The Railrodder and Buster Keaton Rides Again
[VHS 1679]      1995            Kino Video
1/2" video         Color/B&W   1 cass., 81 min.
In The railrodder (25 min., col., 1965) Keaton crosses Canada in a gas powered railway handcar; Buster Keaton rides again (56 min., B&W, 1965) shows Keaton at work on The railrodder.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Rain Man
[DVD 208]     1988     United Artists
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 134 min.
Charlie Babbitt, a young businessman aggressively pursuing his fortune in collector automobiles, hears that the wealthy father from whom he has been estranged for years, has died. He attends the funeral planning to remain only long enough to hear the will and receive the fortune he believes is coming to him. He is shocked to learn that most of the fortune has been left in trust to his mentally handicapped brother he didn’t know he had, Raymond, an autistic savant. Charlie kidnaps him to California, planning to keep him "hostage" until the institution where Raymond has been living, delivers half of Raymond's inheritance he believes rightly to be his. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Psychology

The Rainmaker
[DVD 322]      1997      Paramount
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 135 min.
A young Tennessee lawyer fresh out of college takes the case of his life in this amazing courtroom drama. When a big insurance company tries to keep from having to pay for the care that a young man diagnosed with leukemia needs, the family decides to hire a lawyer. Rudy (Damon) takes on this client in his first case after the head of his law office has to hide because he's wanted by the feds. He must overcome many obstacles inside and outside the courtroom as he attempts to find out what it means to be a lawyer and how far you have to go before you become a sell-out. Based on the novel by John Grisham. Cast: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Subjects --Movies and Plays ; Law and Government

Raise the Red Lantern
[DVD 656]        1991     Era International (HK) Ltd.
4 3/4" DVD      Color     1 videodisc, 125 min.
China in the 1920's. After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as their master's attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen must decide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in front of the house of his choice and each wife schemes and plots to make sure it's hers. Cast: Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao. In Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Language: Chinese

A Raisin In The Sun
[DVD 898]       1996       Monterey Home video 
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 171 min.
An insurance check can allow the Youngers to escape their frustrating life in a crowded Chicago apartment, but escape means different things to each family member. Originally telecast in 1988. Cast: Danny Glover, Esther Rolle, Starletta DuPois, Yanckey, Kim. Closed captioned.

Raphael: The Apprentice Years
[VHS 179]       1980       BBC/Home Vision
1/2" video        Color       1 cass., 58 min.
Examines Raphael's life and career up to the age of 25, which was spent synthesizing lessons from painters such as Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Looks at certain qualities of feeling represented by Raphael's Madonna and Child.

The Reader
[DVD 1031]   2008    The Weinstein Company
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 124 mins.
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial. Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Habich, David Kross.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; World War, 1939-1945

Reading and Conversation With Maxine Hong Kingston
[VHS 920]       1992       Calif. State University
1/2" video        Color       1 cass., 120 min.
Multicultural perspectives in higher education conference.

Reagan
[DVD 99]      2003      PBS
4 3/4" DVD   Color      1 videodisc, 263 min.
Reflect on the life of one of this century's most popular presidents, Ronald Wilson Reagan. You'll observe his failures as an actor, his rebirth as a politician, and his meteoric rise to the leader of the Free World. An enthusiastic supporter of lower taxes and a passionate foe of communism, Reagan unleashed a political revolution that reverberates still today. (The American Experience series)
Subjects -- Presidents: United States

The Real Dirt on Farmer John
[DVD 657]       2005      Gaiam Media
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 84 min.
Film about the life of Midwestern farmer John Peterson, operator of Angelic Organics. In the 1970s .as a college student, Peterson was exposed to the era’s wildly accelerating cultural changes which fed his artistic inclinations. His new student friends flooded the farm with a riot of art, freedom and rock and roll, creating an art commune in the heart of conformist Midwestern America. Peterson was later demonized by his neighbors as a drug-dealing cult murderer of animals and children, and blamed for the general decline in farm fortunes in the early 1980s, when family farmers throughout the United States felt unrelenting economic pressures. Peterson lost most of the farm and descended into a deep depression. In the 1990’s, betting on the future of organic produce, Peterson turned his enterprise into an organic operation. He was soon invited to become a community supported agriculture (CSA) farmer:
Subjects – Agriculture

