Summary: This deeply personal documentary harts Gerry Anderson's journey from a poverty-stricken childhood to a puppetry pioneer, science fiction master, and legendary creator. Throughout his career, spanning 60 years, he created some of the world's most beloved children's television series including Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Space: 1999, Terrahawks, and Space Precinct. In addition to new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GERSummary: "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: Examines America's electoral process through the eyes of diverse politicians, activists, and voters in Ohio during the 2004 election. Shows how the voting public is manipulated by the parties' leaders and their political marketing strategies.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOSummary: When punk rock erupted in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film is the first to explore the incredible challenges that this subculture faced when it took root in the Nation's Capital in the late '70s. Punk the Capital situates DC punk within the larger narratives of rock n' roll, working as a powerful multi-layered story for both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PUNSummary: Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC I1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF I
Summary: Examines the history of the seven million Irish who emigrated to America in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries including the causes of the exodus and the immigrant experience in the United States. Uses photographs, archival footage, manuscript material and interviews with Irish immigrants to describe their experiences and the profound influence they have had on American culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shanachie Entertainment 1997
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OUTSummary: They are the voices behind the greatest rock, pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now, in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and more. Includes behind-the-scenes footage, vintage live performances, and interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWESummary: "Actress, humanitarian, film and fashion icon, Audrey Hepburn was undoubtedly one of the greatest legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. But who was the real Audrey Hepburn? Malnourished as a child, abandoned by her father, and growing up under Nazi occupation in Holland, Hepburn faced a life-long battle with the traumas of her past, which thwarted her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This is the story of a sustained and well-funded effort to discredit and defeat Bill Clinton, dating from his gubernatorial days in Arkansas and eventually leading to his impeachment trial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HUNBerry, Chuck
Summary: Profiles the life and career of American rock and roll musician, Chuck Berry, featuring interviews and contributions from family, friends, and musicians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Watch a film that tells the life and times of legendary film title designer Pablo Ferro. Using a blend of character, animation, motion design and documentary footage, the film tracks Pablo Ferro's rise as a poor Cuban immigrant to the heights of the Madison Avenue commercial industry and then to becoming one of the most celebrated designers in NYC.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PABSummary: The film brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on. Includes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SCOSummary: Told through the eyes and hands of acclaimed artists across the world, the film explores the surprising world of taxidermy, where sculptors must also be scientists. From a studio in Los Angeles that has elevated taxidermy to the forefront of fashion to fine artists in the Netherlands, these passionate experts push creative boundaries while revealing the importance of preserving nature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STUSummary: In 1964, author Ken Kesey and his friends, known as the Merry Pranksters, set out on a cross-country bus trip from California to New York to visit the World's Fair. They also decided to record it, with several 16 mm movie cameras and audio tape. Compiled from more than 40 hours of footage shot during the journey, it was the magical mystery tour--fueled by both the countercultural sentiments of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Profiles Paul Taylor, pioneer of 20th century modern dance. Features interviews with Taylor and company members. Includes excerpts from: Espanade; Company B; Polaris; 3 epitaphs; Events II, Epic, and Duet from 7 new dances; Scudorama; Aureole; Airs; Cloven kingdom; Last look; Musical offering; Offenbach overtures; Eventide; Piazzola caldera.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DANSummary: The extraordinary debut from documentarian Bing Liu weaves a story of skateboarding, friendship, and fathers and sons into a coming-of-age journey of courageous vulnerability.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MINBelafonte, Harry
Summary: Biographical documentary about entertainer Harry Belafonte and the significant contributions he has made to social justice throughout the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SINSummary: Skiing and snowboarding are expected fare in a Warren Miller film, but in Storm there is also surfing, backpacking, mountain biking, and 'urban skiing.' The latter exports skateboarding style tricks to skis, where participants ski on stone, metal, and wooden rails, and even jump a road. A group of gung-ho athletes venture to South Georgia (an island 800 miles east of the Falklands) exploring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marketed by Shout! Factory 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARMiller, Warren
Summary: Footage of top athletes skiing and snowboarding at various locations worldwide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARSummary: This film examines the claim that most if not all degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. It traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Although they didn't know each other, their individual research led to startlingly similar conclusions:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Monica Beach Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 616.39 FORCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORSummary: Explosives expert Andrew Marr suffered a multitude of traumatic brain injuries after being 'front and center' to hundreds if not thousands of detonations in Afghanistan, causing him to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol as he was constantly dismissed or mis-diagnosed. Dozens of high-profile people, from radio Host Joe Rogan to professional athletes Mark Rypien, Anthony Davis, Shawn Dollar,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020