Summary: Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPESummary: The film brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on. Includes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SCOSummary: This 10-part documentary covers rock 'n' roll history from its humble beginnings in the '50s to Lollapalooza in the '90s. Experience favorite rock 'n' roll moments through hundreds of exclusive interviews, classic footage and concert performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HISSummary: "Follows the terrifying and horrific abuses instilled upon the indigenous people of North America, and details the genocidal practices of the US government and its continuing affects on present day Indian country"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bastard Fairy Films 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CANSummary: An unconventional work in every way, the Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere. It shuttles viewers from one vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings' increasing dependence on technology. -- adapted from container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QATSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Flatman, David
Summary: An IMAX film showing the formation of Australia and its unique wildlife and habitats.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 591.994 AUSSummary: From the Namib Desert to Patagonia, only a handful of places on Earth can claim to be largely unchanged. Isolated from the rest of the world, these places have been protected from the most damaging effects of human interference. Delicately balanced, species-rich, unique ecosystems. In these lands, life exists as nature intended. This series embarks on a breathtaking journey to Earth's last...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EDEHardy, Grant
Summary: "[This series] is an epic, comprehensive survey of the East's most influential philosphers and thinkers. In 36 lectures, [the student will be introduced to] the men and women responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, including Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, Sufism, and Buddhism."--Www.thegreatcourses.com.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREAllman, Ricky
Summary: Since the earliest days of human society, we have been painters. Lining ancient cave walls, the oldest known paintings in the world date back over 50,000 years. Despite the fact that painting is such an integral part of human civilization, many people feel intimidated by the medium. Like drawing, creative writing, or musical performance, the ability to paint is a skill that can be learned and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751 AllCall number: DVD 751 All
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751 HOWCall number: DVD 751 HOW
Garripoli, Garri
Summary: Instruction in qi gong, ancient Chinese breathing exercises for health and relaxation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7148 QIGSummary: "Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Tells of the struggle between the Russians Polovtsian nomads, of Prince Igor's capture and escape from his noble opponent, Kon Konchak, and the love between Igor's son, Vladimir, and Konchak's daughter, Konchakovna; based on The song of Igor's campaign (Slovo o polku Igoreve).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Video Artists International 2010
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA PRIDeLeyer, Harry
Summary: Explores the relationship between Dutch immigrant Harry DeLeyer and an Amish plow horse named Snowman as they win the triple crown of show jumping.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HARBelafonte, Harry
Summary: Biographical documentary about entertainer Harry Belafonte and the significant contributions he has made to social justice throughout the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SINCurry, Ann
Summary: Follows the reunions of people whose lives crossed at pivotal moments.
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 WE'LSummary: 4000 teenagers simulate every facet of their state government including elections, deciding court cases, and passing legislation. Three candidates emerge in the inspiring race for Youth Governor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YOUSummary: The Yes Men again pull off one bold prank after another in an effort to raise political consciousness. Posing as top executives of giant corporations, they lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks. When they engineer an announcement that Dow will clean up the site of the largest industrial accident in history, the Bhopal catastrophe, Dow's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YESSummary: "[A] group of bright but incorrigible high school students spend...their summer at the NASA SpaceCamp. But when a frightening miscommunication occurs during a space shuttle training mission, the teens and their astronaut instructor are accidentally launched into orbit. Can this young team of unlikely heroes work together to survive the outer-space adventure of a lifetime?" --container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family SpaceSummary: Viewers will see the nail-biting behind-the-scenes story that traces the marriage equality movement's historic progress and reveals the masterminds who fought.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FREArtist 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 TRASummary: 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: Reveals the complicated effects the web is having on our society as seen through the eyes of artist, futurist, and visionary, Josh Harris. Director Ondi Timoner documented more than a decade of Harris' increasingly tumultuous life and experiments, including one that involved living under 24-hour electronic surveillance, which led to his mental collapse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Indiepix Films 2010