New Audiovisual Items Added to the Library's Collection March 2012

• BIOLOGY
• MUSIC

(Check the CSU Library catalog for current availability of all titles)

BIOLOGY

Journey to planet Earth. Plan B [videorecording] : mobilizing to save
civilization / A Screenscope production in association with South Carolina
ETV ; a film by Marilyn and Hal Weiner; produced by Marilyn Weiner ;
written and directed by Hal Weiner.
Washington, DC : Screenscope, Inc., [2010]
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
"As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about
climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy
is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal,
and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even
a year ago. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, we have
begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B:
Mobilizing to Save Civilization explores both the nature of this
transition to a new energy economy and its effect on our daily
lives"--Container.
Includes full length episode (ca. 83 min.) -- Chaptered case studies for
use with shorter class periods -- Leaders guide [requires DVD-ROM drive].
DVD 486

Journey to planet Earth. The state of the planet's oceans [videorecording]
/ producer, Marilyn Weiner ; director-writer, Hal Weiner ; a Screenscope
production, in association with South Carolina ETV.
Washington, DC : Screenscope, c2009.
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
"Investigates the health and sustainability of the world's oceans, with a
special emphasis on climate change and issues affecting marine reserves,
fisheries and coastal ecosystems" -- Container.
Loss of the cod fishery (Portugal & New England) -- Marine sanctuaries
(Dry Tortugas) -- Glacier melt (Greenland) -- Sea level rise (Bangladesh &
India) -- Glacier melt (Peru) -- Effect of climate change on oceans --
Return of the whale shark (Belize) -- Oceanographer & explorer Sylvia Earle.
DVD 485

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MUSIC

Awake, my soul [videorecording] : the story of the Sacred harp / edited by
Matt Hinton & Jennifer Brooks ; DVD authoring by Drew Sawyer ; written by
Matt hinton with John Plunkett ; produced by Matt Hinton ; directed by
Matt & Erica Hinton.
Atlanta, GA : Awake Productions, c2007.
2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
"A documentary about Sacred harp singing, a haunting form of a cappella,
shape-note singing with deep roots in the American south. Shape-note
singing has survived over 200 years tucked away from notice in the rural
deep south, where, in old country churches, singers break open The sacred
harp, a 160 year old shape-note hymnal which has preserved these fiercely
beautiful songs which are some of the oldest in America ... includes over
4 hours of bonus material not featured in the original movie"--Container.
Also includes the film by the same title, originally released in 2006, and
the original 10-minute film from 1998 by Erica Morgan.
Disc. 1. Awake, my soul : the story of the Sacred harp / a film by Matt &
Erica Hinton ; directors, Matt & Erica Hinton ; producer, Matt Hinton ;
written by Matt Hinton with John Plunkett ; editor, Matt Hinton ;
interviews, Matt Hinton, John Plunkett. Jim Lauderdale, narrator. 75 min.
Filmed at various locations in Georgia and Alabama. c2006 Originally
released as DVD in 2006. Awake Producetions: AP-001 -- Special features.
More on Sacred harp singing ; Deleted scenes ; Interviews ; Play movie
with commentary, with Raymond Hamrick, Hugh McGraw, Matt Hinton & John
Plunkett.
Disc 2. Sacred harp singing, 1998-2006 [from a variety of southern all-day
Sacred Harp singings; includes all songs from the 1991 Denson revision of
the Sacred harp] -- Awake, my soul : the short film (1998) / a film by
Erica Morgan [Hinton] ; sound recorded by Matt Hinton ; edited by Erica
Morgan and Gabe Aldridge ; filmed on location at Holly Springs Primitive
Baptist Chruch, Bremen, GA, and Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, Heard
County, GA. -- Original trailer.
DVD 484

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