2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Dancing Dancing #7: #7: The The Individual and and Tradition
Tradition
This program examines the art of " making it new" in the work of several dancers and choreographers.
We examine the era of modern dance.
58 min. color cc pp
Dancing Dancing #8: #8: Dancing Dancing Dancing in in One One World
World
At the Los Angeles Festival, dancers from all over the world capture the tensions and aspirations of our
"global village" on the brink of a new centure.
58 min. color cc pp
Dancing Dancing at at Lughnasa
Lughnasa
In rural Ireland of 1936, it's a pivotal time for the five unmarried Mundy sisters. Despite their hardships,
the sisters are able to embrace life and all its complexities in this poignant drama.
94 min. color cc
Dancing Dancing Princesses
Princesses
An overbearing king learns from his daughters that being overprotective is as unwise as being too
permissive. The trouble starts when he discovers his daughters dancing slippers nearly worn out every
morning.
50 min. color cc
Dangerous Dangerous Game
Game
Baseball greats Nolan Ryan, Joe Carter, and Mike Timlin explain the tradition of "Spit Tobacco" in
baseball and that it was the "in-thing" to do. Rick Bender tells of his own personal experience of how spit
tobacco caused cancer of the mouth and how it has eaten away at his jaw and face tnd the operations he
has been ghrough because of it.
6 min. color
Daniel Daniel Daniel and and and Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel, a young Hebrew, is imprisoned when he does not compromise his religious beliefs. Meanwhile
the Babylonian King, Nebuchadnezzar, has a troubling dream which Daniel interprets. Daniel is freed
and rewarded by being made ruler of the city.
51 min. color
Daniel Daniel and and the the Towers Towers
Towers
It's 1954 and 10-year-old Daniel Guerra is a troublemaker - until he meets eccentric Italian sculptor Sam
Rodia, who sees something special in the boy. After 30 years, Rodia is on the brink of completing his
spectacular Watts Towers in Los Angeles. Working together, he and Daniel develop a deep friendship
and mutual respect. With his new-found strength, Daniel leads the fight to save Rodia's lifework from
being demolished by Los Angeles county.
58 min. color cc pp
Daniel Daniel Boone Boone
Boone
This video returns to 18th century Kentucky to meet the boy who became an expert marksman. It heads
west with the young man who escaped Indian capture four times. Then it returns to our nation's capital to
visit the wise statesman who advised U.S. presidents on policies of expansion. Despite the mythology
surrounding his life story, Daniel Boone remains our country's most outstanding example of courage,
leadership, and independent spirit.
50 min. color
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