2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Prohibition Prohibition Era Era #3: #3: Road Road to to Repeal Repeal
Repeal
In Al Capone's Chicago, the twenties roared like nowhere else. This program tells the inside story of
gangland Chicago and the beer wars that eventually put the nation on the road to repeal.
50 min. color
Promised Promised Land Land #1: #1: Take Take Me Me to to Chicago
Chicago
From Jim Crow laws to the advent of the mechanical cotton picker, rural Southern blacks had plenty of
reasons to listen to the traveling blues musicians with their siren songs of far-off Chicago and the
promise of a better, freer life. Herre is the greatest peace-time migration in history, seen through the eyes
of those who lived it.
90 min. color
Promised romised Land #2: #2: Dream Dream Deferred
Deferred
Deferred
A rural people becomes an urban one. Cultural and political gains are offset by overcrowding and
increasing ghettoization of African-Americans, as northern politicians ignore the ticking time bomb of
resentment that would explode in the Sixties.
90 min. color
Promised Promised Land Land #3: #3: Strong Strong Men Men Keep Keep AA-comin'
A comin' On
Chicago gets its first African-American mayor. Integration bears fruit, as many families move out of the
ghetto to middle-class success. Others remain mired in a growing "underclass." Those who made the
journey examine what has been attained in the Promised Land, and what the Promised Land has yet to
yield.
90 min. color
Prophets Prophets and and Doom
Doom
From seers of the Old Testament to the haunting words of Martin Luther King, Jr., the day before he was
killed, there are countless instances of humans seemingly seeing into the future. Are some people
granted a view of what has yet to happen through divine guidance, or are their predictions lucky guesses
glorified by coincidence? Prophets and Doom looks at four fascinating cases and invites you to decide.
50 min. color
Psycho
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre features Norman Bates, whose old dark house and
adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Marion Crane,
the ill-fated traveler whose journey ends in the notorius "shower scene." First a private detective, then
Marion's sister searches for her, the horror and suspense mount to a terrifying climax where the
mysterious killer is finally revealed.
109 min. B&W cc
Psychology Psychology of of Self Self-Esteem Self Esteem #1
#1
In this first volume, Dr. Julie White will help you understand the various messages that make up your
inner critic. You'll discover shere those messages come from and how they limit you every day. Then, as
you progress through this three-volume series, you'll learn how to transform your critic into a supportive
guiding voice.
60 min. color
Psychology Psychology of of Self Self-Esteem Self Esteem #2 #2
#2
Your inner critic protects you from getting hurt, but it also keeps you from moving ahead and getting what
you want. That's why you must transform your critic into a friend. This video teaches you step-by-step
how to replace your critical self-talk with a more empowered guiding voice. You'll see how to break
stubborn self-defeating patterns. You'll discover new ways to feel better about yourself every day, instead
of just when you've won.
60 min. color
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