Summary: For three days in the summer of 1969, a rock concert was held on an upstate New York farm, and 400,000 people attended -- far more than were anticipated, far more than paid, far more than could be fed or sheltered or cared for after injuries or drug overdoses. It rained, there was mud, all traffic in and out was gridlocked, and the music continued, night and day. "Woodstock Nation" existed for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD WOOSummary: Chronicles the birth of the modern women's liberation movement in the 1960s and early 1970s, covering the emergence of the National Organization (NOW), as well as more radical factions such as WITCH (Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell!). Includes new and archival interviews with feminists of that era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHESummary: Tells the untold story of Tour de France cycling champion Gino Bartali and other courageous Italians who risked their lives to rescue Jews, partisans and other refugees in Nazi-occupied Italy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MYSummary: Working for change: Explores the birth of the social documentary in the U.S. and U.K. during the years of the Great Depression and the New Deal, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOSummary: Exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMPSummary: Investigates the 2011 Penn State child molestation scandal, in which Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of several accounts of child sexual abuse and head coach Joe Paterno and university administration were implicated in a coverup. Looks at the effects of the scandal on the Penn State student body, Penn State alumni, and residents of State College, Pennsylvania. Covers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HAPSummary: 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 true story of the legendary Z100 New York radio station following the colorful characters that started the station in the early '80s, and how they used unconventional and outlandish methods to go from New York City's worst-rated radio station to number one.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WORSummary: An intensely intimate look at one of the biggest hard rock/heavy metal bands of all time, with over 90 million albums sold. Takes you inside the studio, the counseling sessions the band went through together and the difficult process of finding a new band member.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC METSummary: "Within the last half century, our agricultural and food industries have changed more than ... ever before. New technologies and scientific ingenuity have given rise to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other man-made foods. People have begun to raise concerns about the safety of GMOs in our food supply, given their incredible dominance in a large portion of our diets. Traditional...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: KITG Productions 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OFFox, Jennifer
Summary: Recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual teacher, Western-born Yeshi struggles to maintain a normal family life while his father, a Buddhist teacher, tries to convince him to embrace his cultural heritage and destiny as a leader of the Tibetan people.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MYSummary: In a continuous monologue, former death-row inmate Nick Yarris tells the story of how he was charged with the murder of a woman in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, sentenced to death, and, after twenty-one years behind bars, exhonerated based on DNA evidence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FEASummary: For 46 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping. A loving portrait of the man in the yellow suit, features extraordinary footage of Spinney's earliest collaborations with Jim Henson as it traces his journey from bullied child to childhood icon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ISummary: In his vivid and thought-provoking filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry gives an unprecedented access to America's busiest Emergency Department. Amidst real life-and-death situations, McGarry follows a dedicated team of charismatic young doctors-in-training as they wrestle with both their ideals and the realities of saving lives in a complex and overburdened system.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CODSummary: "This course is a presentation of the types of matter: what they are, how they behave, why they behave that way, and what they're used for."--Page 1 of guidebook.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.4 NATSummary: Kevin Box has always known exactly what he intends to do with his life. In his words, "I want to have a conversation with people now and hundreds of years into the future." The origin story of Kevin and his wife Jennifer as they hone their craft of metal sculpture and develop powerful messages of peace inspired from within their magical studio compound in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The film is also...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ORISummary: "XTrain is the ultimate total-body fitness conditioning program based on undulating periodization, designed to crush calories, incinerate fat, and work and tone your muscles like never before"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cathe dot Com 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD XTRPortman, Natalie
Summary: Exposes common misconceptions about how animals are slaughtered and processed for food, drawing on sources ranging from popular culture to national tradition to reveal how the meat industry misrepresents its practices.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mpi Media Group 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EATSummary: Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: "An Honest Liar tells the story of the world-famous magician, escape artist and enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. He devised intricate invesigations exposing the 'miracles' of psychics, faith healers and con-artists. A master deceiver who came out of the the closet [at] 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the artist Jose...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HONSummary: It's true, Joan Jett became mega-famous from the number-one hit "I Love Rock n Roll," but that's only part of the story. This documentary gives a wild ride as Jett and her close friends tell you how it really was in the burgeoning's 70s punk scene and the rocky road to rock stardom decades on. Their interviews are laced with amazing archival footage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BADBerlinger, Joe
Summary: Documents the lawsuit brought against Chevron by thousands of Ecudorean natives over contamination of water in the Ecuadorean Amazon rainforest.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010