Arts
Art of the Western World. 1989, 4 Video set, 513 Minutes, English.
An introduction to and study of artistic masterpieces from
the Western world. Interpretation and commentary by art historians emphasize
the significance of each work and its relationship to art movements,
art theory, and the social environment. Video release of 9 programs
from the television series by WNET/New York in association with TV stations
in Britain, Austria,
and Spain. Contents include:
[Vol.1] 1)The classical ideal; 2)A white garment of churches, Romanesque
and Gothic; [Vol.2] 3)The early Renaissance; 4)The high Renaissance;
5)Realms of light, the Baroque; [Vol.3] 6)An age of reason, an age of
passion; 7)A fresh view, Impressionism and post-Impressionism; [Vol.4]
8)Into the 20th century; 9)In our own time.
CALL NUMBER: N5300 .A77 (v.1-4)
Baroque Art and Music. 1986, 38 Minutes; Educational Audio Visual.
Following an on-camera introduction by Rova Megnot, introduces
the student to the art and music of the baroque period, 1600-1750. Traces
the advent of the baroque era through the paintings of Caravaggio and
Carracci and through the music of Frescobaldi and Monteverdi. Includes
paintings by Rubens, sculpture by Bernini, and music of Corelli which
represent the international style of the high baroque. Also describes
baroque in northern Europe. Includes program notes and 5 worksheets.
CALL NUMBER: ML3849 .B37 (Music Library)
Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg,
The. 1992, 18 Video set, 540 Minutes, English.
After a brief history of the founding of St. Petersburg
and a biographical sketch of Peter the Great, the viewer is taken on
a tour of the galleries of the Hermitage Museum housing masterpieces
from ancient China, Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the Middle Ages and
the Renaissance to the 20th Century. Contents include: 1)Russia in
the Age of Peter the Great; 2)Highlights of the Masterpieces; 3)The Vast
Sculpture Collection; 4)Art from Mesopotamia to Ancient China; 5)The
Art of Ancient Egypt; 6)The Classical World of Greece and Rome; 7)Art
of the Middle Ages; 8)Art of the Early Italian Renaissance; 9)Da Vinci,
Raphael, and the High Italian Renaissance; 10)Velasquez, El Greco, Gova,
and the Spanish Masters; 11)Modernism: Matisse, Picasso, and more 20th
Century Painters; 12)Art in the Netherlands: 15th and 16th Centuries;
13)French Classical Style of the 17th and 18th Centuries; 14)Rembrandt
and the 17th Century Dutch Masters; 15)Rubens, Van Dyck, and the 17th
Century Flemish Painters; 16)Decorative Arts of Italy, France, and England;
17)The Museum's Majestic Architecture; 18)The Road to Impressionism: 19th
Century France.
CALL NUMBER: N3350 .G67 (v.1-18)
Medieval Art and Music. 1986, 35 Minutes; Educational Audio
Visual.
Following an on-camera introduction by Rova Megnot, shows
how the art, architecture, and music of the medieval period were governed
by the church and beginnings of illumination and Romanesque architecture. Part
two focuses on the Gothic period and includes the rise of Gothic architecture,
the beginnings of secularism in art, and the development of polyphony
in music. Includes program notes and worksheets.
CALL NUMBER: ML3849 .M42 (Music Library)
Metropolitan Museum of Art Lecture Series,
The (Rosamond Bernier). 6 Video Set, English.
This collection of lectures brings Bernier's astounding
learning and her unique insights to video. Whether discussing modern
masters or royal patrons, her lectures offer a fascinating glimpse into
the wonder of art. Contents include: 1) Taste at the Top: François
I/Charles I; 2) The French Impressionists: The Cast of Characters; 3)
The French Impressionists: Modern Art and Modern Manners; 4) The French
Impressionists: Paris by Day and by Night; 5) The French Impressionists: An
Accessible Paradise; 6) The Modern Masters: The Matisse I Knew/The Matisse
Nobody Knew.
CALL NUMBER: N5245 .B4; ND548 .B4
Paris, une capitale des arts. 1995, 42 minutes, in French.
Examines Paris as the undisputed center of the 19th-century
European art world. Includes most of the famous architects, artists,
musicians, and writers who inhabited the City of Light at the height
of its cultural glory from 1830-1900.
CALL NUMBER: NX549.P2 P37 1998
Power of the Past, The. 1990, 88 Minutes, English; With Bill
Moyers.
Guided by experts, art historians, and Florentine citizens,
Bill Moyers tours Florence's rich Renaissance legacy, exploring the roots
of the common artistic, architectural, and human heritage of modern Western
civilization.
CALL NUMBER: DG734.23 .P6
Renaissance Art and Music. 1986, 55 Minutes; Educational Audio
Visual.
Following an on-camera introduction by Rova Megnot, provides
a general introduction to Renaissance art and music and describes the
early Renaissance in Florence, Italy. Also
deals with the Renaissance in Rome, Venice, and other parts of Europe. Includes
program notes and worksheets.
CALL NUMBER: ML3849 .R46 (Music Library)
Romantic France: Paris and
the Loire Valley. 1990,
42 Minutes, English, Color; Travelview International.
Discover museums, palaces, and ancient cathedrals. Cruise
the Seine past historic landmarks--Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, and Arc
de Triomphe. Includes Paris (City of Lights) and Loire Valley (Château
Country). Discover the spirit and style of France!
