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Cheese Slices volume Series 3
Pub. Date
[2013], c2006
Language
English
Description
In the United States, a backlash against mass-produced foods has led the Organic and Farm to Table movements. Freshly grown organic fruits and vegetables, foods produced from fresh local ingredients, and artisan and farmhouse cheeses have been at the forefront of these movements. In this episode, host Will Studd travels to Northern California to find out more about these products. Starting at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco and heading...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
This first part of the film follows Jack Johnson's remarkable journey from his humble beginnings in Galveston, Texas, to his entry into the world of professional boxing, where, in turn-of-the-century Jim Crow America, the heavyweight championship was an exclusively "white title." In 1908 Johnson became the first African-American to earn the title Heavyweight Champion of the World. On July 4, 1910, ex-champion Jim Jeffries, the new "Great White Hope,"...
Pub. Date
[2008], c1993
Language
English
Description
Jack Welch, the high-powered boss of General Electric, has guided the company through significant changes in the years he's been at the helm. But Welch has come under severe criticism for his draconian reorganizations, from employees who have lost jobs as a result of downsizing to stockholders worried about the company's future. In this program, Welch defends his business decisions, including his controversial purchase of NBC Broadcasting in the 1980s....
Pub. Date
[2012], cuuuu
Language
English
Description
This program helps us to understand the author of those well-loved action stories whose rugged example and realist style influenced writers from Hemingway to Orwell. His daughter traces her father's life through personal reminiscence, archival family photos, and rare film footage.
Series
Pub. Date
[2013], c1995
Language
English
Description
This is the real-life story of the highflier who inspired the fictional character of Charles Foster Kane, in Citizen Kane of 1941 - and of his much younger lover. Newspaper giant William Randolph Hearst worshipped his young Marion by dazzling her with riches and stardom.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This film tells the fascinating story of a pioneering American entertainer Jack Soo, an Oakland native who became the first Asian American to be cast in the lead role in a regular television series Valentine's Day (1963), and later starred in the popular comedy show Barney Miller (1975-1978). Featuring rare footage and interviews with Soo's co-stars and friends, including actors George Takei, Nancy Kwan and Max Gail, comedians Steve Landesberg and...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The story of Jack The Ripper is one of the most gruesome and infamous unsolved crimes in history. A horrific killing spree that exposed the darkest recesses of Victorian London left the city gripped in terror. More than 120 years later, modern science may just hold the key to cracking the case. On the other side of the world, Australian scientists have made a major breakthrough-they've extracted DNA from a 122 year-old skull believed to be that of...
8) Jack Kerouac
Pub. Date
[2013], c1997
Language
English
Description
Jack Kerouac, cult writer of the Beat generation, remains an American icon. This documentary focuses on the creative pinnacle of his life-63 days spent as a fire warden on Desolation Peak in Washington State. Examining the time through photos and the commentary of those who knew him, the program illuminates Kerouac's previous work, while prefiguring his later spiral into alcoholism. This is a moving film essay on the unfulfilled ambitions of one of...
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