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African Americans Race identity Curtis, Dan 1927-2006 Drew, Robert 1924-2014 Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1911-1978 Jones, Grace Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Kennedy, Robert F 1925-1968 United States Wallace, George C. (George Corley) 1919-1998Filter By Subjects
African Americans Race identity Curtis, Dan 1927-2006 Drew, Robert 1924-2014 Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1911-1978 Jones, Grace Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Kennedy, Robert F 1925-1968 United States Wallace, George C. (George Corley) 1919-1998Summary: Long story short: Presents interview segments in which California's poor and homeless discuss the disadvantages of living without adequate resources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PORSummary: 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
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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: Filmmaker Joe Cross, recently obese and unhealthy, travels the United States promoting to all he encounters a lifestyle "reboot" centered around consuming only fruit and vegetable juices. Along the way he meets Phil Staples, a morbidly obese man to whom Cross offers his reboot cure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RebootYourLife 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FATSummary: An electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones's bold aesthetic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GRASummary: In this documentary, Che Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest, the Grammy-winning rapper) reunites with his father, an alcoholic living on the streets of Chicago, and struggles to deliver him to safety and an existence that is productive and meaningful, in essence, taking responsibility for the man who had abandoned him as a young child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: Aaron Swartz was a programming prodigy who helped shape the digital landscape of today. He helped develop the internet protocol RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit. Chronicling his pioneering efforts crusading for open access and free speech and the resulting legal nightmare and tragedy that ensued, the documentary is a dynamic and moving portrait of a brilliant tech millionaire who renounced...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INTSummary: It is a timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably, no one did more to shape our understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and writer who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. The film vividly brings to life Jacobs' 1960s showdown with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CITSummary: Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama, and continued to farm the land until the late 1920s when he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the thriving segregated black neighborhood. A decade later, in his late 80s, Traylor became homeless and started to draw and paint, devising his visual language to depict his memories of slavery and scenes of a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BILSummary: Presents the story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia in an effort to save the world from nuclear annihilation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC COM1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Summary: The powerful documentary examines the life of Muhammad Ali beyond the boxing ring to offer a personal perspective on the American sporting legend. Investigating Ali's spiritual transformation includes his conversion to Islam, resistance to the Vietnam War draft, and humanitarian work. The documentary connects Ali's transcendent life story to America' struggles with race, religion, and war in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRISummary: From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KINSummary: Roy Cohn was a ruthless and unscrupulous lawyer and political power broker whose 28-year career ranged from acting as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist-hunting subcommittee to molding the career of a young Queens real estate developer named Donald Trump.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From the frigid suburbs of Buffalo NY to his early years living and busking on the streets of San Francisco, to formative experiences with punk band The Nerves and L.A. power pop legends The Plimsouls, to his decades-long, Grammy-nominated solo career, walk a million miles in the shoes of one of America's last great troubadours.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETSummary: An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TONSummary: "Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack--the Warner brothers--turned a storefront that used a sheet for a screen into a dream factory rooted in the credo of educate, entertain and enlighten. In this fascinating documentary, filmmaker (and Harry's granddaughter) Cass Warner Sperling tells a story of sibling rivalry, social conscience, and the silver screen."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BROSummary: Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras's career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind suddenly stopped speaking and disappeared into autism. Almost four years passed and the only thing that seemed to engage Owen were Disney films. Then one day his father donned one of his son's puppets--Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin--and asked 'What's it like to be you?' Suddenly, Owen responded to his father...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIF1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LIF
Summary: A grieving father seeks answers after his fourteen-year-old son dies by suicide. He uncovers painful truths about the lives of teens, the impact of unfettered access to internet and social media, and the shocking rise of depression among America's youth. The journey brings him together with young suicide survivors, prevention experts, and parents trying to understand the 70% increase in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TELSummary: Documentary filmmaker Ed Pincus, with the help of friend and fellow-filmmaker Lucia Small, chronicles his final days as he succumbs to myelodysplastic syndrome (MLS).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONESummary: A distinguished poet, translator, critic and teacher, Edwin Honig wrote dozens of books and poems that attracted critical praise around the world. His seminal translations awakened English-speaking readers to previously overlooked literary giants, resulting in honorary knighthoods from the king of Spain and the president of Portugal. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner paints a deeply...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIRSummary: The astonishing true story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of nineteen, that they are identical triplets, separated at birth and adopted to different parents. The trio's joyous reunion in 1980 catapults them to fame but it also sets in motion a chain of events that unearths an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond their own lives, a secret that goes to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD THRCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE THRSummary: A feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. The film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RED1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RED
Summary: Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC BENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BENSummary: The feature-length documentary reveals the fascinating, far-reaching impact and appeal of the show with a compelling blend of rare footage, historical images, and behind-the-scenes stories while also exploring the dramatic talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis. Known as the "King of TV Horror," the Emmy-winning filmmaker followed the show with other iconic genre favorites including...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019