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This documentary examines the life and career of Isamu Noguchi, a prolific Japanese-American sculptor, best known for his naturalistic designs of open space. Discusses earlier works, including the famous Noguchi "heads" within the context of his apprenticeship under Constantin Brancusi. Ceramics, furniture, interiors, and gardens designed by Noguchi reflect his Japanese ethnic roots and his fondness for Japanese artistic tradition
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This war-toughened sergeant who passionately longs to train soldiers for fighting in Vietnam is assigned to the elite Old Guard. His girlfriend, a Washington Post reporter, is against the war but respects his view. The sergeant takes a zealous soldier under his wing and tries to help train him for his tour in Vietnam, but the young soldier is killed three weeks before returning from Vietnam.
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Cheyenne, Apache, Comanche, Sioux, and Navajo; their courage, spirit, and fight for survival are the stuff of American legend. This 2-hour special reveals remarkable firsthand accounts and rare photographs that tell the real stories behind the 19th century's greatest warrior nations and the forces that destroyed their way of life.
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Teenage drug use has reached epidemic proportions on some high school institutions. Most teens have a tendency to feel indestructible and immune to the problems that others experience. Some teens will experiment with alcohol, drugs, prescription medications and may continue to use and develop a dependency. When a teen chooses go to school under the influence of drugs or alcohol it can have serious consequences including an impact on their scholastic...
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"Great classic of American cultural history and important study of American architecture and civilization, still stimulating in its sweep and insights. Discusses the early New England towns, vernacular building, Colonial and Federal periods, Henry Hobson Richardson and other important architects of the late 19th century, the Classical Revival, up to the early 1920s." -- Amazon Description.
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More than 2,000 years ago, the thriving city of Petra rose up in the bone-dry desert of what is now Jordan. An oasis of culture and abundance, the city was built by wealthy merchants who carved spectacular temple-tombs into its cliffs, raised a monumental Great Temple and devised an ingenious system that channeled water to vineyards, bathhouses, fountains and pools. But following a catastrophic earthquake and a slump in its desert trade routes, Petra's...
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For more than 50 years, the Rolling Stones have rocked the worldand they show no signs of stopping. Though band members have changed, the core Jagger/Richards songwriting partnership, plus drummer Charlie Watts, remain in place. The Rolling Stones describes the characters, events, music, and more from the half-century-plus rollercoaster ride that has given die-hard fans plenty of satisfaction.
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This program is a timeless retrospective on the life and career of Isamu Noguchi, whose binational heritage sent him back and forth between Japan and America seeking a new artistic synthesis. He started his career in Paris as Constantin Brancusi's apprentice. He made his name in New York. And, after World War II, he brought a fresh modernist wind to Japan, putting his mark on Japanese ceramics, gardens, and paper lanterns. His late masterworks-rough...
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"Inside account of the turbulent and colorful history of one of the most significant publications of our time. From its beginnings in 1967 as a magazine that captured the spirit of the new, anarchic youth culture, to its sponsorship of some of the most brilliant talents of that generation, to its current incarnation as a glossy forum for pop stars, Rolling Stone has always been the story of its manic, maniacal founder, Jann Wenner ... draws a ......
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