Summary: A mystical autobiography of Alejandro Jodorowsky's childhood that blends his personal history with metaphor, mythology, and poetry. It reflects his philosophy that reality is not objective, but rather a "dance" created by our own imaginations.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Di Palma, Carlo

Summary: Explores the life and career of Italian cinematographer Carlo Di Palma.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Zasadsinska, Aida

Summary: Chronicles a man's search for his lost brother who was sent out to Israel for adoption after World War II when he was a child in a displaced persons camp.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2018

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

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

Allah, Khalik

Summary: Part film, part baptism, director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Summary: A fascinating look at the art of filmmaking, including stories and clips from the making of some of the greatest films of the '70s and '80s. Focuses on several men who made a huge impact on a craft that's vital to the making of any film.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

Summary: The world's greatest drummers reflect on the art of drumming and how it has shaped their lives. Features interviews with Ringo Starr from The Beatles, Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters, Stewart Copeland from The Police, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann from Grateful Dead, Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

Summary: A powerful true story of one small group of workers overcoming corporate greed to end slavery and abuse in America's fields.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Cunningham, Merce

Summary: Looks at the career of dancer and choreographer, Merce Cunningham.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2020

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

Baldwin, Alec

Summary: Follows the story of John DeLorean through the creation of his company and car to his downfall through drug trafficking and friendship with an FBI informant.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRA

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FRA

Summary: Itzhak Perlman's violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life. Alison Chernick's film looks beyond the sublime musician, to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. As charming and entrancing as the famous...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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

Summary: View a groundbreaking film, which tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine countries, written by nine celebrated writers and narrated by nine renowned actors. Viewers will see a showcase of strength from the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Summary: A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album 'Amazing grace' at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, in January 1972.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AMA

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

Summary: A half-century after its release, Midnight Cowboy remains one of the most original and groundbreaking movies of the modern era. With beguiling performances from Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman as two loners who join forces out of desperation, blacklist survivor Waldo Salt's brilliant screenplay, and John Schlesinger's fearless direction, the 1969 film became the only X-rated film to ever win the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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

Summary: An overcrowded maximum-security prison is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program. A dramatic tale of human potential and transformation that closely follows and documents the stories of the prison inmates.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Freedom Behind Bars Productions 2010

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

Summary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRO

Summary: A documentary on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions. Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter travels to France, California, Italy and New York, speaking with winemakers both large and small. The film offers a look at how business concerns and the homogenization of tastes around the world are changing the way wine is being made. Nossiter's primary focus is on American vintners...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed exclusively by THINKFilm 2005

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MON
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MON

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MON RATED PG-13

Summary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013

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

Summary: Recounts the career and times of talent manager and Hollywood insider Shep Gordon, told through interviews with Shep Gordon himself as well as Alice Cooper, Emeril Lagasse, Michael Douglas, Anne Murray and many of his other clients and friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2014

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

Summary: Follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain these processes. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Summary: Chronicles the lives and careers of Harold Michelson, a storyboard artist and production designer, and his wife Lillian, a film researcher, who eloped to Hollywood in 1947 and worked for six decades, their combined filmography totaling hundreds of movies for which their contributions went mostly uncredited.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017

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