Release date: 1998-03-24
Run time: 300 min.
List Price: $27.98
Price: $22.98
Review Rail Away 1 / Columbia River Ent.:
Release date: 2000-10-17
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Tracy Heather Strain
List Price: $27.98
Price: $29.99
Review The American Experience - The United States in the Twentieth Century Part I (1900-1933) / Columbia River Ent.:
Actors & Directors
- Chaney Sims
- Jennifer Fox (III)
- Cicily Wilson
- Bill Sims
- Karen Wilson
Run time: 500 min.
List Price: $59.95
Price: $24.49
Review An American Love Story / New Video Group:In the tradition of PBS’s An American Family (1973) and MTV’s Real World (1992) comes this groundbreaking series from award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Fox. A remarkable story of the new American family, An American Love Story introduces the world to Bill Sims, Karen Wilson and their two bi-racial children, Cicily and Chaney. One of the most ambitious documentaries about American family life ever undertaken, it is a powerful real-life drama about an amazing family living their dreams. An American Love Story will undoubtedly inspire comparisons to other "real life" programming, such as Real World and An American Family. But what differentiates this PBS documentary is that rather than just aiming the camera at one family and letting it run, director Jennifer Fox has given this film a specific focus: a year and a half in the life of an interracial family. Bill Sims is a musician and a househusband. He is a caring father, although his drinking is problematic. He is African American. Karen Wilson earns the money, working in a human resources department. She suffers terribly from endometriosis and faces a hysterectomy. [+]She loves her children, although she can be overprotective. She is white. Their two daughters, Chaney (age 12) and Cicily (age 20), have to deal with all the issues other adolescents deal with (boys, school, job hunting), but with the added element of being biracial. The Wilson-Sims family is immensely likable; Karen, especially, seems to be someone you would enjoy chatting with over coffee, with her sardonic sense of humor and her tough outlook. But the heart of this series is not in the 25-year relationship of the couple, but in the identity issues that are felt most strongly by Cicily. Yes, the family suffers the same problems we all do: Chaney's desire to date, Karen facing her impending inability to have more children, a parent's difficulty in letting go of her children. But Cicily, as the child of a mixed couple, faces problems alien to most of us; when attending the mostly white Colgate University, she finds herself alienated from the black community. These feelings are worsened on a semester abroad to Nigeria, where the whites and blacks polarize, and Cicily finds herself forced to choose. Director Jennifer Fox shot over 1,000 hours for this 10-hour documentary, including hundreds of hours of interviews, which she interlaced with the footage, often using as narration. The 10 individual episodes are arranged thematically, each containing a specific story line. While at times the editing could be a little tighter, we enter completely into the family, and it's the quiet moments that allow us to get to know the Wilson-Sims family so well, as we see their personalities and quirks. This long documentary is well worth the time investment, as it not only provides an eye-opening look at multiculturalism in the U. S. , but tells a touching story of a family you can't help but like. -Jenny Brown.
Actors & Directors
- Michelle Maryk
- Ronnie Farer
- Steve Ahern
- Edward Herrmann
- Henry Strozier
Run time: 200 min.
Creator: Jacqui Edwards
List Price: $39.95
Price: $25.97
Review Russia - Land of the Tsars / A&E Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Bill Travers
- Geoffrey Keen
- Virginia McKenna
- James Hill
- Peter Lukoye
- Tom McGowan
- Omar Chambati
- Jack Couffer
Run time: 186 min.
Creator: Millard Kaufman
List Price: $16.95
Price: $59.40
Review Born Free & Living Free (2pc) / Sony Pictures:
Release date: 2001-08-28
Run time: 200 min.
Price: $14.95
Review The Rat Pack / A&E Home Video:In the heyday of Vegas, the Rat Pack-Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. , Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop-were royalty. This series uses performance clips, archival footage and home movies to profile the legendary band of playboys who left their mark on American culture. Get the inside scoop from people like Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Angie Dickinson and others, and thrill to never-before-seen footage from events like the Kennedy Inaugural gala, where even the King of Camelot was outshone by the boys of the Rat Pack.
Release date: 2002-05-14
Run time: 360 min.
Creator: Neville Meyer
List Price: $59.95
Price: $42.99
Review Israel: Nation Is Born (3pc) / Homevision:
Release date: 1989-11-01
Price: $79.98
Review Cosmos Gift Pack A/Episodes 1-5 / Turner Home Entertainment:
Release date: 1999-01-01
List Price: $79.95
Price: $24.01
Review Legions of Rome / Cromwell Productions Ltd.:
Actors & Directors
- World War II-Canada at War
Price: $39.99
Review World War II: Canada at War (7pc) / Edi Video:
Release date: 1998-03-17
Run time: 225 min.
List Price: $49.98
Price: $28.95
Review Ancient Warriors (3pc) / Discovery Channel:
Release date: 1999-10-19
Run time: 228 min.
Price: $79.98
Review Savage Seas (4pc) / Mpi Home Video:
Release date: 1998-10-06
Run time: 280 min.
