Audra McDonald
Author
Language
English
Description
Piano/vocal arrangements of 22 terrific songs from Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald: Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home * As Time Goes By * Baby Moon * Build a Bridge * Cradle and All * How Glory Goes * I Double Dare You * I Follow * I Hid My Love * I Think It's Going to Rain Today * I Wanna Get Married * Is It Really Me? * A Little Bit in Love * The Man That Got Away * See What I Wanna See * Stars and the Moon * Supper Time * Tell Me * Tess's Torch...
Author
Language
English
Description
This folio recreates the remarkable program Audra sang for the American Songbook Series for Jazz at Lincoln Center. It features vocal/piano arrangements for all 13 tunes bridging the work of upcoming and time-tested songwriters: Bein' Green * Damned Ladies * God Give Me Strength * My Heart * My Stupid Mouth * To a Child * Wonderful You * and more.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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4) The Vote
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (227 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Vote tells the dramatic story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.
6) Origin
Publisher
Neon
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN chronicles the tragedy and triumph of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates a global phenomenon of epic proportions.Portrayed by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor ("King Richard"), Isabel experiences unfathomable personal loss and love as she crosses continents and cultures to craft one of the defining American books of our time. Inspired...
7) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
[Wide screen]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago comes into a sudden financial windfall, the potential uses of which divides them bitterly.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approx. 8.5 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
Publisher
Universal Television
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
A live performance of the classic musical. An aspiring nun in pre-WWII Austria leaves the abbey to become a governess for the widower Captain von Trapp's seven children and finds herself falling in love.