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621) The Danish Poet
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Can we trace the chain of events that lead to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter? The narrator of The Danish Poet considers these questions as we follow Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a holiday to Norway to meet the famous writer, Sigrid Undset. As Kasper's quest for inspiration unfolds, it appears that a spell of bad weather, an angry dog, slippery barn planks, a careless postman, hungry...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How has information and communications technology changed the world of commerce and industry? This wide-ranging film tells a remarkable story of our times. Impact on work: In the 1970s office work was done with typewriters and paper and correcting fluid. Computers were giant devices in air-conditioned rooms. Then in the 1980s computers got smaller and began to appear on people's desks. Whole industries and professions vanished. Simon Steele, a sub-editor...
623) Teamwork basics
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One of the most effective management styles is teamwork, for it involves all staff in the decision-making process. Always among the leaders in participative management, libraries have begun to use teamwork strategies more and more frequently. Implementing these strategies is the focus of a new videotape, Teamwork basics. The 15-minute video reviews basic teamwork components and how they can be applied in today's libraries. It also illustrates teamwork...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Violence & television with George Gerbner: George Gerbner, communication scholar, theorist, teacher, poet, and the founder of cultivation theory, discusses his work which influenced four decades of research on violence and television.
625) Persuade me
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Eleven films designed to influence, including a vintage promotional film of a French-dubbed Laurel & Hardy, theatrical advertisements featuring Michel Simon and Jacques Tati, a 1938 George Pal puppet animation, three WW-II era musical shorts, two political campaign films, and the National Film registry selection Master Hands, a paean to the 1936 Chevrolet automobile.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The genesis of the motion picture medium is vividly recreated in this unprecedented collection of the cinema's formative works. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise. An animated rendering of Eadweard Muybridge's primitive motion studies (1877-85) begins the program, immediately defining the compound appeal of cinema as both a scientific...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of 38 outstanding species of mammals of the Orinoco-Amazon area plus others of the pacific slopes of Los Andes and the Galapagos islands. Possums, Armadillo, Sloth, anteaters, ten species of monkeys, seven species of rodents, including the biggest ones in the world like capybaras and agoutis, Ocelot, Puma, Jaguarundi and Jaguar, foxes, the Spectacled Bear, Kinkajou, Coati, Tayra, the Tapir, seals from Galapagos and more. A 37 minutes...
629) French fries to go
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
'French fries' is the story about a guy, his truck and a bunch of used vegetable oil. This funny and inspiring piece follows Charris Ford, 'The Granola Ayatollah of Canola' as he makes the rounds in his veggie fuel powered rig. This film is very timely and unlike many environmental films, really makes you laugh. With Daryl Hannah, Dennis Weaver and internationally renowned physician Doctor Andrew Wiel.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
More than 5 years of behavioral research and field work has led to this extraordinary documentary that contains the most striking features of of hummingbirds. recordings in high-definition video in Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Over 60 stunning species of hummingbirds, close-ups, action clips, the relationship with the flowers.
631) Santa's workshop
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Santa's workshop takes you to the real world of China's toy factories. Low labour costs attract more and more companies to China. Today more than 75% of our toys are made in China. But this industry takes its toll on the workers and on the environment. Workers tell us about long working hours, low wages and dangerous work places. Those who protest or try to organise trade unions risk imprisonment. The Swedish buyers blame bad conditions on the Chinese...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Deep in Southern Mexico's jungle, the Villa Luz limestone caves support an ecosystem that thrives in a highly poisonous, acidic environment. This rare type of cave is found in few spots on Earth. The Villa Luz, is known for the bacteria in its thermal sulphur springs that produce hydrogen sulfide gas. When the gases form bonds with oxygen, the result is sulfuric acid. The acid eats away at the cave walls, constantly altering the patterns in the cretaceous...
633) Nightmare at School
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Who hasn't felt apprehensive at the thought of starting high school? This is the central theme of this short animated film. Playing on imagination and humour, the director offers viewers a thought-provoking piece dealing with the transition that young people between the ages of 10 and 13 experience. Inspired by the work of Escher and Magritte, Catherine Arcand has created a graphically rich film through optical illusions and trompe-l'oeil effects....
634) Inside a hotel
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The MacDonald chain of luxury hotels serves business and leisure customers across the UK. Their people are integral to their success. This film goes inside one of its hotels to discover what they do. Service is everything: Guests have to be greeted with a smile. Neil, the concierge, is virtually a "personal organiser" for everyone who visits the hotel. The receptionist is in the front line, too, checking people in and dealing with angry customers....
635) Falling out
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Friendship plays such an important role for children that an inability to socialize can lead to all sorts of problems. Learning to get on with others starts early and an essential part of this process involves learning to deal with conflicts. Clashes are very frequent for the under 5's and adults often find fighting children hard to cope with, moving in and breaking up conflicts so denying children the essential experience of learning to deal with...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What is the cost of convenience? Follow the life cycle of a paper cup and the environmental repercussions of a society reliant on convenience. This film is full of information that all consumers should know about the products that we use everyday, and the steps we need to make towards a more sustainable world.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Does spanking work? What does it teach? One parent contends "If it's good enough for my dad, it's good enough for me." Another ardently opposes spanking, believing "If we don't spank dogs to train them, why do we spank our children?" A child development specialist explores the psychology of spanking and suggests discipline strategies such as redirection, natural and logical outcomes, demonstrations, and time out. Learn: - Some surprising reasons why...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A collection from ECU's archive of documentaries and teaching films, this programme provides an opportunity for microteaching of the psychomotor skills necessary for clinical practice to ensure a smooth transition to the clinical practice setting.
639) Watershed revolution
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Watershed Revolution is a 30-minute film that profiles community members and organizations working to protect and restore Ventura, California's watershed. It highlights the need for open space and floodplain protection, sustainable agriculture, and community awareness of our most precious resource: water. Contains 4 bonus shorts: Sea to summit (19 min.), Growing the beaches (12 min.), Shifting baselines in the surf (4 min.), Stream team (4 min.).
640) Unlimited
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Unlimited is a documentary about renewable energy and other alternatives to fossil fuels. It highlights a group of passionate 6th graders who call on adults everywhere to take action and address global warming.
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