Summary: Simone Bitton, a Jewish woman born in Morocco who identifies with both Arab and Jewish cultures, examines the personal, cultural, and monetary costs of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, a wall being built to separate Israelis and Palestinians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Life Size Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALPfeiffer, Jacquy
Summary: Follows sixteen pastry chefs as they concoct a wide variety of elaborate, artistic, and delectable pastries and confections for the prestigious three-day Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 KingsSummary: Claude Lorius encountered his destiny at age 23 in the Antarctic. The film retraces his life's journey, from his first steps as a young glaciologist to the crowning moment of his glittering career, winning the Blue Planet Prize.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ANTMariza.
Contents: Loucura -- Medo -- Maria Lisboa -- Montras -- Há uma música do povo -- Menino do bairro negro -- Meu fado meu -- Duas lágrimas de orvalho -- Cavaleiro monge -- Recusa -- Há palavras que nos beijam -- Feira de Castro -- Desejos vãos -- Primavera -- Chuva -- Ó gente da minha terra.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MARSummary: 1804: the hidden history of Haiti is a documentary film about the untold history of the Haitian Revolution. Produced by the creator of the best-selling Hidden Colors film series, 1804 goes in-depth about the four principal players who were instrumental in Haiti's independence: Makandal, Dutty Boukman, Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. This documentary gives a compelling look into...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: King Flex Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EIGSummary: Documentary about French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Combines excerpts of his speaking to groups, interviews, and biographical materials.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DERSummary: Three years of shooting were needed by five teams in order to follow bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to another, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WINLayton, Bart
Summary: A young Frenchman convinces a Texas family that he is their teenage son who has been missing for three years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vivendi Entertainment 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IMPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE IMPSummary: Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NIGSummary: Recounts the true tale of two English baby girls exchanged by mistake in a maternity home and raised to adulthood by the "wrong parents." Instead of seeking to fix responsibility, the film recalls -- through interviews that are sometimes sad and occasionally lunatic -- how the six people most concerned were affected by, and dealt with the situation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Antenne 2 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIXauthor.
Summary: Algeria-born French intellectual Hélène Cixous is a feminist legend, a May 68 activist, and a major postmodern author. With friends like the philosopher Jacques Derrida, the artist Adel Abdessemed, and stage director Ariane Mnouchkine, Cixous examines the wounds of our time while allowing us to hear the cry of literature. In his "road movie" documentary EVER, RÊVE, HÉLÈNE CIXOUS, director...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: At the heart of this film is the question of whether Leni Riefenstahl was a Nazi, as her detractors claim, or whether she was the victim of society-- a naive, young woman who made Triumph des Willens on assignment, and simply did a very good job. This film does not judge, and Riefenstahl (a fiesty 90 during production) is genuine in her protest. Or has the passage of 50-plus years simply...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 1998
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WONSummary: "Earthlings is a feature length documentary about humankind's absolute economic dependence on animals raised as pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research. Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of some of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit. Earthlings is the most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Earthlings.com 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A documentary investigation that traces violent riots said to be caused by a rare and dangerous French film. Through conversations with filmmakers, producers, journalists, historians and psychologists, this documentary slowly uncovers the truth about the most cursed and disturbing movie ever made.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FURSummary: Examines the career of attorney Jacques Vergès, who has defended the rights of accused terrorists and other notorious criminals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008