Common Assignment & Research Questions

This film traces Bearden's entire career, including his paintings and watercolors of the 1940's, experimental collages of 1964, large scale murals and late landscapes.

Beah Richards (1920-2000), actress-poet-activist, shares her wit and wisdom about her life as a black woman in America.

A portrait of the composer/musicologist Colin McPhee, whose music and writings have given Westerners a better understanding of Eastern music in general and the music of Bali in particular.

A haunting portrait of Henry Darger, a reclusive janitor by day and a visionary artist by night.

Documents contemporary New York artists, collectors, dealers and critics at their work, discussing such topics as inspiration, aesthetics, success and lifestyle.

Reveals the origins of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and tells the story of its 21 year old creator, a Yale architecture student.

Recording of a live performance at the Plaza Hotel, Rochester, NY, 1975; also includes photos from Ferguson's Carnegie Hall concert, along with sound clips and slide show.

A self-empowering story of one young woman's struggle who, together with her band, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds, and in her own voice conveys to the world that 'disability does not mean inability.

Documentary about painter, Andy Warhol traces his life from Pittsburgh schoolboy to pop art legend, from advertising illustrator to chronicler of the haunt monde of New York City.

A portrait of the musician and composer, Thelonious Monk, including clips of international performances and interviews with artists and producers.

Documentary on Virginia Harvey who, as a young woman in the 1930s became interested in weaving, and that interest led her to become one of the most influential individuals of her generation to write, teach, publish and do research about the textile arts, including designing an innovative storage system for textiles and a universal system for cataloging textiles.

Highlights the career and philosophy of Weston Noble who was professor of music at Luther College for 57 years.