. Displeased with his rightful heir, he decides to rewrite his will. His health rapidly declines and once more his family urges him to embrace the Catholic church. Directed by Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. 098 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7441 Broken Hearts Club, The- A Romantic Comedy
Summary: Motion picture comedy of a "coming-of-age" storyline. 096 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8266 Butterfly Wings
Summary: "Carmen becomes pregnant, hoping for a boy to carry on her husband's name. Guilt and fear however, keep her from breaking the news to Ami, her shy and sensitive six-year-old daughter. The new baby's birth soon triggers a series of nightmarish events." -- Container. 109 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7760 Camp de Thiaroye
Summary: A powerful, fact-based film which deals with the dilemma of African troops in the French army at the end of World War II, a turning point in African history when the colonial myth of white superiority began to collapse and an African consciousness emerged. When Senegalese infantrymen returning home from fighting are placed in a transit camp, a dispute over petty regulations escalates into full-scale rebellion, culminating in a massacre. A film by Sembene Ousmane. 148 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7498 Case Of The Missing Lady, The
Summary: Video is based on the story, "The Case Of The Missing Lady" - part of a video series entitled, "Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 2358 Character of Oedipus, The II
Summary: This filmed play describes and analyzes Oedipus' character and actions in view of Aristotle's theory of the "fatal flaw" in all tragic characters. 030 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 0015 Chariots of Fire
Summary: The true story of Harold Abrahams, Eric Liddell, and the dedicated team of athletic competitors who brought victory to Britain in the 1924 Olympics. Director: Hugh Hudson. 124 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: DRAMA, SPORTS

VH 4930 Chariots of Fire
Summary: The true story of Harold Abrahams, Eric Liddell, and the dedicated team of athletic competitors who brought victory to Britain in the 1924 Olympics. Director: Hugh Hudson. 124 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: DRAMA, SPORTS

VH 0520 Chekhov: Uncle Vanya
Summary: Analyzes Chekhov's dramatic techniques as developed in Uncle Vanya. Includes a performance of the third act of the play in an English translation by Constance Garnett. 047 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 0524 Choephori
Summary: Masked actors of the National Theatre of Great Britain present the great masterpiece trilogy of Aeschylus in the classic tradition. 070 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: ORESTEIA TRILOGY, THE

VH 0625 Le Cinesi
Summary: In Le Cinesi, three bored young ladies are excited by the appearance of a young man back from visiting the great salons of the world. Echo et Narcisse is the story of the unrequited love of Echo for Narcissus, a youth entranced by his own reflection. 069 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA, OPERA Series: L'INNOCENZA ED IL PIACER

VH 7499 Clergyman's Daughter, The
Summary: Based on the story, "The clergyman's Daughter" - part of a video series entitled, "Agatha Cristie's Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 4700 Clockers
Summary: A "clocker" is a 24 hour drug dealer, and Strike is the hardest working one on the streets. But for Strike, time is running out. When the local drug kingpin tips Strike off about an opportunity for advancement, a rival dealer ends up dead, and Strike suddenly finds himself caught between two homicide detectives. Directed by Spike Lee. 129 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2351 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind-The Special Edition
Summary: Director Steven Spielberg has filmed additional scenes and added previously cut material for this unique re-release of his UFO classic that convinced millions that "we are not alone." Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon and Francois Truffaut. 132 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4635 Close to Eden
Summary: Gombo and his family live in the ways of their ancestors. When the wheels of progress enter into their lives they are attached to a truck driven by Sergei right into a lake. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. In Russian with English subtitles. 109 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, EUROPEAN STUDIES, ASIAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 7162 Clueless
Summary: A rich and wildly popular Beverly Hills teenager with a lawyer father, is compelled to live in a world in which fashion and popularity are the only criteria for success. When her popularity and luck sag, however, she must face the fact that she is as "clueless" about life and love as everyone else. 097 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8165 Compensation
Summary: The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900's parallels with another living in the 1990's. It presents a love story between a deaf woman and a hearing man. Set in Chicago, the couple struggles with discrimination, disability and racism. This mostly silent film uses note cards and old photographs to illustrate the period in which the film is cast. African Americans from the south hoping for a better life, soon find that discrimination and segregation in all its forms also exist in Chicago. 098 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: LANGUAGE SKILLS, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7164 Conversation, The
Summary: A provoking mystery-suspense drama exploring the morality of privacy. The story focuses on a surveillance expert, who conducts a routine surveillance job only to later find himself suspicious that he has become an unwitting player in a murder scheme. 113 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7500 Crackler, The
Summary: Based on the story, "The Crackler" - part of the video series, "Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 1407 Crime to Fit the Punishment, A
Summary: Discusses the pro-union motion picture, Salt of the Earth, made by film industry personnel blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Presents interviews with Paul Jarrico, producer of the 1954 film, and with others associated with the film and the labor problem it explored. 045 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 1627 Cross Creek
Summary: Based on a book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawling. Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill, Alfred Woodard & Malcolm McDowell. Directed by Martin Ritt. Authoress of nature book pursues the simple life in the Florida backwoods. 115 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, BIOGRAPHY

VH 2504 Crying Game, The
Summary: Starring Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson as Irish terrorists, Forest Whitaker as their hostage, and Jaye Davidson as Whitaker's exotic girlfriend, the film is a haunting humorous and shocking romantic thriller. Directed by Neil Jordan. 112 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4606 Dakan
Summary: When Sori and Manga tell their parents they are in love, they respond that boys don't do that. The families try to "cure" their sons by separating them. The two sons try to live heterosexual lives. But they inevitably reunite. Director: Mohamed Camara. 087 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7618 Dances With Wolves
Summary: Story of a Civil War hero who travels west where he is assigned to an abandoned fort. His nearest neighbors are members of a Sioux tribe, and they gradually become friends. He marries a woman from the tribe and ultimately must make a decision about the tribe and their life when he realizes what their fate will be at the hands of the white man. Directed by Kevin Costner. 181 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2285 Daughters of the Dust
Summary: Tells the story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North at the dawn of the 20th century. Using this simple tale, the film brings to life the changing values, conflicts and struggles that confront every family as they leave their homeland for the promise of a new and better future. Director: Julie Dash. 113 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5336 Dead Poets Society
Summary: English professor John Keating, who in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest. The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm, changing their lives forever. Directed by Peter Weir. 128 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 0938 Death of a Salesman
Summary: A social drama about an aging traveling salesman who recognizes the emptiness of his life and commits suicide. Dustin Hoffman, Charles Durning, Kate Reid, Stephen Lang, John Malkovich. Director: Volker Schlondorff. 135 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7177 Deer Hunter, The - Part 1
Summary: Tracks a group of steelworkers from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress. 183 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7178 Deer Hunter, The - Part 2
Summary: Tracks a group of steelworkers from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress. 183 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4701 Devil in a Blue Dress
Summary: Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under the table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger happy friend Mouse find the mysterious Daphine Monert trouble follows. Directed by: Carl Franklin. 101 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5500 Diary of Anne Frank, The, Pt. 1
Summary: Dramatization of a young girl's diary describing the lives of eight people who hide in an Amsterdam attic for two years to avoid arrest by the Nazis. Directed by George Stevens. 170 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5501 Diary of Anne Frank, The, Pt. 2
Summary: Dramatization of a young girl's diary describing the lives of eight people who hide in an Amsterdam attic for two years to avoid arrest by the Nazis. Directed by George Stevens. 170 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7201 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Summary: Fictitious character detective drama. 065 Min. VIDEO 1947 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7147 Die Zauberflote= The Magic Flute
Summary: Mozart's opera, based on Masonic motifs, in which the hero Tamino obtains the hand of Pamina after passing three tests in the Temple of Light, and the forces of darkness represented by the Queen of the Night are defeated. 167 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, OPERA

VH 3533 Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Summary: Beginning in 1947 and continuing until 1974, experimental filmmaker Maya Deren traveled to the island nation of Haiti to produce a movie about Haitian Dance. Once there, she became interested in the study of the Voudin religion. Deren became an initiate and made several trips to visit Haiti for study. The Voudin priests and priestesses gave Deren permission to film some of the meetings and ceremonies of their closely-held religion. Director: Maya Deren. 052 Min. VIDEO 1947 Subject: DANCE, CARIBBEAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 1339 Do the Right Thing
Summary: This film combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever. Directed by Spike Lee. 120 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 5366 Dolores Claiborne
Summary: Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life. 132 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7082 Drama Of Ancient Greece, The
Summary: "Traces Greek theater from ancient harvest rites to the golden age of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Key scenes from 'Antigone', 'Oedipus Tyrranus', 'Medea', and 'Lysistrata' show how these works remain relevant by exploring the timeless themes of honor, class, gender, sexuality, and politics..." 057 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 6545 Dust in the Wind
Summary: A love story about a young couple from a village in the southern part of Taiwan. The boy goes to Taipei to work after graduating from junior high to earn money to send home. The girl follows him the next year, and they work hard to earn enough money to marry. When the young man spends three years in the military, the young girl marries someone else. 109 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION

VH 0626 Echo et Narcisse
Summary: In Le Cinesi, three bored young ladies are excited by the appearance of a young man back from visiting the great salons of the world. Echo et Narcisse is the story of the unrequited love of Echo for Narcissus, a youth entranced by his own reflection. 099 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA, OPERA Series: L'INNOCENZA ED IL PIACER

VH 0737 Electric Boogie
Summary: Focuses on four teenagers, two Black and two Puerto Rican, who perform their pulsating, gyrating dance routines on the streets of New York City's South Bronx. Shows the group, which calls itself the Electric Boogie Boys, practicing, playing basketball, relaxing at home, and competing in a local dance contest. Contrasts the youngster's vitality, ambition, and talent with the grimness of their city surroundings. 030 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA, DANCE, SOCIOLOGY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7744 Emitai
Summary: This film depicts the clash between French colonialist and the Diolas, an African tribe, in the closing days of World War II. It also encompasses the history and myths of this Senegalese tribe. In Diola and French with English subtitles. A film by Sembene Ousmane. 096 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0525 Eumenides
Summary: Masked actors of the National Theatre of Great Britain present the masterpiece trilogy of Aeschylus in the classic tradition. 070 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: ORESTEIA TRILOGY, THE

VH 4838 Eve's Bayou
Summary: Summer heats up in rural Louisiana as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they've kept and the betrayals they've endured. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. 108 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5134 Everyman
Summary: A authentic presentation of the classic 15th century morality play. 053 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 4128 Exodus, Part 1
Summary: A chronicle of the rebirth of a people and the establishment of a nation. A resistance fighter leads 600 Jews from the detention camps of Cyprus to the shores of Palestine. Directed by Otto Preminger. 130 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4129 Exodus, Part 2
Summary: A chronicle of the rebirth of a people and the establishment of a nation. A resistance fighter leads 600 Jews from the detention camps of Cyprus to the shores of Palestine. Directed by Otto Preminger. 078 Min. VIDEO 1960 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7686 Exorcist, The
Summary: Motion picture drama about a young girl who becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured. Directed by William Friedkin. 122 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: DRAMA, COMMUNICATION

VH 7796 Exposure
Summary: Motion picture drama about drugs and arms dealing in Rio De Janeiro. Directed by Walter Salles, Jr. 105 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7762 Faraw! Mother of the Dunes
Summary: With three difficult children, and a crippled, mentally unbalanced husband with no steady income, Zamiatou is the poorest woman in an impoverished desert village in Mali. She could have plenty of money to survive if she would sell her daughter as a prostitute to nearby French settlers, but she refuses to do so. Unfortunately, her family situation continues to spiral downward and she is finally forced to seek outside help. A film by Abdoulaye Ascofare. In Songhai with English subtitles. 087 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA, SOCIOLOGY

VH 5019 Fargo
Summary: A car salesman is desperately low on cash, and arranges to have his wife kidnaped in order to collect the ransom money from his rich father in law. A simple plan that quickly dissolves into a blood bath. Directed by Joel Coen. 100 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6319 Film
Summary: A man goes to considerable length to avoid being seen. Beckett's first venture into the film medium is a one-character drama without dialogue which is based on Berkeley's theory Esse est pericipi, that "to be is to be perceived." 021 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7493 Finessing The King
Summary: Originally produced in 1983, video is based on the story in the "Partners In Crime" series by Agatha Christie. 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 1739 Finzan (A Dance for the Heroes)
Summary: The story of two women's rebellion. These two women's desire to control their own lives threatens the traditions of male supremacy in the village. Customs which had bound the community together now serve to drive out these women one into exile, the other possibly to her death. Director: Cheick Sissoku. 107 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4604 Flame
Summary: Flame is the story of two close friends, Florence and Nyasha, whose involvement in the war of liberation leads to very different outcomes. In 1975, while still teenagers they join the Zimbabwean freedom struggle, at its camps in Mozambique. Florence assumes the name Flame, while Nyasha takes Liberty. We watch as they grow into confident women, training as soldiers and learning about their political rights. Director: Ingrid Sinclair. 085 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7167 Flying Tigers
Summary: Historic story of American airmen fighting the Japanese over China in early World War II. 101 Min. VIDEO 1942 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2087 Fools Luck & A God In Colchester
Summary: FOOLS LUCK--"Trust no one." This is the advice Claudius hears from a trusted friend as he assumes the imperial throne, but the advice hardly seems needed. A GOD IN COLCHESTER--While the emperor Claudius is away, leading his army's invasion of Britain, his bored wife Messalina passes the time with a succession of lovers. 120 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: I, CLAUDIUS

VH 6259 Forrest Gump
Summary: Through three turbulent decades, Forrest rides a tide of events that whisks him from a physical disability to football stardom, from Vietnam hero to shrimp tycoon, from White House honors to the arms of his one true love. 142 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1797 Four Hundred Blows, The
Summary: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier & Albert Remy. Directed by Francios Truffaut. Score by Jean Constantin. French boy runs up against the authority & structures of society. 13 year old Antoine is receiving more than his share of hard knocks from selfish, unloving parents and harsh school teachers. Is Antoine a lost cause, or will his indomitable spirit prevail? With sensitivity, humor, and poignancy, Truffaut explores the pain and joy of childhood. In French, subtitled in English. 099 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4620 Get on the Bus
Summary: Spike Lee creates different men to follow throughout the Million Man March. On the way they will make friends, make enemies, and make history. Director: Spike Lee. 121 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 0701 Ghost Dances
Summary: Choreographer Christopher Bruce relates that Ghost Dances was inspired by the widow of the Chilean folksinger and writer, Victor Jara, murdered during a military coup in Chile. The dances are then performed as an evocation of the gaiety and courage of the people of South America. 041 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA, DANCE, LATIN AMERICAN

VH 5342 Ghosts of Mississippi
Summary: This film follows the final trial of the murder of civil rights leader Medger Evers. It carefully recreates the details of this relentless quest for justice. 131 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, U.S. HISTORY, DRAMA

VH 7210 Girlfight
Summary: Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home with her abusive dad, or at high school. She discovers a new outlet for her anger at her brother's boxing gym. 110 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA, SPORTS

VH 4702 Glass Shield, The
Summary: An ambitious rookie cop and his station's only female deputy uncover widespread corruption and conspiracy when they realize that an innocent man has been jailed for a shocking murder. Suddenly, these two outsiders are forced to make an impossible choice: fit into an unjust system by breaking the law they're sworn to uphold...or break the unwritten code of silence that could be their only protection. Directed by: Charles Burnett. 110 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 0001 Grapes of Wrath, The
Summary: Tells the story of the migration of the Joad family to California after their eviction from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Video recording of the 1940 motion picture, which was based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Director: John Ford. 128 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 7182 Great Escape, The - Part 1
Summary: A high-security German P.O.W. camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape. 172 Min. VIDEO 1963 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7183 Great Escape, The - Part 2
Summary: A high-security German P.O.W. camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape. 172 Min. VIDEO 1963 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3812 Green Fields
Summary: A pastoral romance, based on Pertz Hirschbein's legendary tale of a young Hasidic scholar who leaves his studies to search the countryside for common people and a meaningful existence close to the land. He happens upon a family of simple Jewish peasants who take him in as a boarder and tutor for their children. The restorative effect of the open country upon a man who has known only classrooms and city streets is the powerful theme of this Yiddish literary classic. 120 Min. VIDEO 1916 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6334 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Summary: When the daughter of well-to-do liberal parents plans to marry a black doctor, both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance. 108 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 4804 Guimba the Tyrant
Summary: Through the story of the downfall of Guimba, the tyrant, similar fates for the many dictators who still pillage the continent of Africa are foreshadowed. Guimba tyrannizes a once prosperous trading city through arbitrary terror and the misuse of occult powers, a recurrent theme in West African literature. Directed by Ibrahima Toure. 094 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 0993 Hairy Ape, The
Summary: A film version of "O'Neill's play of bestial ship stoker in love with socialite passenger..." -L. Maltin. 090 Min. VIDEO 1944 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5991 Hamlet I: Age of Elizabeth
Summary: Maynard Mack introduces us to the classes and customs of the Elizabethan age. He also discusses the Elizabethan theater and its audience. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE

VH 5993 Hamlet III: Poisoned Kingdom
Summary: Maynard Mack observes that "Hamlet" is really the story of a ruined kingdom, where the poisoning is both literal and figurative, affecting everyone in the play. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE

VH 5994 Hamlet: Readiness Is All
Summary: Hamlet is presented as a story dealing with some of the unique problems of a young man growing up: the discovery of the presence of evil, the problems of separating reality from wishes, and the problems of contamination. 030 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE

VH 7761 Haramuya
Summary: Fousseini, a Muslim, firmly attached to his faith and traditions tries to take care of his family according to the old precepts and the code of honor inherited from his ancestors. A film by Drissa Toure. In Bambara with English subtitles. 085 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, SOCIOLOGY

VH 6310 Harold Pinter with Benedict Nightingale
Summary: Discusses characteristics of the English playwright, torture as subject (with particular reference to his play "One for the Road" which investigates torture in totalitarian regimes), the function and usefulness of drama, beginning a play without knowing its end, and the challenges of writing as a political person without writing propaganda. 048 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA Series: WRITERS TALK, IDEAS OF OUR TIME

VH 1336 Haunted Summer
Summary: Fictional account of the summer of 1816, which Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and their lovers spent in Switzerland, and which was the genesis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Director: Ivan Passer. 106 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4882 He Got Game
Summary: This is a story about a convict given one shot at a second chance to be a father. With promises of a reduced sentence, Jake is granted temporary release from state prison in order to persuade the nation's top college basketball recruit...his estranged son Jesus...to play ball for the Governor's alma mater. Directed by: Spike Lee. 136 Min. VIDEO Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, SPORTS

VH 7795 Heart Of Darkness
Summary: Motion picture drama which takes place in Africa's Congo jungles. Directed by Nicolas Roeg. 105 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1155 Henry IV, Part I, Reel 1
Summary: Against a background of Civil War, Prince Hal, the heir to the throne, appears to waste his youth irresponsibly among the low life of the London taverns, in the company of the self indulgent, treacherous, irresponsible Sir John Falstaff. The boisterous comedy of the tavern scenes and the political tensions between the King and the rebels lead to the Battle of Shrewsbury, at which the Prince redeems himself. 045 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1156 Henry IV, Part I, Reels 2 & 3
Summary: Against a background of Civil War, Prince Hal, the heir to the throne, appears to waste his youth irresponsibly among the low life of the London taverns, in the company of the self indulgent, treacherous, irresponsible Sir John Falstaff. The boisterous comedy of the tavern scenes and the political tensions between the King and the rebels lead to the Battle of Shrewsbury, at which the Prince redeems himself. 110 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 4102 Henry V
Summary: Thrust onto the throne at a young age, Henry struggles to become a decisive leader and win the loyalty of his subjects. After being insulted by an emissary from the French King, Henry asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France. He gathers his army and embarks on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe. Director: Kenneth Branagh. 138 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA, EUROPEAN STUDIES

VH 1153 Henry V, Part 1
Summary: A presentation of Shakespeare's chronicle play, Henry V, in which he at tempted to present a full-length portrait of the ideal king in action, and used his loftiest rhetoric to this purpose. 062 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1154 Henry V, Part 2 & 3
Summary: A presentation of Shakespeare's chronicle play, Henry V, in which he attempted to present a full-length portrait of the ideal king in action, and used his loftiest rhetoric to this purpose. 102 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1149 Henry VI, Part II, Reels 1 & 2
Summary: Henry marries Lady Margaret of Anjou, but she despises him for his meekness and takes Suffolk as a lover. The new Queen, who also hates the Yorks, becomes the inspiration of the Lancastrians. She and her followers are pitted against Richard, Duke of York, and his supporters, who include the Earl of Warwick. 107 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1150 Henry VI, Part II, Reels 3 & 4
Summary: Henry marries Lady Margaret of Anjou, but she despises him for his meekness and takes Suffolk as a lover. The new Queen, who also hates the Yorks, becomes the inspiration of the Lancastrians. She and her followers are pitted against Richard, Duke of York, and his supporters, who include the Earl of Warwick. 110 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1151 Henry VIII, Part 1
Summary: Presents a dramatization of Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII, which spins a web of intrigue and betrayal amid historic pageantry. 052 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1152 Henry VIII, Part 2 & 3
Summary: Presents a dramatization of Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII, which spins a web of intrigue and betrayal amid historic pageantry. 118 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 2275 Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, A
Summary: The compelling family drama about a ghetto mother, stepfather and child. The child is Benjie, a sensitive 13-year-old with a confident wit and bright academic future. The pressures of drugs and crime nearly take that bright future away. Director: Ralph Nelson. 107 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1751 Home of the Brave
Summary: Lloyd Bridges, James Edwards, Douglas Dick, Steve Brodie, Frank Lovejoy & Jeff Corey. Directed by Mark Robson. A paralyzed black GI haunted by racist persecution & the terrors of war is helped by an Army psychiatrist. 086 Min. VIDEO 1949 Subject: COMMUNICATION, PSYCHOLOGY, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2502 Horse Thief
Summary: The tale of Norbu, a horse stealer, who is driven out by his tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Forced to live in harsh isolation with his family, Norbu repents after the death of his son, but he must revert to stealing after the birth of another child. Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang. 088 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4911 House of Games
Summary: Pulitzer prize winner David Mamet wrote and directed this modern film noir work. Dr. Margaret Ford who lives her life through her patients is a successful psychiatrist, until she falls in love with a con man. Directed by: David Mamet. 102 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, COMMUNICATION

VH 7495 House Of Lurking Death, The
Summary: Video is based on the story, "The House Of Lurking Death" - part of a series of stories of Agatha Christie's "Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 4389 I Shot Andy Warhol
Summary: Valerie Solanas, a lesbian writer, loner and prostitute has come to the Big Apple with one goal in mind: to spread the gospel of her radical feminism. Desperate for an audience, she latches onto the fringes of Warhol's glamorous sex and drug laced Factory scene. But as her zeal swerves dangerously out of control, her private madness leads to a bizarre obsession with the artist himself - and a final explosive act of violence. Directed by Mary Harron. 105 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 3705 I, The Worst Of All (Yo, La Peor De Todas)
Summary: Drawn from Nobel Prize Winner Octavio Paz's book, THE TRAPS OF FAITH, I THE WORST OF ALL is a magnificent portrayal of 17th century Mexican poet Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, one of the Spanish language's greatest poets. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana (Assumpta Serna) enters the convent. There she develops an intimate relationship with vicereine (Dominique Sanda), who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to. Director: Maria-Luisa Bemberg. 105 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, WRITERS, LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA, BIOGRAPHY

VH 4484 Image of Reality.../ Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry
Summary: "Image of Reality: The Elements of Drama." Dramatizations of selected scenes from Oedipus Rex, Hamlet and The Glass Menagerie, and an interview with playwright August Wilson. "Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry." Dramatizations of six poems that share the same subject help clarify the difference between subject and theme. Close analysis of poems by John Donne and Donald Hall explore the interrelationship between poetic form and meaning. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA Series: LITERARY VISIONS

VH 6418 Images of the World and the Inscriptions of War
Summary: An experimental film in which a high compression collage of photos taken at Auschwitz by the SS and aerial shots of the camp taken by Allied bombers build inexorably into an unforgettable poem of anxiety. 075 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, HOLOCAUST Series: FILMS OF HARUN FAROCKI

VH 6708 In Depth: Toni Morrison, Part 1
Summary: Author Toni Morrison discusses her writings, life, and the craft of wri ting, and responds to audience telephone calls and electronic mail questions. 117 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 6709 In Depth: Toni Morrison, Part 2
Summary: Author Toni Morrison discusses her writings, life, and the craft of wri ting, and responds to audience telephone calls and electronic mail questions. 064 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 6775 In the Name of Brotherhood
Summary: Fictional story, based on actual events, about pledging, hazing, friendship, betrayal and survival in an exclusive fraternity. Directed by Walter "Big Walt" Anderson. 085 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1289 Inside Life Outside
Summary: Follows a group of homeless people living in a shanty town on New York's Lower East Side. Captures in cinema verite style the drama of human beings struggling for survival and dignity against the harsh odds of the street. 057 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, DRAMA

