Summary: A discussion on the keeping of intelligent creatures in captivity. Employs the story of Tilikum, the notorious performing whale who, unlike orcas in the wild, has taken the lives of several people while in captivity.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BLA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc TCCF Bla

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLA

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BLA

Big Idea Productions

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: WarnerBrothers 2001

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD VEG

Summary: Through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances, and TV interviews, this documentary is the first to tell the life story of the Greek-American opera soprano completely in her own words.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAR

Big Idea Productions

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Big Idea Productions 2003

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD MOVIE Big I

Summary: Adapted from Sandra Schulberg's monograph, Filmmakers for the Prosecution retraces the hunt for film evidence that could convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. The searchers were two sons of Hollywood brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg serving under the command of OSS film chief John Ford. The motion pictures they presented in the courtroom became part of the official record and shape our...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIL

Summary: Returning home to Montana for her high school reunion, filmmaker Kimberly Reed (previously the school quarterback and now a transgender woman) hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother. But along the way she uncovers stunning revelations (including a connection to Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth), intense sibling rivalries, and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2008

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PRO

Summary: A documentary chronicling the struggle for women's rights in Post-Taliban Afghanistan. Award-winning journalist and UNICEF representative Sally Armstrong witnesses heroic women fighting for the cause, and the powerful forces that threaten their freedom.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Choices, Inc. 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAU

Summary: Documentary that masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the western Patagonian waterways and the tragic journey of Jemmy Button, who in 1830 was bought by the English navy for the price of a mother of pearl button.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PEA

Summary: "Internet addiction is now a global issue, and China is the first country to classify it as a clinical disorder. Web Junkie (directed by Hilla Medalia and Shosh Shlam) takes audiences inside a Beijing treatment center and explores the cases of three teenagers who suffer from this 21-century disorder. The program admits children between the ages of 13 and 18, and forces them to undergo...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WEB

Summary: Rick McKay filmed over one hundred of Broadway and Hollywood's greatest stars. In their own words they tell how they came to New York and created this legendary century in American theatre, thereby preserving the memories of historic Broadway performances.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Dada Films/RCA Victor/BMG 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BRO

Ang, Tom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 778.3 ANG

Ang, Tom.

Summary: A comprehensive guide to photography that covers camera settings, focus, exposure, zoom, framing, light, color, brightness, contrast, and other elements; provides suggestions for photographing people, landscapes and nature, animals, architecture, and events; and includes discussions on artistic expression and other applications.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2007

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 775 ANG

Summary: A fearless sea captain sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VES

Summary: "From the origins of the 'scattering' of the Irish over the centuries, to the dreams of a mythical home nurtured by so many Irish migrants today, The Irish Empire is a lively exploration of the ups and downs of the Irish experience abroad -- as seen by themselves, and as they are perceived by others."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2000

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV IRI

Summary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIO

Summary: A portrait of David Hockney, legendary artist and an early icon for LGBTQ and AIDS activism.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOC

Gaskin, Ina May.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Book Pub. Co. 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.4 GAS

Gaskin, Ina May.

Summary: A leading authority on midwifery offers expectant mothers an alternative to hospital birthing, explaining how to create a mutually supportive relationship among birth-care providers and make informed choices.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.45 GAS

Summary: A look at one of the largest parks in America, with 6 million acres that is divided between privately owned land and protected wilderness. Features the history, landscape, and the Adirondacks of today.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WNED 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.475 ADI

Summary: "Out of Print is a documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a unique and independent revival cinema in Los Angeles." -- container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUT

Borders, Ila Jane

Summary: "Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of the independent...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BORDERS, ILA JANE BOR