The Real Thing, Units 1-5
[VHS 1038]       1996       Highland Publishing
1/2" video          Color       1 cass., 56 min.
1. Skills for college success (14 min.)--2. Expectations of a student (13 min.)--3. Overcoming communication anxiety (14 min.)--4. Supply and demand (13 min.)--5. Marketing (12 min.)

The Real Thing, Units 6-10
[VHS 1039]       1996      Highland Publishing
1/2" video          Color     1 cass., 70 min.
6. The Essay (11 min.)--7. Immigration (15 min.)--8. Culture (15 min.)--9. Interpreting "borders" (15 min.)--10. Central processing unit (14 min.)

The Real Thing, Units 11-15
[VHS 1040]       1996       Highland Publishing
1/2" video          Color       1 cass., 69 min.
11. Statement of cash flow (16 min.)--12. Logic (14 min.)--13. How food chains work (14 min.)--14. Aging (12 min.)--15. Origins of jazz (13 min.)

Rear Window
[DVD 213]     1954  Universal
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 112 min.
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that the man opposite may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his society model girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his nurse Stella to investigate. Cast. James Stewart, Kim Novak. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (The James Stewart Hollywood legend collection)
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
[DVD 228]     1938                   Twentieth Century Fox
4 3/4" DVD     B&W/Colorized   1 videodisc, 80 min.
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast. Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Rebel Without A Cause
[DVD 778]     1955     Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 111 min.
Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's real concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff. Cast – James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Rebuilding the Temple: Cambodians in America
[VHS 392]    1991    Direct Cinema
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 60 min.
In the 1970's, one out of every seven Cambodians died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, a communist guerilla army. The Khmer Rouge tried to annihilate everything the Cambodians believed in. Faced with this death and destruction, 150,000 Cambodians fled to America. This film examines the refugees' efforts to adjust to Western life and the significant role played by the Khmer-Buddhist culture in this difficult process. With resilience born of hardship, they struggle to build their temples, hold their religious ceremonies, pass on their heritage, and save their culture in their adopted American home.
Subjects – Asian Americans

The Reckoning
[DVD 373]      2003       Paramount
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 112 min.
Set in 14th century England, Nicholas, a young priest who has broken his vow of chastity and in turn becomes a fugitive, escaping from his fellow monks and their judgment. Posing as an actor in a traveling acting troupe, Nicholas, along with the actors, discovers that a young woman convicted of killing a boy is actually innocent and the troupe sets out to prove her innocence by incorporating the crime into their plays. Cast: Willem DaFoe, Paul Bettany.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
[VHS 2055]     2002       HSTN/Primedia Workplace Learning
1/2" video        Color      1 cass., 30 min.
Discusses the challenges faced with the assessment and management of recurrent UTIs. Signs and symptoms are reviewed along with possible causes, including ureteroversical reflux. Covers prevention, treatments such as long-term prophylactic antibiotics, and potential complications including kidney infections.
Subjects – Diseases ; Medical Sciences and Nursing

Red Eye
[DVD 872]    2005    Dreamworks
4 3/4" DVD   Color   1 videodisc, 85 min.
A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician. Cast: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Red Road ... Toward The Techno-Tribal Tribe 
[VHS 1449]   1984     Native American Public Broadcasting 
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 27 min.
This documentary explores contemporary views of Native American spirituality, philosophy and prophecy. Uses interviews with medicine people, elders, and others to explain how traditional values and ancient cosmology can play a role in today's world.  Sequel to: Ancient spirit, living word. Director, Juan Salazar.
Subjects -- Indians of North America ; Religions and Mythology

