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Voice of Rebellion

Many have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women’s rights. Voice of Rebellion charts her ...

Working for the Man, Playing in the Band

By (author) Damon Wood
With Phil Carson
Categories: Popular music

In a memoir certain to fascinate Mr. Dynamite’s millions of fans, as well as musicians and industry insiders, Wood recalls how a chance encounter with James Brown led him to embrace soul and funk music ...

Donald Brian: King of Broadway

An insider’s view into the early days of Hollywood and the motion picture industry. This is the story of one man’s meteoric rise from obscurity in an isolated Canadian province to becoming one of ...

One Man’s Documentary

By (author) Graham McInnes
Edited by Gene Walz
Categories: Film history, theory or criticism

Graham McInnes was one of many talented young people recruited by the charismatic John Grierson to build the National Film Board of Canada during the heady days of WWII. McInnes’s memoir of these “days ...

The Girl from God's Country

By (author) Kay Armatage
Categories: Feminism and feminist theory
Series: Heritage

In The Girl from God’s Country, Kay Armatage reintroduces film studies scholars to Nell Shipman, a pioneer in both Canadian and American film, and one of proportionately numerous women from Hollywood ...

Fresh Air

Compelling accounts of the people, issues, and events in the news.