CALL NUMBER: DC16 .R6
Romanticism in Art and Music. 1986, 38 Minutes; Educational
Audio Visual.
Following an on-camera introduction by Rova Megnot, introduces
the main elements of romanticism as reflected in works of art and music
of that period. Shows the influence of literature on art. Contains
excerpts from romantic musical works. Includes program notes and worksheets. Includes
program notes and worksheets.
CALL NUMBER: ML3849 .R65 (Music Library)
Twentieth-Century Artistic Revolutions. 1986, 32 Minutes; Educational
Audio Visual.
Following an introduction by Rova Megnot, examines the artistic
revolution of the early twentieth century, including artists such as
Stravinsky, Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Satie, Kandinsky, Klee, and Webern.
CALL NUMBER: N6490 .T83
Tour of the Louvre, A. 1983, 105 Minutes, English; The Grand
Museum Series.
A tour which reviews more than 100 paintints from Enguerrand
Quarton to Gova.
CALL NUMBER: N2030 .T68
Music
Brel, sa dernière tournée. 1966, 60 minutes, color.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2662 .R437 B43 1966
Discovering the Music of the Middle Ages. 1987, 20 Minutes.
Examines the religious and secular music of the Middle Ages,
describes the musical instruments of the period, and surveys the social
milieu.
CALL NUMBER: ML172 .D573 (Music Library)
Georges Delerue. 60 minutes.
Georges Delerue's music shaped many of the films of the
French New Wave from Resnais's "Hiroshima mon amour" to Truffaut's "Jules
and Jim". Explores the intersection of French, British and Hollywood
film culture through Delerue's collaborations with Truffaut, Oliver Stone
and Ken Russell.
CALL NUMBER: ML2075 .G4 1995
Piaf, Edith: La Vie en Rose. 1987, English; Films for the Humanities,
Inc.
Here is a portrait of the Little Sparrow--in her songs,
her words, in the reminiscences of her friends--that will make you smile
or sigh or sing along with the truly inimitable, the once and forever
Edith Piaf.
CALL NUMBER: ML420.P52 P5
Photography
Eclairage. 1993, 57 minutes.
Photographers series: Klein, Doisneau, Moon, Boubat.
CALL NUMBER: TR 654 .P46
Henri Cartier-Bresson. 37 minutes.
Documentary about photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, including
footage of him in his Paris and Provence homes and many stills of his
works. He talks about his passion for drawing, offers his opinion on
different types of photography and shares photos himself.
CALL NUMBER: TR140 .C3 h4 1998
Painting
Gustave Caillebotte or the Adventures of the Gaze. 60 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: ND 553.C243 6873 1994
Cezanne: The Man and the Mountain. 1985, 60 Minutes, English;
Portrait of an Artist series.
Focuses on the central theme of Cezanne's painting: his
fascination with nature and his love-hate relationship with his birthplace,
Aix-en-Provence, most specifically the nearby mountain, Sainte Victoire,
which he painted repeatedly throughout his life. Recognizes Cezanne
as the "father of modern painting."
CALL NUMBER: ND553.C33 C4
Da Vinci, Leonardo: The Visionary Intellect. 1992, 26 Minutes,
English.
Provides a brief overview of Leonardo's life and of his
work, from his early paintings in Florence to studies for flying machines
and other memorable drawings and paintings.
CALL NUMBER: ND623.L5 L42
Delacroix, Eugène: The Restless Eye. 1980, 65 Minutes, English;
Portrait of an Artist series.
Uses Delacroix's journal and paintings to tell the story
of his life and work.
CALL NUMBER: ND553.D33 R4
Duchamp, Marcel: A Game of Chess. 1987, 56 Minutes, Interview
in French dubbed in English, Black and white and color; Portrait of an
Artist series.
An interview at the Pasadena Art Museum, filmed in 1963
in black and white but partially reshot to highlight Duchamp's use of
color.
CALL NUMBER: ND553.D774 G3
Gericault, Theodore: Men and Wild Horses. 1982, 65 Minutes,
English; Portrait of an artist series.
Sets the work of Theodore Gericault, a French painter, against
the background of his time. Events of the early 19th century are presented "newsreel" style,
including archival footage from silent movies of the period (1791-1824).
CALL NUMBER: ND553.G45 T53
Life of Leonardo Da Vinci, The. 1990, 3 Video Set, 270 Minutes,
English; Written and Directed by Renato Castellani.
CALL NUMBER: ND623.L5 L53
Manet, Edouard: Painter of Modern Life. 1983, 27 Minutes, English,
Color.
Discusses the works of the French impressionist painter
Edouard Manet.
CALL NUMBER: ND553.M3 E36
Memories of Monet. 29 Minutes, English.
This American Film Festival Blue Ribbon Winner blends superb
views of Monet's gardens at Giverny with his paintings. Narration from
Claire Bloom is drawn from the memoirs of American Impressionist Lilla
Cabot Perry who was a student and friend of the French Impressionist
master.
CALL NUMBER: ND553 .M7 M4 1984
Mondrian. 1992, 30 Minutes, English; European Video Library.
