Summary: Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AILSummary: When celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a discussion about his life's work, the nation was captivated. The series brought Campbell's theories into popular culture and led to a bestselling companion book. Includes six episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2010
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOSSummary: Journey to the world's most unforgettable places in this dazzling series based on the bestselling books. Newlyweds Albin and Melanie soak up all the world has to offer on a dream honeymoon, experiencing Brazil, Austraila, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment [distributor] 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.202 THOSummary: A film that seamlessly blends mission audio from Apollo 11's historic journey featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive, and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EIGSummary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NINSummary: Chasing the moon reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. Utilizing overlooked and lost archival material, the film features a cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CHAArtist Not Provided
Summary: An investigation of how teenagers from Central American countries were smuggled into the United States by traffickers who promised them a better life, only to force them into a life of slavery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRAAllen, Woody
Summary: Explores the career of the celebrated filmmaker, examining his creative process and his controversial private life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOOSummary: Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EDGSummary: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022