Kanopy (Firm)
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the late 1920s, writer D.H.Lawrence settled in Taos, New Mexico, where he lived on a mountain ranch. This was the happiest period of his life, even though three women were fighting over him. This struggle continued even after his death, when the women fought for possession of his ashes.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The most important and well-known speeches of modern times. Seen and heard in this original footage are the dramatic highlights of speeches from U. S. Presidents, politicians and world leaders that changed the course of history and inspired millions worldwide. This collection contains three volumes.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Choreographers Kumiko Kimoto, Sun Ock Lee, Mel Wong and moderator Peggy Choy discuss how Asian and Asian-American issues and identity shape their work. The panel discussion is intercut with excerpts of work performed by each choreographer. The participants each offer a unique perspective on the challenges facing Asian/ Asian-American choreographers in addressing stereotypes and cultural expectations.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A journey through some selected works, including "Piers Ploughman" and "The Canterbury Tales", highlights the rise of vernacular English poetry in the 14th century, with English also becoming a principle vehicle for religious writing.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Next, your journey takes you halfway around the world to Mesoamerica to explore the unusual Olmec culture. Here in the low-lying Gulf Coast of Mexico, 17 colossal heads offer a startling look at a fascinating and intricate culture"”what anthropologists call a "pristine civilization" for its emergence in isolation from the rest of the world.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Special effects supervisor: also known as the special effects coordinator, the sfx supervisor is the head of the department and designs and directs all the special effects needed on the job. This position requires special skills in pyrotechnics, rigging, engineering and safety. Construction coordinator: The head of the crew responsible for constructing all the sets in a production. Locations manager (LM): The head of the department responsible for...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How can your workers minimize muscle pulls, fractures and other work related injuries? This program will give demonstrations for lateral transfers/re-positioning, lifting, ambulating, bath-tub-shower and toileting activities, lifting from the floor, guiding and slowing falls, daily activities and bedside assistance.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Experience the drama that followed the disastrous Russian campaign, where several European nations formed an alliance against France and forced Napoleon into exile. But in a surprising turn of events, he escaped the island of Elba and regained control of France without firing a single shot.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In an influential interpretation of relativity, Einstein's former mathematics professor Hermann Minkowski reformulated the theory in terms of four-dimensional geometry, which he called spacetime. Learn how to plot events in this coordinate system in cases where gravity is zero.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Filmed in October 2008 at the second international conference on the changing state of materials in architecture with the participation of prominent architects and engineers, hosted by Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture. Concrete is entering a renewed era of development with worldwide implications and under radically new economic circumstances. What are the futures of concrete in architecture and engineering in terms of technologies...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Finish the course by looking at the future of Hubble and the next generation of space telescopes. Focus in particular on the search for extrasolar planets, how they are found, and the role Hubble and other telescopes play in extending our knowledge of possibly earthlike worlds.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Nearly 7 million Americans are long-distance caregivers for their loved ones. This video explores several dilemmas and solutions to dealing with caregiving from afar. Also features the services of Rona Bartelstone, one of the founders of Geriatric Care Managers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The groundbreaking PBS special And Thou Shalt Honor series brings to light the challenges facing today's caregivers. The struggles and rewards of caregiving are...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Give students background information about Mark Twain and his work in this interview with noted scholar Lee chlesinger, Associate Professor of Literature at the State University of New York at Purchase. The program focuses on the deeper implications of Huckleberry Finn and makes an ideal introduction to the book.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Late in life, the artist looks back over a career that originated in social realism during the '30s, moved to the center of abstract expressionism, and culminated in a return to figuration. Filmed at his retrospective in San Francisco in 1980 and at his Woodstock studio, where Guston is seen painting, the artist speaks candidly about his philosophy of painting and the psychological motivation for his work.
58) Painting People
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed Australian artists Clifton Pugh, William Dargie, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Jon Molvig and Andrew Sibley discuss their approach to portraiture in Painting People, providing an insight into the unique challenges that face a portrait painter. Through examples of their work and the work of other eminent painters such as Augustus Earle, Sir John Longstaff, George Lambert and Max Meldrum, a study is made of Australian portraiture from...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Following her mother's death, Tessa returns to her childhood home, a house haunted by emotional secrets. But how to return home after all those years away? And what's home after all"¦a house"¦a place"¦a family? Vacant Possession is the story of two families - one white, one Aboriginal - both living in the shadow of the past. A past fragmented by events too long unresolved. Weaving dream, memory, fantasy, present and past, Vacant Possession is a...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Is monogamy necessary for love? Meet one outrageous suburban couple who participates in an unusual community devoted to swinging - where couples partake in recreational sex with other couples. This is an organized phenomenon where the women wear the pants and make all the choices. But are affairs in the open still breaches of trust? We take you to the Swingers Convention in Las Vegas and let you decide.