Greenberg, Robert
Summary: Examines the life and works of Gustav Mahler.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAHLER, GUSTAV GRESummary: "AFTER TILLER intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every day in the name of their unwavering commitment toward their patients. Directors Martha...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFTMuller, Peter Paul
Summary: A story of the South African lawyer Bram Fischer who defended Nelson Mandela and other members of his group during the Rivonia Trial.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ACTKilmister, Lemmy
Summary: Profiles the life and career of the influential heavy metal bassist and Motörhead member Lemmy Kilmister.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Megaforce 2011
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LEMSummary: Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war hero he is virtually "untouchable". Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DESSummary: Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the Third Reich albeit in very different ways. Wilhelm Furtwängler was a star conductor; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the cellist of the infamous Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. Both shared a love for classical German music. The world-famous conductor made a pact with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MUSSummary: An explosive, adrenaline-pumping thrill ride and the tale of one man's heroic actions in the line of duty. Based on the true story of World War II saboteur Max Manus and his personal struggles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAXSummary: Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. A extraordinary documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. But after the international press sensationalizes the exploits of the island's 'Adam and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GALSummary: Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. When they decided to marry, just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa, it caused an international uproar. However, their passionate romance triumphed over every obstacle and changed the course of African history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNISummary: Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend's wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Seen through the eyes of four people close to him: his wife, who feels bitter and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ISummary: The epic story of Henri Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PAPSummary: Follows many of the soldiers featured in "Restrepo" after they've left combat in order to examine how war works, what it feels like, and what it does to the young men who fight it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KORBurroughs, William S.
Summary: Explores the life, work, and performance style of writer William S. Burroughs through a series of readings in Scandinavia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Microcinema 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WORSummary: "Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story chronicles the life and times of the legendary filmmaker who, through his annual ski films and national tours which began in the early 1950's, was a driving force in the development and promotion of the ski industry in America and throughout the world. Miller, who died in 2018 at the age of 93 while the documentary was still in production, sat with the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GLOSummary: Explores the lesser-known tale of George's creators, Hans and Margret Rey. Years later, having heard that Hans was wasting his artistic talents as a bookkeeper in Rio, Margaret traveled to Brazil to persuade him to marry her and do something creative together. Arriving in New York as refugees, they started their life anew and over the next three decades, they created a classic that continues to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MONSummary: Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life to expose the truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DaCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DARSummary: Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years she captured the surfaces of those who visited her Massachusetts studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BSummary: Grammy-nominated film that chronicles the life and career of Arif Mardin, the man who produced more than 50 gold and platinum records and won twelve Grammys. Featuring interviews and/or studio footage with Willie Nelson, Carly Simon, Jewel, Daryl Hall, Phil Collins, Norah Jones and many others. The Greatest Ears in Town is one of the most insightful, inspirational and enjoyable documentaries...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRESummary: They are the voices behind the greatest rock, pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now, in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and more. Includes behind-the-scenes footage, vintage live performances, and interviews...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWESummary: While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and, in particular Perry Smith, while both men waited for their date of execution on death row.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INFSummary: 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: In this semi-biographical film, a famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020