Summary: Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think ... that's certainly true for Craig, a stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic for some time out. What he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance and an opportunity to begin anew. Charming, witty and smart, it's a coming-of-age story that's kind of a funny story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ITSFromke, Susan
Summary: Examines the American healthcare system and what can be done to transform it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ESCXtravaganza, Brooke
Summary: Reveals New York City's community of minority drag queens where competitive balls and fashion are the source of pride and self-affirmation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Distribution 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PARSummary: Director Howard Brookner died of AIDS in NYC in 1989 while in post-production on his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work has been buried for 30 years in William Burroughs' bunker until his nephew Aaron unearths his uncle's story and the memory of everything he was.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNCSummary: About every two minutes a police officer uses a Taser. Sold as an effective way to subdue violent suspects without injuring them, Tasers, have revolutionized the way officers do their jobs. One company is responsible for this revolution: Taser International. The company's mission statement: "Protect Truth. Protect Life." In 1993, brothers Rick and Tom Smith started what would become Taser...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KILSummary: In his final film as director, Gordon Parks turned the camera upon himself and created a deeply personal and remarkably poetic self-portrait. Moments Without Proper Names blends Parks's striking photographs with newly-shot footage of the artist, his own musical compositions, and personal reminiscences performed by a trio of esteemed actors: Avery Brooks, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Joe Seneca.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOMSummary: Dina's getting married in a few weeks and there's still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents' house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home he's ever had, all while juggling his schedule as an early morning Walmart door greeter. She has to get her dress, confirm arrangements with the venue, and make peace with her family, who remain nervous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Orchard 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DINSummary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURSummary: The definitive documentary of Garth Brooks, the best-selling solo artist of all time, offers an intimate look at Brooks' music and his life as a musician, father, and man. Fans will be delighted with seminal hit songs and the unforgettable moments that have defined his decade-spanning career. Featuring revealing interviews with Trisha Yearwood, Billy Joel, Keith Urban, George Strait, James...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GARSummary: Takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners, and their communities, in a journey that will challenge the way you think, feel and shop.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Brave New Films, Retail Project L.L.C. 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: Documents the monumental move of renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in February 2015 after forty-eight years, sold his home, the 36,000 square-foot, 100-year-old landmark building in Manhattan known simply as "The Bank." Through the intimate lens of noted artist and photographer Stephen Wilkes, the viewer is taken on a remarkable journey through Maisel's life as an artist,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JAYSummary: 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: In a cinematic sleigh-ride into the strange universe of alternative Christmas music, Mitchell Kezin delves into the minds of some of the world's most legendary Christmas music fanatics and hits the road to hang with his holiday heroes, including hip hop legend Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons of RUN-D.M.C., the Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, filmmaker John Waters, bebopper Bob Dorough, L.A. DJ and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JINSummary: Investigates the secret crimes of Father Lawrence Murphy, a Milwaukee priest who abused more than 200 deaf children in a school under his control. The film documents the first known public protest against the pontiff himself. The investigation helped uncover documents from the secret Vatican archives that show the Pope, who must operate within the mysterious rules of the Roman Curia, as both...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MEASummary: Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 323.1196 MLKCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MLKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MLKSummary: Who's to blame for the devastating Camp Fire, and why was it so catastrophic? With accounts from survivors and first responders, this is the inside story of the most destructive fire in California history, its causes, and the impact of climate change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FIRSummary: Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INC1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INC
Summary: 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: In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LASSummary: Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPSummary: Wise, brilliant, and funny, Fran Lebowitz hit the New York literary scene in the early '70s when Andy Warhol hired the unknown scribe to write a column for Interview magazine. Today, she's an acclaimed author with legions of fans who adore her acerbic wit. Public speaking captures the author in conversation at New York's Waverly Inn, in an onstage discussion with longtime friend and celebrated...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PUBSummary: "An Apology to Elephants explores the beauty and intelligence of elephants as well as threats to their survival. Focusing on the lives of elephants in captivity, the documentary tells the troubling story of what happens to elephants in the name of entertainment. An Apology to Elephants is an eye-opening film about the exploitation of elephants. It features beautiful footage from nature...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC APOSummary: Investigates the theory that the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine had been orchestrated by the Soviet Union as a screen for the decommissioning of the Duga (i.e., Woodpecker) ballistic missle advance warning system (based in the vicinity of the reactor) because of the inevitable change in relations between Ukraine and what was soon to become post-Cold War Russia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016