Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Relying on tips for a living can really be tough! If your customers are cheap, there really isn’t too much you can do about it… Let’s see how our heroes of the mozzarella trail cope.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Much of the music in Drivers Wanted was recorded by Burning Snella. Rochester might seem like an odd place to make a movie, until you realize it is the headquarters of the Eastman Kodak company, which makes most of film used Hollywood’s cameras.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Most of the characters in this movie
pronounce “ing” as “in”. They say talkin’ instead of talking, goin’ instead of going, etc. Can you hear it?
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
The delightful soul/hip-hop performer Maya Azucena shares her talent and wisdom gained from growing up in Flatbush Brooklyn. Also a quick look at an African American rapper who can rhyme in Japanese!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Maya Azucena talks about her various influences, which range from classic soul to gospel to synth pop. She talks about her experience growing up mulitiracial in an African American neighborhood and how it shaped her worldview.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Vanessa Hidary is a New York poet and performer who tackles issues of race , ethnicity and identity both onstage and off. She mixes rap, observation and story telling to explore difficult themes and issues of importance to us all.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA Northeast
WBER is a radio station in Rochester, New York, in the Northeastern part of the United States. Anyone in the Rochester area can be a DJ on the station, if they are willing to put the time in.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA Northeast
When a non-commercial radio station needs gear, and it doesn’t have money in the budget, it must turn to the audience and ask for help. When Tim Beideck heard that WBER’s transmitter urgently needed replacing, he decided to turn the premiere of Drivers Wanted into a fundraiser for the station.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Luckily, the fundraiser was a big success, and the movie got a lot of great press. Thousands of dollars were raised; WBER got the transmitter and the gear it needed.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
This is the official trailer for Babylon, a film starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. It chronicles the rollercoaster fortunes of actors in the fast-changing movie scene of 1920s Hollywood.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
John Mellencamps’s “little ditty” about a couple of teenagers, Jack and Diane, became his biggest and most well-known hit. The song traces their romance and the experience of growing up in the USA.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Rosie and Alex are best friends, but get separated when Alex moves from Dublin to America. Can their friendship survive? And will they acknowledge their feelings for one another?
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Mayim is very concerned that she got things wrong in her original video about open relationships. Here she apologizes and wants to tell us what she’s learned about relationships and about remaining honest and true to ourselves.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Remember Mayim’s video about not understanding open relationships? Well, after some soul searching and research, she has decided she got a lot wrong! Check out her response in this heartfelt and “hopefully more accurate” video!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
After the rains, there is enough water and food for all to share in the desert and Saguaro National Park can bask in all its glory.
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