Reefer Madness
[DVD 285]      1936                     G&H Productions
4 3/4" DVD     B&W/Colorized    1 videodisc, 66 min.
Propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, of the scourge of marijuana. The tale revolves around Mae and Jack, accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice the local high school kids to stop by Mae's apartment to smoke reefer. The lives of all who are involved with this menace are inevitably shattered. One youngster becomes so addicted to the killer weed that a judge orders him to be committed for life to a mental hospital! Dr. Carroll advises us to not incur the same tragedy. Became a cult hit in 1972 when the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) rescued it from the Library of Congress film archive. Includes all-new color version and the restored original black-and-white version.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Drugs and Drug Abuse

Refrigerator Mothers
[VHS 1741]   2002    Fanlight
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 54 min
From the 1950s through the early 1970s, the American medical establishment thought it had found the cause of autism: poor mothering. Doctors presumed that the bizarre behaviors of autistic children - rigid rituals, difficulty with speech, extreme self-isolation - stemmed from their mothers' emotional frigidity. We now know that autism is a brain disorder, not the result of poor parenting. But for a whole generation of women branded as cold "refrigerator mothers," the damage had already been done.
Subjects -- Children and Child Development ; Psychology ; Women’s Studies

Regret To Inform
[VHS 1456]       2000       Sun Fountain
1/2" Video        Color       1 cass., 72 min.
Film maker, Barbara Sonneborn, makes a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband died. She explores the meaning of war and loss on a human level and weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war. In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles. Closed captioned.

Religions of the Book: Women Serving Religion
[DVD 817]      1991     Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD     Color    1 videodisc, 29 min.
One of the most visible issues facing Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the role of women serving religion. Because of religious and cultural conditioning in the past, women in all three religions have experienced limited roles. Today, though, their voices are being heard. This program traces women’s roles in religious tradition and what it means to be a woman in these three religions today. The program also explores the cultural influences of feminism upon religious tradition and the beliefs regarding the ordination of women.
Subjects – Religion and Mythology ; Women’s Studies

Reluctant Muse: A Portrait Of My Parents
[VHS 1648]      1995      UC Extension Center
1/2" video         Color     1 cass., 60 min.
Explores the psychological, interpersonal, and sociological aspects of being a creative artist today. John and Ruth Waddell shared a love for the arts and for each other. The life events and societal influences that led Ruth to diminish her own artistic endeavors to allow her partner to flourish are, in many ways, universal.
Subjects - Art

Remarkable People: Making A Difference In The Northwest, Charles Johnson
[VHS 1016]      1996       KCTS
1/2" video         Color       1 cass., 30 min.
Charles Johnson, novelist, short fiction writer and screenwriter talks about racism and being an African American. Discusses the roles martial arts and meditation play in his creativity and helping him to achieve focus in his writing. Reads from his book, "Middle Passage", for which he won the 1990 National Book Award.

The Replacements
[DVD 515]      2000      Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 118 min.
When the NFL goes on strike, the team owner of the Washington Sentinels, calls former NFL coach Jimmy McGinty out of retirement to coach a rag-tag team of replacement players to finish the season's last four games. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Requiem for a Faith
[MP 268]          1968       Hartley Productions
16mm film        Color       1 reel, 28 min.
Story of Tibetan Buddhism, alive today in a remote Indian refugee camp. The poetic narration guides us through a world of ancient rituals, continuous meditation, deep compassion, and a profound faith in the divinity of man.

Responding To The Handicapped
[VHS 1232]       1990       Films for the Humanities
1/2" video          Color      1 cass., 26 min.
Through a series of brief interviews this program explores the process of adjustment to a physical handicap, and ways that people react to and interact with those who are physically handicapped.

The Restless Quinault
[VHS 996]       1973       KIRO-TV
1/2" video        Color       1 cass., 18 min.
Discusses history, current issues, economy, schools and culture of the Quinault Indians on the Olympic Penninsula of Washington State.

Restraints: The Last Resort
[VHS 551]       1990       Medcom/Trainex
1/2" video        Color       1 cass., 16 min.
Explores alternatives to restraint of patients. Also demonstrates proper application of safety vest, cross over vest limb or wrist restraint, and pelvic support.

