Summary: Documents a Danish expedition by a team of scientists to hitherto unexplored fjords in northeast Greenland, which, due to the seasonal melting of glacial ice due to global warming, are now accessible for a few weeks a year.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EXP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EXP
Summary: Rodrigo Reyes₂ provocative essay film re-imagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante₂s purgatory. Leaving politics aside, he takes a fresh look at the brutal beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell. By capturing a stunning mosaic of compelling characters and broken landscapes on the border, Reyes reflects on the flaws of human nature and the powerful...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PURSummary: The fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. Robert Kennedy Jr. joins the fight to preserve the mountain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: A walrus pup and a polar bear cub face the challenges of growing up in the Arctic armed with their natural instincts and mothers' guidance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2007
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF ArSummary: To The Arctic takes you on a never before seen journey through the power of the IMAX lens into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD TOTFox, Jennifer
Summary: Recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual teacher, Western-born Yeshi struggles to maintain a normal family life while his father, a Buddhist teacher, tries to convince him to embrace his cultural heritage and destiny as a leader of the Tibetan people.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MYSummary: 'Beyond the Gates' is a feature-length documentary film experience about the Waodani Indians and the missionary men and women who have given their lives to reach them. An inspiring story of forgiveness and love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEYSummary: Examines the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Japan. Looks at the lives of some of the refugees from the town of Futaba. Raises questions regarding the future of nuclear power in Japan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NUCSummary: On October 13, 1972, a young rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, boarded a plane for a match in Chile, then vanished into thin air. Sixteen of the 45 passenger resurfaced, 72 days after their plane crashed. Thirty-five years later, the survivors returned to tell their story in their own words.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STRBerlinger, Joe
Summary: Documents the lawsuit brought against Chevron by thousands of Ecudorean natives over contamination of water in the Ecuadorean Amazon rainforest.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CRUSummary: Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy;...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATSummary: Shelby Lee Adams has been photographing the eastern Kentucky Appalachian mountain people for thirty years, and been both praised and derided for his portraits of impoverished Appalachian families. Accused of perpetuating stereotypes, Adams is said to exploit his subjects; this documentary explores the controversy. The director allows Adams, his critics and the subjects of his work to speak...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2003