A study of de Stijl painter Piet Mondrian and his landscapes
of the mind.
CALL NUMBER: ND653.M76 M66
Morisot, Berthe: The Forgotten Impressionist. 1989, 32 Minutes,
English, Color with black and white sequences.
Discusses the art of the French Impressionist painter, Berthe
Morisot, in conjunction with an exhibit of her works held at the National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
CALL NUMBER: ND553.M88 B47
New Ways of Seeing Picasso, Braque, and the Cubist Revolution. 1989,
58 Minutes, English.
Documents the extraordinary exhibition mounted by the Museum
of Modern Art and presents a rare and provocative view of Cubism and
the inspired collaboration of Picasso and Braques.
CALL NUMBER: ND1265 .N4
Temps de voir. 75 minutes.
Commentary on twelve modern French paintings by contemporary
French artists.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO ND547 .T4 1991
Shock of Futurism, The. 1992, 23 Minutes; The European Video
Library Art Series.
Documentary examines the least known and most extreme of
all the 20th century Avant-Gardes, the Futurists, who developed many
concepts and artistic principles.
CALL NUMBER: N6494.F8 S36
Literature
Aimé Césaire: une voix pour l’hisoire – a voice for history.
3 videocassettes (54, 56, 50 minutes), French with English subtitles,
color with black and white sequences.
Part 1. The vigilant island, L’île veilleuse. Part 2. Where
the edges of conquest meet, Au rendez-vous de la conquête. Part 3. The
strength to face tomorrow, La force de regarder demain.
CALL NUMBER: PQ3949 .C44 Z52 1994
Beauvoir, Simone de. 1989, 105 Minutes, French with English
subtitles.
A documentary portrait of Simone de Beauvoir's life. She
speaks candidly about her relationship with Jean Paul Sartre. Video
release of a 1978 production.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2603.E362 Z56
Beauvoir, Simone de: La Femme Rompue. 1993, 90 Minutes, Color,
French; Films for the Humanities.
A tour de force about today's woman seeking independence
while locked in the hunger of her yearning. This program shows what
happens to the woman abandoned when the man breaks up the affair.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2603.E362 .F4
Duras, Marguerite. 1985, 80 Minutes, French, no subtitles; Society
for French American Cultural Services and Educational Aid.
From the program Apostrophes, Bernard Pivot interviews one
of France's most important literary figures: Marguerite Duras, winner
of the 1984 Goncourt Prize for her novel: l'Amant.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2607.U8245.A13
Eighteenth Century French Novel, The. 1990, 35 Minutes, English;
University of Leeds.
CALL NUMBER: PQ631 .E4
Frantz Fanon. 1995, 50 minutes. English
CALL NUMBER: CT 2628 .F35 F726 1995
Marcel Proust. 1992, 60 minutes, color with b&w sequences,
dialogue in English and French with English subtitles.
Documentary about the life and work of Marcel Proust with
emphasis on his struggle to realize the 3,000 page masterpiece "Remembrance
of the past" (A la recherche du temps perdu). Includes archival
film footage.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2631 .R63 Z75 1993
Maupassant, Guy de. 1984, 35 Minutes, English, Color. University
of Leeds.
Contains brief biographical details and an analysis of Maupassant's
work.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2353 .A13
Montaigne dans son labyrinthe. 1988, 29 minutes, French, no
subtitles
Written by well-known nouveau romancier Michel Butor
to illustrate his essays on Montaigne's Essais. An extremely
well-produced film on the relation between Montaigne's work and the arts
and events of his century. Filmed in and around the country retreat
from which Montaigne reevaluated his world.
CALL NUMBER: PQ 1645 .M67
Molière. 1995, 2 Video Set (1h55 and 2h08), French, no subtitles.
A film by Ariane Mnouchkine.
CALL NUMBER: PQ1852 .A135
Molière. 1977, 2 Video Set, 280 Minutes, color, French, no subtitles.
A film by Ariane Mnouchkine. Directed by C. Lelouch.
Story of Moliere, born in 1622 France, son of a carpenter,
gentle mother who died early. Great actor, writer. From infancy to
his death...
CALL NUMBER: PQ1852 .A135
Paris in the Time of Zola. 26 minutes, color, English
Zola, the greatest of the French naturalist writers, gave
us detailed and convincing portraits of Paris and Parisian life in his
time. This program uses rare period film footage of Paris during Zola's
years to provide the documentary backdrop for his work -- the time when
Haussmann imposed his reorganization on the city to create the Paris
that we know today.
CALL NUMBER: DC733 .P37 1993
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Retreat to Romanticism. 25 minutes, English,
color
The life, personality, and thought of the 18th-century political
philosopher and essayist are examined in this outstanding program. Emphasis
is on Rousseau's critique of the inequities and shallowness of French
society, and the new values system he developed which promoted individual
rights and a return to nature. Rousseau's masterwork, The Social Contract,
defined this philosophy and served as a major influence on French Revolutionary
thought. Other aspects of Rousseau's philosophical development include
his early association with Diderot and the Encyclopedits, and later friendship
with David Hume.
CALL NUMBER: B2136 .J43 1997
Sartre par Lui Même. 1976, 190 minutes, color, in French with
English subtitles.