VH 2043 Iphigenia
Summary: Not only a major play in its own right but forms the basis for understanding the events & people involved in the Trojan War & in the Iliad. 082 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6740 Island of Dr. Moreau, The
Summary: Dr. Moreau is a brilliant geneticist on the brink of superceding evolution. When a U.N. diplomat visits the island laboratory he discovers experiments turning animal life forms into human-like beasts. The beasts revolt, threatening not only the island but ultimately all mankind. 096 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8079 JIT
Summary: Motion picture comedy about a youth called UK, who is determined to win the heart of Sofi, a woman who is closely guarded by her gangster boyfriend. UK's efforts are both aided and hindered by Jukwa, a pesty ancestral spirit. Directed by Michael Raeburn. 093 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7721 Journey of the Lion, The
Summary: A Jamaican Rastafari dreams of his ancestor's land: Africa. On a journey in search of his roots and his identity he travels through three continents and with great humor and sensitivity discovers the world and Africa. A film by Fritz Baumann. 088 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: CARIBBEAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 4622 Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Summary: A spirited Brooklyn teenager coping with life in the projects fiercely wants to go to college and become a doctor. Directed by Leslie Harris. 096 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 5021 Kagemusha
Summary: As Shingen, a powerful warlord, lies dying from his battle wounds, he orders his clan to find a double to replace him, to keep his death secret so that his enemies will not attack. The man chosen for this role is called kagemusha, the shadow warrior. However, this kagemusha turns out to be a petty criminal who must somehow transform himself into a great leader and command the allegiance of 25, 000 samurai warriors. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 160 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4805 Keita: The Heritage of the Griot
Summary: Keita introduces Americans to one of the most important works of African oral literature, The Sundjata Epic. The film frames its dramatization of this legend within the story of a contemporary young African's initiation into the history of his family. In Jula and French with English subtitles. Directed by: Dani Kouyate. 094 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 1089 King John (Part 1)
Summary: Shakespeare changes the character of the king to emphasize weakness an d raising the swaggering Faulconbridge to the status of a hero. 101 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1090 King John (Part 2)
Summary: Shakespeare changes the character of the king to emphasize weakness and raising the swaggering Faulconbridge to the status of a hero. 100 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 4623 L'Atalante
Summary: This is the restored version of the 1934 film by Jean Vigo. This video tells the story of a young woman's stormy initiation into marriage. In French with English subtitles. Directed by Jean Vigo. 087 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 3653 Last Of The Mohicans
Summary: One of the bloodiest wars of all times, the French and Indian War has been called the First World War, for its conflicts and consequences spread over three continents. Archaeologists working at the site of Fort William Henry in upstate New York have uncovered remains of numerous English soldiers, thought to have been killed by French and Indian forces. Though the War took its toll, infectious disease may have been the final vector of death. 028 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, DRAMA, U.S. HISTORY, NATIVE AMERICAN

VH 8419 The Legend Of Sigh
Summary: According to Iranian legend, Ah is a handsome young man who materializes to succor those in need whenever he hears a heartfelt sigh. With the help of Ah, a woman novelist suffering from writer's block experiences the lives of four women from different social strata. Presents a fascinating portrait of a range of Iranian women and their problems. Written and directed by Tahminah Milani. 096 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: DRAMA, MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

VH 7560 Life And Nothing More
Summary: Originally released as a motion picture in 1992 under the title: "Zendegi va digar hich", film investigates the aftermath of the 1990 earthquake which killed 50, 000 people in northern Iran. 091 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7887 Lion of the Desert
Summary: A historical drama detailing the Italian occupation of Tripoli/Libya from 1911 thru 1929 and the heroic yet tragic armed resistance put up by the Bedouins under Omar Mukhtar. Directed by Moustapha Akkad. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981 (filmed in 1979). 206 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7888 Lion of the Desert
Summary: A historical drama detailing the Italian occupation of Tripoli/Libya from 1911 thru 1929 and the heroic yet tragic armed resistance put up by the Bedouins under Omar Mukhtar. Directed by Moustapha Akkad. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981 (filmed in 1979). 206 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5339 Lord of the Flies
Summary: After crashing at sea, a group of American military cadets find themselves marooned on a deserted island. The boys band together, but as the island becomes their own, competition and power struggles split them into two groups. One group preaches civilized ingenuity and togetherness, and the other builds a faction of barbaric hunters. The powerful shift in conscience transforms ordinary kids into primal killers, setting off a devastating battle of good versus evil. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1058 Lorraine Hansberry
Summary: Traces the artistic growth and vision of Black playwright Lorraine Hansberry. She describes her life and work, with excerpts from A Raisin In The Sun, The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window, and Les Blancs. 035 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: WRITERS, DRAMA, BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7351 M
Summary: A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer. 099 Min. VIDEO 1931 Subject: DRAMA, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 0006 Macbeth
Summary: Originally released as a motion picture in 1948 by Republic Pictures. Orson Welles' Mercury production of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth. Director: Orson Welles. 089 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, DRAMA

VH 2759 Malcolm X, Part 1
Summary: Filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington join other top talents to bring to the screen the life and times of Malcolm X. Director: Spike Lee. 100 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 2760 Malcolm X, Part 2
Summary: Filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington join other top talent s to bring to the screen the life and times of Malcolm X. Director: Spike Lee. 101 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 7494 Man In The Mist, The
Summary: Video is based on the story of "The Man In The Mist"- one of a series of stories in Agatha Christie's "Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNER'S IN CRIME

VH 7694 Man On The Eiffel Tower, The
Summary: Motion picture drama in which a french police inspector relentlessly searches for the murderer of a wealthy old woman. Directed by Burgess Meredith. 088 Min. VIDEO 1949 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1745 Mapantsula (Hustler)
Summary: (Zulu, subtitled in English). Thomas Mogotlane. Directed by Oliver Schmitz. Mogotlane plays Panic, a petty township hoodlum whose "looking out for number one" attitude undergoes a gradual change as he finds himself caught up in forces that are too large for him to ignore. 104 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 5129 Marlowe's Faust, part 1
Summary: This is an excerpt from The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus. Faust represents a pivotal change from the medieval outlook of humans at the whim of an unseen hand, to the Renaissance view of humans in control of their own destiny. 025 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 5130 Marlowe's Faust, part 2
Summary: This is an excerpt of A Tragical History of Dr. Faustus. The play's last scene are presented. 025 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 7561 Marriage Of The Blessed, The
Summary: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989, film is the story of a shell-shocked veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, who struggles to find meaning in his life when he returns to his job as a photojournalist. 070 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1219 Martha C. Nussbaum
Summary: Bill Moyers interviews philosopher Martha Nussbaum, who relates how the lessons of the ancient Greeks can be applied to our present day living. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, DRAMA Series: WORLD OF IDEAS WITH BILL MOYERS, A

VH 2074 Medea
Summary: Great classic about a woman driven by emotion beyond the brink of rationality. Cast: Maria Callas, Guiseppi Gentile, Laurent Terzieff Massimo Girotti, Margereth Clementi. 100 Min. VIDEO Subject: DRAMA

VH 1891 Medea: Euripedes
Summary: This is the Kennedy Center production of Euripides' great classic about a woman driven by emotion beyond the brink of rationality. With Zoe Caldwell as Medea and Judith Anderson as the nurse. The English text is by Robison Jeffers. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7764 Mestizo
Summary: The story of Jose Ramon, the son of a white Venezuelan aristocrat and a humble black fisher-woman, who is trying to define his own identity while dealing with social and sexual conflicts, the Venezuelan culture, the law and the impossible relationship he has with both his parents. A film by Mario Handler. In Spanish with English subtitles. 082 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0666 Midsummer Night's Dream, A
Summary: An operatic version of Shakespeare's romantic comedy. 156 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, DRAMA, OPERA

VH 6851 Midway
Summary: The saga of the 1942 naval battle that turned back the advancing Japanese navy. Includes World War II footage. 132 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7570 Mina Tannenbaum
Summary: Motion picture drama of humor and pain of the relationship between two women, Mina and Ethel. Directed by Martine Dugowson. 128 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4513 Miracle at Moreaux
Summary: Three Jewish children fleeing from Nazi-occupied France find refuge in a Catholic school. At first the other children are afraid to shelter the refugees, but the children come to understand and sympathize with the trios' plight and risk their lives to protect them. Together they devise a dangerous plan to help the children reach the border and freedom. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7453 Miracle On 34th Street
Summary: Christmas film drama based on the 1947 motion picture screenplay. 113 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0002 Miracle Worker, The
Summary: Teleplay by William Gibson based on his play of the same title. A dramatization of the story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. 098 Min. VIDEO 1971 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5138 Miss Julie
Summary: A classic tragedy of class and sexual warfare. The neurotic, aristocratic daughter of a count breaks off her engagement to her irresolute fiancé. Despondent and bored, she idly occupies her time with her father's virile valet, Jean, who not only seduces her, but begins to exercise Rasputin like power over her life. 100 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 3853 Modern American Drama: O'Neill, Long Day's Journey
Summary: Abridged version of an O'Neill masterpiece. Discovery is forced upon delusion and truth upon lies to produce a poetic portrait of O'Neill's morphine-addicted mother and her tragic family. 058 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 5465 Molly's Pilgrim
Summary: The story of a young Russian Jewish immigrant girl, who is ostracized for being different until she creates a Thanksgiving doll which resembles a modern-day pilgrim like herself. 024 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: DRAMA Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7663 Murder Is Announced, A
Summary: Motion picture detective film in which Miss Marple investigates the death of a hotel waiter during a party game called "murder". Directed by David Giles. 155 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MISS MARPLE

