2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

James James Baldwin: Baldwin: Price Price of of the the Ticket
Ticket
James Baldwin (1924 - 1987) was at once a major twentieth century American author, a Civil Rights
activist and for two decades a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared
racial tragedy. Major writers of the era place Baldwin's works within the context of African American
literature and the broader Civil Rights struggle.
87 min. color pp
James ames Earl Earl Earl Jones
James Earl Jones was virtually mute as a chld and has been a stutterer all his life. When a teacher
encouraged him to recitehis won poetry aloud, Jones went on to become the school's champion public
speaker. This video recounts his dramatic tale and shows why the rich and evocative voice behind Darth
Vader and The Lion King is without equal today.
50 min. color
Jane Jane Jane Eyre Eyre (2 (2 tapes)
tapes)
Jane Eyre is a mistreated orphan who learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence,
which later bring her the admiration of the mysterious Mr. Rochester. Just when it seems she will win the
happiness she has long deserved a dark secret comes to light and it will take all her strength and
courage to triumph over adversity.
239 min. color cc
Jane Jane Fonda's Fonda's Fonda's Prime Prime Prime Time Time Time Workout
Workout
Workout
A workout designed primarily for those in their "prime" years who may have had difficulty with other
workouts.
50 min. color
Japanese
Japanese-American Japanese American Heritage
Heritage
Everyone learns to count to ten in Japanese, and to make a furoshiki, a special scarf made for wrapping
and presenting gifts. "A Humble Mouse," a Japanese folktale is presented.
25 min. color cc
Jazz Jazz #1: #1
#1 : Gumbo
Jazz is born in New Orleans during the 1890's, at the height of the Jim Crow era. It is the creation of the
African-American community but incorporates every kind of music heard in the streets of the country's
most cosmopolitan city, from Caribbean dances and italian opera to blues, ragtime, military marches,
and the call and response of the Baptist church. Few people beyond its birthplace have a chance to hear
jazz until 1917, when a group of white musicians, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, make the first
recording. It outsells every other record made up to that time, and jazz becomes a national craze.
90 min. color cc
Jazz Jazz Jazz #10: #10: #10: A A Masterpiece Masterpiece By By Midnight
Midnight
By the early 1960's, jazz is in trouble. Desperate for work, some musicians go into exile overseas. Critics
divide the music into antagonistic "schools" - Dixieland, swing, bebop, hard bog, modal, Free, avant
garde and more. Miles Davis decides that if he cannot outsell rock musicians he should join forces with
them, creating the enormously popular music called Fusion. A new generation of musicians, led by the
trumpeter, Wynton Marsalis, emerges eager to express themselves within the music's great traditions.
As it enters its second century, jazz is still alive, still changing and still swinging.
90 min. color cc
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