Summary: Martin Scorsese's pseudo-documentary film, composed of both fictional and non-fictional material, about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour, which featured a band of troubadours including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell, and blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROLSummary: In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SUMSummary: West African country of Mali is a birthplace of the blues, yet today the music and musicians of Mali are in grave danger. As fundamentalist Islam and sharia law become more widespread, dance and music are prohibited and musical instruments are being destroyed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MALSummary: An comprehensive collection of concert footage from 1970-1979, much of it never before seen. Includes performances cut out of their film, The Song Remains The Same, rarely seen interviews, never-before-seen television performances and much more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Superhype Tapes Ltd. 2003
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LEDSummary: "Indie folk heroes Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Tennesee's Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain's acclaimed Mumford & Sons hopped on a beautiful vintage train and set out across America on a 'tour of dreams.' With poignancy and beauty, Malloy documents these incredible musicians as they ride the rails and wow the crowds from Oakland to New Orleans"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: S2BN Films 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BIGSummary: Martin Scorsese's documentary about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour, which featured a band of troubadours including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell, blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ROL1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ROL
Summary: The big bang: At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts armed with cutting-edge recording technology set out across America to capture the unsung voices of everyday folk. Blood and soil: America's poor--cotton field slaves, mine workers, sharecroppers--find freedom through music, creating gospel, protest songs, and Delta blues. Out of the many, the one: Exotic cultures spanning...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: Story of Joe E. Bussard Jr, whose lifelong mission is to rescue America's roots music from oblivion: musician, broadcaster and obsessive long-time collector of 1920s and 30s American music on original 78 rpm records.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dust to Digital 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular American idol-style series, Afghan star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFGSummary: Inspired by classical progressive rock bands of 40 years ago such as King Crimson, Emerson Lake, and Palmer and Pink Floyd, young bands of today have transformed progressive music into something new. Ignored by today's music industry but empowered by the tools of the Internet, these young bands are trying to find their audience while crafting a personal sound as an alternative to mainstream music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Media 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ROMSummary: Documentary celebrating the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-'60s as folk went electric and the Byrds, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and the Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film includes conversations and performances with Brian Wilson (the Beach Boys), Michelle Phillips (the Mamas & the Papas),...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ECHSummary: Doc's story is brought to life through interviews with a colorful array of celebrated musicians, family members, writers, and fans; a vast collection of never-before-seen archival photos and footage, including captivating filmed and audio-taped interviews with Doc; and above all the brilliant, jubilant, and evocative music Doc performed, wrote, and inspired.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC AKASummary: Between 1961-1973, musicians in the Village banded together to sing about the radical social upheaval of the time, sparking everlasting political, social, and cultural changes. For the first time, the greatest singer-songwriters, authors, and performers from Greenwich Village reflect on how they collectively became the voice of a generation. Through poignant interviews, rare archival footage,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRESummary: To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become icons, glorified by musicians who praise their fame and success. In this new constituency, they represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by money, drugs, and violence. The film is an explosive look at the drug cartels' pop culture influence on both sides of the border...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NARSummary: "In the days immediately following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed seventeen people, filmmakers Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman began filming with students and families whose lives were forever altered"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFT1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AFT
Summary: Explores the extraordinary lives, struggles and successes of a few of the over five million Americans living with bipolar disorder. Personal stories of harrowing events, medical mazes, discrimination and the effects of social stigma blend together to create a compelling look at a generation coming out of the bipolar closet. The film puts an authentic human face on bipolar disorder, providing an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OFSummary: "The seemingly sleepy intersection of Delaware Ave. and 12th St. in Fort Pierce, Fla. is ground zero for the ferocious abortion rights battle raging in America. On one corner stands the abortion clinic A Woman's World; across the street is the Pregnancy Care Center, an ambiguously named pro-life outpost dedicated to heading off abortion seekers at the pass."--Producers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TWESummary: In this 80-minute documentary, three 10-year old children leave their native countries to participate in one of the Islamic world's most famous competitions, a test of memory and recitation known as The International Holy Koran Competition. As the competition reaches its climax, Koran By Heart offers a compelling and nuanced glimpse into some of the pressures faced by the next generation of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KORSummary: "We asked musiciains to cut a 78 record of an old song using one microphone, one blank lacquer disc and one 1930s PRESTO disc recorder... anywhere they chose... in one take.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEVSummary: Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk, they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC EVESummary: Franȯis and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLASummary: When Rodney was a teenager his mother just dropped him off at the home of Connie Stevens and left him. Eventually he landed his first show-business job as a double for Davey Jones on "The Monkeys". Rodney ended up using his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene and is lauded for his good taste and good...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2004