VH 5741 Music Box
Summary: In this intense courtroom thriller, Chicago attorney Ann Talbot agrees to defend her Hungarian immigrant father Mike Laszlo against accusations of heinous war crimes committed 50 years earlier. Directed by Costa-Gavras. Direct ed by Costa-Gavras. 126 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: DRAMA, HOLOCAUST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 1179 Music in the Midnight Sun
Summary: High drama, zany humor and great music come together in this film about the Toronto Symphony's historic visit to the Canadian Arctic. 029 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2506 My Own Private Idaho
Summary: River Phoenix is Mike, a narcoleptic street hustler haunted by his idyllic memories of childhood and obsessed with finding his estranged mother. Keanu Reeves is Scott, a runaway rich kid who's on a personal "crusade" to find the meaning of life, biding his time until he inherits his father's estate. Together they're lost in a bizarre world of wealthy strangers and stranger than life adventures. Director: Gus Van Sant. 105 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 2346 Myth, History, and Drama
Summary: The remains of ancient theaters are spread across the territory of Greece, haunted by the shadows of Homer, of the myths that fill the epics and the tragedies, of the not-so-distant past of human sacrifice. 026 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 5007 Nashville, Tape 1
Summary: A drama and comedy that interweaves the lives of 24 major characters during five days in the country music capital of the world. Directed by Robert Altman. 159 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5008 Nashville, Tape 2
Summary: A drama and comedy that interweaves the lives of 24 major characters during five days in the country music capital of the world. Directed by Robert Altman. 159 Min. VIDEO 1975 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7765 Natal Da Portela
Summary: The name "Natal Da Portela" is historically attached to the cultural identity of Brazil. Natal Da Portela created the first "scola de samba" in Rio de Janeiro. The schools of samba (scola de samba) are the soul of "Carnival". A film by Paulo Cezar Saraceni. In Portuguese with English subtitles. 095 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA, DANCE

VH 3673 Native Land
Summary: Defiantly outspoken and stunningly visual, Native Land exemplifies a phenomenon unique to the era of the Great Depression: a mobilization of artists in a united fight against the social injustices besieging an economically crippled nation. Directed by Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand. 088 Min. VIDEO 1934 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 1067 Negro Ensemble Company, The
Summary: A documentary exploring the history of the Negro Ensemble Company, through interviews with the co-founders and some of the actors of this premier Black theater company. 055 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7693 Night Train To Munich
Summary: Motion picture spy drama about kidnapping and concentration camp confinement by the Nazis of a scientist's daughter during WWII, in an attempt to get the father and his secrets. The daughter escapes and contacts her father. Directed by Carol Reed. 095 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7240 Norma Rae
Summary: Story of how a southern textile worker helps a northern union organizer successfully unionize the last major non-union textile factory in the south. Directed by Martin Ritt. 114 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7691 Number Seventeen
Summary: Motion picture drama in which a female jewel thief reforms and aids to prevent a gang from escaping to France. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 063 Min. VIDEO 1931 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7446 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Summary: Motion picture about three escaped chain gang prisoners and the people they meet on their way to recover buried items from a bank robbery. Directed by Joel Coen. 103 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0528 Oedipus At Colonus (Part 1)
Summary: A modern version of the three great plays of Sophocles that tell the entire story of Oedipus and his family. 120 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0529 Oedipus At Colonus (Part 2)
Summary: A modern version of the three great plays of Sophocles that tell the entire story of Oedipus and his family. 120 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0643 Oedipus Rex / The Flood
Summary: In response to an invitation to create a special work for television, Stravinsky teamed with George Balanchine in 1960 to develop this dance/drama based on the story of Noah. Dramatic staging and stellar vocal performances highlight this production of Stravinsky's 1927 opera/oratorio. First part 60 min., second part 30 min. 090 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: DRAMA, OPERA

VH 2359 Oedipus Rex: Man & God III
Summary: Oedipus, subscribing to the worldly liberal thought infusing Greek civilizations, is beaten bay the gods. The play asserts that man, no matter how great his ability, is subordinate to God. 030 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 0526 Oedipus the King
Summary: A modern version of the three great plays of Sophocles that tell the entire story of Oedipus and his family. 120 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2088 Old King Log
Summary: OLD KING LOG--Claudius is persuaded to re-marry, for his children need a mother. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: I, CLAUDIUS

VH 1979 Oliver Twist, Part 1
Summary: Two videocassettes VH 1979 & 1980. Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Frank Middlemass & Gillian Martell. Directed by Gareth Davies. A ragged orphan escapes a life of workhouse servitude only to be taken in by Fagin, leader of a gang of pickpockets who are led by the Artful Dodger. Oliver also meets a host of Dicken's best-known characters along the way. 166 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I, DRAMA

VH 1980 Oliver Twist, Part 2
Summary: See VH 1979 "Oliver Twist, Part 1". 166 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: LITERATURE-I, DRAMA

VH 0014 On Golden Pond
Summary: One summer in the life of a crotchety, retired university professor and his family; dealing with the conflict among three generations. Director: Mark Rydell. 109 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5003 On the Waterfront
Summary: A film about a dockside worker and ex-prizefighter who heroically goes up against his corrupt labor leaders to expose the union's criminal practices. Directed by Elia Kazan. 108 Min. VIDEO 1954 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3605 Osaka Elegy
Summary: Motion picture in which the theme of the story is society's treatment of women. A young telephone operator consents to become her boss' mistress in order to support her family. The film drama looks at discrimination against women in Japan during the 1930's. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. 071 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1977 Our Town, 1980
Summary: This classic film is based upon one of the most important American plays of the 20th Century. In it, a small town examines itself through flashbacks & recollections to reveal a touching glimpse of the American way of life. Director: George Schaefer. 090 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0003 Outsiders, The
Summary: On the streets of Tulsa in 1966, teenagers come two ways. If you're from the right side of the tracks, you are a "Soc". You've got everything; money, cars, girls, and a future, But if you're an outsider, a "greaser", you've got nothing but your friends, and a dream that someday, somehow, you'll finally belong. Director: Francis Coppola. 091 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7722 Oxcart, The
Summary: Selected scenes from the first act of La Carreta, a three-act play by Rene Marques, especially adapted for television, concerning a Puerto Rican family's decision to move from the San Juan ghetto to Spanish Harlem in New York. The drama is followed by a short documentary-style sequence entitled Impresiones, which presents the social problems the Puerto Ricans face in New York City. 029 Min. VIDEO 1972 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2505 Parting Glances
Summary: Michael is editing an S&M science fiction novel he can't stand, his friend and former lover Nick is dying of AIDS and his current lover Robert is about to leave for two years in Africa. And there begins a surprisingly funny, wonderfully acted love story set in the gay scene of Manhattan. Director: Bill Sherwood. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 7681 Passage To Marseille
Summary: Motion picture drama about ex-convicts who fight for France during WWII. Directed by Michael Curtiz. 109 Min. VIDEO 1944 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7159 Passion Of Joan Of Arc, The
Summary: Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution, based on actual court records. This film is notable for its extensive use of close-ups, extreme close-ups, expressionistic camera angles, and historically accurate sets and costumes. 082 Min. VIDEO 1928 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4422 Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)
Summary: Pather Panchali is the story of a rural family cursed with bad luck. Father Hari is a dreamer and poet, while his wife struggles to feed the family. But Durga, a free-spirited and pretty thief, brings tragedy to the family in a moment's carelessness. Bengali with English subtitles. Directed by: Satyajit Ray. 113 Min. VIDEO 1955 Subject: DRAMA Series: APU TRILOGY

