Search results: Literature

Butterfly in the Sky

Butterfly in the Sky BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY tells the story of the beloved PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow,” its iconic host LeVar Burton, and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television.
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time The life and insights of author Kurt Vonnegut
Huxley on Huxley

Huxley on Huxley Italian born Laura Huxley, a teenage violin virtuoso, left the concert stage to become a renowned psychotherapist and author. In 1956 Laura married Aldous Huxley, literary giant and prophet of the 20th century
How to Make a Book with Steidl

How to Make a Book with Steidl Who's the man behind Robert Frank, Karl Lagerfeld and Jeff Wall? Their publisher Gerhard Steidl.
A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

A Letter to a Friend in Gaza Gitai pays homage to Albert Camus, while interjecting texts by Izhar Smilansky, Emile Habibi, Mahmoud Darwish, and Amira Hass.
Romeo Is Bleeding

Romeo Is Bleeding Richmond, CA is a community struggling with gun violence, stemming from a turf war which spans multiple generations. A local arts organization recruits young people to take part in an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.
Henry Miller – Prophet of Desire

Henry Miller – Prophet of Desire Rediscover Henry Miller, the most infamous representative of modern American literature.
Sold

Sold Based on the global bestseller by Patricia McCormick, SOLD is the story of Lakshmi who journeys from a pastoral, rural village in Nepal to a gritty brothel/prison called Happiness House in Kolkata, India.
Most Valuable Players

Most Valuable Players Meet a new kind of high school All-Star in a live television event that celebrates excellence in high school musical theater.
Louder than a Bomb

Louder than a Bomb A mic. A stage. A pen. A page. The story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam
Girl Rising

Girl Rising Educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, yet millions of girls aren’t in school
The 50 Year Argument

The 50 Year Argument Told through the inimitable documentary style of Martin Scorsese, The 50 Year Argument rides the waves of literary, political and cultural history as charted by its subject: the influential and renowned publication The NY Review of Books.
Hugo Pratt in Africa

Hugo Pratt in Africa Thrown from a normal Venetian childhood into a wretched Fascist adventure in Ethiopia, Hugo Pratt's years in Africa irrevocably shaped his life and works.