Academy Award Nominees & Winners

American Folklore Legends: Three Animated Films from the Heartland of America is a collection of three shorts on a single DVD. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (13 minutes) A classic American folktale...

American Folklore Legends: Three Animated Films from the Heartland of America is a collection of three shorts on a single DVD. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (13 minutes) A classic American folktale explodes into life as the lanky figure of Ichabod Crane clatters into view. Spiced with humor and tension, this animated film provides an exciting vision of the spectral spirits and twilight superstitions that haunt the drowsy Dutch town of Sleepy Hollow. Story by Joseph C. Cavella, based on a short...

A Hollywood veteran looks back on his experiences in the Golden Age of the film industry in this moving portrait of Arthur Mayer and his wife. For streaming option Click on USCREEN TV. See Academy...

A Hollywood veteran looks back on his experiences in the Golden Age of the film industry in this moving portrait of Arthur Mayer and his wife. For streaming option Click on USCREEN TV. See Academy Award Nominee category. ...

Robots on an automotive assembly line do a delicate dance to classical music as showers of welding sparks punctuate their programmed performance. Featuring music recorded by London's Royal...

Robots on an automotive assembly line do a delicate dance to classical music as showers of welding sparks punctuate their programmed performance. Featuring music recorded by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this space age fantasy turns industrial machines into polished performers through the magic of art and high technology. For streaming option Click on USCREEN TV. See Academy Award Nominee ...

A sensitive short story that focuses on two teenagers with Down syndrome who wanted to have a meaningful relationship. During a chance encounter, Ricky, a young farm boy, and Lila, a girl enrolled...

A sensitive short story that focuses on two teenagers with Down syndrome who wanted to have a meaningful relationship. During a chance encounter, Ricky, a young farm boy, and Lila, a girl enrolled in a nearby special program, are mutually attracted to one another. Their friendship deepens during a community picnic, but the two young people are soon separated by circumstances and the well-meaning plans of their adult guardians. For streaming option Click on USCREEN TV. See Academy Award Winner...

Closed Mondays explores the relationship of art to life. As a skeptical old man wanders into a deserted art museum, the works of art displayed there shift momentarily from the world of illusion to...

Closed Mondays explores the relationship of art to life. As a skeptical old man wanders into a deserted art museum, the works of art displayed there shift momentarily from the world of illusion to the world of reality: an abstract painting explodes with rhythmic movement, a Rousseau jungle releases its captive images, a Dutch scrub woman talks about her plight, and a kinetic sculpture comes briefly and breathtakingly to life. A tour-de-force of clay animation.  Academy Award Winner For...

The clear crystal shapes of glass created by the craftsmen of Waterford are designed to capture the iridescence of light. From the intense heat of the furnace at the glass works in the Irish city of...

The clear crystal shapes of glass created by the craftsmen of Waterford are designed to capture the iridescence of light. From the intense heat of the furnace at the glass works in the Irish city of Waterford comes the crystal, blown by mouth and cut by hand, that is treasured over most of the world. The camera follows the liquid glass as it is blown into the shape of bowls, goblets, vases and many other forms, then cut and etched with great deftness and precision, producing the splendid...

Academy Award Nominee - Live Action ShortStunning aerial maneuvers, tree-top chases and hair-raising pursuits through narrow rock canyons mark this sailplane adventure story. Haunted by a mysterious...

Academy Award Nominee - Live Action ShortStunning aerial maneuvers, tree-top chases and hair-raising pursuits through narrow rock canyons mark this sailplane adventure story. Haunted by a mysterious superpilot, a young glider pilot first flees, then confronts his challenger. In his fixed wing, 30-foot glider he finally draws abreast of the rival plane....and learns who the pilot really is.  Dawn Flight is both a film about the wonder of soaring and a film about self-discovery. The...

This haunting examination of the dawn of the nuclear age focuses on the dramatic events surrounding the development of the first atomic bomb, providing a gripping profile of J. Robert Oppenheimer...

This haunting examination of the dawn of the nuclear age focuses on the dramatic events surrounding the development of the first atomic bomb, providing a gripping profile of J. Robert Oppenheimer and a penetrating commentary on the nature of scientific inquiry, the McCarthy era, and nuclear proliferation. Academy Award Nominee

A lone skier first climbs and then descends down an almost vertical slope in the Grand Tetons in this brilliant, live-action short film. A thrilling look at the sport of extreme skiing. For...

A lone skier first climbs and then descends down an almost vertical slope in the Grand Tetons in this brilliant, live-action short film. A thrilling look at the sport of extreme skiing. For streaming option Click on USCREEN TV. See Academy Award Nominee category ...

Kudzu is an offbeat, witty, informative documentary about the vine that is devouring the South. Featuring the Kudzu Queen, the Kudzu band, a cast of real-life characters and an appearance by former...

Kudzu is an offbeat, witty, informative documentary about the vine that is devouring the South. Featuring the Kudzu Queen, the Kudzu band, a cast of real-life characters and an appearance by former President Jimmy Carter, it illustrates how Southern cultural traditions have quickly grown up around a botanical pest. The eminent American poet and novelist James Dickey ("Deliverance"), recites three stanzas of his poem, "Kudzu." For streaming option Click on USCREEN TV. See Academy Award Nominee...

Using the innovative technique of clay painting, artist and filmmaker Joan Gratz takes the viewer on an entertaining and colorful journey through the development of Modern Art. Starting with the...

Using the innovative technique of clay painting, artist and filmmaker Joan Gratz takes the viewer on an entertaining and colorful journey through the development of Modern Art. Starting with the brilliant landscapes and haunting self-portraits of impressionism, MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE moves through cubism and surrealism, then finishes with vibrant images of contemporary pop art and hyper-realism. Featuring some 55 paintings and 35 artists from Van Gogh to Warhol, the video shifts...

This delightfully spontaneous film captures the normal conflicts of early childhood, showing them within the framework of the love and affection two young brothers feel for each other.

This delightfully spontaneous film captures the normal conflicts of early childhood, showing them within the framework of the love and affection two young brothers feel for each other.