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Summary: Experience the wild and wonderful untold story of 'Ozploitation' films as you take a journey through the Australian genre cinema of the late '70s and '80s - the years when Australia got into gear and blew the world away with what they had to offer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOT

Summary: Explore how William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create a myth that endures even today. Features the life of the master showman who became part of American history.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2008

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BUF

Summary: A "docu-fantasia" about the city of Winnipeg, the hometown of the director, Guy Maddin.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE MY

Summary: When Wisconsin's newly elected Governor Scott Walker introduces a bill that threatens to wipe away worker rights and lock out public debate, six ordinary Wisconsinites join thousands of protesters at the State Capitol, building a citizen-driven uprising that not only challenges the bill, but the soul of a nation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Bal Maiden Films 2012

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

Summary: Discusses ways in which the media openly degrades women. Features commentary from many influential women in media and politics.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2012

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

Summary: Join zoologist Nigel Marven as he traipses through the eons on a quest to find the largest land animals that ever lived. Watch Marven's encounters with various dinosaurs, each brought to stunning life through computer animation techniques.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video Inc. 2004

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CHA

Summary: Explores filmmaker Rithy Panh's quest to create the missing images during the period when the Khmer Rouge ruled over Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The film uses wood figures, archival footage, and narration to recreate his firsthand experiences and those of his family and friends' suffering during the communist regime.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MIS

Summary: Includes in-depth interviews of U.S. President Richard Nixon by Sir David Frost in May, 1977 regarding the infamous Watergate scandal. Features footage from 2007 of Frost discussing the impact this interview had on history, his reactions, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Liberation Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 FRO

Summary: Legendary movie concert of Led Zeppelin's 1973 Madison Square Garden Concert series.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LED

Summary: Tells the inspiring story of self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar, who transformed his once-average yard into a wondrous garden. Offers an upbeat message that speaks to respect for both self and others, and shows what one person can achieve.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2008

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

Summary: Shows how filmmakers Jamie and Jim Dutcher spent six years in a tented camp in the wilderness of Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains, living with the Sawtooth wolf pack, listening to them, and earning their trust. Reveals details of pack life, including its unique social structure, how wolf cubs are raised within the group, and how the wolves interact with man. Shows how these intelligent predators...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Channel 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LIV

Summary: Recorded at New York's Beacon Theatre during the fall of 2006, and features performances by The Rolling Stones with special guests Christina Aguilera, Jack White, and Buddy Guy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 781.66 SHI

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SHI

Summary: "Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Rick Hall brought black and white together to create music for the generations. He is responsible for creating the 'Muscle Shoals sound' and the Swampers, the house band at FAME Studios that eventually...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: Recounting the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds. Includes never before seen interviews, archival footage, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2015

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

Summary: Profiles the life and career of the 1960s folk iconoclast Phil Ochs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC THE

Summary: The account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of Dick Proenneke as he built a cabin in the remote wilderness of the Twin Lakes Region of Alaska.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Bob Swerer Productions 2004

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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALO

Summary: Throughout Richard Nixon's presidency, three of his top White House aides obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras. Young, idealistic and dedicated, they had no idea that a few years later they'd all be in prison.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Summary: "Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. His legacy becomes ever more relevant, providing us a road map to steer our planet away from oblivion-- and toward a sustainable future for all of humanity. This film ... transports the viewer into Fuller's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Masters & Masterworks 2008

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

Summary: This follow-up to "Alone in the wilderness" continues the account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of Dick Proenneke in his 30-year adventure in the remote Alaskan wilderness.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Bob Swerer Productions 2011

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

Summary: On June 2, 1958, Richard Loving and his fiancee Mildred Jeter traveled from Caroline County, VA, to Washington, D.C. to be married. Later, the newlyweds were arrested, tried and convicted of the felony crime of miscegenation. Two young ACLU lawyers took on the Lovings case, fully aware of the challenges posed. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in their favor on June 12, 1967 and resulted...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2013

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

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