VH 7180 Pearl Harbor, Part 1
Summary: Two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, grow up wanting to fly airplanes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his new love, Evelyn, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has been declared missing. December 7, 1941 arrives and changes all of their lives forever. 183 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7181 Pearl Harbor, Part 2
Summary: Two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, grow up wanting to fly airplanes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his new love, Evelyn, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has been declared missing. December 7, 1941 arrives and changes all of their lives forever. 183 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7567 Performance Of Macbeth, A
Summary: Originally produced as a television program in 1978 by Thames Television Ltd., video is a television production of William Shakespeare's tragedy of a Scots nobleman driven to regicide by an ambitious wife and his own lust for power. 146 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 2625 Performing Shakespeare
Summary: Through a series of concrete, specific demonstrations, actors are taught to personalize, embody and extend their approach to acting Shakespeare's plays. This video tape presents a detailed process which enables actors to merge visceral, physical, vocal and imaginative work with the demands of heightened text. 120 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 1417 Perfumed Nightmare
Summary: A semi-autobiographical fable about a Filipino named Kidlat Tahimik and his awakening to, and reaction against American cultural colonialism. 092 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 0505 Phedre
Summary: Film version of Racine's classic play based on the ancient Greek tragic legend of passion and remorse. 095 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7768 Placido: Blood of the Poet, The
Summary: Portrays the dramatic and controversial life of Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (Placido), a mulatto Cuban poet, who was accused of conspiracy and martyred by the Spanish Colonial Government for his leading role in the rise of African-Hispanic society in 19th century's Cuba. A film by Sergio Giral. In Spanish with English subtitles. 092 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: DRAMA, WRITERS, CARIBBEAN STUDIES

VH 2500 Player, The
Summary: When callous movie studio executive Griffin Mill starts receiving anonymous death threats from a rejected screenwriter, his already shaky career begins to crumble. Finally, his desperation drives him to kill, but did he rub out the wrong writer? Director: Robert Altman. 124 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 2084 Poison Is Queen & Some Justice
Summary: POISON IS QUEEN; As the emperor Augustus grows more senile, the brooding Tiberius bides his time until he can ascend the throne. SOME JUSTICE; But the victory of Tiberius and Livia is far from sweet. Too many people suspect conspiracy. 120 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: I, CLAUDIUS

VH 7685 Poppies Are Also Flowers
Summary: Motion picture drama about tracking the leaders of the drug world by infesting a crop of poppies with radioactive material. Directed by Terance Young. 085 Min. VIDEO 1966 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY, DRAMA

VH 0004 Pride and Prejudice
Summary: Videocassette release of the 1940 motion picture by Lowe's Inc. Renewed in 1967 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An opinionated young lady of the early 19th century wins herself a rich husband she had at first despised for his pride. 118 Min. VIDEO 1940 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2085 Queen Of Heaven & Reign Of Terror
Summary: QUEEN OF HEAVEN--The Emperor Tiberius revels in a life of eroticism, egged on by Agrippina's cunning son Caligula. REIGN OF TERROR--As Tiberius grows old and frail, he slowly begins killing off all the people who could succeed him. 120 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: I, CLAUDIUS

VH 2282 Rainbow, The
Summary: Defying the moral constraints of Victorian England and her parents, Ursula engages in unbridled promiscuity first with a beautiful, fascinating school teacher, then with a young soldier, before setting out on her own to capture the fuller sensuality of life itself. Director: Ken Russell. 104 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0348 Raise The Red Lantern
Summary: Set in 1920's China, 19 year-old Songlian (Gong Li) has become Fourth Wife to the wealthy Chen. Yet she must share her husband with his three existing wives. Each wife has her own house on the estate, and each must wait until dusk for the arrival of a red lantern. Where the lantern is carried signifies which wife the master will sleep with that night. The lantern brings with it privileges none of the wives will sacrifice without a fight. Directed by Zhang Yimou. 125 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, COMMUNICATION

VH 2360 Recovery of Oedipus, The IV
Summary: We see man as standing somewhere between God and beast, always searching for his rightful place. Real knowledge of life through the painful search for truth is revealed in this final film of the series. 030 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: DRAMA

VH 1087 Richard II (Part 1)
Summary: The story of a rebellion against the corrupt Richard II. 041 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1088 Richard II (Part 2)
Summary: The story of a rebellion against the corrupt Richard II. 108 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1095 Richard III (Part 1)
Summary: The action centers around the character of Richard of Gloucester, a self proclaimed villain who usurps the crown. Through family machinations, political marriages and military coups, this play portrays the tumultuous reign of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne. 119 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 1096 Richard III (Part 2)
Summary: The action centers around the character of Richard of Gloucester, a self proclaimed villain who usurps the crown. Through family machinations, political marriages and military coups, this play portrays the tumultuous reign of King Edward IV and the ascension of Richard to the throne. 119 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA Series: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

VH 2310 Role of Theatre in Ancient Greece
Summary: This program looks at the theaters of Herodus Atticus, Epidauros, Corinth (where Arion is said to have taught the dithyramb) and many others to explain the design of the ancient theatre; the synthesis of art forms that was ancient Greek drama; the origins of tragedy; the audience in classical times; the comparative roles of writer/director and actors; the use of the surrounding landscape in many plays. 026 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 4101 Romeo and Juliet
Summary: The classic love story of the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But, the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach. Director: Kenneth Branagh. 120 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 2981 Roots, Episode 1
Summary: First episode of an adaptation of Alex Haley's ROOTS, in which he trace s his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors, Kunta Kinte, was captured and sold into slavery. The series follows the struggle for freedom which began with the young man's abduction and was continued by his descendants. 099 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2982 Roots, Episode 2
Summary: In this second episode, Kunta Kinte survives the voyage of a slaveship and is sold at an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of his training, becomes his only friend. The friendship is tested when Kunta plans an escape to be with a woman he loves. 094 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2983 Roots, Episode 3
Summary: In this third episode, during the time of the American Revolutionary War, Kunta Kinte escapes slavery again, and is crippled by slave catchers. He marries, and sacrifices his freedom to care for his wife and their newborn daughter, Kizzy. 095 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2984 Roots, Episode 4
Summary: In this fourth episode, Kunta Kinte's daughter Kizzy is sold at age 16 to a new "Master" and bears his son, who grows up to become the fun-loving Chick en George. Kizzy, who has a strong resolve to keep her heritage alive, returns to her birthplace and learns of her parents' fates. 094 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2985 Roots, Episode 5
Summary: In the fifth episode, Chicken George is sent to England as payment for his owner's gambling debt. Fourteen years later, he returns home a free man, a status that has profound effect on the family begun by Kunta Kinte. The Civil War erupts, as the era of slavery draws to an end. 095 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2986 Roots, Episode 6
Summary: In the sixth episode, the Civil War is over, but night riders terrorize ex-slaves. By marking his clients' horseshoes, Tom, Chicken George's second child, identifies the riders but endangers his own life. Chicken George, who fought for the Union, rejoins his family, bringing news of freedom. He leads them to a new home in Tennessee and recites the story of his ancestor, Kunta Kinte. Alex Haley appears on screen to narrate the epilogue of this remarkable saga. 092 Min. VIDEO 1977 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2942 Roots: The Next Generation, Episode 1
Summary: Episode one picks up where ROOTS ends. It's 1882, 12 years after Kunta Kinte's progeny came to Henning, TN. Although free, the family isn't treated equally: Jim Crow laws are on the rise. Tom Harvey, now the familial head, has opened a school and is pressed by ex-Confederate Col. Warner to close it when Warner's son falls in love with the schoolmarm. But Tom knows education can help break the chains of second class citizenship. 098 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2943 Roots: The Next Generation, Episode 2
Summary: "I is a free man!" thunders Tom in Episode Two. Yet threats to freedom abound. An unfair literacy test impedes Tom's right to vote...and hard-luck Lee is murdered as an "example" to others. The courtship of Tom's daughter Cynthia and Will Palmer is a tender counterpoint to the violence. Their first child Bertha George will become the mother of Alex Haley. 095 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2944 Roots: The Next Generation, Episode 3
Summary: Episode Three begins in 1914. As Henning grows, so does the lumber company run by Will. He sends daughter Bertha to Lane College, where she meets her future husband, a poor sharecropper's son named Simon Haley. Simon works on a Pullman to earn college money, learning the ropes from long time porter Dad Jones. When America enters the war to end all wars, Simon enlists. 099 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2945 Roots: The Next Generation, Episode 4
Summary: Episode Four unfolds against a backdrop of institutionalized military bias that shackles America's World War I black troops. Simon fights in France with the 92nd Infantry, Colored. He returns to marry Bertha: their first child is Alexander Murray Palmer Haley. 099 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2946 Roots: The Next Generation, Episode 5
Summary: The influences that shaped young Alex Haley come into focus in Episode 5. Grandfather Will shows him the section of California Redwood charting the family history. Now a professor, Simon emphasized education. And when cousin Georgia and others recount stories of Africa, Alex listens intently. But it is also a time of loss: Bertha dies at a young age. 096 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2947 Roots: The Next Generation, Episode 6
Summary: In episode 6, restless Alex leaves college and enrolls in the Coast Guard. During World War II service in the Pacific, he discovers his gift for writing and decides to make journalism his livelihood. His single-minded career pursuit costs him his marriage to Nan. 099 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2948 Roots: The Next Generation, Episode 7
Summary: Alex wins the trust of the controversial leader Malcolm X and later collaborates with him on THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X. Malcolm predicts he will not live to see the book published. Alex is a premier journalist who draws top assignment including a tension packed interview with American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell. 100 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 1978 Rose For Emily, A
Summary: Dramatization of Faulkner's story about an indomitable Southern woman obsessed with the past. Angelica Huston; Narrated by John Houseman. Director: Lyndon Chubbuck. 027 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8403 The Runner
Summary: Iranian orphan Amiroo lives in an abandoned ship, earning a meagre living through casual jobs such as shoe cleaning. But mainly, Amiroo is in a hurry. He runs. He races. And he tries to out distance his illiteracy by ceaselessly learning all kinds of things. As he follows lessons at an evening school, he attains victory and self-respect in a race with his peers. 088 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA, MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