Revising Prose
[VHS 999]       1981       Scribner
1/2" video        Color       1 cass., 30 min.
Explains the basic guidelines for revising prose. Discusses the different prose styles. Based on: Revising Prose by Richard A. Lanham.

Revolution in Red
[VHS 931]       1964        CBS News
1/2" video        B&W       1 cass., 45 min.
Surveys the forces and factors leading to the Russian revolution and the role of Lenin and his disciplined Bolshevik party.

Rich And Strange
[VHS 1086]        1993        Madacy Music Group
1/2" video           B/W        1 cass., 83 min.
Tells the story of a newly-rich man who, in an attempt to get rid of his boredom, tries living different lifestyles with his wife. They take unending trips until finally they find themselves on a sinking ship. Their narrow escape brings them back to the realities of everyday life. Originally released in 1932. Cast: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amann. The Alfred Hitchcock collection.

Richard Hugo
[VHS 993-994]        1979        North Seattle Community College
1/2" video               B&W        2 cass., 94 min.
Lecture and poetry reading by Richard Hugo. Pt. 1. Lecture--Pt. 2. Poet.

Richard II
[VHS 10-11]        1979        BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video            Color        2 cass., 157 min
In the 14th century Kings and Queens ruled by divine right. Even a rebellion against the most corrupt monarch was viewed as an uprising against heaven itself. This play by William Shakespeare is the story of just such a rebellion.

Richard Nixon: Checkers, Old Glory, Resignation Speeches
[VHS 59]        1983        Video Images
1/2" video        B&W       1 cass., 45 min.
Richard Nixon's famous televised speeches. Senator Nixon during his first campaign for national office with his 1957 speech "Old Glory"; the paid political announcement during his 1952 presidential campaign called "Checkers"; 1974 resignation speech.

The Right To Marry
[VHS 1289]        1996        Sweet Corn Productions
1/2" video           Color        1 cass., 72 min.
Explores the various issues surrounding lesbian and gay marriages including those dealing with religious, legal, social and economic problems. Includes both random interviews from people on thestreet and more formal statements. Also includes actual footage of a number of gay marriage ceremonies.

The Right Stuff
[DVD 686]      1983      Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 193 mins
The first seven Mercury astronauts: we go behind the prepackaged, unblemished saints we knew through the media to find imperfect human beings who were actually even more heroic. The astronauts are heroes, no doubt about it. As space pioneer Chuck Yaeger bitterly points out, these men all knew the risks they were taking as they rode their primitive capsules into space. They knew they were powered by rockets that could explode them into the tiniest of atoms. There were the fierce fires of re-entry that could reduce them to cinders, as well as the possibility of no re-entry, leaving them to perish miserably in their orbits. Yet these men eagerly took those risks. They were made of the right stuff. Cast: Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Space Exploration

Rigoberta Menchu: Broken Silence
[VHS 770]        1993        Films for the Humanities
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 25 min.
In recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She is one of the most outspoken, articulate, and persuasive advocate of native rights.

The Ring Two
[DVD 882]    2005    20th Century Fox
4 3/4" DVD  Color    1 videodisc, 110 min.
Six months after encountering Samara and her killer video tape, Rachel Keller and her son Aiden leave the city to live in a small rural town where they think they'll be safe. Soon after they arrive, however, Rachel hears about a college student who died nearby in circumstances similar to Samara's past victims. Now it appears that Aiden's life is in danger from Samara once more, and Rachel must investigate the little girl's past if she wants to save her son. Cast: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

The Rise of Greek Civilization
see title Western Tradition, Pt. 5: The Rise of Greek Civilization

Rivera: The Frescoes Of Diego Rivera
[VHS 1311]        1986        Home Vision
1/2" video           Color       1 cass., 35 min.
Explores Rivera's evolution as an artist, his use of the fresco technique, and his politics, creating a fascinating portrait of one of the geniuses of the twentieth century. A leader of the Mexican renaissance movement of the 1920's and 1930's, his frescoes unite themes of nature and revolution, drawing a parallel between the evolution of life and the struggle for human dignity.

