Summary: It started as photographs taken by soldiers of the abuse and torture prisoners were suffering in Abu Ghraib prison, and turned into a media frenzy full of scandal and cover-ups. One of the most notorious moments in recent U.S. military history is examined, through interviews with participants and dramatic reenactments of events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STASummary: Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: A filmmaker follows conceptual artist David Greg Harth during the final year of his quixotic, two-decade quest to fill a Bible with celebrity signatures; an art project that turned into an all-consuming obsession.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC BOOSummary: Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 577 Life 2010Summary: Explores the nature of Islam and unfolds many of its inner-dimensions. It dispels many myths and discusses contributions to science and math.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LEGSummary: Narrated by Udo Kier, the film asks what the Nazi cinema of the Third Reich reveals about its period and its people. About 1,000 feature films were made in Germany in the years between 1933-1945: musicals, melodramas, romances, costume dramas, and war films. Only a few were overtly Nazi propaganda films. But by the same token, even fewer of them can be considered harmless entertainment. How did...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIT1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HIT
Summary: Exposing the deadly toll from the Flint water crisis. A two-year FRONTLINE investigation uncovers the roots and extent of a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak during the water crisis, and how officials failed to stop it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FLISummary: Cats of Malta takes audiences on a journey through the island's colorful cat colonies, cafes, parks, and streets to meet local volunteer feeders, business owners, and artists whose lives are enriched by stray cats. Enjoy a deep dive into the inner workings of the island's cat community and experience their highs and lows as the cats unite the island.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From its humble beginnings in the 1890s through today, the Assistance League has been creating ripples and changing lives for over 125 years. This enjoyable documentary tells the story of Anne Banning, a forgotten American Pioneer who formed the Assistance League and changed charity. Ann Benson (Betty White's Off Their Rockers and Ann Asks) hosts a journey that includes multiple chapters of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEBSummary: A hilarious and affectionate look at the path to stardom inside the competitive world of grand opera. Weaving together portions of eight acclaimed operas with personal interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, the film explores the choristers' lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Universal 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CATCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOIVE CATSummary: The documentary follows three young Texas cowgirls tasked with carrying on their families' legacies amidst a volatile landscape and industry. The film explores the modern West, where the male cowboy mythology must answer to a new, honest, and some would say subversive female story. The jarring transition between generations illuminates the weight of heritage and tradition. As the old guard...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deskpop Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC GOOPolley, Sarah
Summary: Actress and director Sarah Polley explores the truth behind a family secret.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD STOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STOSummary: Tells the story of Haitian national hero, journalist, and freedom fighter Jean Dominique, whom Demme first met and filmed in 1986. As owner and operator of his nation's oldest and only free radio station, Dominique was frequently at odds with his country's various repressive governments and spent much of the 80's and early 90's in exile in New York, where Demme continued to interview him over...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment [distributor] 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AGRSummary: The definitive documentary of Garth Brooks, the best-selling solo artist of all time, offers an intimate look at Brooks' music and his life as a musician, father, and man. Fans will be delighted with seminal hit songs and the unforgettable moments that have defined his decade-spanning career. Featuring revealing interviews with Trisha Yearwood, Billy Joel, Keith Urban, George Strait, James...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GARSummary: Chronicles the life of writer, poet, and meditation master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers, whose students include His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Royal Family of Bhutan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alive Mind 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BRISummary: The first year of life is the toughest. Four cinematographers follow six iconic baby animals as they face the challenges of surviving their first year on Earth. For these animal babies, it is the story of what it takes to survive in the wild.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ANISummary: "Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents--mostly elderly and black--died over the course of one week. As Cooked links the deadly heat wave's devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deep into one of our nation's biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF COOSummary: Carl Boenish is the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular and dangerous feats of foot-launched human flight. Experience his jaw-dropping journey in li fe and love, to the pinnacle of his achievements when he and wife Jean broke the BASE jumping Guinness World Record in 1984. Incredibly, within days, triumph was followed by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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3 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SUNRodrigo y Gabriela
Contents: CD. Hanuman -- Buster voodoo -- Triveni -- Logos -- Santo Domingo -- Master Maqui (feat. Strunz and Farah) -- Savitri -- Hora zero -- Chac Mool -- Atman (feat. Alex Skolnick) -- 11:11.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ATO Records 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN RODSummary: The Friedman's seem to be a typical family from affluent Great Neck, Long Island. One Thanksgiving, as the family gathers for a quiet holiday dinner, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush inside. The police charge Arnold and his son Jesse with sexually molesting scores of young boys. As police investigate, and the community reacts, the fabric of the family begins to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hit the Ground Running 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CAPSummary: Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Filmed across the U.S., in Europe, Australia, and Asia, examine the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and Mother Earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VANSummary: "In the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School, a small town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania elected a charismatic judge who was hell-bent on keeping kids in line. Under his reign, more than 3,000 children were ripped from their families and imprisoned for years over petty crimes. When one parent dared to question his harsh brand of justice, it was revealed the judge had received...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014