DCMP Recent Media List

GUATEMALA

Tue, 8 May 2012 14:02:00 EST

Visit Central America's most populous country. Discusses its geographic features, people and culture, economy, and government. Presents the contributions of the Mayans and Spanish in an overview of its history. Musical score composed and performed by award-winning Guatemalan musician, Magda Angelica. (Available format[s]: Streaming, DVD. Available accessibility feature[s]: Captions, Description)

ASL VIDEO LESSON 1

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 11:30:00 EST

Demonstrates American Sign Language by following the deaf members of the Robinson family through everyday life. Segments in Lesson 1, The Robinson's Home (Day) include: Good morning; Wake up; Breakfast; The lost dog; and The blue book. Includes a variety of reviews to reinforce the signs. Features a special segment on grammar and rules (yes/no and "WH" questions), and Deaf history and culture (The Deaf community). Partially captioned and narrated. (Available format[s]: Streaming, DVD. Available accessibility feature[s]: Captions)

LIFE TIME: DEATH AND IMMORTALITY

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 08:12:00 EST

Part Two of the series, "Time: The Story of Existence." Like most living things, humans are programmed to die. Can science change that? Examines mechanisms within our bodies that eventually wind down and stop. Shows how medical science may one day find a method for reversing the biological effects of time. Host Michio Kaku interviews Nobel Prize-winning biologist Sir Paul Nurse, who has spent a lifetime analyzing cellular division and other processes. Studies clues to immortality existing in other organisms, including sea urchins that live far longer than expected and display no signs of aging, and the Methuselah tree, a nearly 5,000-year-old pine in California that still produces cones. Original BBC title: "Lifetime." Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) audio description, (2) expanded description, (3) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. (Available format[s]: DVD. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)

BYE BYE PLANET PLUTO

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 07:35:00 EST

Examines the work of several renowned astronomers, including NASA’s Alan Stern, Minor Planet Center Director Brian Marsden, and Kuiper Belt pioneers David Jewitt and Jane Luu. Gives the viewer awareness of the vast array of solar system bodies that science have discovered in recent years. Describes the painstaking process by which Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto and provides rich insight into the discoveries and deliberations which resulted in Pluto’s demotion to minor planet status. Uses both high-tech animation and low-tech tabletop props to illustrate solar system structure and aspects of the Kuiper Belt. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) audio description, (2) expanded audio description, (3) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. (Available format[s]: DVD. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)

THE DOMAINS OF LIFE: LIFE'S THREE GREAT BRANCHES

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:34:00 EST

Updates the five kingdoms classification scheme with the latest understanding of life’s organization based on DNA, fossil, and biochemical evidence, reorganizing all life into three great branches: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Shows concise animations and superb microscope footage of primitive cells. (Available format[s]: DVD, Streaming. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)

PIANISTS: DEFINING CHOPIN

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:26:00 EST

Follows four young American pianists from different ethnic backgrounds through each stage of the grueling thirty-day-long competition. Highlights their highs and lows and the enormous psychological and physical toll exacted from them. Also, interviews with the contestants’ teachers contrast the innocence of the competitors with the wisdom of their mentors and explore various approaches to Chopin's music. (Available format[s]: DVD, Streaming. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)

THE BALL

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:26:00 EST

Takes the viewers into the world of students with special needs, as they prepare for their school’s debutante ball. Most high school students take their prom for granted, but these young people have the challenge of overcoming disability in order to make a glamorous presentation that night. First loves, fistfights, and falls on the dance floor are intercut with interviews with parents, the school principal, and intimate moments in their day-to-day lives at home. (Available format[s]: DVD, Streaming. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)

THE POET'S VIEW: INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF FIVE MAJOR POETS

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:26:00 EST

Presents intimate portraits of five major American poets: John Ashbery, Louise Gluck, Anthony Hecht, Kay Ryan, and W.S. Merwin. Takes the viewers inside the homes and lives of our era's foremost poetic talents, as they reminisce about their formative years, reveal their poetic processes, and read some of their best-known poems. (Available format[s]: DVD, Streaming. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)

TRANSCENDING: THE WAT MISAKA STORY

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 16:07:00 EST

In 1947, Japanese-American basketball player Wat Misaka was the first person of color to be drafted into the NBA. Overcoming the discrimination towards Nisei during World War II, he became a star player at the University of Utah in 1944 and 1947, taking two years off to serve in the US Army. This was the period when his fellow Nisei were uprooted from their homes and moved to internment camps. Despite the prejudice against Japanese Americans at the time, his accomplishments on the basketball court and his personal magnetism were an inspiration to all. (Available format[s]: DVD, Streaming. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)

MY AMERICAN GIRLS: A DOMINICAN STORY

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 15:57:00 EST

Presents a portrayal of a year in the life of the Ortiz family--hard working Dominican immigrants who live frugally in Brooklyn and dream of retiring one day in their native country. Their American-born daughters have different ideas and aspirations. The eldest, Monica, is 21 and an achiever who attends an Ivy League college. She has an American boyfriend and has separated herself from the Dominican community, although she maintains close family ties. Aida, 16, is a middle child, finding her way between the world of the streets and the ambitions of her parents. The youngest daughter Mayra, 14, is a self-proclaimed "ghetto" kid. She is failing in school and mainly wants to hang out with her friends. Their mother struggles to do right by each of them. (Available format[s]: DVD, Streaming. Available accessibility feature[s]: Description, Captions)