Riverdance, The Show
[VHS 2035] [VHS 2036] [VHS 2037]
1995        Columbia TriStar
1/2" video        Color        1 cass., 78 min.
A performance of Irish dance live from the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Performer: Michael Flatley, Jean Butler, Anúna, the Riverdance Irish Dance Company, The Riverdance.
Subjects -- Dance ; European Americans

Rivers & Tides
see title: Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers & Tides

The Road to Brown
[VHS 708]        1989        California Newsreel
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 47 min.
Presents the role of the Black lawyer, Charles Houston, in the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. The Board of Education which overturned segregation.

Road To Perdition
[DVD 72]       2002     DreamWorks
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 117 min.
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father. Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law. Closed captioned.
Subjects - Movies and Plays

The Road to Success: Stories of Career Satisfaction in Popular Fields
[DVD 574-575]      2007      Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD          Color      2 videodisc
[DVD 574] Spotlight on Careers in Entrepreneurship (1 videodisc, 20 min.)
Since its founding, Paul Orfalea’s Kinko’s empire has grown to more than 1,500 stores and 23,000 employees worldwide. And Pleasant Rowland’s American Girl dolls, second only to Barbie in U.S. sales, made her $700 million when she sold her company to Mattel. How did these incredible entrepreneurs do it? Section one of this program profiles Orfalea, who talks about overcoming dyslexia while growing up and his business philosophy, which is based on his freethinking, creative style. In section two, Rowland describes her motivation in creating the American Girls and how her special approach to marketing and distribution has helped make them so popular.
[DVD 575] Spotlight on Careers in Technology (1 videodisc, 18 min.)
What is it like to be a visionary, to have a hand in shaping the future through important technologies? Section one of this program showcases the environmentally clean, zero-emission Ballard Fuel Cell as Geoffrey Ballard himself explains how he developed it against all odds. In section two, Bob Mason, cofounder of the direct-to-Internet TV service Brightcove, discusses why he and partner Jeremy Allaire started the company, Brightcove’s place in the Internet revolution, and career options in the ever-changing high-tech industry.
Subjects – Technology ; Business ; Careers and Job Hunting

The Roaring Twenties
[DVD 234]      1939     Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD     B&W    1 videodisc, 104 min.
After the WWI Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere. Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Robot Pals
[DVD 274]      2005      PBS
4 3/4" DVD    Color       1 videodisc, 30 min.
To be really useful, robots need to behave as a cooperative partners rather than mindless machines. We'll meet three robots - including a future member of an astronaut team - that are trying to better understand us. Hosted by Alan Alda. (Scientific American Frontiers)
Subjects -- Technology

Rocky
[DVD 504]      1976      United Artists
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 104 min.
The 'Italian Stallion', Rocky Balboa, is an down and out boxer in downtown Philadelphia. His one chance to make a better life for himself is through his boxing and Adrian, a girl who works in the local pet store. Through a publicity stunt, Rocky is set up to fight Apollo Creed, the current heavyweight champion who is already set to win. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Rodin
[VHS 1752]        1992        Green Acre Video
1/2" Video          Color        1 cass., 26 min.
Rodin, the genius, the artist, the romantic, speaks for himself and his art in this film that takes his life full circle from the age of 19 to his death at 77. The brilliance of his revolutionary creations is seen outdoors in natural settings and in museums around the world. To view this film is to experience Rodin’s life, his spirit, and the mood of his work.
Subjects - Artists

Roll On Columbia: Woody Guthrie & The Bonneville Power Administration
[VHS 1735]        1999        University of Oregon
1/2" video           Color        1 cass., 57 min.
In 1941, Woody Guthrie and his family left southern California for a job in Portland, Oregon writing songs for a documentary film about the dams being built on the Columbia River. The story is told through interviews with family and friends; and archival footage that includes scenes from both Hydro and The Columbia, documentaries made by the BPA's public information department in the late '30s and '40s.
Subjects -- Music ; Washington State and Seattle

