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Been Rich All My Life
Meet the Silver Belles, five tap dancers who performed in 1930’s Harlem. Together again, after a few decades hiatus, they're dancing to standing ovations - as sassy as they ever were.



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Behind The Scenes With Allen Toussaint- VHS
The jazz composer and pianist, with Bobby McFerrin's help, demonstrates the art of musical composition by writing a simple melody at the piano and using it as the basis of a song that he records in a studio.



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Behind The Scenes With David Parsons- VHS
David Parsons, a choreographer as well as a former dancer for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, shows how movement is transformed into pattern in dance and how dances can begin with the simplest everyday movements.



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Behind The Scenes With JoAnn Falletta- VHS
JoAnn Falletta, heralded as one of America's most promising young conductors, shows how a symphony orchestra uses layers of sound to create music.



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Behind The Scenes With Julie Taymor- VHS
Julie Taymor, the director of the acclaimed Broadway hit The Lion King, here creates an extraordinary kind of visual theatre using puppets, masks and music.



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Behind The Scenes With Max Roach- VHS
Max Roach, the legendary jazz percussionist and composer, brings the accent to music, using layered (and funky!) rhythms to turn you on!



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Behind the Scenes Volume 2: Theater, Sculpture and Photography
An exciting exploration for children and adults alike into the world of Theater, Sculpture and Photography, featuring Julie Taymor (The Lion King), sculptor Nancy Graves, and Photographers Carrie Mae Weems and William Wegman. Hosted by Penn & Teller.



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Behind the Scenes Volume 3: Music and Dance
An exciting and fun exploration for children and adults alike into the world of Music and Dance, featuring choreographer David Parsons, conductor JoAnn Falletta, musicians Max Roach, Allen Toussaint and Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin.



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Behind the Scenes: Complete Series on DVD
Discover the magic and mystery of artistic creation in this complete set of all 10 episodes of Behind the Scenes on 3 DVD's! Hosted by magicians Penn and Teller, the award-winning series explores the creative process with world-renowned artists.



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Bolero and In Search of Cezanne
Two films by Allan Miller. The Academy Award winning The Bolero captures the essence of an orchestra as Zubin Mehta conducts Ravel�s classic. In Search of Cezanne is an exploration of the life and legacy of 19th century French painter.



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Committed- VHS
A Film by Sheila McLaughlin (She Must Be Seeing Things) & Lynn Tillman. The powerful, true story of film star Frances Farmer, who was accused of being a leftist, and locked up in a mental hospital.



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Concert For 13 Voices- VHS
A Film by Izza Ganini. Enjoy the magical voices of 13 cantors as they perform a very special concert in the Public Synagogue of Tournelles in Paris.



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Cool & Crazy
A Film by Knut Erik Jensen. Meet a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame as members of a male choir in Berlevag, Norway!




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Cool & Crazy on the Road
Cool & Crazy on the Road is the story of 30 singers from a small fishing village in Norway and their encounter with a nation in mourning as they travel to the United States for their first US tour, only 3 weeks after the tragedy of September 11th.




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Dancer, The
A Film by Donya Feuer. Watch the gifted Katja Bjorner as she endures years of intensive training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and then becomes an international ballet star.




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Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier celebrates the legacy of the famed Paris Opera Ballet by weaving together rehearsals and tour snapshots of classical ballets as well as contemporary works.




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Googoosh: Iran's Daughter
This documentary tells the story of Iranian pop phenomenon Googoosh, and also of the political and cultural context which pushed her to the heights of success in the 60’s and 70’s, only to silence her completely after Iran’s Islamic revolution of 1979.



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I'll Sing For You
In the sixties, the people of Mali awoke each morning to the sound of Boubacar "KarKar" Traoré's voice on the radio, singing of independence. But KarKar, like his native country, fell on hard times. Also featuring Ali Farka Toure.



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Internationale, The
The Internationale tells the story of a legendary song that has been a rallying cry of the oppressed and exploited in nearly every nation on earth, and explores the power of music as a force for change.



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Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden, A- VHS
A Film by Michel Goldman. Klezmer is rediscovered in this celebration of the lively and eclectic music of Eastern European Jews.



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Last Dance
Powerhouse creative forces unite, and sparks fly, in Mirra Bank's award-winning film that follows the dazzling Pilobolus Dance Theater and Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) as they collaborate on a dance-theater work honoring a Holocaust legacy..



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Lenny Bruce Without Tears
The outrageous, groundbreaking comic whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble is here profiled by a close friend who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears.



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Light Keeps Me Company
A Film by Carl-Gustaf Nykvist. An intimate look at the life of legendary Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist, including interviews with Ingmar Bergman, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Susan Sarandon, and more.




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Live Nude Girls UNITE!
A Film by Julia Query and Vicky Funari. Follow Julia Query, peepshow stripper, on her raucous journey to organize the only union of strippers in the US.




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Musical Quartet, A
Four award-winning documentaries produced by Walter Scheuer: the Academy-Award winning From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, Small Wonders, High Fidelity: The Adventures of the Guarneri String Quartet and The Turandot Project.



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Pursuit of Happyness, The
If you haven’t yet heard of The Aluminum Group – the critically adored Chicago pop band fronted by gay brothers John and Frank Navin – make sure to see this musical celebration of their past and present.



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Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
The Mariinsky theater (also known as the Kirov) of St. Petersburg has somehow maintained its artistic excellence through war, revolution and the collapse of Communism.



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Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom
The legendary actress introduces us to Shakespeare through the roles that she played including Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Lady Anne and Gertrude.




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The 28th Instance of June 1914, 10:50 am
Join the gay artists McDermott and McGough as they use their art (and their lives) to time travel into the Victorian world of a century ago.



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Tickle in the Heart, A
An international smash hit and the world's most popular film about klezmer music, A Tickle in the Heart captures the story of the Epstein Brothers - Max, Willie and Julius - klezmer legends on a joyous (and hilarious) international tour.



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Touch of Greatness, A
In an era when Dick, Jane, and discipline ruled America’s schools, Albert Cullum allowed Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw to reign in is fifth grade public school classroom.



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Venus Boyz
A film by Gabriel Baur. Club Casanova, the legendary Drag King Night in New York, is the point of departure for an odyssey to the transgendered world. It's a world where women become men--some for a night, others for a lifetime.



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We Are the Music!
This extraordinary film treats us to a rare panorama of Cuban music and dance from the 1960s. Featuring legendary Cuban musicians as well as vibrant performances, We Are the Music! captures the mood and vitality of Cuba during its golden period.



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Wetlands Preserved
This insightful and entertaining documentary tracks the history of Wetlands, the first-ever activist nightclub, a place that was as devoted to environmental and political issues as it was to great music.










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