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Piano Blues: A Film by Clint Eastwood (2003)

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Director - and piano player - Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of historical acts as well as interviews and performances by legends such as Ray Charles, Fats Domino, and Dr. John.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:25

Godfathers and Sons: A Film by Marc Levin (2003)

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Hip-hop legend Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the Chess Records legacy) return to Chicago to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce music that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with contemporary hip-hop musicians such as Common and members of The Rods.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:13

Godfathers and Sons: A Film by Marc Levin

Warming by the Devil's Fire: A Film by Charles Burnett (2003)

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Charles Burnett explores his own past as a young boy who was shuttled back and forth between Los Angeles and Mississippi, torn between and uncle who loved the blues and a mother who believed the blues was the devil's music.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

01:46

Warming by the Devil's Fire: A Film by Charles Burnett

The Road to Memphis: A Film by Richard Pearce and Robert Kenner (2003)

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Director Richard Pearce traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues. Pearce takes us on the road and behind the scenes with Memphis blues veterans Bobby Rush and Rosco Gordon. Features original performances by B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon, Ike Turner, Rev.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

001:59

The Road to Memphis: A Film by Richard Pearce and Robert Kenner

Red, White & Blues: A Film by Mike Figgis (2003)

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During the 1960s, the UK was the location for a vibrant social revolution. The post-war traditional jazz and folk revival movements sowed the seeds- in fertile musical ground - for the roots of a new kind of blues music, entirely influenced by the authentic black blues of the United States.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:06

Red, White & Blues: A Film by Mike Figgis

The Soul of a Man: A Film by Wim Wenders (2003)

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Director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite artists: Skip Blues, Blind Wille Johnson and J.B. Lenoir.

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:07

The Soul of a Man: A Film by Wim Wenders

All About Electricity (2000, 2004)

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Understanding the world around us can be a real adventure! That's the message in this 11-part series for children in grades K-4. Kids travel along as our young host explores the world of physical science and how it can be seen, touched and understood in everyday life.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Trash and the Environment (1998)

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Take a trip to a recycling center, a landfill, and a town dump to understand what happens to trash after it is thrown away. Focus on the environmental problems created by solid waste and discover ways to alleviate the problem. Learn that through daily conservation methods, people can control the amount of waste they produce.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:12

Trade Routes and Transportation (2005)

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For the Sumerians, the Tigris River served as an important early trade route. They used it to obtain scarce commodities, such as metal and wood, in exchange for their grain. See how they traveled by river and over land to trade with India and Egypt. Then examine how technological advances, such as the cart, facilitated transporting people and goods.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:20

The Development of Written Language (2005)

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In the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Sumerians developed a written language. Examine how they carved cuneiform characters into clay tablets. Then explore Sumerian folktales.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:20

English

Piano Blues: A Film by Clint Eastwood (2003)

Godfathers and Sons: A Film by Marc Levin (2003)

Warming by the Devil's Fire: A Film by Charles Burnett (2003)

The Road to Memphis: A Film by Richard Pearce and Robert Kenner (2003)

Red, White & Blues: A Film by Mike Figgis (2003)

The Soul of a Man: A Film by Wim Wenders (2003)

All About Electricity (2000, 2004)

Trash and the Environment (1998)

Trade Routes and Transportation (2005)

The Development of Written Language (2005)

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