Romance and Reality
see title Civilization, #3: Romance and Reality

The Romantic Horizon
[VHS 467]        1986        Films for the Humanities/PBS
1/2" video         Color        1 cassette
The path of Lewis and Clark as seen through the eyes of artist-explorers George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, and Alfred Jacob Miller. (West of the Imagination Series)

Romare Bearden: Visual Jazz
[VHS 1310]        1998        L & S video 
1/2" video           Color       1 cass., 29 min.
Romare Bearden created collages and paintings of humanity in which he sought to redefine the image of the man in terms of the African-American experience. Film includes rare footage of Bearden at work.

Romeo and Juliet
[DVD 991]     1968    Paramount
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 138 mins
Shakespeare's classic play of tragic love between members of opposing families. Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was unique in its day for casting kids in the play's pivotal roles. Cast: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Shakespeare, William

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #3: The Goths Ride East
[DVD 1076]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
The Germans invade the Soviet Union, leading to chaos and confusion as the Red Army falls back. Minsk, Kiev and Smolensk fall. Stalin signs the infamous Order 270, branding captured Soviet officers as traitors and committing their wives to forced labor. With the first snow, the Wehrmacht arrives at the gates of Moscow.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #4: Between Life And Death
[DVD 1076]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
The Germans are at the gates of Moscow. The winter closes in and starvation claims thousands of lives in the besieged city of Leningrad. The Red Army counterattacks on the Moscow front.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #5: The Fight From Within
[DVD 1077]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
During the war in the occupied Soviet Union, many oppressed Soviet citizens welcome Hitler, but their enthusiasm is short-lived as his plans are revealed. The Partisan resistance begins without Stalin's support. Then, as he begins to accept the Partisans, he provides them with supplies.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #6: The Cauldron Boils
[DVD 1077]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
The Wehrmacht thrusts south towards the oil fields of the Caucasus. On pain of death, Stalin specifically prohibits any retreat on the battlefield. The formation of the infamous Penal Battalions starts and the battle for Stalingrad begins.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #7: The Citadel
[DVD 1077]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
During the spring stalemate, all eyes turn to Kursk. Soviet war production, now moved out of the reach of German bombers, increases dramatically. The Germans prepare to meet the Red Army on the plains of Kursk. This is the greatest tank battle in the history of warfare.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #8: False Dawn
[DVD 1078]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
1944 is the year of victories. After a 900-day siege, Leningrad is finally liberated. The Red Army pushes westward and begins to retake the territories occupied by the Germans for so long. Once again, Stalin has plans for the people who suffer under the occupation.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #9: The Fall Of The Swastika
[DVD 1078]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
Germany is now on the brink of defeat. As the Red Army approaches Berlin, Hitler mobilizes both young and old to defend the doomed city. With the fall of Berlin and the death of his old enemy, Stalin turns once again to the control of his own people.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

Russia's War, Blood Upon The Snow, #10: The Cult Of Personality
[DVD 1078]    1995       PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 60 min.
Stalin is praised by his people for the victory he alone claims. As old age creeps up on him, Stalin obsessive paranoia continues the persecution of his people. His plans for territorial expansion are blocked by the threat of the atomic bomb. The Cold War prevails. In 1953, Stalin dies.
Subjects - Soviet Union and Russia ; World War, 1939-1945

RV
[DVD 516]      2006      Columbia Pictures
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 99 min.
Bob is determined to combine work and pleasure. He rents a recreational motor home to drive his wife and kids on a scenic vacation to the Colorado Rockies. While trying to enjoy some much needed, quality time with his family, Bob is secretly preparing a presentation for a high-stakes corporate merger. Their dysfunctional road trip leads to repeated encounters with the perky Gornicke family. The Gornicke’s don’t appear to be too bright, but to Bob, they represent the familial togetherness that Bob was hoping to regain. Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines.
Subjects – Movies and Plays