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¡A Teatro Camaradas!: Dramaturgia militante y política de masas en Colombia (1965-1975) - Paperback

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by Mayra Natalia Parra Salazar (Author)" ...] Al igual que otras pr cticas, el teatro fue utilizado como arma de lucha, instrumento b sico para la toma de conciencia y preparaci n ideol gica del pueblo, fuerza motriz de la revoluci n. Actores, dramaturgos, incluso grupos completos, se alinearon con uno u otro proyecto pol tico de izquierda y llegaron, en algunos casos, a convertirse en el brazo legal a trav s del cual organizaciones clandestinas reclutaron militantes para la guerrilla. En el ...

The Television Treasury: Onscreen Details from Sitcoms, Dramas and Other Scripted Series, 1947-2019 - Paperback

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by Vincent Terrace (Author) The first and only of its kind, this book is a straightforward listing of more than 25,000 trivia facts from 2,498 TV series aired between 1947 and 2019. Organized by topic, trivia facts include everything from home addresses of characters, to names of pets and jobs that characters worked. Featured programs include popular shows like The Big Bang Theory and Friends and more obscure programs like A Date with Judy or My Friend Irma. Included is an alphabetical progra...

Movies of the 90s Word Search: 50+ Film Puzzles With Hollywood Pictures Have Fun Solving These Large-Print Nineties Find Puzzles! - Paperback

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by Makmak Puzzle Books (Author)50+ Entertaining Movie Word Search Puzzles Great as a Gift for a Movie Lover!Get your game on with these 90s Hollywood Movie-themed puzzles. With this beautifully designed Large Print Movie Word Search Puzzle Book you'll have hours of movie fun!Get This Word Search Puzzle Book and Enjoy: - Size: 8.5 x 11 inches- Paper: 50+ Word search puzzles- Puzzle Topics: All the classic movies you know from the 1990s!!- Pictures: Includes 50+ images to get you in the Hollywo...

Passing the Buck: Coleman Francis and Other Cinematic Metaphysicians - Paperback

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by James J. O'Meara (Author)Welcome to Metaphysical Science Theater 3000. This collection is the first comprehensive attempt to place Traditionalism within a major field of modern popular culture-cinema, good and bad - and to recognize how each can clarify and illuminate the other. Although Hollywood classics are included here (from Sitting Pretty to Touch of Evil) along with popular hits like Groundhog Day, Manhunter, and Silence of the Lambs, the emphasis is on movies small and personal, f...

The Book of Top Ten Horror Lists (hardback) - Hardcover

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by Charles F. Rosenay (Author)Who doesn't love a Top 10 List? They're short, they're fun, and we always want to see if our choices match. In this book, one hundred celebrities reveal their Top 10 favorite monster movies and themes. The author, Charles F. Rosenay!!! aka "Cryptmaster Chucky, is the originator and organizer of the annual Dracula Tours to Transylvania, and this is his first book. He comments, "You won't believe the actors, singers, musicians, horror figures, authors, film-makers,...

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by Mera Wolfe (Author)Think you know everything there is to know about about Gaten Matarazzo? Well, think again. 1000 Gaten Matarazzo Facts contains all you could ever wish to know about this popular young actor. Facts about Stranger Things, fashion, music, likes & dislikes, food, career, background, Broadway, Prank Encounters, lifestyle, quotes, family, and so much more all awaits in 1000 Gaten Matarazzo Facts. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 06...

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by M. Keith Booker (Author)For more than three decades, Joel and Ethan Coen have produced some of the most unique and thought-provoking works in modern cinema. In broad comedies such as Raising Arizona, violent thrillers like No Country for Old Men, and black comedies such as Fargo, the filmmakers have offered brilliant takes on a variety of film genres. One of the most distinctive features of their movies is their skewed view of America itself. In The Coen Brothers' America, M. Keith Booker ...

