Beckett On Film : 19 Films X 19 Directors
[DVD 68-71]    2001    Blue Angel Films
4 3/4" DVD     Color     4 videodisc
The hugely ambitious Beckett on Film project gathered together 19 different directors to turn the 19 stage works written by Samuel Beckett into films.
[DVD 68] Waiting for Godot (120 min.); Not I (4 min.); Rough for Theatre I (20 min); Ohio Impromptu ( 12 min.); Documentary.
[DVD 69] Krapp’s Last Tape (58 min); What Where (12 min.); Footfalls ( 28 min.); Come and Go (8 min.); Act Without Words I (16 min.)
[DVD 70] Happy Days (79 min.); Catastrophe (7 min.); Rough for Theatre II (30 min.); Breath (45 sec.); That Time (20 min.)
[DVD 71] Endgame (84 min.); Act Without Words II (11 min.); A Piece of Monologue (20 min.); Play (16 min.); Rockaby (16 min.) Closed captioned.
Subjects --  Movies and Plays ; Drama and Theater

Becoming Green: Growing Environmental Awareness
see titles:
Car of the Future: Engineering for the Environment
Frontline: Global Warming: What’s Up With the Weather?
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
Solar Energy: Saved by the Sun

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, #1: Gold Mountain Dreams
[DVD 191]      2003    Films for the Humanities
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 122 min.
As civil war and famine ravaged Southern China in the mid-19th century, word of the California Gold Rush reached the port of Canton. The prospect of making a fortune in America proved an irresistible lure to young Chinese men. Looking more for a new livelihood than a new homeland, they set sail across the Pacific hoping that hard work and sacrifice would enable them to provide a better life for their families and to return one day to their villages, prosperous and esteemed. On the American frontier, fraught with opportunity and danger, the Chinese contended not just with the racism of 19th century America, but also with the pull of their own traditional culture. Living as bachelors, the bonds of family strained by distance and the cost of returning often out of reach, Chinese men carved out their own society. A Bill Moyers Special
Subjects -- Asian Americans ; United States: History ; Moyers, Bill

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, #2: Between Two Worlds
[DVD 192]      2003    Films for the Humanities
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 122 min.
The 1882 Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and becoming citizens. It also ushered in the most violent decade in Chinese-American history, with assault, arson and murder becoming ever-present dangers for a people marginalized in the eyes of the law. Tells the story of these hostile years when Chinese Americans existed in a kind of limbo, denied the rights of their new country and no longer at home in their former one. They found refuge in Chinatowns, insular worlds that provided a sense of security and the companionship of kinsmen. But as few Chinese women were able to immigrate due to both Chinese custom and  U.S. law, the majority of Chinese men could not establish families here. As age, disease and death claimed the earlier immigrants, the number of Chinese declined dramatically almost to the point of vanishing from American life. A Bill Moyers Special
Subjects -- Asian Americans ; United States: History ; Moyers, Bill

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, #3: No Turning Back
[DVD 193]      2003    Films for the Humanities
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 122 min.
World War II ushered in the beginning of major changes for the Chinese in America. At war with Japan, China became an American ally. In an abrupt about face, Chinese Americans found themselves suddenly embraced by  America's political establishment, and the exclusion laws were quickly repealed. To fuel the war effort, Chinese men and women moved into factory jobs, the military service and other arenas formerly closed to them. With this integration into mainstream American society, barriers of racism started to dissolve. But it was in the late sixties, as Civil Rights laws and the 1965 Immigration Reform Act took effect, that Chinese Americans began their rise to the pinnacle of  U.S. life. A Bill Moyers Special
Subjects -- Asian Americans ;  United States: History ; Moyers, Bill

Before Stonewall: The Making Of A Gay And Lesbian Community
[VHS 1347]      1999      First Run Feature
1/2" video         Color      1 cass., 87 min.
A social, political and cultural history of homosexuality in America from the 1920's to 1969. Traces the beginning of the Gay Liberation Movement after a police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed.
Subjects -- Homosexuality

Behavioral Treatment of Autistic Children
[VHS 16]       1988       Focus International
1/2" video      Color       1 cass., 44 min.
Describes characteristics of autism and of behavior modification. Follows the progress of two clients for 25 years. Examines a program begun in 1970 of young children in an intensive home and community based treatment program.
Subjects -- Children and Children Development ; Psychology

