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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (DVD)

Andy Garcia stars as world-renowned Cuban trumpet player Arturo Sandoval in this moving portrait of his life in Cuba, his passion for jazz, and his eventual defection from his homeland in 1990. A passionate free thinker, Arturo struggled for personal and creative freedom in Cuban, experiencing a lifetime of artistic persecution. Despite strict revolutionary guidelines, Arturo played with the award-winning Cuban fusion band Irakere, receiving critical and commercial success while living under the shadow of Fidel Castro's dictatorship. In 1981, Sandoval left Irakere and formed his own band, desperate to play jazz by his own rules. A musical virtuoso, Sandoval lived to play his own brash brand of jazz, inspired by his mentor and longtime friend, American jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie (Charles S.Dutton). Ultimately, Arturo's love for his wife, Mariela (Mia Maestro), and his growing family forced him to stay in Cuba, constantly compromising his artistic freedom for the revolution. Finally, in 1990, after years of artistic frustration, Gillespie helped Arturo to defect with his wife and young son. The Sandovals' remarkable journey to freedom is conveyed through a series of flashbacks, as Arturo reflects on his passion for his country, his wife, and his ultimate desire for musical freedom. Andy Garcia gives an uplifting and moving performance as the jazz legend, swinging and bopping onstage to his own uncompromising rhythm. The film also features a fabulous supporting cast, including Latin superstar Gloria Estefan, and a rousing score from the legend himself, Arturo Sandoval.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind-the-Scenes Footage - 1. With Arturo Sandoval

Tooth& Nail Video Compilation - Volume 7 (DVD)

The Tooth& Nail video series continues in its mission to showcase the best in up-and-coming punk rock, ska, and hardcore music. On this 7th volume of the VIDEO COMPILATION series, the bands who have been compiled include those who have received radio play and airtime on MTV2, including Further Seems Forever and Stretch Arm Strong.
DVD Features:
Region 0
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Tracks:
1. Wilderness - O.C. Supertones
2. Escape From Reason - O.C. Supertones
3. Project 86
- One Armed Man
4. Starflyer 59 - Leave Here a Stranger
5. Building a Better Me - Dogwood
6. T.R.'z - Tunnel Rats
7. All That You Wanted - Hangnail
8. Take Two - Ill Harmonics
9. God-Man - Cadet
10. For the Record - Stretch Arm Strong
11. Wearing Thin - Further Seems Forever
12. The Kind That Could - Rod Laver
13. Are You The Walrus? - Furthermore ... Tooth& Nail Video Compilation - Volume 7 (DVD)
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Floorlords - Flava Squad Breakdance (DVD)

The Floorlords breakdanced their way to legendary status in b-boy and hip hop communities, and progressed to mainstream attention after being defining force in the emerging art of breaking. The crew formed in Boston in 1981 and went on to become a professional dance troupe, creating a show called Floorlore that incorporated the elements of hip hop, such as MC-ing, breakdancing, graffiti, and beatboxing, with a multicultural approach to dance that draws on elements of meringue, capoeira, martial arts, and African dance. The group also helped expand the popularity of hip hop, partially through their television appearances on shows such as LIVE: WITH REGIS AND KATHIE LEE and THE DONAHUE SHOW. This release is comprised of tour footage and features some of the foremost B-boy crews in the world, such as Nightcrawlerz, Skillmethodz, Dynasty Rockerz, Phaze II, and Flipside Kings.
Floorlords - Flava Squad Breakdance (DVD)
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Directing Actors

Directing Actors is a method for establishing collaborative relationships with actors, getting the most out of rehearsals, recognizing and fixing poor performances, and developing your actors' creativity. Ms. Weston discusses what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, what directors do wrong, script analysis and preparation, how actors work, and the director/actor relationship. This book, based on the author's twenty years of professional acting and eight years of teaching Acting for Directors, is the first book to directly address film and television directors about working with actors. Contains both a Bibliography and an Index. After living on movie sets for over fifteen years, Judith's class opened a door for me to an aspect of that creative process about which I had never really been aware -- acting. -- Ron Judkins, Production Sound Mixer, Jurassic Park, Sehindler's List
Directing Actors
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