We Can Be Who We Are: Movie Musicals from the '70s (hardback) - Hardcover

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by Lee Gambin (Author)This is the HARDBACK version. The movie musical has been a much loved genre since motion pictures found a voice and learned to sing. Throughout the decades, audiences thrilled to the glamour of the musicals of Busby Berkley and were emotionally invested in stories about Austrian nuns and the King of Siam with the musicals from Rodgers and Hammerstein. With the advent of Rock 'n Roll, Heavy Metal, R&B, Motown, Punk Rock, and Disco entering the public consciousness, mu...

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by Laurence Raw (Editor)Merchant-Ivory: Interviews gathers together, for the first time, interviews made over a span of fifty years with director James Ivory (b. 1928), producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005), and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013). Beginning with their earliest work in India, and ending with James Ivory's last film, The City of Your Final Destination (2009), the book traces their career, while offering valuable insights into their creative filmmaking process. The vol...

Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema - Paperback

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by Oliver C. Speck (Editor)Django Unchained is certainly Quentin Tarantino's most commercially-successful film and is arguably also his most controversial. Fellow director Spike Lee has denounced the representation of race and slavery in the film, while many African American writers have defended the white auteur. The use of extremely graphic violence in the film, even by Tarantino's standards, at a time when gun control is being hotly debated, has sparked further controversy and has led to a...

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by Leah Kunkle Acus (Author), Ayleen Hilt Burns (Author)Henry, a tuba player, finds playing solo much too lonely. As luck would have it, he meets Elsie, a piccolo player. Henry falls for Elsie's toodle-dee "way-up-high" notes. And Elsie loves Henry's mellow, "way-down-low" notes. However, soon after their marriage, Henry decides that what he'd really like to have is a family band. Thus begins Henry and Elsie's musical journey as they add kids and instruments to their growing ensemble. After a...

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by Tuyen Do (Author)The Nguyen family are nursing deep wounds and secrets. Escaping war-torn Vietnam has left scars that no one is willing to talk about. As the family gradually integrates into their new life in Britain, the youngest daughter Mai turns to photography, her camera becoming a conduit through which she navigates her dual identity as a second generation immigrant and chronicles her community's experiences.Author BiographyTuyen Do is an actor and writer. She was part of the Royal C...

Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema - Paperback

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by Tadao Sato (Author), Latika Padgaonkar (Editor), Aruna Vasudev (Editor)Kenji Mizoguchi is one of the three acclaimed masters - together with Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa - of Japanese cinema. Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema is the definitive guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century.Born at the end of the nineteenth century into a wealthy family, Mizoguchi's early life influenced the themes he would take up in his work. His fat...

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Mindful Floral Patterns: Beautiful Adult Coloring Book with Mandala Flowers - Paperback

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by Luna B. Helle (Author)Mindful Floral Patterns: Beautiful Adult Coloring Book with Mandala Flowers Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Mindful Floral Patterns, a haven for coloring enthusiasts. This exquisite adult coloring book offers a therapeutic escape into a garden of intricate mandala flowers and mesmerizing patterns. Designed to inspire creativity and mindfulness, each page invites you to explore your artistic side and lose yourself in a calming and satisfying coloring experi...

Robert Lepage's Original Stage Productions: Making Theatre Global - Paperback

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by Karen Fricker (Author)This book calls upon globalisation, queer, cinema, and affect studies to explore key Robert Lepage productions from 1984 to 2008, analysing the systems through which his work is produced and disseminated.Back JacketThis book explores the development of Robert Lepage's distinctive approach to stage direction in the early (1984-94) and middle (1995-2008) stages of his career, arguing that globalisation had a defining effect on shaping his aesthetic and his professional ...

Drama Club Kid: Activity Book & Glossary: Mindful coloring and brain games, First Theater Lingo for tween artists and young stage acto - Paperback

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by Avery Clyde (Author)DO YOU HAVE A CREATIVE KID? This book will give them some tools to help channel and express that creativity. The activity pages have young creatives following the cast of DRAMA CLUB; as they get ready for Opening Night of "SLIPPERS", their school play! Number of Pages: 94 Dimensions: 0.19 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 01, 2023

Playing and Playgoing in Early Modern England: Actor, Audience and Performance - Paperback

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by Simon Smith (Editor), Emma Whipday (Editor)Offers a new, interdisciplinary account of early modern drama through the lens of playing and playgoing. Number of Pages: 306 Dimensions: 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 29, 2024

Inside the Burlesque Boudoir: An Intimate Study in Photography - Paperback

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by Debby Besford (Author)Between 2005 to 2007 the international documentary photographer Debby Besford researched and photographed a complexity of issues around the representation of the contemporary female, with emphasis on the Burlesque Stage Performer.This led onto further creative intrigue and a questioning of the idea of play between photographer, private space, intimacy, fantasy and the real, and the mystique of the performer.This particular body of work evolved from a deep-rooted curio...