VH 1744 Saaraba (Utopia)
Summary: Saaraba is a Wolof word for a mythical place free of the misery and contradictions of daily existence, equivalent to the Western idea of Utopia or El Dorado. Presents an unsparing indictment of a corrupt older generation (in Senegal) chasing material wealth, power and the lifestyle of the former French colonialists. Director: Amadon Seck. 086 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 0945 Salt of the Earth
Summary: A social drama which depicts the attempt of a New Mexican mining company to break a union strike of underprivileged Mexican and American workers who endeavor to prevent their wives from participation on an equal basis in the strike. Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacon, Will Geer. Director: Herbert Biberman. 094 Min. VIDEO 1954 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 2146 Salute to the Cowboy, A
Summary: This program presents Michael Martin Murphy's Old West Show in a lively tribute to the myth and music of the American buckaroo. Michael and his guests perform traditional and contemporary songs in this all-live and on-stage celebration of the music that won the West, in a foot-stomping, two-stepping country jamboree. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA Series: AMERICAN COWBOY COLLECTION, THE

VH 7168 Sands Of Iwo Jima
Summary: Stryker (John Wayne), a hard-nosed Marine sergeant prepares a company of recruits for combat in WW II's Pacific Theater. This preparation is put to the test in a full-scale battle against the Japanese on Iwo Jima. 109 Min. VIDEO 1949 Subject: DRAMA Series: JOHN WAYNE COLLECTION

VH 7683 Scarface
Summary: Motion picture drama of the life and death of a Chicago gangster during the prohibition in the 1920's. Directed by Howard Hawks. 093 Min. VIDEO 1932 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6264 Scarface, Pt. 1
Summary: Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, "Scarface" follows the violent career of a small time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire. 093 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 6265 Scarface, Pt. 2
Summary: Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, "Scarface" follows the violent career of a small time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire. 093 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, CRIMINOLOGY

VH 7161 Scent Of Green Papaya, The
Summary: Set in the 1950's and 1960's Saigon, a young country girl joins a family as their servant and develops an enduring but secret attachment to a friend of the eldest son. 104 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 8418 The Sealed Soil
Summary: Film tells the story of a young woman in pre-revolution Iran caught between the traditional values of her small village and her own yearnings for independence and individuality. Written and directed by Marva Nabili. 090 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

VH 2278 Sense and Sensibility
Summary: Jane Austen's first novel is the story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th century England. One represents Sense, the other Sensibility. Through their relationships with men and each other, they realize that neither Sense nor Sensibility alone is enough, but that one must strive for a balance of the two. 174 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2279 Sense and Sensibility
Summary: See VH 2278. 174 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2926 Shakespeare And His Theatre: The Gentle Shakespeare
Summary: This program opens with the background from which Shakespeare emerged: the Stratford of his day, the school in which he studied, the opportunities he had to observe theatre, from the Coventry Mystery cycle in his youth to traveling actors' troupes. It proceeds to the London where he got work as an actor and became a dramatist. The program examines the breadth of his work and its enormous popularity in his day, and a great many of the words he made up. 028 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: WRITERS, THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 2431 Shakespeare: The Man and His Times
Summary: Presents the cultural, political, and literary background of Elizabethan England, woven together with period paintings, prints, woodcuts, narrative, quotations from Shakespeare's plays, historians' comments, music, and primary source material to form a picturesque tapestry. 047 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: SHAKESPEARE, THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 1690 She's Gotta Have It
Summary: Tracy Camila Johns, Spike Lee, Tommy Redmond Hicks & John Canada Terrell. Director: Spike Lee. An independent-minded young black woman (Johns) has three men after her, but is in no hurry to choose between them. 084 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 7770 Sia, The Dream of the Python
Summary: Epic drama about Kombi, a poverty-stricken city dominated by a tyrant king. In order to bring back prosperity, the king is advised by his priests to make the traditional human sacrifice of a young virgin. Sia, the most beautiful woman of the village has been designated. Struggles and revelations follow as the characters confront issues of honor, corruption and power. A film by Dani Kouyate. In Gumatj with English subtitles. 096 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8417 The Silence
Summary: Follows the life of Khorshid, a blind 10-year-old boy, who experiences the world through sound and lives with his mother in a small village in Tajikistan where he earns money tuning musical instruments. Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. 075 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 5185 Smoke
Summary: A group of people's lives intertwine when a New York Cigar store manager, Auggie, befriends them. Among them is a writer, who can't write, a reluctant father, hiding from his past, a streetwise teen, with an unusual identity crisis, and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend, who returns with surprising news. 112 Min. VIDEO Subject: DRAMA

VH 7449 Snatch
Summary: Motion picture drama of a diamond heist that goes awry. 103 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2308 Sophocles: Oedipus the King
Summary: This film helps to explain Tragedy as a form and to acquaint audiences with what is probably its foremost example, "Oedipus the King." Photographed in the ancient Greek theatre of Amphiaraion, using tragic masks, this production emphasizes the modernity and the eternity of the play, as well as its lasting emotional impact. 045 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA Series: HISTORY OF DRAMA

VH 6739 Soylent Green
Summary: The setting is New York City, the year is 2022 and the city is teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by the government. Police officer Thorn finds the truth about the synthetic greenish, wafer like food substitute called soylent. 097 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA Series: CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS

VH 2345 Staging Classical Comedy
Summary: This program uses Plautus "Miles Gloriosus" to test the stage ability of a classical comedy as authentically as possible, combining a full-scale reconstruction of the lost stage, the ancient text, and a still-vital comic style. 025 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2309 Staging Classical Tragedy
Summary: Using the theatre at Epidauros as example, it was built a century after the heyday of Greek classical theatre but is well preserved, the program identifies the physical parts of the acting space and, with specific reference to "The Oresteia, " shows how the plays would have been staged in Aeschylus' time. 030 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 6493 Steam
Summary: Francesco, a successful designer from Rome, arrives in Istanbul to dispose of an inheritance left him by and aunt he never knew. Once there he discovers that the property is a harem, a traditional Turkish steam bath. Mehmet, the beautiful son of the harem's custodian, ushers Francesco into the sultry world of the baths. Enlightened and unbound, Francesco decides to remain in Istanbul and restore the harem. 096 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 0306 Stella Dallas
Summary: An uncouth, lower-class woman must learn to let go of the daughter she loves so that the girl may have a better life. Director: King Vidor. 106 Min. VIDEO 1937 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2701 Ta Dona
Summary: The story of the quest for secret knowledge by a young Bambara man. Here the hero, Sidy, is a modern agricultural expert in the Ministry of Rivers and Forests. While working in a peasant village, he is also searching for the seventh canari, a forgotten, secret Bambara herbal remedy used in childbirth. Faced with a scorching drought and a corrupt government, Sidy manages to save the village and rediscover the seventh canari. 102 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4807 Taafe Fanga: Skirt Power
Summary: Director Adama Drabo brings us a gender-bending farce set among the 18th Century Dogon to make some serious points about the status of women in Africa today. This comic tale of a revolution in which women's and men's roles were reversed was inspired by the role women played in Mali's 1991 revolution. 095 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 0521 Le Tartuffe ( Moliere )
Summary: Tartuffe, Moliere's master of unctuous evil, insinuates himself into a wealthy Parisian household in this indictment of religious hypocrisy. 119 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3265 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Summary: This program is the only film study of Tennessee Williams' life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. The program also includes footage of Williams interviewed as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him. 090 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: WRITERS, DRAMA