Very rarely do we have the opportunity to have an intimate
encounter with one of the most influential writers of our century. Sartre
By Himself provides an in-depth look at the existentialist philosopher
and author of Being and Nothingness, Nausea, and numerous works
of criticism, philosophy, and fiction. Interviewed by Alexandre Astruc,
author of the celebrated essay on camera-style and Michel Contat, Sartre
speaks eloquently about his life and writings, his efforts on behalf
of the French Resistance, his public opposition to the Algerian and Vietnam
Wars, and his views on feminism. The film offers a conversational feast
for anyone with an interest in 20th century philosophy, the intellectual
ferment of post-war Paris or the vibrant personalities of Sartre and
his long-time companion Simone de Beauvoir.
CALL NUMBER: PQ 2637 .A82 A212 pt. 1-2
Leopold Sedar Senghor. 1996, 50 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: PQ 3989 .S47 Z7
Victor Hugo. 30 minutes, color with b&w sequences.
This documentary film traces the life and writing career
of the French writer and crusader for social justice Victor Hugo (1802-1885).
CALL NUMBER: PQ2293 .V5 2000
Voltaire. 1983, 45 minutes, English, Black and white with color;
University of Leeds.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2099 .A13
Voltaire: Candide. 1993, in French, no subtitles, 2 hrs, 15
minutes, color.
A wonderful introduction to the brilliant mind and sharp
tongue of voltaire, this program offers the principal adventures of the
young man raised to believe that this is the best of all possible worlds.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2082 .C3 E35
Voltaire and Jefferson. The Sage of Ferney and the Man from
Monticello. 2001, 23 minutes, color.
This program explores the fascinating story of Thomas Jefferson’s
admiration for Voltraire and how the French philosopher, steadfast advocate
of political and religious freedom, influenced not only Jefferson but
many of the other founding fathers. Striking parallels are observed between
life at Voltaire’s rural retreat at Ferney near Geneva and Jefferson’s
estate at Monticello. This visually stunning video combines beautiful
on-site footage and other images with authentic music of the period to
accentuate the dialogue of ideas between these two great minds.
CALL NUMBER: E 332 .V65
Yourcenar, Marguerite (Apostrophe). 1985, 80 Minutes, French,
no subtitles, Color.
From the series Apostrophe. Bernard Pivot interviews the
late Marguerite Yourcenar who, six days later, became the first woman
to be elected to the Académie Française.
CALL NUMBER: PQ2649 .O8 A6
Civilization and
History
Anglaise et le duc, L’ (Lady and the Duke). 2001, 129 minutes,
French with optional English subtitles, DVD. Based on “Ma vie sous la
revolution” (Journal of my life during the French Revolution) by Grace
Elliott. A film by Eric Rohmer.
Beautiful aristocrat Grace Elliott enjoys her comfortable
upper-middle class life and warm friendship with her former lover the
Duke of Orleans, until the turbulent French Revolution of the 1790s frighteningly
begins. Their friendship unravels as Grace risks her life taking in a
fugitive against the Duke’s wishes. Soon, Grace urges the Duke not to
make horrifying decision. But ultimately she’s unable to prevent several
bloody fates—including the possibility of her own.
CALL NUMBER: DC146.E57 A3 2002
Belle Epoque 1890-1914, La. 60 minutes.
La Belle Epoque evokes “the beautiful era” 1890-1914,
a time in which the wealthy upper classes of the western world gave themselves
over to a life of elegance and pleasure, their eyes closed to the increasing
social and political turmoil which fermented beneath the surface of society.
CALL NUMBER: CB425 .B44 1983
Civilisation. 1993, 7 Video Set, 13/50 Minute Programs, English.
Discusses the history of Western culture from the end of
the Greco-Roman world to the present day. Covers the great works of
sculpture, painting, architecture, philosophy, poetry, literature, and
music from each century covered.
CALL NUMBER: CB68 .C54
Danton.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .D3 1982
De Gaulle. 1990, 26 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: DC 420 .D44
French Intellectuals in the 20th Century 1993, 52 minutes each,
English, Color.
Part 1: Great Expectations: The birth of the intellectual:
Zola and Proust; the Great War; pacifism and surrealism; the Bolshevik
Revolution, the new religion of Communism, André Malraux; the growing
signals of terror from Moscow, which go unheeded.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO DC 33.7 .F84 1993 Pt. 1
Part 2: Days of Contempt: The rise of Fascism, which at
first seemed like a local outgrowth of the October Revolution; the Nazi
occupation of France and French collaboration; the Spanish Civil War;
resistance to Fascism.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO DC 33.7 .F84 1993 Pt. 2
Part 3: Lost Illusions: The French Communist Party and
anti-Stalinism; the Algerian War; Jean Genet, Franz Fanon, Sartre, and
the cause of the Third World Revolution.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO DC 33.7 .F84 1993 Pt. 3
Part 4: The Demise of the Prophets: Intellectuals and the
new models like Communist Cuba; birth of the Maoist intellectual with
Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir distributing Maoist tracts in the streets;
the latest revolutions: Iran and Cambodia, whose excesses lead the intellectual
to a new cause-human rights; the death of Sartre-and the death of Chinese
support for communism, as seen at Tiananmen Square.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO DC 33.7 .84 1993 Pt. 4
Henry VIII (The Six Wives of). 1990, 6 video set, 90 Minutes
each, English.
