Summary: Twelve-chapter documentary series, created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone. Do Americans really know and understand the country's shared and complicated history? How are the small details and forgotten players that influenced some of the biggest events from America's past recalled? Will children actually get the whole story from reading history...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNTSummary: An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BOLSummary: It is the fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. Worn by everyone from presidents to supermodels, farmers to rock stars, they're more than just a pair of pants America's tangled past is woven deeply into the indigo fabric. From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion, and hip-hop, jeans are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RIVSummary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: The revealing documentary of Earth explores the planet's most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed center stage. We see what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud, including massive bombardments from space, extreme...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV EARSummary: Follow the story of singer Marian Anderson, whose talent broke down barriers around the world. Narrated by Renée Elise Goldsberry, Voice of Freedom interweaves Anderson's rich life story with this landmark moment in history, exploring fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy and the American soul.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021