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Balboa, Rocky (Fictitious character) Drama Boxers (Sports) United States Drama Boxing managers United States Drama Boxing Tournaments United States Drama Concerts Father-son relationship United States Drama Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Retirement United States Drama Rock videos United StatesSummary: A documentary examining opposing cultural movements in India (tradition vs. modernism), contrasting the experiences and attitudes of contestants in the Miss India beauty contest with those of participants at a Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WORSummary: Captures the odyssey of Hollywood actress Sarah Rush back to her roots as a 16-year-old pageant winner, growing up in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. Captures the spirit of the community during the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Coal Queen Pageant of 2003.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BITSummary: Due to his groundbreaking contouring techniques, his infectious personality and mission to make everyone feel beautiful, Kevyn Aucoin quickly shot to fame doing makeup for every supermodel and celebrity throughout the 80's and 90's. At the height of his fame in 2002, Kevyn died mysteriously. The film explores every corner of Kevyn's rich, beautiful and complicated life through the story of his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LARSummary: The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ANGSummary: This incisive and entertaining portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Interviews with Ferlinghetti and others reveal a rich mélange of characters and events that unfolded in postwar America. In 1953 Ferlinghetti opened City Lights Bookstore, which quickly evolved into an iconic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FERSummary: A quirky gaggle of Western hairstylists armed with blow dryers and designer scissors improbably open a school to teach eager Afghan women the high art of fixing hair. The women of Kabul embrace the beauty lessons with unbridled hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEA1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BEA
Summary: Follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber as she travels the U.S. making the case for a link between environmental toxins and cancer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIVSummary: In 2014, to reduce costs, city officials changed the source of Flint, Michigan's drinking water supply and as a result subjected its population to dangerous levels of lead contamination. This program looks at the logistics of the Flint water crisis and exposes vulnerabilities that exist in water systems throughout the county.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POISummary: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, and the entire crew from the popular MTV show return with the most insane tricks and pranks to date.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JACSummary: "The Doctor arrives on the paradise planet of Deva Loka to find a colonial mission on the verge of collapse. Several of its members have vanished into the jungle without a trace, leaving the survivors suspicious and paranoid. The mystery deepens as it becomes clear that the planet's native inhabitants, the Kinda, possess hitherto unsuspected powers that challenge human understanding. Meanwhile,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Follows Damon Gameau as he embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as healthy. Highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THASummary: Examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent. Chronicles the patterns of voter disenfranchisement from Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation Company 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AMESpurgin, Timothy.
Summary: Examines the wonderful feeling of engaging with a novel or short story on all levels and learning how artful readers think about and approach the works they read.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 ARTCall number: DVD 808 ART
Summary: "Join us for this special Dive Travel adventure as we travel to the opposite side of the planet to Sorong, Indonesia and dive off the Ocean Rover once again at Raja Ampat, (known as the Four Kings) located west of Papua, New Guinea. Widely considered the planet's most bio-diverse coral reefs, Indonesia's Raja Ampat Archipelago has over 541 species of hard coral. This equates to over 70 percent...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GRK Productions 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.23 DIVSummary: Exposing the deadly toll from the Flint water crisis. A two-year FRONTLINE investigation uncovers the roots and extent of a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak during the water crisis, and how officials failed to stop it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FLISummary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROCFarnworth, Cordelia
Summary: A struggling shoe factory owner and a drag queen form an unlikely partnership to create sturdy stiletto shoes for performers, helping to bring the shoe factory back from the brink of collapse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2021
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KINSummary: Explores the mind and motivations of Pablo Picasso as he creates over fifteen works before the camera. Using a specially designed transparent 'canvas' to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera records. He begins with simple works that take shape after only a single brush stroke. He then progresses to more complex paintings, in which he repeatedly adds and removes elements,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MYSSummary: Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11, and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward a ruthless agenda.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FAHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD FAHSummary: Presents a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Jackson as he developed, created, and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts at London's 02 Arena. Drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work is captured in raw and candid detail as he created and perfected his planned final London shows.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010