Summary: Set inside a single room in Folsom Prison, it follows three men from outside as they participate in a four-day group therapy retreat with level-four convicts. Over the four days, each man in the room takes his turn at delving deep into his past. The raw and revealing process that the incarcerated men undertake exceeds the expectations of the free men, ripping them out of their comfort zones and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Passion River Films 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOR1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOR
Summary: Written in the 1930s, it is still considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. It told of a dystopian future that was equal parts frightening and fascinating. Its author, Aldous Huxley, an English writer and philosopher, wrote nearly fifty books, both novels and nonfiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. This documentary delves deep into Huxley's life...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALDSummary: Laura Huxley married Aldous Huxley in 1956. Their home was the center of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde of Los Angeles. Huxley on Huxley offers a compelling glimpse of Laura's life with Aldous and the revolutionary and provocative work that had a major influence on American and contemporary cultural history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUXSummary: It takes a close look at the life of a visual artist, writer, and filmmaker Ethan Minsker and his drive to create and crusade the making of art. Through the lens of old photographs and films, Minsker leads viewers on a journey through the hurdles that once held him back, from dyslexia to the violence of 1980s Washington D.C. It was these hurdles that forged his love of film and art, and his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020