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Documentary films Goldblum, Jeff 1952- Drama Jazz vocals Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography Musical theater Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Drama Pittsburgh (Pa.) Drama Screenwriters United States Biography Tiller, George 1941-2009 Vocal duets Willson, Meredith 1902-1984 DramaSummary: Recounts how, on the streets of the Bronx in the summer of 1973, DJ Herc took the percussion breaks from an obscure album by the Incredible Bongo Band and extended them by playing them back to back.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SAMSummary: Composer, conductor, genius, and mensch: Marvin Hamlisch earned four Grammys, four Emmys, three Oscars, three Golden Globes, a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize before his untimely death, making him one of only two PEGOT winners ever. Hit after hit--The way we were, Nobody does it better, and scores for The sting, Sophie's choice, and the Broadway juggernaut A chorus line, made him the go-to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MARSummary: A portrait of the late photographer Francesca Woodman, told through the young artist's work (including experimental videos and journal entries) and remarkably candid interviews with her artist parents Betty and George (a ceramic sculptor and painter/photographer), who have continued their own artistic practices while watching Francesca's professional reputation eclipse their own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lorber Films 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOOBaxter, Anthony
Summary: Documents the efforts of a group of Scottish landowners to thwart Donald Trump's plans to buy an unspoiled area in northeastern Scotland to build two state-of-the-art golf courses.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YOU1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF YOU
Summary: A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian casualties as well as footage of American POW's, the station has revealed (and continues to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CONSummary: For decades, mysterious messages in the form of colorful 'tiles' have appeared, pasted on the streets of major cities up and down the western hemisphere. Containing the same bizarre, unsettling message, which seems to concern resurrecting the world's dead, most people walk over them without a thought, until now. Justin Duerr, long obsessed with the tiles, has begun a quest to unearth both their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RESSummary: The filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ACTSummary: When the residents of Budrus learn that the Israeli army plans to build the Separation Barrier through their town, cutting them off from neighboring Palestinian villages and uprooting their precious olive groves, they decide to organize. Under the leadership of Ayed Morrar, Palestinian men of all political factions come together to wage an unarmed struggle to preserve their lands. Victory seems...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BUDSummary: Tells the story of the world's only yodeling country singing and comedy lesbian sibling duo, the Topp Twins (Jools and Lynda Topp), who have inspired a generation with their politics and celebration of joy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kinosmith 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOPSummary: Jeff Goldblum may have starred in some of the biggest movies in history, but to secure a green card for his young Canadian fiancée, he's agreed to do a two-week regional theater production of "The music man" in his Pennsylvania hometown. Now he's faced with grueling rehearsals, a furious agent, good friends with their own troubles whom he's convinced to co-star, and the very real prospect of a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PITSummary: An unprecedented array of never-before-seen footage of Gould, photographs, and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal interviews with Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before, to reconstruct his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. An enigmatic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lorber Films 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GENSummary: "AFTER TILLER intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every day in the name of their unwavering commitment toward their patients. Directors Martha...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFTSummary: A breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog, follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. An unforgettable cinematic experience that provides an unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago, almost twice as old as any...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 709.01 CAVSummary: The Fall of Fujimori is a character and interview-driven documentary that explores the volatile events that define Alberto Fujimori's decade-long reign of Peru: his meteoric rise from the son of poor Japanese immigrants to the presidency; his fateful relationship with the shadowy and Machiavellian Vladimiro Montesinos; his self-coup that dissolved overnight both Congress and the Judiciary; and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FALMoore, Alan
Summary: Documents the life and career of comic book author Alan Moore.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MINSummary: Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TIL1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIL
Bennett, Tony
Contents: Don't get around much anymore (Michael Bublé) -- Who can I turn to (When nobody needs me) (Queen Latifah) -- Stranger in paradise (Andrea Bocelli) -- Watch what happens (Natalie Cole) -- Body and soul (Amy Winehouse) -- It had to be you (Carrie Underwood) -- Blue velvet (K.D. Lang) -- Don't get around much anymore (Michael Bublé) -- Blue velvet (K.D. Lang) -- Speak low (Norah Jones) -- On the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Music Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD TONSummary: This documentary explores the life of Aileen Wuornos, the prostitute executed in Florida for killing six men. Includes examinations of her childhood, testimony at her trial by Nick Broomfield, and a chilling speech by Wuornos herself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AILSummary: The wild no-holds barred independent American filmmakers of the '50s and '60s tell their own story in this critically acclaimed survey of exploitation and sexploitation filmmaking.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SCHSummary: Mel Brooks, the comedian, director and screenwriter, has energetically avoided a documentary profile from being made, until now. He has agreed to throw himself into a new documentary about his storied career, giving American Masters exclusive interviews and complete access to his film archives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2013