Behind Locked Doors
[DVD 3]          1948     Kino on Video
4 3/4" DVD      B&W     1 videodisc, 62 min.
A journalist fakes mental illness to have himself committed to an asylum where he believes a crooked judge is hiding. Cast: Richard Carlson, Lucille Bremer, Dickie Moore, Thomas Browne Henry, Tor Johnson, Douglas Fowley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Film noir. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Behind The Scenes With Julie Taymor
[VHS 30]     1992   GPN
1/2" video    Color    1 cass., 30 min.
Director Julie Taymor rehearses scenes from The Tempest, and using puppets, masks and music, creates an imaginary world that brings Shakespeare alive for children.
Subjects -- Drama and Theater ; Children and Child Development ; Shakespeare, William

Beijing Opera Masks: The Face of Chinese Tradition
[DVD 475]      2002      Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 17 min.
This program enters the world of Beijing opera through the traditional art of mask-making—and through the eyes of 76-year-old Xiang Qi Shang, a celebrated mask maker who has devoted his life to preserving a custom that may yet be lost in China’s rush to modernization. Master Xiang demonstrates his remarkable brushwork as he comments on a range of topics, including the use of facial expression to illuminate a character’s personality and the application of symbolic colors to aid in audience recognition. Facial painting in Beijing opera is also discussed.
Subjects – Music ; Drama and Theater ; Asia: China

Bell Hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation
[VHS 1314]      1997      Media Education Foundation
1/2" video         Color     1 cass., 66 min.
Bell Hooks makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism & critical thinking. Pt. 1. On cultural criticism--Pt. 2. Doing cultural criticism.
Subjects -- Mass Media ; Literature

The Belle of Amherst
[DVD 923]      1994      Kino on Video
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 cass., 90 min.
Portrays America's first notable poetess, Emily Dickinson, through an examination of her writing and observations of her life and family. Originally issued as a motion picture in 1976. Cast: Julie Harris.
Subjects -- Poetry ; Movies and Plays

Ben-Hur  
[DVD 532]      1959      MGM
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 214 min.
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah's house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. Judah swears to come back and take revenge. Cast: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe, Jack Hawkins.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Bernoulli’s Equation
[DVD 207]       1993      Insight Media
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 25 min.
Examines the theory of flow through a venturi tube and compares it to experimental values. It shows how to use Bernoulli’s equation to predict pressures at various points along the tube and compares these predictions with manometer measurements. Discusses the practical applications of this methodology.
Subjects -- Technology ; Physics

The Best Years Of Our Lives
[DVD 50]         1946       MGM
4 3/4" DVD      B&W      1 videodisc, 168 min.
Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands. Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler. Originally released as motion picture in 1946. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; World War, 1939-1945

Better Banquets, Basic Service Skills: Set Up, Service, Clean Up
[VHS 1240]      1991     American Hotel & Motel Inst.
1/2" video        Color     1 cass., 24 min.
Shows how to provide quality service at banquets. Topics include: types of banquets, set up procedures, sanitation, serving skills, clean up.
Subjects -- Culinary Arts

Better Luck Tomorrow
[DVD 401]       2003        Paramount
4 3/4" DVD     Color        1 videodisc, 100 min.
Ben, an Asian American perfectionist and overachiever whose tunnel vision leads to nothing less than graduating at the top of his class. As he struggles to achieve social success, he discovers his darker side. He and his friends: Virgil, Daric and Han lead a double life of mischief and petty crimes to alleviate the pressures of perfection. As their adopted identity grows, the gang tumbles into a downward spiral of excitement, excess and fun. Cast: Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan, John Cho.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Asian Americans

Bettina Gray Speaks With Luis Valdez
[VHS 970]      1993      KQED
1/2" video       Color     1 cass., 26 min.
Luis Valdez, founder of Teatro Campesino, describes how he became a playwright and director and explains how his plays retrace the experience of Chicano families.
Subjects -- Drama and Theater ; Latin America ; Latinos/Hispanic Americans

Between the Wars, The Economic Seeds of World War II
see title The Europeans, #6: Between the Wars, The Economic Seeds of World War II

Beyond Barbed Wire Untold Stories Of American Courage
[VHS 1810]      1999      NAATA
1/2" video        Color      1 cass., 57 min.
Recounts the personal sacrifices and untold stories of heroism displayed by the Japanese American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service who fought for America while their families were held in internment camps.
Subjects -- Asian Americans ; World War 1939-1945

Beyond Closed Doors
[DVD 695]      2006     Sandgrain Films
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 57 mins
Polls show that society wants animals that are raised for food, to be treated humanely. This is encouraging some meat producers to reform their operations. But others have begun using legislation to prevent access to their facilities, creating potentially serious ramifications. Interviews with scientists, veterinarians, farmers, professionals, welfare groups and consumers, illuminate important issues rarely covered in the mainstream media.
Subjects - Agriculture

