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Hunding Eric HalfvarsonWotan FalkStruckmannSieglinde Linda WatsonBrunnhilde Deborah PolaskiItem no.Format: CB00771760: 3 DVDs (Color, Germanwith English, Frenchsubtitles): 248 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009StdBkNo : 9780769709116Price : USD 59.99WAGNER/GRAN TEATREDEL LICEU -GOTTERDAMMERUNGIn the final part of Wagner’s epic cycle,Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried’sworld descends into falsehood andbetrayal before his cursed life is ended bya single spear. Fate ignites the finalconflagration, which sets the world toawait its new beginning.FEATURING:Gran Teatre del Liceu SymphonyOrchestra and ChorusBertrand de Billy Musical DirectorJohn Treleaven SiegfriedFalk Struckmann GuntherGunter von Kannen AlberichMatti Salminen HagenDeborah Polaski BrunnhildeCristina Obregon WoglindeMaria Rodriguez WellgundeFrancisca Beaumont FlosshildeItem no.Format: NA00771761: 3 DVDs (Color, Germanwith English, Frenchsubtitles): 275 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009StdBkNo : 9780769709130Price : USD 59.99WAGNER/GRAN TEATREDEL LICEU - SIEGFRIEDIn the third work of Wagner’s epic cycle,Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegmund’sshattered sword is forged once again andkills the dragon that guards the ring. WhenSiegfried seizes the ring, he also receivesits curse as he continues his fieryadventure of discovery and love.FEATURES:Bertrand de Billy conductorJohn Treleaven SiegfriedGraham Clark MimeFalk Struckmann Der WandererGunter von Kannen AlberichEric Halfvarson FafnerAndrea Bonig ErdaDeborah Polaski BrunnhildeCristina Obregon Der WaldvogelItem no.FormatEmail: inquiry@learningemall.comDuration : 258 minutesCopyright : 2009StdBkNo : 9780769709123Price : USD 59.99WHERE THE WILD THINGSARE & HIGGLETYPIGGLETY POP! -KNUSSEN/MAURICESENDAK/GLYNDEBOURNEA collaboration of one of Britain’s foremostcomposers, Oliver Knussen, with the vividmagical images of American artist andauthor, Maurice Sendak, evokes a veryspecial form of theater – fantasy opera.The antics of young Max and his journeyto the Land of the Wild Things, and Jennie,the Sealyham terrier’s search forsomething more than everything, are setagainst beautifully intricate designs whichadhere faithfully to the illustrations in thefamous children’s books by MauriceSendak.The music is skillfully orchestrated with anunerring ability to depict fantasycharacters and scenarios – a rare fusion ofwit and lyricism.Two Fantasy Operas composed andconducted by Oliver KnussenWHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE(starring Karen Beardsley as Max)HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP!(starring Cynthia Buchan as Jennie)With:Andrew Gallacher, Rosemary Hardy,HughHetherington, Neil Jenkins, MaryKing,Jeremy Munro, StephenRhys-Williams,Deborah Rees, StephenRichardsonReview• “…aural and visualenchantment…enthrallingmake-believe and irresistibly potententertainment.” - Daily TelegraphItem no. : WB00771763Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)Duration : 98 minutesCopyright : 2009StdBkNo : 9780769788203Price : USD 44.99POLITICALDOCUMENTARYIRAN IS NOT THE PROBLEMWill truth be the first casualty of ournext war?A response to the failure of the Americanmass media to provide the public withrelevant and accurate information about: YH00771762the standoff between the US and Iran, as: 3 DVDs (Color, German happened before with the lead up to thewith English, Frenchinvasion of Iraq. This full lengthsubtitles)documentary explores events leading up________________________________________________________________________________________________________Learning Rendezvous Limitedto the escalating situation in Iran whileexposing the real motivations behind thecurrent US agenda.Reviews• “…[a] superb documentary film….” -Released: September 2008• "After years of working on Iran andMiddle East politics, this is perhapsthe most engrossing and easilydigestible film Ive ever come across.A phenomenal educational tool thatexplains often misunderstood andcomplex issues in US-Iranian relations." -Sanaz Meshkinpour, Middle East ProgramCoordinatorItem no. : HT10740001Format : DVDDuration : 102 minutesCopyright : 2008Price : USD 69.00POLITICALSCIENCESTRANGEST DREAM, THEThe inspiring story of