Steve Glew made millions smuggling Pez dispensers into the U.S. until his nemesis, the Pezident decided to destroy him.
**EDUCATORS: please email orders@wmm.com for instructions for student access. A film by Caroline Martel Canada, 2004, 66 minutes -- This wry and delightful found-footage film reveals a little-known chapter in labor history: the story of female telephone operators’ central place in the development…
In an act defying tradition and norms, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, threatened and banned from stepping on church property.…
“In Those Days” is a documentary series that explores the biblical, historical, cultural, and archaeological backgrounds of the story of the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant from Mount Sinai to the building of the First Temple. This story will be told with on-location filming, high-quality…
"Everyone who loves early art loves The Phillips Collection and envies Washington for having it." -- Robert Hughes, Art Critic, Timemagazine Opened in the Phillips' home in 1921, The Phillips Collection continues to be one of the leading favorite small museums of the world. Duncan…
In search of wisdom found in unlikely places, The Philosopher Kings takes us on a journey through the halls of the most prestigious colleges and universities in America to learn from the staff members who see it all and have been through it all: the custodians. This thought-provoking, feature-length…
"Go see it if you haven’t." "Didn’t think I’d get emotional watching it. Very good movie that I hope many can see." "Powerful. I am rather blown away by it." Facing demolition of their facility, zoning challenges, and a lack of volunteers, a scrappy…
This documentary proposes a look into those who, during the Portuguese Colonial War, had the simultaneous responsabilty of fighting with their battalion, defending their own life, and permanently register that collective mission, through photography and film.
DIRECTED BY: T. Lahusen, T. McDonald, A. Gershtein CAMERA: A. Gershtein ORIGINAL MUSIC: The Timofeyev Ensemble 59 minutes; color and b&w; Russian with English subtitles; digital video; Canada, December 2008. The Photographer is Evgeny Kashirin (1949-2007). From the age of 19, Kashirin captured…
The dramatic story of one of the great art scandals of modern times - this is the tale of O. Winston Link's photographs and the feeding frenzy that these extraordinary images have left behind. Paul Yule's film is a fascinating investigation into personality, crime, marriage, contemporary…
Fifty years ago, a 22-year-old landscape architecture student named Don Bartoletti signed a $250-a-month lease at 111 ½ E. Beaver Ave. for a bar he had wanted to create since arriving in State College four years earlier. This bar would be a welcoming place where businessmen, students, Viet Nam…
A film by José Vieira At the beginning of the 60's, thousands of Portuguese turned up in France through the underground. They were fleeing misery, war and repression. Left to unscrupulous smugglers, they had to cross the Iberian Peninsula tracked by the Portuguese and Spanish police. For…
