Contents: Disc 1: Why have government? -- The framework of US federalism -- Civil liberties: freedoms from government -- Civil rights: fairness under government -- How a bill becomes a law -- Why Congress is such a puzzle -- Disc 2: How Congressional elections work -- The powers of presidency -- How presidential elections work -- A road map of the federal bureaucracy -- How the judicial branch works --...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 UND

Summary: It is a timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably, no one did more to shape our understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and writer who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. The film vividly brings to life Jacobs' 1960s showdown with...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2017

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CIT

Summary: Examines the myth and reality of Che Guevara including his friendship with Castro, his world travels, his days as guerilla leader and his death at age 39.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 1997

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHE

Summary: Director Francis Megahy offers an unflinching look at the lobbying system in Washington, D.C., and the influence of money on modern politics. By speaking with Washington, D.C. insiders, Megahy gets the inside scoop on where the money comes from and how it is used.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2010

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BES

Summary: In this searing expose on the state of democracy in America and the fracturing of the Republican Party, directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin follow the money behind the rise of the Tea Party. Alternately terrifying and funny, documentary is an essential and powerful portrait of our political times.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CIT

Khodorkovsky, Mikhail

Summary: Profiles Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former Russian oligarch and prisoner who became a political dissident speaking out against the Putin regime, and explores the relationship between oligarchy and government and its effect on democracy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CIT

Summary: Independent journalists like Amy Goodman, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Matt Taibbi are changing the face of journalism, providing investigative, adversarial alternatives to mainstream, corporate news outlets. Cameras follow as they expose government and corporate deception; just as the ground-breaking independent journalist I.F. Stone did decades ago.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ALL