Ovation
5801 Duke Street, Suite D-112
Alexandria, VA 22304
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Ovation TV is the only network dedicated exclusively
to art and personal creativity. Ovation TV re-launched in
June 2007 with a focus on entertaining, inspiring and engaging
the artist in all of us. The 24-hour channel and its website
are devoted to art, personal creativity and making the arts
more accessible to viewers in their daily lives. The network
showcases the world's greatest artists in theater, dance,
opera, literature, film, visual and fine art, music, design,
photography and architecture.
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| Andy
Warhol's Factory People |
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Tells the story of the 60's Silver Factory
that Andy founded in 1964 in an abandoned hat factory on East
47th Street in New York City. The Silver Factory lasted until
1968 when Andy gave up the lease and moved to the White Factory
on Union Square. Based on fifty hours of new original interviews,
Warhol screen tests and films, and thousands of photos and
rare film clips that chronicle factory life and Andy filming,
this three-part documentary is a revealing and fun take on
those around Warhol who garnered their illusive fifteen minutes
of fame. Featuring interviews with Billy Name, the Factory
gatekeeper; Factory assistant Gerard Malanga; Serendipity
founder Steve Bruce; Warhol SuperStars UltraViolet, Taylor
Mead, Mary Woronov, Bibbi Hansen, Geraldine Smith, Louis Walden,
Allen Midgette and David Croland; Warhol muse Brigid Berlin;
and many others. Part One, "Welcome to the Silver Factory"
covers the 1964 opening of the Silver Factory, the early Factory
insiders, and a look at the films they produced.
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| Hilary
and Jackie |
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Based on Hilary du Pre's book "A Genius
in the Family,"about her sister Jaqueline du Pre, a world-renowned
cellist. Though both women learned instruments at an early
age, Jaqueline goes on to earn great success and fame, while
Hilary becomes a flutist in a small local orchestra. Both
sisters remain extremely close, which is particularly evident
in Hilary's devotion to her sister's well-being. Tragically,
Jacqueline is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and endures
years of debilitating pain before her eventual death.
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| India
Aria |
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Glimpse into one of the country's top opera
schools, Indiana University's School of Music, where young
singers prepare for a career in classical music. We follow
four young singers: Evan, a young baritone who is eager to
fit in; Emilio, a tenor who loses his accompanist right before
an important audition; Evelyn, a soprano trying to balance
her love life with her love for singing; and Alphonso, a black
baritone trying to make his mark. Blending cinema-verite footage
with interviews, Indiana Aria provides a rare look at the
stress, the dreams and the underlying passion that drives
each of these young artists to devote their lives to classical
music.
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| Knowledge
is The Begining |
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Knowledge is the Beginning tells the story
of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra where Arab and Jewish
young people are sitting side by side. It illustrates how
prejudices are surmounted during the rehearsals, the concerts
and the laid-back celebrations afterward. It also demonstrates
what problems crop up and how the music can help people of
different views find common ground. The film traces the orchestra's
complete history from 1999 until today. Faced with myriad
organizational and political hurdles, this orchestra overcame
the impossible to play in the Palestinian Authority and the
Live-Concert from Ramallah attracted worldwide attention far
beyond the musical community. For the founder of the ensemble,
Daniel Barenboim, the orchestra is a metaphor for what could
be achieved in the Middle East.
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| A
Man Named Pearl |
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The inspiring story of self-taught topiary
artist Pearl Fryar, whose unlikely journey to national prominence
began with a bigoted remark. One homeowner voiced the collective
concern: "Blacks can't keep up their yards." Pearl
was stung by the racial stereotype and began fashioning a
garden. Thirty years later he has created a magical three-acre
topiary wonderland that annually draws thousands of visitors
from around the world.
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| How
To Draw A Bunny |
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Though not widely known like Andy Warhol,
collagist Ray Johnson has been called New York's most famous
unknown artist. While often described as reclusive and mysterious,
Johnson is known as the founding father of "mail art"
and for the way his art challenged the commercial and cultural
mainstream.
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| The
Saatchi Collection |
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that was headbuttingly impossible to ignore is how Charles Saatchi
describes the work he started to collect in the early 1990s.
Damien Hirst's giant shark in formaldehyde, Tracey Emin's unmade
bed and a chilling portrait of Myra Hindley by Marcus Harvey
are among artworks that have become icons of the decade. This
fast-paced film features these and many others from the important
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| Elliot
Carter: A Labyrinth of Time |
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Carter represents almost a century of American music history.
Throughout the world he is considered as one of the most important
contemporary composers, one who finds inspiration in the clash
of European tradition and American innovation. The creative
period in his life spans more than 70 years and testifies of
the composer's extraordinary dedication to the culture of music.
In A Labyrinth of Time, the American composer takes us on a
personal journey as he revisits his beloved compositions and
career milestones. Beautiful pictures of the city of New York,
of which Carter is a lifetime citizen, used as a metaphor, help
building the juxtaposition of Carter's music and its reflection
on our democratic society. Featuring interviews with Daniel
Barenboim, Charles Rosen and Pierre Boulez. |
| IMPACT:The
Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" |
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Certain songs have come to define the times
in which they appeared as they proved to be the catalyst for
the transformation of the cultural and political landscape.
Most set trends in music, fashion and dance while flouting
convention and testing the boundaries of society's accepted
moral values. Each program in the Impact! series puts the
spotlight on the songs that have left an indelible mark on
the world. If there was ever a moment in history during which
events conspired to change the course of society for years
to come, it was during those dark days in America following
the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November
of 1963. The transformation came from the unlikeliest of sources
- four mop-topped lads from Liverpool, England whose music
was rooted in good old American rock 'n' roll but whose early
repertoire consisted of simple songs of teen love that immediately
struck a chord with an American public longing for a return
to innocence. I Want To Hold Your Hand, the biggest-selling
British single of all time, introduced The Beatles to America
in early 1964 and quickly became their first number one single
on this side of the Atlantic. It was to be the start of a
remarkable journey for the "Fab Four" from the Beatlemania
of those early years to the culture-altering presence of the
group, collectively and individually, through the '70s and
beyond. With song clips, archive interviews with Peter Asher,
Mike Love, Joe Perry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Paul Anka, Peter Noone,
Mickey Dolenz.
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