Brazilian concert guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima plays his favorite composers' solo works in a memorable evening of music running the gamut from Claude Debussy to W.C. Handy. Selections include "Odeon" by Ernesto Nazareth; "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin; "Las Abejas" by Augustin Barrios; "Adios" by Enric Madriguera; "Sambolero" by Luiz Bonfa; "Two Ladies: One Old, One New" by Bobby Scott; and "Sons de Carrilhoes" by Joao Pernambuco.
A touching and tragic real life story about a group of Portuguese fishermen who get caught in the middle of a storm in the Tejo river (Lisbon) and struggle to survive.
In David Grubin's NAPOLEON watch Napoleon's rise from obscurity to victories that made him a hero to the French people and convinced him he was destined for greatness.
Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams.
An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet, musician and filmmaker.
Blow Debris similarly suggests narrative but prefers to offer it in the form of a drifting, almost aimless experience; the piece enacts a passage or journey as we follow a group of nude wanderers in a desert landscape.
12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna.