The episodes are intended to portray the courtly and private
lives of Henry and his wives, and are designed to present the papeantry,
intrigue, and humor of the period. Contents include: 1)Catherine of
Aragon 1485-1536; 2)Anne Boleyn 1507-1536; 3)Jane Seymour 1509-1537;
4)Anne de Clèves 1515-1557; 5)Catherine Howard d.1542; 6)Catherine Parr
1512-1548.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .S59 (v.1-6)
Marie-Antoinette: Les Jupons de la Révolution. 1989,
90 Minutes, French, no subtitles, color. A film by Caroline Huppert.
With Emmanuelle Beart.
A chronicle of the life of Marie-Antoinette from her adolescence
to her death. She becomes French by marriage, and is acquainted with
the luxuries of life in the court. All the while, the revolution grows
and the people are hungry. Thus begins the "prise de conscience" de
Marie-Antoinette, and she faces her destiny calmly and boldly.
CALL NUMBER: DC137.1 .M37
Monsieur Vincent. 1947, 112 minutes, B & W, French with new English
subtitles.
The highly acclaimed MONSIEUR VINCENT presents a most compelling
portrait of the remarkable 17th century priest who devoted
himself to the poor, sick and abandoned in a France devastated by Wars
of Religion and the Thirty Years War. Son of a poor farmer, Vincent went
to school, graduated in theology and became a priest. Captured by Turkish
pirates and sold into slavery he later escaped to France with his master
whom he had converted! His most extraordinary life took him from the
prison galley ships into the plague ridden villages, to the princely
homes of the aristocrats whom he convinced to finance and participate
in his charitable endeavors which included the establishment of local
missions and the nations first hospitals.
CALL NUMBER: BX 4700.V6 M66 1997
Napoleon Bonaparte. 1988, 12 minutes, English, color.
This program presents the life of Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
who combined military genius and an almost equally great ability for
organization and administration in his roles as empire builder, champion
of the people and their revolution, and codifier of French law. Through
brilliance, determination, and political machination, Napoléon I saved
the French Revolution from itself and then became the victim of his own
success.
CALL NUMBER: Video. DC 203 .N2 1988
Napoléon: soldier, emperor, lover, statesman. 2000 (PBS), 2 videos,
240 minutes, English.
For nearly two decades he strode the world stage like a
colossus – loved and despised, venerated and feared. From his birth on
the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the godforsaken island
of St Helena, “Napoleon” brings this extraordinary figure to life.
CALL NUMBER: DC203 .N27 2000
Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog). 1981, 32 Minutes, French
with English Subtitles, by Alain Resnais.
A devastating record of man’s inhumanity to man, Night
and Fog is the definitive film on Nazi concentration camps. Resnais
weaves contemporary images of the abandoned camp of Auschwitz, now
overgrown with green grass and silence, with newsreel footage of the
atrocities that occurred there. Short film contrasts black and white
footage shot inside Hitler's death camps with comtemporary color scenes
of the same camps. Documentary.
CALL NUMBER: D805.G3 N84
Over there 1914-1918. See Films.
CALL NUMBER: D.522.23 O93 1996
Paris in the Time of Zola. 26 minutes, color, English
Zola, the greatest of the French naturalist writers, gave
us detailed and convincing portraits of Paris and Parisian life in his
time. This program uses rare period film footage of Paris during Zola's
years to provide the documentary backdrop for his work -- the time when
Haussmann imposed his reorganization on the city to create the Paris
that we know today.
CALL NUMBER: DC733 .P37 1993
Paris, une capitale des arts. French, 1995, 3 videocassettes,
42 minutes.
Paris, 1830; 1860; 1900. Examines Paris as the undisputed
center of the 19th-century European art world. Includes most of the famous
architects, artists, musicians, and writers who inhabited the City of
Light at the height of its cultural glory from 1830-1900.
CALL NUMBER: NX549.P2 P37 1998
Révolution Française, La. French, no subtitles, 1994. 6 videocassettes,
52 minutes each.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO DC 161 .H57 1994 v.2
Sun King, The. 1984, 60 Minutes, English, Color; FACSEA.
This magnificent documentary, filmed on location in France,
paints a most detailed portrait of Louis XIV and a glorious, lavish,
and often reckless universe which covered the longest reign in the history
of France.
CALL NUMBER: DC125 .S7
Women in the Middle Ages. 1991, 22 Minutes, English; Written
by Jacqueline Murray, Directed by Gail Singer.
CALL NUMBER: HQ1143 .W66
Women of Hull-House, The. 1992, 25 Minutes, English.
Tells the story of Hull-House through vivid historical photographs,
underlining the remarkable contributions of Jane Addams and the other
Hull-House women to the history of social welfare, education, progressive
reforming, women's rights, sociology, labor relations, international
peace, and many other areas of American life.
CALL NUMBER: HV4196.C4 W6
World of the Goddess, The. 1993, 103 Minutes, English; Produced
by Richard Sydel.
Marija Gimbutas discusses culture, religious beliefs, symbolism,
and mythology of Old Europe pertaining to goddesses of life, death, and
regeneration. Following her lecture are questions from the audience.
