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~ Predicaments of Action & Judgment ~

The Mahabharata [videorecording] / Les Productions du 3Ëme Etage, in association with Channel 4 Television Co. Ltd., the Brooklyn Academy of Music ; produced by Michel Propper ; directed by Peter Brook. New York, NY : Parabola Video Library, c1989.

Description : 3 videocassettes (328 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + viewer's guide (22 p. ; 11 x 19 cm.).
Notes : For private home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. Other restrictions may also apply. Any other use without license is in violation of the copyright law. Screenplay, Peter Brook, Jean-Claude CarriËre, Marie-HÈlËne Estienne ; music, Toshi Tsuchitori. Adapted from the play by Jean-Claude CarriËre. Adult.

The world of The Mahabharata is of profound storytelling power and spiritual import; within it a civilization rises, falls and is reborn. Pt. 1. [The game of dice] -- Pt. 2. Exile in the forest -- Pt. 3. War.

MEDIA  VT0435  pt.2  Video   Available 
MEDIA  VT0435  pt.3  Video   Available 
MEDIA  VT0435  pt.1  Video   Available 

The Mahabharata: original soundtrack. [sound recording ] Realworld, p1990.

Description : 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes : Toshi Tsushitori, taiko, gatham, esraj, other instruments ; Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh, kemantchÈ, santur, tanbur ; Kudsi Erguner, ney ; Djamchid Chemirani, zarb ; Kim Menzer, nagashwaram, didgeridoo, shenay ; Sarmila Roy, vocals ; Philippe Eidel, keyboards. Recorded at Studio Ferber, Paris. Compact disc. Analog recording. Program notes in English inserted in container.

Nibiro ghono andhara / Rabindranath Tagore (4:06) -- Draupadi (1:38) -- Ontoro momo / R. Tagore (8:07) -- Satyavati (:29) -- Virata (1:43) -- Bughi oi sudure / R. Tagore (1:51) -- Cities (2:36) -- Bhima (3:24) -- Markandeya : part I (2:18) -- Duryodhana (4:21) -- Amba (2:00) -- The war. Prepare to fight! ; War ; Dhire bondhu dhire / R. Tagore (6:50) -- Markandeya : part II (1:22) -- Svetasvatara Upanisad (5:33).

MUSIC  M215 C1    CD 

Hamlet [videorecording] / Warner Bros. and Nelson Entertainment present an Icon production ; based on the play by William Shakespeare ; screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Dyson Lovell ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Warner Home Video, [1991], c1990.

Description : 1 videocassette (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes : Video version restricted to private home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. Other restrictions may apply. Any other use without license is in violation of copyright law. VHS hi-fi; stereo; Dolby surround; digitally processed. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter. Production designer, Dante Ferretti ; music, Ennio Morricone ; executive producer, Bruce Davey. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Rated PG. Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.

RESERVE  PR2807.A23 B720 1990    Video   ReserveRm 

William Shakespeare's Hamlet [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures ; Castle Rock Entertainment ; adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh ; produced by David Barron. Columbia TriStar Home Video : Castle Rock Entertainment, c1997.

Description : 2 videocassettes (242 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes : Title from title screen. Video version restricted to private home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. Other restrictions may apply. Any other use without license is in violation of copyright law. Closed captioned. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Nicholas Farrell, Richard Briers, Kate Winslet, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Jack Lemmon. Photography, Alex Thomson ; editor, Neil Farrell ; music, Patrick Doyle. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. VHS format, Dolby surround stereo. .Modified ... from its original version ... formatted to fit your screen." An adaptation, set in the 19th century, of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy. Includes trailer for the film Ghosts of Mississippi. Rated PG-13.

RESERVE  PR2807.A23 B720 1997  pt.2  Video   ReserveRm 
RESERVE  PR2807.A23 B720 1997  pt.1  Video   ReserveRm 

Hamlet [sound recording] / by William Shakespeare. Bantam/DD/Audio Publishing, p1992.

Description : 3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes : Compact disc. At head of title : BBC Radio presents. The Renaissance Theatre Company ; starring Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet; Sir John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson, and Christopher Ravenscroft.

MUSIC  S527 C4  Disc 1-3  CD
MUSIC  S527 C4    CD Booklet 

~ The Nature of Wisdom ~

Buddhist Music CDs

Drolma, Choying. Ch– [sound recording] / Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts. Salem, Mass. : Hannibal Records, p1997.

