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Altina
Title
Altina / First Run Features.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : First Run Features, [2014]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (1 hr., 20 min., 12 sec)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by First Run Features, 2014.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 24, 2017.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Altina is the provocative portrait of an American trendsetter whose free spirit defied convention. A woman ahead of her time, Altina Schinasi was born in 1907 in New York City; the daughter of a tobacco tycoon and descendent of Sephardic Jews, she upended the expectations that accompanied her position. Altina was a paradox: simultaneously seductive and reserved, her genteel upbringing was in sharp contrast to the bold sexuality of her art and her life. In addition to creating whimsical works of art and sculpture, Altina invented the glamorous Harlequin "cat's-eye" eyeglasses, worn by the likes of Lucille Ball and Peggy Guggenheim, and as well directed an Oscar-nominated documentary about Nazi brutality told through the drawings of German expressionist artist George Grosz. Altina's life was anchored in the social and political issues of the time: helping Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust; providing aid and shelter to friends who were targeted by Joseph McCarthy's Un-American Activities campaign; and being involved early on in the struggles of Martin Luther King Jr. Directed by her grandson Peter Sanders, the film captures this unpredictable woman whose bold, uninhibited passion for life is an inspiration for all.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
Academic/AP
Contents
Morris Schinasi (4:18); The Schinasi Mansion (4:37); Dana Hall School (3:05); Morris Sanders and Sons (6:53); Dissolution of First Marriage (3:27); Scandal and Sketch Class (4:41); Harlequin Glasses (3:20); Eric Barrett (3:00); Life in California (5:08); Death of Second Husband (3:06); Charles Carey (4:40); Synanon Organization (4:26); Civil Rights Movement (4:15); "Chairacters" (3:10); Dissolution of Third Marriage (5:42); Celestino Miranda (4:34); Santa Fe (2:52); Deaths (5:57);
Videorecording number
141772 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Infobase, film distributor.
First Run Features (Firm)
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