CALL NUMBER: BL473.5 .W67
Year in Provence, A. 1989. 360mns, English
Adapted from Peter Mayle's international best seller, the
video recounts the first year of Mayle's stay in rustic Provence. Peter
and his wife Annie explore the charm of the region and meet a group of
unconventional characters who complicate their lives with intrigue and
misdaventures. Four cassette deluxe boxed set.
CALL NUMBER: DC 611 .P961 M38 Parts 1-4
FRANCE
A Propos de Nice.
Bretagne Aujourd'hui, La. 1986, 28 Minutes, no subtitles; Project
for International Communication Studies.
A fascinating view of Brittany today, in six vignettes. Parts
are perfect for first year use, others for second year or civilization
courses.
CALL NUMBER: DC611.B848 B73
France (Central): Dances of the World Vol.5. 1989, 50 Minutes,
English, Color; Folk Dance Videos International, Performed by La Sabote
Sancerroise, Les Enfants du Morvan, Group Folklorique de la Savotte.
CALL NUMBER: GV1649 .F73
French High Speed Train. 1990, 10 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: TF1371 .F5 1990
Paris (1900). 1950, 76 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO DC 715 .P37
Plafond de Verre, Le. 2004, 52 Minutes, Documentary.
Benguigui's Le Plafond de Verre (Glass Ceiling) presents a series of very emotional first-hand accounts of discrimination against mostly black and North African Arab who are trying to find jobs. The documentary offers poignant and revealing accounts of discrimination faced by these full-fledged French citizens who are also children of immigrant parents.
Région Rhône-Alpes, La. 1989, 23 Minutes, French, no subtitles;
Project for International Communication Studies.
A documentary providing social, economic, and cultural information
about the Rhône-Alpes region in France.
CALL NUMBER: DC611.R48 R44
Versailles. 1989, 56 Minutes, English, Color; Treasures of France
series.
Presents a tour of the city, park, and châteaux of Versailles.
CALL NUMBER: DC801.V56 V47
Village se met a Table, Un. 1983, 25 minutes.
A day in the life of a small Norman town, with its fascinating
mixture of the traditional and the modern. A voice-over announces the
time before each sequence, making this an ideal aural review of temporal
expressions. From the doyenne du village to the local children,
we watch the entire community eating its way through the day. Gorgeous
images. Short sequences are ideal for classroom use at any level.
CALL NUMBER: DC 611 .N851 V54
Vive la mariée! 1991, 25 Minutes; University of Iowa (PICS).
For better or for worse...this video investigates the return
of the tradition of marriage among the young in France. Why and how
do they choose to wed in the 90s? This special report portrays three
couples as the approach "le plus beau jour de leur vie."
AFRICA
Afrique Francophone (Francophonie d'Afrique). 1992, 52 Minutes,
French, Color.
After a geographic and historic presentation of the African
francophone countries, this program is divided in thematic sections,
each being introduced by a local television commercial and a song by
a popular singer. These sections treat major issues of concern in Africa
today, including the daily life of African children, health care, the
fight against AIDS, as well as literacy programs.
CALL NUMBER: DT524 .F73
Afrique dominée, Afrique libérée. 1985, 30 Minutes, French;
Project for International Communication Studies.
This film not only traces the history of colonialism in
Africa, it asks pertinent questions about the slow process of decolonialization:
who decides? who benefits? does this spell freedom for native populations?
or does it mean a new brand of dependence? Few programs are as successful
as this one in asking these questions--and thus exhorting your students
to do a new kind of thinking and suggest their own answers.
CALL NUMBER: DT31 .A37
Afrique, Je Te Plumerai. 88 minutes.
This film provides a masterly overview of one hundred years
of cultural imperialism in Africa. Director Jean-Marie Teno uses Cameroon,
the only African country colonized by three European powers, for a case
study of the devastation of traditional African societies by imposed
colonial cultures. This film is essential viewing for anyone who wants
to understand the cultural and intellectual conflicts of present-day
Africa.
CALL NUMBER: Video DT572.A37 1992
Aime Cesaire: Une Voix Pour L'Histoire. 3 videocassettes (54,
56, 50 minutes).
In Part III, La force de regarder demain (The strength
to Face Tomorrow) Césaire responds to the disappointments of the
post-colonial world and expresses his hopes for the future. In the
1960s his plays, La tragedie du roi Christophe (about the Haitian
revolution) and Une saison au Congo (about the assassination
of Patrice Lumumba), were among the first to warn of the dangers of
neo-colonialism. French anthropologist Edgar Morin, biographer Roger
Toumson, Brazilian author Jorge Armado, Antillean novelist Maryse Condé and
American writer Maya Angelou testify to Césaire's central role as a "founding
ancestor" for the current flowering of African Diaspora literature.
CALL NUMBER: Video PQ3949.C44 Z52 1994 pt. 1-3
Algérie: Paroles de Femmes. 1992, 30 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO OVERSIZE HQ 1791.5 .P37 1992
NOTE: COMES WITH A TRANSCRIPT
Bamako. 2007, 117 minutes. Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard.