Beyond Hate With Bill Moyers
[VHS 731]      1991     Mystic Fire/Public Affairs TV
1/2" video       Color     1 cass., 87 min.
Through the experiences of world figures, gang leaders, and young people trying to cope with violence in their lives, Bill Moyers chronicles the impact of hate on its victims, and probes its many dimensions. Focuses on those working to move beyond hate.
Subjects -- Psychology

Beyond Killing Us Softly: The Strength to Resist
[VHS 1579]      2000      Cambridge Documentary Film
1/2" video        Color       1 cass., 33 min.
Documentary about the fight against the toxic and degrading messages to women and girls that dominate the media. Presents the leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy--and focuses their ideas on practical solutions and the best tactics for reclaiming our culture.
Subjects -- Women's Studies ; Advertising

Beyond The Horizon By Eugene O'Neill
[VHS 1835]      1976     Broadway Theatre Archive
1/2" video        Color     1 cass., 117 min.
The play concerns two brothers in love with the same girl. Her rejection of one of them and marriage to the other tears apart a family and sets the stage for all three characters' discontent and disillusionment. Cast: John Houseman, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Maria Tucci. PBS television broadcast for Great Performances, Theater in America.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Beyond Tradition
[VHS 1058]     1989     Jacka Photography
1/2" video        Color      1 cass., 45 min.
Presents more than three hundred examples of prehistoric, historic and contemporary American Indian art including carvings, paintings, sculptures, baskets, rugs, jewelry and pottery. The evolution of Indian art is traced through the centuries, and the deeply rooted traditions that inspire contemporary artists are revealed through comparisons of their work with the art of their ancestors.
Subjects -- Art ; Indians of North America

Biculturalism and Acculturation Among Latinos
[VHS 590]      1992      Films for the Humanities
1/2" video       Color     1 cass., 28 min.
Examines the question of which part of their culture Latinos feel they should keep and leave behind. Explodes some beliefs and misconceptions about who they are today in the United States and probes the relationship between ethnic identity and entrepreneurial success.
Subjects -- Cultural Diversity ; Latinos/Hispanic Americans ; Latin America

Big Dream, Small Screen
[VHS 1249]      1997      PBS
1/2" video        Color      1 cass., 60 min.
The story of Philo T. Farnsworth, who is seldom credited for his inventive contributions although he developed and exhibited his television well in advance of his chief competitor. (American Experience series) Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Television, Film and Video

Body and Soul (Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist)
[DVD 632]      1925               Micheaux Film/Criterion Collection
4 3/4" DVD     b&w, silent      1 videodisc, 102 min.
A melodrama railing against the hypocrisies of the church, casting Robeson in dual roles as a jackleg preacher and a well-meaning inventor. As a minister he is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin. Cast: Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Julia Theresa Russell.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Body & Soul: Staying Healthy in a Stressful World
[VHS 615]   2004    PBS/Beacon Productions
1/2" video    Color    1 cass. 26 min.
Man has lived under stress for time eternal, and as you will find out in this Body & Soul edition, evolution has, in some ways, prepared us well to handle it. But not entirely. Dr. Herbert Benson, the founder of the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, tells Gail Harris that our bodies invoke a stress response that was more suited to our Darwinian ancestors than to the pressures of our industrialized society. He explains the components of this fight-or-flight response and how it affects our health. You will also learn about Benson's discovery of the salutary effects of meditation on the body's response to stress, and how to elicit the relaxation response that can help you beat back one of the primary causes of heart disease.
Subjects -- Medical Sciences and Nursing ; Diseases

Body Brokers
[VHS 62]      1986      KOMO-TV
1/2" video     Color     1 cass., 45 min.
Discusses the organ donor programs primarily on the West Coast and Seattle. Also discusses the international and national groups who are in the business of selling organs. Interviews with people who have had heart, skin, cornea, and kidney transplants.
Subjects -- Medical Ethics

Body Language In Customer Service
[VHS 1145]    1991    Films for the Humanities
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 14 min.
Discusses the role of posture, eye contact, proximity, tone of voice and other intended and unintended forms of nonverbal communication in providing good customer service. (Person-To-Person Skills: Excellence In Customer Service series)
Subjects -- Business

Body Story: Crash
[VHS 1575]    2000      Discovery Channel Video
1/2" video      Color      1 cass., 52 min.
Witness what happens when David and Laura hit another car at high speed. Both are critically injured; David suffers from a head injury and slips into a coma and Laura has a punctured spleen. Watch the inner workings of their bodies from the moment of impact throughout their recoveries.
Subjects -- Anatomy and Physiology

