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| THE APHRODITE PROJECT (2004) |
What does it take to truly appreciate your life? THE APHRODITE PROJECT follows eight cancer patients/survivors as they are paired with professional artists to collaboratively create works of art that express their experiences with cancer. The film begins with the very first meeting of the participants to plan the project, and follows them to a gallery opening of completed works. In the process, everyone involved learns unexpected lessons about living life to the fullest. Through the experiences and art of the participants, the film captures the theme of living life to its fullest, and filling every day with joy.
(55 Min. DVD only Price $89.95 S&H 8.95)
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| VISUAL LYRICS (2005) |
Produced by Johnny Robinson, a Hearing professor at Rochester Institute of Technology and shot over a 2 year period at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival VISUAL LYRICS is a 40 minute documentary video about ASL interpreting for performing arts. It considers the perspectives of all those associated with stage interpreting. The film reveals performance interpreting as an art form in it's own right. As we watch 4 interpreters interpret a variety of music, poetry & storytelling, the interpreters reveal the incredibly arduous task of processing, on the fly, poetic content from one syntactical structure to another. All spoken commentary is open captioned for Deaf viewers and all on-screen ASL is voice interpreted for the Signing-Impaired.
(40 min. DVD only Price $79.95 S&H $8.95) Click to sample film |
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| MUSIC MOVES THE WORLD (2005) |
(for Music & Anthropology Programs)
Different cultures have succeeded in imposing order on noise and creating music that complements their environment. With a variety of rhythms and melodies taken from cultures throughout the world, This visually and musically stunning documentary examines the important role that music has played in the development of in human culture: From the music that sends dervishes into a trance, to the intimidating sounds issuing from the mouths of the crocodile men of Papua, to the sports anthems sung by fans. Each contains hidden keys to understand the societies which create them. This is a documentary to be both seen and heard.
(55 min. DVD only Price $99.95 S&H $8.95)
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| CROSSING A PAINTED VESUVIUS ( 2007) |
(English Subtitles) (for Arts & Humanities Programs)
This innovative Italian documentary examines how art can be an alternative to drugs, abuse, unemployment and conformism in young people. CROSSING A PAINTED VESUVIUS attempts to uncover the meaning of art in the dreams of 7 young Italian artists. In a fantastic setting, the artists and their works are set to the music of seven of Naples best bands, as the film displaying the illusions and the passions through their eyes and then expressing their work in original ways.
(41 min. DVD only Price $89.95 S&H $8.95)
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| IN SEARCH OF MOZART (2006) |
(For Music & European Studies)
From the director of the award-winning documentary, THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN, IN SEARCH OF MOZART is an utterly fascinating documentary which brings the brilliant, sometimes tragic, bawdy and all too human composer to life. Using a combination of his letters read evocatively by leading actors, hundreds of musical clips of orchestras and singers, interviews with scholars and musicians, as well as present day footage of the very long roads he traveled (he was on tour about 1/3 of the days of his short life), Mozart becomes as real as if he sat down to dinner with you. This is the story of a 25,000 mile journey along every route Mozart followed. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson, and produced in association with the world's leading orchestra, this bio-doc is a detective story that travels to the heart of old Europe, to the heart of genius itself.
(128 min. DVD only Price $89.95 S&H $8.95)
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| I AM AN ARTIST (2009) |
(For Art, Health Science & Education Programs)
I'm an Artist tells the story of the often hidden children of our times-students with learning disabilities. The film follows several junior and high school students with Down's syndrome, autism, or behavior issues who collaborate with their dedicated art teacher to create artwork for their first big art gallery exhibition. The documentary offers an inside view into life at a special needs school by following the kids to their prom, field day and senior trip. The heart of the film lies with the art teacher, Mary Jo, whose unwavering enthusiasm and support for her students show that children with learning disabilities can achieve more growth than most people believe possible. (62 min. DVD only Price $79.95 S&H $8.95)
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