Les Beurettes. 1993, 20 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO OVERSIZE DC 34.5 .N67 B48 1993
NOTE: COMES WITH A TRANSCRIPT
Camp de Thiaroye. 152min/color 1988
Camp de Thiaroye - African novelist and filmmaker Ousmane
Sembene retraces the breakdown of colonial rule in his historical drama, "Camp
de Thiaroye." Set near
the end of World War II, the film eulogizes a group of African veterans
returning to Senegal who are martyred when they rebel, as they inevitably
must, against the
injustices of the supremacist system.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997.C356 1988
Cinema in Senegal. 1978, color, 27 mins.
Senegalese film director Ousmane Sembene discusses filmmaking
in Senegal, and by extension filmmaking in sub-Saharan Africa with associates.
Excerpts are shown from his film “Ceddo” and from “Et La Neige N’était
Plus” by Ababacar Samb-Makharam, and “ReouhTakh” by Mahama Johnson Traore.
The conversation is in French with voice over translation. The topics
discussed with some passion on this program concern art in a post-colonial
society, censorship and self-censorship, how Senegalese films track the
underlying concerns of society (including the conflict between Christianity
and Islam and both with old indigenous religions), and the role of educated
Senegalese who return to a country in which they can no longer relate
so comfortably to older traditions.
CALL NUMBER: DN1993.5 .S38 C56
Dakar-Bamako. 1991, 58 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: DT 547.27 .D35
Femmes aux Yeux Ouverts. (Women's Studies). 52 minutes.
We meet a woman active in the movement against female genital
mutilation. She explains why in Africa it is easier to oppose this practice
as a health issue than as a women's rights issues. We also join a health
worker demonstrating condom use in a marketplace and explaining how diseases
are sexually transmitted. Women are the traditional market traders in
Africa. Successful businesswomen describe how they have set up an association
to share expertise and provide mutual assistance.
CALL NUMBER: HQ 1810 .F45 1994
Frantz Fanon. 1995, 50 minutes. English
CALL NUMBER: CT 2628 .F35 F726 1995
Hyenas. 1992, 113 minutes, English
An old woman, Linguère Ramatou, returns to Colobane, the
decaying village where she was born, now that she has become the richest
woman in the world. She seeks revenge against Dramaan Drameh, the lover
of her youth who betrayed her, forcing her out of the village and into
a life of prositution. She offers the villagers a trillion dollars if
they will execute Dramaan. At first outraged, they easily become addicted
to the pleasures of the consumer society. In the end, they literally
consume Dramaan, leaving behind only his tattered clothes, like hyenas.
CALL NUMBER: PT 2607 .U493 BY 1993
Keita!: The Heritage of the Griot. 94 minutes. English.
Keïta introduces Americans, young and old, 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.
When a djéliba, a master griot or bard, arrives mysteriously at the home
of Mabo Keïta to teach him "the meaning of his name," boy and
griot are inevitably brought into conflict with his Westernized mother
and schoolteacher, who have rejected African tradition. The griot reveals
to Mabo the story of his distant ancestor, Sundjata Keïta, the 13th Century
founder of the great Malian trading empire. It describes the events leading
up to Sundjata's birth as the son of the ugly, hunchbacked second wife
of a Mandé king. Sundjata is crippled at birth by his father's first
wife who fears a prophecy that he will displace her son as king. The
film tells the story of how, from these unpromising beginnings, Sundjata
first walks and gradually acquires the strength, wisdom and occult powers
he will need to fulfill his destiny as one of the great leaders of African
legend.
CALL NUMBER: Video DT533.K45 K44 1994
Maryse Condé dévoile son Coeur. 50 minutes.
Expressions ethniques de la mosaïque des Amériques. Maryse
Condé Speaks from the Heart: the master novelist from Guadeloupe who
has written 14 new collections of essays and taught literature at Columbia
University, gave this interview June, 2002, in New York childhood, her
passions for honesty, her compassion for women, her love of family and
her respect for the craft, her experiences with racism in France and
the US, and the controversy her books have caused. She ends with a reading
from her latest work, Le Coeur à rire et à pleurer.
Night of Truth. 2004, 100 minutes.
Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandes. After ten years of war and much bloodshed, Theo, leader of the Bonandes, invites the Nayak president to come and make peace. However things don't go as smoothly as planned.
Nuit du doute, La. 25 Minutes; University of Iowa, French, no
subtitles.
This timely film offers an inside view of a North African
French family and its cross-cultural concerns. We come to know the Beur daughter,
Monica, and her French boyfriend Franck, and witness the conflict over
their shared French identity and the Algerian identity Monica shares
with her family. As the story unfolds we see the conflict in both concrete
terms, such as whether to speak French or Arabic at home, and more abstract
terms of mutual respect vs. hypocrisy in their interpersonal relationship.
CALL NUMBER: DT295 .N8
Petite Vendeuse de Soleil, La. 44 minutes, in Wolof with English
subtitles, color.
Parable uses the struggles of a young cripped girl in Dakar
trying to earn her living in the market place selling newspaper to mirror
Africa’s role in the international marketplace.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .P48 1999
Pièces d’Identités. 93 minutes, color and black and white.
A Congolese king searches for his daughter in Brussels where
for a time he loses his royal fetishes, his identity, but finds a friend,
a local cabdriver with a secret identity. With his help and a chain of
coincidence (it must be destined), Mani Kongo is reunited with his daughter
and his regalia and returns to Africa with a circle of friends.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .P54 1998
Leopold Sedar Senghor. 1996, 50 minutes.