Body Story: Out of Control - Baby & Allergy
[VHS 1577]    2000      Discovery Channel Video
1/2" video      Color      1 cass., 52 min.
First half of this video, Baby, shows how the brain of a baby develops from birth to his week 14^th week of life. At birth the cerebral cortex has yet to form any meaningful connections while the midbrain is already "hard wired" to control the basic survival of a baby. Follow the development of Robert's brain as he watches and learns from the world around him. The second half, Allergy, shows what happens when someone with an allergy to wasp stings is stung. While on the beach Phoebe experiences an allergic reaction to a mosquito bite which puts her life in danger. See how her body, and especially her immune system, react and overreact when invaded by toxins.
Subjects -- Anatomy and Physiology ; Children and Children Development

Body Story: Spreading Menace - Food & Hunger
[VHS 1578]    2000      Discovery Channel Video
1/2" video      Color      1 cass., 52 min.
First half of this video, Food, details the tribulations of Mike, who is suffering from Salmonella food poisoning. See how his body fights against this bacterial invasion and the toll it takes on his digestive system. The second half, Hunger, shows George, who is determined to lose his paunch. See what happens when he attempts to diet and his body fights back to hold on to its valuable energy safety net. See the effects of dieting and exercise on the inner-workings of his muscle and fat systems.
Subjects -- Anatomy and Physiology

Body Story: Teen Dreams
[VHS 1576]    2000      Discovery Channel Video
1/2" video      Color      1 cass., 52 min.
Relive those awkward years of puberty, this time witnessing what's going on inside the body! Follow 14 year-old Darren and 13 year-old Natalie on a journey through one of the most dramatic periods of life. See how the glands, hormones, and organs develop to tackle the new challenges of social and sexual maturity. Learn the forces behind hair growth, ovulation, body odor, voice changes, clumsiness, acne and more.
Subjects -- Anatomy and Physiology ; Children and Children Development

Bodywatch: Infants Have Feelings Too
[VHS 64]      1988      WGBH/PBS/American Health Mag.
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 29 min.
Shows how the right parent-child interaction beginning the day a child is born can make a crucial difference in a child's well-being.
Subjects -- Children and Child Development

La Boheme
[DVD 581]     1977     Deutsche Grammophon
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 150 min.
Music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. It is 1830. Rudolfo, a poor, starving poet, lives in a Parisian garret in the Latin Quarter with his 3 friends. He meets Lucia, a consumptive seamstress called Mimi and they fall in love. Cast: Renata Scotto; Maralin Niska; Luciano Pavarotti; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. Sung in Italian optional subtitles.
Subjects – Music

Bonnie and Clyde
[DVD 1079]    1967    Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD     Color   1 videodisc, 112 mins.
A mythologized biography of the infamous bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. During the Great Depression of the 1930’s, Bonnie and Clyde barrel across the South and Midwest robbing banks with Clyde's brother Buck, Buck's frantic wife Blanche , and their faithful accomplice C.W. Moss. Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, and Gene Hackman.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Crime and Criminals

Boogie Nights
[DVD 796]    1997      New Line Cinema
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 155 min.
Eddie Adams, a young man working in a nightclub, is discovered by porn director Jack Horner, who soon puts Eddie, renamed Dirk Diggler, and his "talent" on the top of the pornography industry. But when the 1980s arrive, Dirk and his colleagues in the porn industry have to cope with a new era as well as the baggage they bring with them from the 1970s. Cast: Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Booker
[VHS 1093]   1990     New Images
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 58 min.
Story of the life of young Booker T. Washington. Cast: James Bond III, Levar Burton, Shelley Duvall, Marian Mercer, Shavar Ross.
Subjects -- African Americans ; Language: ESL/ABE

Borderline (Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist)
[DVD 632]     1930             Pool Films/Criterion Collection
4 3/4" DVD     b&w, silent    1 videodisc, 63 min.
A negro woman having an adulterous affair with a white man causes his wife to go mad and re-enforces the towns-folk's prejudice against Negroes. Cast: Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Borges and I
[VHS 903]     1987      RM Arts/Home Vision
1/2" video      Color     1 cass., 76 min.
A study of the Argentine author that combines interviews with him, readings from some of his biographical and fictional writings, and dramatizations of his life and works. In English with dramatic sequences in Spanish. (Profile of a Writer, v.7)
Subjects -- Latin America ; Literature and Writing

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
[DVD 918]    2004   Red Light Films
4 3/4" DVD  Color   1 videodisc, 83 min.
Amidst the apparent growing prosperity of India, there is a dark underbelly of poverty of another side of the nation that is little known. This film is a chronicle of filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's efforts to show that world of Calcutta's red light district. To do that, they inspired a special group of children of the prostitutes of the area to photograph the most reluctant subjects of it.
Subjects – Photography ; Asia: India