List Price: $99.98
Price: $55.95
Review Mythos II: The Inward Path, The Enlightened One, Our Eternal Selves, The Way to Illumination, The Experience of God / Unapix / a-Pix Ent.:
Actors & Directors
- Top Guns-Thunder from Above
Run time: 180 min.
List Price: $24.95
Price: $22.88
Review Top Guns 1-3 (3pc) / Madacy Records:
Actors & Directors
- Hidden Treasures of Europe
Run time: 135 min.
List Price: $29.98
Price: $24.21
Review Hidden Treasures of Europe - Italy/Austria/Spain / American Home Treas:
Actors & Directors
- Audubon Society's Video Guide
Run time: 391 min.
List Price: $139.95
Price: $29.99
Review Audubon Society's VideoGuide To Birds of North America 1-5 / Mastervision:
Release date: 1997-10-21
Run time: 360 min.
List Price: $79.98
Price: $56.84
Review Story of Jazz (6pc) / Bmg Special Product:The genesis of America's singular, most enduring art form provides fertile ground for this handsomely executed six-part series, which brackets segments devoted to four acknowledged jazz masters with separate overviews of jazz and blues. Developed through a partnership between German, Japanese, and U. S. producers, The Story of Jazz benefits from a coherent underlying blueprint, sharing interview and archival materials that bring a cross-section of vital musicians into focus. Individual segments chronicle the careers of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, and Sarah Vaughan-an impressive pantheon, to be sure, if necessarily an incomplete one. That's a minor reservation in context, however, given the savvy balance between astute reportage and eloquent, absorbing performance as exemplified by The World According to John Coltrane, the set's first-rate profile of the tenor saxophonist and composer, which offers generous, bracing glimpses of Trane in concert. The set's title segment meanwhile supplies a solid history of jazz that traces its gestation in the collision of African and European cultures, through its rapid evolution beyond New Orleans. Equally impressive is Bluesland-A Portrait in American Music, which chronicles the parallel rise, and pervasive influence, of blues, taking welcome pains to explore the seamless borders between the two idioms. Behind the camera, the generally literate and uniformly well-researched scripts for all six tapes mirror an impressive array of music scholars including Chris Albertson, Dan Morgenstern, Albert Murray, Robert Palmer, and Quincy Troupe, while the excellent archival footage is matched by thoughtful interviews with modern jazz musicians and hardy survivors. -Sam Sutherland.
Actors & Directors
- David Seltzer
- Orson Welles
- Jack Kaufman
- Joseph Campanella
- Aram Boyajian
- Alexander Grasshoff
- Alexander Scourby
- Leslie Nielsen
- Richard Basehart
- Bert Haanstra
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: James Lipscomb
List Price: $39.98
Price: $24.99
Review The Ultimate National Geographic Collection - Exotic Egypt / Nat'l Geographic Vid:A three-video collection of Egypt-related National Geographic documentaries. Titles are: Quest for Eternity, Secrets of the Pharaohs, and Mysteries of Egypt.
Actors & Directors
- Army-Navy Screen Magazine
Price: $39.99
Review Army-Navy Screen Magazine / Entertainment Distributing:
Actors & Directors
- Jack Johnson
- Mike Tyson
- Muhammad Ali
Run time: 215 min.
List Price: $79.98
Price: $48.86
Review Legends of the Ring (4pc) / Mpi Home Video:This four-volume set includes Jack Johnson: Breaking Barriers, Muhammad Ali: Skill, Brains & Guts, Sugar Ray Robinson: Pound for Pound, and Mike Tyson: The Inside Story.
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Rail Away 1, The American Experience - The United States in the Twentieth Century Part I (1900-1933), An American Love Story, Russia - Land of the Tsars, Born Free & Living Free (2pc), The Rat Pack, Israel: Nation Is Born (3pc), Cosmos Gift Pack A/Episodes 1-5, Legions of Rome, World War II: Canada at War (7pc), Ancient Warriors (3pc), Savage Seas (4pc), Mythos II: The Inward Path, The Enlightened One, Our Eternal Selves, The Way to Illumination, The Experience of God, Top Guns 1-3 (3pc), Hidden Treasures of Europe - Italy/Austria/Spain, Audubon Society's VideoGuide To Birds of North America 1-5, Story of Jazz (6pc), The Ultimate National Geographic Collection - Exotic Egypt, Army-Navy Screen Magazine, Legends of the Ring (4pc)Top headlines: Eating disorders may be rising in male athletes: More male athletes are developing unhealthy eating behaviors after seeing the competitive advantage a leaner physique can bring, a sports medicine doctor warns in a new report. ›18:59 Obama plans to overhaul counterterrorism: The President-elect is laying plans to dissolve a White House security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and restructure counterterrorism policy under intelligence veteran John Brennan. ›18:57 No credit cards, alcohol ... or urinals: One moment, Rick Steves in Iran filming would see murals encouraging young men to walk into the blazing sunset of martyrdom. 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