Joseph Rotblat andthe efforts of the Pugwash Conferences tohalt nuclear proliferation.Directed by Eric BednarskiWhen the U.S. government brought theworld's greatest scientists together to buildthe first atomic bomb, nuclear physicistJoseph Rotblat was among them. But hisconscience would not allow him tocontinue, and he became the onlymember of the Manhattan Project to leaveon moral grounds. Branded a traitor andspy, Rotblat went from designing atomicbombs to researching the medical uses ofradiation. Together with Bertrand Russellhe helped create the modern peacemovement, and eventually won the NobelPeace Prize.The Strangest Dream tells the story ofJoseph Rotblat, the history of nuclearweapons, and the efforts of the PugwashConferences on Science and World Affairs- an international movement Rotblatco-founded - to halt nuclear proliferation.The first Pugwash conference took placein the small Nova Scotia fishing villagefrom which it draws its name. This filmbrings to light the group'sbehind-the-scenes role in defusing someof the tensest moments of the Cold War.The story takes us from the site of the firstnuclear test, in New Mexico, to Cairo,where contemporary Pugwash scientistsmeet under the cloud of nuclearproliferation, and to Hiroshima, where wesee survivors of the first atomic attack.Featuring interviews with contemporariesof Rotblat, members of the Pugwashmovement, and passionate public figuresincluding Senator Romeo Dallaire, TheStrangest Dream demonstrates therenewed threat represented by nuclearweapons, while encouraging hope throughWebsites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk37
the example of morally engaged scientistsand citizens.Reviews• "An emotionally and politicallypowerful, anti-nuclear weapons film."- Barton Bernstein, Professor ofHistory, Stanford University, Author,"The Atomic Bomb: The CriticalIssues"• "An important addition to the history ofthe atomic bomb and a timelyreminder that individuals of integritycan make a differnce if they are willingto stand for what they believe in." -Jim Riccio, Nuclear Policy Analyst,Greenpeace• "Rarely does one experience a trulybrilliant and altruistic human beingwho changed history...Joseph Rotblatachieved this extraordinary feat...Thisis an imperative history for all to knowand understand in this highly unstablepolitical time on this nuclear lacedplanet." - Dr. Helen Caldicott• "This documentary is a worthy tributeto a heroic humanitarian and apowerful warning to us all to abolishnuclear weapons or face the ultimateglobal warming - nuclear holocaust." -Senator Romeo DallaireNotes• Atlantic Film Festival• Canadian Lawyers Association forInternational Human Rights FilmFestival• European Parliament ScreeningItem no.Format: MH02560590: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 89 minutesDurationCopyright : 2008StdBkNo : 0772213437Price : USD 295.00TORTURING DEMOCRACYTells the inside story of how the U.S.government adopted torture as officialpolicy in the aftermath of 9/11.Directed by Sherry JonesIn a riveting and dramatic narrative,TORTURING DEMOCRACY tells theinside story of how the U.S. governmentadopted torture as official policy in theaftermath of 9/11. With exclusiveinterviews, explosive documents and rarearchival footage, the documentary hasbeen called the definitive broadcastaccount of a deeply troubling chapter inrecent American history.Produced by Emmy and Dupontaward-winning broadcast journalist SherryJones, the film relies on the record toconnect the dots in an investigation ofinterrogations of prisoners in U.S. custodythat became "at a minimum, cruel andinhuman treatment and, at worst, torture,"in the words of the former general counselof the United States Navy, Alberto Mora.Producer Jones carefully presents theevidence that leads straight to the top ofthe chain of command - and so lays to restthe "rotten apple" defense for abusiveinterrogations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraiband elsewhere.In the film, former Deputy Secretary ofState Richard Armitage describes - for thefirst time on-camera - being waterboardedduring military training before he was sentto Vietnam. When asked if he consideredwaterboarding to be torture, he answered,"Absolutely. No question." He added:"There is no question in my mind - there'sno question in any