Born On The Fourth Of July
[DVD 217]     1989    Universal
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 145 min.
The biography of Ron Kovic. As young man joins the army and fights in Vietnam, only to become a wheelchair-bound paraplegic resulting from battle. He becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. Cast: Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick. Directed by Oliver Stone.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Vietnamese Conflict

Bounce
[DVD 7]        2000    Miramax
4 3/4" DVD  Color   2 videodiscs, 106 min.
Buddy Amaral is a smooth-talking, skirt-chasing ad exec who is enjoying his high-powered career. Then, a sudden twist of fate changes everything and leads him into the life of Abby Janello, with whom he eventually falls head-over-heels in love. Cast: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Morton, Natasha Henstridge, Tony Goldwyn, Johnny Galecki, David Paymer, Alex D. Linz, Jennifer Grey. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Bound For Glory
[DVD 1080]    1976    United Artists
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 147 mins.
A lyrical biography of legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie. As the traveling 1930’s Depression-era vagabond whose music affected generations. Guthrie is portrayed as an earnest soul whose passion and empathy for the working class spurs him to inspirational heights. A union organizer who sees the value in Guthrie's words and music and persuades him to put his music to good use for the people struggling to earn a living wage. Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, and Gail Strickland.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Music ;  Labor and Trade Unions

Bowling For Columbine
[DVD 125]      2002    United Artists
4 3/4" DVD    Color    2 videodisc, 120 min.
The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this bloodshed. In doing so, he learns that the conventional answers of easy availability of guns, violent national history, violent entertainment and even poverty are inadequate to explain this violence when other cultures share those same factors without the equivalent carnage. In order to arrive at a possible explanation, Michael Moore takes on a deeper examination of America's culture of fear, bigotry and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership. Furthermore, he seeks to investigate and confront the powerful elite political and corporate interests fanning this culture for their own unscrupulous gain.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Law ; Political Science

Boys Don't Cry
[DVD 338]    1999      20^th Century Fox
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 118 min.
Based on actual events. Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who've never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he's one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana. However, he's forgotten to mention one important detail. It's not that he's wanted in another town for assorted crimes, but that Brandon Teena was actually born a woman named Teena Brandon. When his best friends make this discovery, Brandon's life is ripped apart by betrayal, humiliation, rape, and murder. Cast: Hilary Swank; Chloë Sevigny
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Sex and Sex Role

The Brain Fitness Program
[DVD 670]      2008     PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
The Brain Fitness Program is based on the concept of neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to change and adapt, even rewire itself. In the past two years, a team of scientists has developed computer-based stimulus sets that drive beneficial chemical, physical and functional changes in the brain. Dr. Michael Merzenich of the University of California and his colleagues share their scientifically based set of brain exercises in this life-altering program.
Subjects – Anatomy and Physiology

Breaking the Accent Barrier: American Sound & Style
[VHS 575]     1991     Video Language Products
1/2" video      Color     1 cass., 60 min.
Shows how to improve the quality and expressiveness of your voice, adopt intonation and rhythm patterns of American speech, and control the muscles of your mouth and tongue that are needed to sound American. Instructor: David Alan Stern.
Subjects -- Language: ESL/ABE

Breast Cancer: Prevention and Treatment
[DVD 677]     2001     Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 20 min.
Presents a concise overview of critical concerns and issues regarding breast cancer, a disease that affects one in five women. In a logical format using computer graphics and footage with real patients, the program addresses the general pathology of cancer, the specifics of breast cancer, and the various risk factors. A segment on self-examinations clearly demonstrates how these potentially life-saving checks are performed, explaining how they are the key to early detection. Treatment options are fully explained and illustrated, including chemotherapy, mastectomy, and reconstructive surgery.
Subjects – Diseases: Cancer

Brecht On Stage Presented By Dr. Richard Bessel
[DVD 95]        2003     Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD     B&W     1 videodisc, 24 min.
Bertolt Brecht wrote plays to challenge an audience, to make them think and see the possibilities of change -- what he called "dialectical theater." In this documentary contemporaries and scholars discuss his work and the methods he used to revolutionize drama in the 20th century, and its impact on modern theater. Series: Literature in the Modern World.
Subjects -- Drama and Theater

Bride & Prejudice
[DVD 772]     2004    Miramax
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 111 min.
A Bollywood update of Jane Austen's classic tale, in which Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters. When the rich single gentlemen Balraj and Darcy come to visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, though circumstance and boorish opinions threaten to get in the way of romance. Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Asia: India