CALL NUMBER: PQ 3989 .S47 Z7
Vie est Belle, La. 87 minutes, French with English subtitles,
color
La Vie est Belle takes us inside the vibrant music
scene of Kinshasha, Zaire’s exhilarating and exasperating capitol of
four million. Its back alleys and nightclubs pulsate to the beat of some
of the most influential musicians in the world, and the directors have
brought it directly to the screen with their defiantly feel-good epic
of charm and persistence.
The film stars Papa Wemba, one of the legendary figures
of world music and employs together such Zairian archetypes as the charming
trickster, the impotent husband, the neglected wife, the ingénue and
the diviner in a rags-to-riches story of a poor rural musician who finally
gets his big break on television. This lively farce illustrates Zairians’ faith
in Systeme-D or debrouillardise – the art of hustling to
survive. In kinshasha, our hero uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful
wife, trick his greedy boss and finally sing his theme song, LA VIE EST
BELLE, on national television. The infectious spirit and affirmation
of life in the face of seemingly overwhelming obstacles capture one of
the most delightful aspects of contemporary African life.
CALL NUMBER: 1987
Vie sur Terre, La (Life on Earth). 61 minutes, French and Bambara
with English subtitles.
“…a film about the significance of the start of the 21st century
for people still struggling to enter the 20th. [Abderrahmane
Sissako’s] solution was to improvise a ‘fictionnal documentary’ out of
a daily life in Sokolo, his father’s village in Mali near the southeastern
corner of Mauritania. He then overlaid these vignettes with readings
from Aimé Césaire… Behind all of this, he weaves the melancholy tones
[“Folon”] of the great Malian tenor, Salif Keita [and music by other
artists]”
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .V533 1998
Visages de femmes (Faces of Women). 1987, 103 minutes, colore,
in indigenous languages and French with English subtitles.
Politically and stylistically adventurous film exploding
the links between feminism, economics and tradition in modern-day Africa.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .V565 1995
Antilles
Antilles, Les: Guadeloupe and Martinique. 60 Minutes, French,
no subtitles.
These Caribbean islands showcase the rich, atmospheric locales
that speak to the social and political heritage of French culture. This
is indispensable for class discussion for the Francophone.
CALL NUMBER: F 2151 .A57
Maryse Condé dévoile son Coeur. 50 minutes.
Expressions ethniques de la mosaïque des Amériques. Maryse
Condé Speaks from the Heart: the master novelist from Guadeloupe who
has written 14 new collections of essays and taught literature at Columbia
University, gave this interview June, 2002, in New York childhood, her
passions for honesty, her compassion for women, her love of family and
her respect for the craft, her experiences with racism in France and
the US, and the controversy her books have caused. She ends with a reading
from her latest work, Le Coeur à rire et à pleurer.
Rue Cases-Nègres (Sugar Cane Alley). 1995, 107 minutes, French
with English subtitles.
A poor, hard-working sugar-cane-plantation worker makes
many sacrifices to improve her 11 year-old orphaned grandson’s chances
in life by giving him a good education.
CALL NUMBER: VIDEO PQ3949 .Z6 R8 1995
Quebec
Canadian Federation, The. 1997, 29 minutes, English, color
This program provides a history of the evolution of Canada's
federalist system of government, and an excellent overview of the workings
of the system. Political power struggles between the government and the
provinces are explained, with particular attention given to the political
history of Quebec's independence movement as a French-speaking province.
Canada's struggle to maintain national unity while preserving its cultural
duality-English and French-is explored.
CALL NUMBER: Video JL27 .C3 1997
Jesus de Montreal. 1987, 119 Minutes, French, no subtitles,
Color; Directed by Denys Arcand.
Philosophical work questions the Big Bang, Cologne advertising,
the Karamazov brothers, Coca-cola classic, Hamlet monologue, a Roman
soldier, organ transplants, Paul Newman's Dressing.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .J48
Nationalisme Quebecois, Le. Color documentary. 78 minutes.
From 1750 to the Quiet Revolution.
CALL NUMBER: F1052.95.N38
Le Quebec. 1990, 55 Minutes, English narration.
This documentary offers several views of Quebec, detailing
the considerable contrast in daily life, from the frenetic pace of Montreal
to the reflective and serene forest world of the rural settings. The
images and commentaries are meant to spur class discussions.
CALL NUMBER: F 1052 .Q42
Miscellaneous
Nouvelle-Caledonie: des identités pour un même destin? 1985,
29 Minutes, French, no subtitles; Project for International Communication
Studies.
Life, culture, and language in New Caledonia is shown and
discussed.
CALL NUMBER: DU720 .N68
Introduction to Feminist Spirituality, An. 1992,
English; With Kathleen Fischer.
Explores the six aspects of feminist spirituality: healing,
sexism, discipleship of equals, women's experience, women's heritage,
images of God, and transforming the world.
CALL NUMBER: BV4527 .I57
Men, Women, and the Sex Difference. 1995, 50 Minutes, English.
An ABC news special that looks at the differences between
the sexes and whether they are the result of biology or environment.
CALL NUMBER: BF692.2 .M46
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