reasonable humanbeing, that this is torture. I'm ashamedwe're even having this discussion."The documentary traces how the secretU.S. military training program - "Survival,Evasion, Resistance and Escape" orSERE - became the basis for many of theharshest interrogation methods employedfirst by the CIA and subsequently byinterrogators at Guantanamo and in Iraq.The tactics designed to "inoculate" eliteAmerican troops mirror tactics used by "atotalitarian, evil nation with completedisregard for human rights and theGeneva Conventions," according toMalcolm Nance, former SERE mastertrainer for the U.S. Navy.Besides Armitage and Mora, governmentand military interviewees include MajorGeneral Thomas Romig, Judge AdvocateGeneral for the U.S. Army; veteran AirForce interrogator Colonel StevenKleinman; military prosecutor ColonelStuart Couch; former Pentagon lawyerRichard Shiffrin; and Martin Lederman,senior advisor in the Justice Department.Reviews• "Should engender the same massoutrage as the 2004 photos from AbuGhraib." - Dahlia Lithwick, Slate• "You'll see and hear some things hardto bear but you'll also meet somegovernment insiders who refused togo along, who stood up and said 'thisis wrong.'" - Bill Moyers, Bill MoyersJournal• "There's fresh footage not seen inpast stories from Guantanamo andAbu Ghraib, and fascinating footageof US Army training against the typeof torture favored by the Chineseagainst troops in the Korean war,prompting one quote: 'We haverecreated our enemy's methodologyin Guantanamo.'" - Jim Weiner, PublicMedia Digest• "A somber, gut-wrenchingdocumentary. You will go awayconvinced that what we are doing toour prisoners is morally wrong andillegal. I walked away convinced thatthe leaders of this torture regimeshould be prosecuted for war crimesand put away for life." - daxie,DailyKosAward• Best US Television Program, Robert F.Kennedy Journalism AwardsItem no. : VP02790591Format : DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned)Duration : 90 minutesAudience : Grades 10-12, College,AdultCopyright : 2008StdBkNo : 159458849XPrice : USD 295.00VIRTUAL JFK: VIETNAM IFKENNEDY HAD LIVEDA filmic examination of "virtual history."What would Kennedy have done inVietnam if he had lived and beenre-elected in 1964?Directed by Koji MasutaniAt the heart of Virtual JFK is the criticalquestion: Does it matter who is Presidentof the United States when it comes toissues of war and peace? It explores thisquestion by investigating one of the mostdebated "what if" scenarios in the historyof U.S. foreign policy: What wouldPresident John F. Kennedy have done inVietnam if he had not been assassinatedin 1963, and had he been re-elected in1964? The film employs what Harvardhistorian Niall Ferguson calls "virtualhistory," assessing the plausibility ofcounterfactuals -- "what ifs" -- and theoutcomes they might have produced.Drawing on unusual archival footage frompresidential libraries and the NationalArchives, along with newly decipheredaudio tapes and other documentaryevidence, the film draws our attention tosix highly charged crises Kennedy faced inwhich many, or most, of his adviserscounseled war: The Bay of Pigs, The LaosCrisis, the Berlin Crisis, the Showdownover Vietnam, The Cuban Missile Crisis,The Withdrawal from Vietnam.Reviews• "A virtuoso performance...a very newway to write history." - Ted Widmer,Presidential Historian/Foreign PolicySpeechwriter/Senior Adviser toPresident Clinton (1997-2001)• "A prime example of the power of thedocumentary to expose truths and toenhance legends at one and thesame time." - Peter Howell, TorontoStar• "A compelling and extremely unusualapproach to a possible history." -Atom Egoyan, Academy AwardNominated Director of THE SWEETHEREAFTER• "A compelling history lesson thatoffers an insightful primer on theKennedy presidency even whileproving sadly germane to our currenttimes." - Frank Scheck, TheHollywood Reporter• "Virtual JFK succeeds on the twomost important levels: its argument ispersuasive, and it works asdocumentary art. It is an extraordinary________________________________________________________________________________________________________Email: inquiry@learningemall.comLearning Rendezvous LimitedWebsites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk38
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