Summary: "For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and creating the enduring I (heart) NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, Milton Glaser: to inform & delight. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos and brand identities, to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILSummary: "From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gospel explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. But, while musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom. It is a message that resounds from the pulpit to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SIXSummary: Documentary follows the lives and work of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A look at five extraordinary homes and the people who inhabit them. The movie interweaves their stories in a way that makes a person think about the meaning of home and the place of individuality in society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOMSummary: The remarkable story of Elian Gonzalez, a five year old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits, and how the fight for his future changed the course of US Cuban relations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ELISummary: Explores the life and legacy of late war photojournalist Chris Hondros, who covered every major world event since the late 1990s, taking viewers behind the scenes to tell the untold stories of many of Hondross most iconic photographs. The film follows director Greg Campbell, Hondross childhood friend and fellow journalist on a global journey to visit the people and places made famous by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freestyle Digital Media 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HONSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HE RATED PG-13Summary: "John Huston's stirring documentary about returning war veterans was suppressed by the United States government for over thirty years after it was produced. Every man has his breaking point, says narrator Walter Huston. These in the fulfillment of their duties as soldiers were forced beyond the limits of human endurance. Filmed at two Long Island locations (Edgewood State Hospital and Pilgrim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LETSummary: Using interviews and rare archival footage, this chronicles Lewis's 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, it explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family, and his meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. It also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOHSummary: Looks at the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of rumspringa which is a period in a teenager's life during which they are set free to explore the world outside the Amish life. This is so that they can make an informed decision before they make a commitment to join the church at adulthood. Follows four teenagers in their time of discovery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSummary: An odyssey about fairies and those who believe in them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMSummary: "Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing military agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Media Education Foundation 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIJSummary: Join us for a moment of reflections, which invites us to think and ask ourselves questions, to be open to change, and to learn about the LGBT community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PERWilder, Gene
Summary: "This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers, to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka andthe Chocolate Factory, to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like Silver Streak. It is illustrated by a bevy of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work, a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage, follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grasshopper Film 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: Examines the role of two-spirit people in the Navajo culture in the context of the story of a gay youth named Fred Martinez. Martinez was a nádleehí or a male-bodied person with a feminine essence, who was murdered in a hate crime at the age of sixteen. Discusses the traditional Native American perspective on gender and sexuality and the need for a balanced interrelationship between the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riding the Tiger Productions, LLC 2010
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TWO
Summary: This documentary examines the personal and social impact of the impending retirement of America's 77 million Baby Boomers. By Emmy-Winning filmmaker Nina Gilden Seavey, Director of A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OPESummary: A portrait of contemporary Iran, as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her journey is comprised of ten conversations with various female passengers, and shed light on the lives of these women whose voices are seldom heard.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TENSummary: Explore the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design, and architecture. Making a reputation with her traditional lacquer work in the first decade of the twentieth century, she became a critically acclaimed and sought-after designer and decorator before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRAMiller, Warren
Summary: Footage of top athletes skiing and snowboarding at various locations worldwide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2010