VH 3923 Theater, The: One of the Humanities
Summary: Clifton Fadiman discusses the components of the theatre: the play, narration, acting and dramatic conventions as demonstrated in the performance of scenes from "Life with Father and Henry". 030 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 3852 Theatre of the Absurd: Six Characters in Search of an Author
Summary: An abridged presentation in English of Pirandello's play in which six characters seek to exchange their fixed, frozen form in art for the uncertainty of life. 096 Min. VIDEO 1976 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE

VH 2347 Theatrical Devices in Classical Theatre
Summary: The physical requirements of New Comedy: painted panes, a raised stage , and, for the actor who now had to project themselves in new ways, expressive m asks, high-soled shoes, padded shoulders. 026 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE, THEATRE

VH 2503 This is Spinal Tap
Summary: Master comedy directory Rob Reiner ("The Princess Bride, " "When Harry Met Sally...") takes you on the infamous U.S. tour of Britain's loudest heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, in this hilarious behind-the-scenes mock rockumentary. 093 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 5919 Three Sisters, The
Summary: Selected scenes from the play illustrate Chekovian themes of middle class boredom, longing and listlessness. 050 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: THEATRE, DRAMA

VH 7635 Three Sovereigns For Sarah (Part 1)
Summary: Motion picture drama about reviewing the aftermath of the Salem Witch Trials by Sarah Cloyce, who was called before a special commission set up by the Queen of England in 1692. It is resolved by officials that all charged are innocent, and that all "witches" be released. Directed by Philip Leacock. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7636 Three Sovereigns For Sarah (Part 2)
Summary: Motion picture drama about reviewing the aftermath of the Salem Witch Trials by Sarah Cloyce, who was called before a special commission set up by the Queen of England in 1692. It is resolved by officials that all charged are innocent, and that all "witches" be released. Directed by Philip Leacock. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6544 Time to Live and the Time to Die, The
Summary: The film depicts a family transplanted from mainland China to Taiwan in the early 1950s. The father dies of illness and the elder sister marries. A-ha, the protagonist, struggles to deal with adolescence. 137 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: DRAMA, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 5337 Titanic, Part 1
Summary: The story of two young lovers is set against the background of the first great disaster of the 20th century, the sinking of the Titanic. 194 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5338 Titanic, Part 2
Summary: The story of two young lovers is set against the background of the first great disaster of the 20th century, the sinking of the Titanic. 194 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7571 To Live
Summary: Motion picture drama set in 1940's China, where a drunken young man gambles away his family's fortune, home and all possessions. Directed by Zhang Yimou. 133 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, DRAMA

VH 2284 To Sleep With Anger
Summary: At first a comic, introspective look at a black middle-class family going about their business in the heart of Los Angeles. Sly charmer Danny Glover shows up and enthralls the entire family with his slightly sinister storytelling and a gnawing doom gradually permeates the household. Insightful look into the conflicting values of Black America. Director: Charles Burnett. 102 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3962 Toni Morrison
Summary: This program introduces Toni Morrison, Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. Readings fro "Beloved" and "Jazz" show how she returns to the pain of slavery and segregation to restore wholeness to the black psyche. 029 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: WRITERS, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4515 Toni Morrison
Summary: Toni Morrison discusses slavery and its legacy and the difficulties of writing about the painful subjects that occur on her novel "Beloved". 052 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: WRITERS, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 4811 Toni Morrison
Summary: A leading figure in the movement for a new multicultural American literary canon, Toni Morrison says that American literature is incoherent without African American writers. 025 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, WRITERS, DRAMA Series: IN BLACK AND WHITE

VH 2082 Touch of Murder, A & Family Affairs
Summary: A TOUCH OF MURDER--The Emperor Augustus rules the Roman empire but is ruled himself by his scheming second wife Livia. FAMILY AFFAIRS--For nine years Livia seethes, waiting for the chance to get even. 120 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: I, CLAUDIUS

VH 2700 Touki Bouki
Summary: Touki Bouki with its jump cuts, its casual mixing of fantasy and reality, its subversive blend of humor and pathos has an exuberance reminiscent of the French New Wave at its best. The film reveals an Africa confronting a seemingly inevitable modernity, where Western materialism is sweeping aside all traditional ties and values. Directed by Djibril Diop Mambety. 086 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 7442 Trick
Summary: Motion picture comedy about two frustrated guys trying to find a place for a simple one night stand. Directed by Jim Fall. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 5335 Tuskeegee Airmen, The
Summary: A celebration of the "Fighting 99th" - the first squadron of African American combat pilots in World War II, who battled prejudice in training at Tuskeegee, Alabama, the Axis in North Africa and Europe, bigoted officers assigned to oversee them, and a U.S. congressman out to prove they were unfit to serve. 106 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 2435 Unarmed Stage Combat I: Learning the Basics
Summary: Includes instruction in pushes, pulls, knaps, slaps, punches, and falls, plus tips for teachers and sections on staging and rehearsing fights. 045 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: UNARMED STAGE COMBAT

VH 2436 Unarmed Stage Combat II: Perfecting the Fundamentals
Summary: Builds on the training begun in tape one, and spotlights valuable lessons on acting and performing fights. 050 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: UNARMED STAGE COMBAT

VH 2437 Unarmed Stage Combat III: Mastering The Technique
Summary: Covers advanced combinations and the tricks of the trade you need to create and maintain exciting stage fights. 052 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: DRAMA, THEATRE Series: UNARMED STAGE COMBAT

VH 7496 Unbreakable Alibi, The
Summary: Video is based on the story, "The Unbreakable Alibi" - part of the video series entitled "Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime". 051 Min. VIDEO 1983 Subject: DRAMA Series: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S PARTNERS IN CRIME

VH 5769 Understanding Literature and Life, Part 1a, Lectures 1 - 5
Summary: 1. Why Literature? Civilization and Its Discontents, 2. "Oedipus the King" and the Nature of Greek Tragedy, 3. Fate and Free Will: Reading the Signs in "Oedipus, 4. Self-Making vs. Self-Discovery in "Oedipus", 5. The Interpretive Afterlife of "Oedipus". 155 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5770 Understanding Literature and Life, Part 1a, Lectures 6 - 10
Summary: 6. Shakespeare's "Othello": Tragedy of Marriage and State, 7. Poison in the Ear, or the Dismantling of Othello, 8. Rethinking "Othello": Race, Gender, and Subjectivity, 9. French Theater and Moliere's Comedy of Vices, 10. "Tartuffe" and Varieties of Posture. 155 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA, SHAKESPEARE Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5771 Understanding Literature and Life, Part 1b, Lectures 11 - 15
Summary: 11. Religious Hypocrisy: Beyond Comedy, 12. George Buchner: Physician, Revolutionary, Playwright, 13. Woyzeck and the Proletarian Murderer: "Unaccommodated Man", 14 "Woyzeck" and Visionary Theater, 15. Strindberg's "Father": Patriarchy in Trouble. 155 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 5772 Understanding Literature and Life, Part 1b, Lectures 16 - 20
Summary: 16. Marriage: Theatrical Agon or Darwinian Struggle?, 17. "The Father": From Theater of Power to Power of Theater, 18. Beckett's "Godot": Chaplinesque or Post-Nuclear?, 19. Beckett and the Comedy of Undoing, 20. Godot Absent; Didi and Gogo Present. 155 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: DRAMA Series: GREAT COURSES ON TAPE

VH 3036 Verdict, The
Summary: Paul Newman gives one of the finest performances of his career as a down and out alcoholic lawyer who gets one last chance to redeem himself when he takes on a controversial case. Directed by: Sidney Lumet. 129 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: DRAMA

VH 7718 Video Toolbox, The
Summary: Instructional video describes how someone can create, direct, and produce a drama video recording. 120 Min. VIDEO Subject: DRAMA, ED ADULT

VH 1743 La Vie Est Belle (Life is Rosy)
Summary: Tells the "rags to riches" story of a poor rural musician who realizes that to succeed in today's music world he must go to the city and break into radio and television. In Kinshasa he uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful wife, trick his greedy boss and succeed in singing his "theme song" on national television. Director: Lamy Bernard & N. Mweze. 085 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA, MUSICAL Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 4289 Visas that Saved Lives, The
Summary: At 5: 15, one summer morning in 1940, Chiune Sugihara, Japan's consul general in Lithuania, awoke to the sound of over 200 persons filling the crowded street outside the consulate. The consul immediately hid his wife and children, fearing the worst. It did not take him long to realize that those outside were Jews hoping to get visas that would take them out of the country to freedom. While American consuls throughout the neutral world were instructed not to grant such visas, the Japanese consul took it upon himself to do just that, working day and night issuing as estimated 1600 visas. 115 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: DRAMA, HOLOCAUST

VH 2283 Voices of Sarafina
Summary: Director Nigel Nobel interweaves intimate interviews