National Trust on Screen: Discover the Locations That Made Film and TV Magic - Paperback

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by Harvey Edgington (Author), Lauren Taylor (Author)A behind-the-scenes guide to the National Trust locations in some of the most iconic film and TV moments. Fully updated to include the latest dramas such as Bridgerton, The Pursuit of Love and Operation Mincemeat. Ranging from lavish costume dramas such as Poldark and Wolf Hall to epic fantasies including Game of Thrones and The Dark Knight Rises, the historic houses and stunning landscapes of the National Trust have been chosen as backdrops...

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by Alfie Boe (Author)The intimate and uplifting memoir from one of Britain's most loved singers - this is Alfie, off stage. Bringing his characteristic sense of cheeky humor to the page, in this heartfelt book Alfie describes for the first time the highs and lows of over a decade of singing and performing across the world. From personal dinners with Queen Elizabeth II and following in the steps of King of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis in Vegas to mischievous antics with Michael Ball, Alfie's book take...

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Ludic Ubuntu Ethics: Decolonizing Justice - Paperback

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by Mechthild Nagel (Author)Ludic Ubuntu Ethics develops a positive peace vision, taking a bold look at African and Indigenous justice practices and proposes new relational justice models. Author BiographyMechthild Nagel is Professor of Philosophy & Africana Studies and Director of the Center for Ethics, Peace, and Social Justice at the State University of New York, College at Cortland, USA. Dr. Nagel is also a visiting professor at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Pompeu ...

Satisfying Patterns Coloring Book Geometric: Simple and Stress Relief Designs for Grown-Ups and Seniors - Paperback

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by Yunaizar88 (Author)45 designs - each page is filled with hypnotic patterns that will help you to unwind and alleviate stress Therapeutic Relaxation - the repetitive nature of geometric patterns provides a calming effect, offering a therapeutic escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life Perfect Present - This book is ideal for birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Holidays, or other occasion Visual Stimulation - indulge your senses with the symmetrical beauty of geometric shapes and uncover th...

Basic Video Production: Everything You Need to Know to Make Video Like a Professional - Paperback

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by Gregory L. Franklyn (Author)G L Franklyn is a former Public Access Educator and Alliance for Community Media Award Winning Producer that is on fire for helping everyday people speak for themselves using the medium of video. In The Basics of Video Production he gives useful information anyone would need to know to set themselves up for success right from the start. Working from over a decade of hands on experience teaching and assisting Community Producers in the productions of Public Acces...

Exotic Cinema: Encounters with Cultural Difference in Contemporary Transnational Film - Paperback

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by Daniela Berghahn (Author)Exotic Cinema is the first systematic analysis of decentred exoticism in contemporary transnational and world cinema. By critically examining regimes of visuality such as the imperial, the ethnographic and the exotic gaze, which have colonised our minds and ways of looking, Daniela Berghahn makes an important contribution to the urgent agenda of decolonising film studies. Berghahn demonstrates that decentred exoticism's aesthetic versatility and alluring alterity a...

The Quotable West Wing: The Wit and Wisdom of the Bartlet White House - Paperback

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by Scott Robinson (Author)Those of us who deeply love The West Wing, and would choose TWW reruns over the finest muffins and bagels in the land without even thinking about it, are all too aware that it is the most quotable TV show in history (surpassing even Star Trek). When we hear a colleague in a meeting at work say, innocently, "What's next?", we can't help but hear Jed Bartlet's voice; when we hear the word jackal, our minds leap to CJ; when someone says, "You're wrong!", our minds can't...