Weissman, David
Summary: Explores the impact of the AIDS crisis in San Francisco during the 1980s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WESummary: Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FED1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FED
Summary: Through a series of interviews, photographs and footage shot in the actual locations of her memories, Gerda Weissmann Klein takes us on her journey of survival of the Holocaust. Also includes Gerda Klein's Academy Award acceptance speech.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONEDavidi, Guy
Summary: Bil'in villager Emad Burnat documents the Palestinian struggle when he buys a camera to record the birth of his youngest son and he then films the turmoil and destruction happening around him as his village is threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2013
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIV1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FIV
Davidov, Ilko
Summary: Explores the life and career of comic book publisher Todd Loren.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNASummary: An intimate coming of age story which illuminates the challenges that many black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORSummary: "Follows the terrifying and horrific abuses instilled upon the indigenous people of North America, and details the genocidal practices of the US government and its continuing affects on present day Indian country"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bastard Fairy Films 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CANSummary: Was Roy Lichtenstein a great artist, a thief, or both? This is the question addressed by the feature documentary. Along with Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein created the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. His comic-based paintings reside in the greatest art galleries and can fetch more than $150 million. But some view this renowned artist as a plagiarist. WHAAM! BLAM! focuses upon the last living comic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHASummary: If you're looking for a dose of wiggly, waggy, puppy-dog cuteness in Free Puppies!, you won't be disappointed but along with it, you'll gain a new awareness of a chronically overlooked crisis that's dogging the rural American South. Skimpy funding for shelters, high rates of poverty, and a warm climate have led to an overwhelming influx of stray dogs with nowhere to go. Directors Samantha...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FRESummary: This volume brings a new crop of quality shorts to audiences hungry for a second helping. This latest collection features 7 new films that encompass an incredibly diverse range of topics and styles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FULSummary: William Burroughs: the Beats éminence grise, "literary outlaw," culture hero to generations of poets, musicians, artists, and filmmakers who had their minds blown by his 1959 classic, banned-in-America "Naked Lunch." This film covers his life in a straightforward manner, but the portrait drawn is at odds with the character who wrote in outlandish graphic detail about then-forbidden sexuality in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Yonilizer Productions 2011
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WILMarker, Chris
Summary: In Paris after World War III, a few survivors research time travel hoping to send someone to the past to help their situation; the meditations of a world traveler on various world-wide locations are narrated.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JETDavis, Miles
Summary: Examines the life of Miles Davis through his music, home movies, and his manuscripts and paintings.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2020
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MILSummary: 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 CITSummary: Pink ribbons, the symbol of the breast cancer prevention movement, are everywhere: T-shirts, hats, yogurt cups, KFC buckets, car ads, NFL stadiums - the list goes on and on. They make people feel good, as if engaged in a successful battle against breast cancer. But who is really benefiting? More and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Wouldn't it be something if some of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PINSummary: Amy Gorman and Frances Kandl journey throught the San Francisco bay Area searching for female role models--very old women, still active artists, living with zest. While Amy chronicles their oral histories, Frances is inspired to compose songs. Honors the gift of age, and illustrates that growing old can be a time of creative expression and satisfaction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GoldenBearCasting 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STISummary: The feature-length documentary reveals the fascinating, far-reaching impact and appeal of the show with a compelling blend of rare footage, historical images, and behind-the-scenes stories while also exploring the dramatic talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis. Known as the "King of TV Horror," the Emmy-winning filmmaker followed the show with other iconic genre favorites including...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MASSummary: Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIG1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 BIG
Summary: One man's journey to find meaning in Bill Murray's many unexpected adventures with everyday people. Enjoy an inside look at rare and never-before-seen footage of the comedic icon participating in stories previously presumed to be urban legend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BILFarrier, David
Summary: Having stumbled across online videos about "competitive endurance tickling", a New Zealand journalist decides to research the phenomenon for his article and discovers exploitation, harassment, and intimidation in the shady world of psychosexual perversion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TICMcLagan, Meg
Summary: Intimate accounts, journal entries and archival footage tell the story of the women involved in the first program in American history to send women into direct ground combat.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Groups 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIOCrosby, David
Summary: Profile of rock musician David Crosby.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019