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Bold in its stylistic modesty, sublime in its narrative simplicity, Jean-Marie Straub's CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH offers one of the purest film-listening experiences in the history of cinema.

Jean Butler knows Irish dance. As the original star of Riverdance, she took Irish dancing to a new level showing just how exciting it can be. Suitable for those just beginning to explore Irish dance to the more accomplished dancer, Jean Butler's Irish Dance is a series of techniques and exercises created by Jean herself. Now you can dance with Jean at home or in the classroom as she shares the methods she developed over the years and honed through endless hours of practice. Using the special menu features you can even create and program your own personal routines.

Jean-Pierre Gorin, widely known for his collaborations with Jean-Luc Godard in the Dziga Vertov Group (including Tout va bien), established his personal voice with this trio of fascinating, nontraditional documentaries. Made in Southern California after the filmmaker relocated there in the midseventies, Poto and Cabengo, Routine Pleasures, and My Crasy Life illuminate hidden corners of our culture. With these films, Gorin revealed himself as a major chronicler of American life at its most hauntingly enigmatic.

Les films de Jean Rouch, archives uniques sur l’Afrique, petits bijoux pour les cinéphiles, sont aussi des contes qui mettent en scène des histoires toutes simples - la chasse, le voyage, l’amour et la mort, l’apprentissage et l’amitié - à la portée universelle. Certains films relèvent de la tradition anthropologique pure, d’autres de la fiction humoristique. Des thématiques (« Ciné-Transe », « Ciné-Conte », « Ciné-Plaisir » et « Ciné-Rencontre ») permettent de mieux appréhender la diversité, le foisonnement de l’œuvre Rouchienne. Des « viatiques », ou courtes introductions, dits par Bernard Surugue, replacent succinctement chaque film dans son histoire.