MUSIC  D785 C1    CD

Buddhist music of Tianjin [sound recording] Monmouth, Great Britain ; Charlottesville, VA : Nimbus Records, p1994.

MUSIC  B9271 C1    CD

’Bras-spuns (Monastery) Sacred Tibetan chants from the Great Prayer Festival [sound recording] / Drepung Loseling Monastery Monks. Berkeley, Calif. : Music & Arts Program of America, p1993.

MUSIC  S123 C1    CD

Tibetan Buddhism [sound recording] : the ritual orchestra and chants. New York, N.Y. : Nonesuch, [c1995], p1976.

MUSIC  T553 C1    CD

Gyuto Monks. Gyuto Monks : Tibetan Tantric Choir sound recording Stanford, CA : Windham Hill Records, p1987.

MUSIC  G998 C1 

Yo, la peor de todas [videorecording] = I, the worst of all / un film de Maria Luisa Bemberg ; basado en "Sor Juana InÈs de la Cruz, o, Las trampas de la fe" de Octavio Paz ; producciÛn, Lita Stantic ; direcciÛn, Maria Luisa Bemberg. First Run Features, c1990.

Subject Heading(s) : Juana InÈs de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695 Drama.
Authors, Mexican 17th century Drama.
Nuns Mexico Drama.
Biographical films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures Spanish.
Motion pictures Argentinian.

Description : 1 videocassette (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes : VHS format. Spanish dialogue; English subtitles. For private home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. Other restrictions may also apply. Any other use without license is in violation of the copyright law. Cast: Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Hector Alterio, Lautaro Murua, Alberto Segado, Franklin Caicedo, Graciela Araujo, Hugo Soto, Gerardo Romano.This historical drama tells the story of Juana InÈs de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.

MEDIA  PQ7296.J6 Z72490 1990    Video

~ Belief and Unbelief ~

The Old Testament [sound recording] : selections from the Bible (the Authorized version) . Naxos Audiobooks, p1996.

Description : 6 sound discs (7 hrs. 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. Notes : Compact disc. "Classical literature with classical music"--back of container. Abridged by Perry Keenlyside ; produced by Nicolas Soames. Read by Philip Madoc, Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Josette Simon.

MUSIC  B582 C1  Disc 1-6  CD
MUSIC  B582 C1    CD Booklet

The last temptation of Christ [videorecording] / Universal Pictures and Cineplex Odeon Films ; producer, Barbara De Fina ; director, Martin Scorsese. Distributed by MCA Home Video, c1989, c1988.

Description : 1 videocassette (163 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Notes : VHS format. For home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. Other restrictions may also apply. Any other use without license is in violation of the copyright law. Based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. Originally issued as motion picture in 1988. Rated R. "80842" Screenplay, Paul Schrader ; music, Peter Gabriel ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker. Willem Dafoe (Jesus), Harvey Keitel (Judas), Barbara Hershey (Mary Magdalene), Harry Dean Stanton (Paul), David Bowie (Pontius Pilate). In this controversial movie Jesus, as both fully human and fully divine, is viewed in this film free of sin but subject to all temptations, including sexual ones.

MEDIA  VT0256    Video

~ A Genealogy of Freedom ~

Ida B. Wells : a passion for justice [videorecording] / a film by William Greaves ; WGBH Educational Foundation and WNET/Thirteen ; producers William Greaves, Louise Archambault. William Greaves Productions, [1991?], c1989.

Subject Heading(s) : Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 Biography.
Afro-American women civil rights workers Biography.
Afro-American women Biography.
Afro-Americans Civil rights History.

Description : 1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.) ; sd., col., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Notes : From the television program: The American experience, first broadcast by PBS in 1989. VHS. For home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction at Union College. For classroom or private home use only. Any other use without license is in violation of the copyright law. Writer, William Greaves ; editor, Gary Winter ; music composed and conducted by Kermit Moore ; chief researchist, Paul Lee ; executive producer, Judy Crichton. Commentaries by Paula Giddings, Troy Dustes, John Demott, David Tucker, and Rosalyn Temborg-Penn. Readings by Toni Morrison. Al Freeman, Jr. "The memoirs of Ida B. Wells read by Toni Morrison."Born into slavery in Mississippi at the end of the Civil War, Wells became a school teacher and journalist. Her personal sense of integrity and justice carried her into a lifelong crusade against racism, sexism, and lynching.

MEDIA  VT0666    Video

~ Living with Consequences ~

Last revised on April 12, 2001