Summary: Filmmaker Les Blank considered this free-form feature documentary about singer-songwriter Leon Russell, filmed between 1972 and 1974 while Blank was living at the Russell/Shelter Records recording studio compound on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma, but unreleased due to creative differences and music clearance problems, to be one of his greatest accomplishments. Includes scenes of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LEOSummary: A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album 'Amazing grace' at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, in January 1972.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AMACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC AMASummary: Documentary follows the lives and work of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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: 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: With a fist full of credit cards, a lucky run at the horse track, and chutzpah for days, Franco Stevens launched Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine ever published. The film tracks the power of lesbian visibility and community from the early '90s to the present day through the story of Franco's founding of Curve magazine. Decades later, in the wake of a disabling injury, Franco learns that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AHEKastner, Jamie
Summary: When musician Kevin Hearn questions the authenticity of piece of art he bought, he sets out to uncover the truth behind the possible forgery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THESummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Berry, Chuck
Summary: Profiles the life and career of American rock and roll musician, Chuck Berry, featuring interviews and contributions from family, friends, and musicians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020
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Summary: Examines the life and career of American ballet dancer Wendy Whelan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RESSummary: Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94 percent of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEEDeLeyer, Harry
Summary: Explores the relationship between Dutch immigrant Harry DeLeyer and an Amish plow horse named Snowman as they win the triple crown of show jumping.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HARSummary: "For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and creating the enduring I (heart) NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, Milton Glaser: to inform & delight. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos and brand identities, to his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILBelafonte, Harry
Summary: Biographical documentary about entertainer Harry Belafonte and the significant contributions he has made to social justice throughout the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SINSummary: Be astounded by the fifth largest country in the world, from the lost world of Amazonia, to the buzzing cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, a city of 30 million, where the super rich commute by helicopter. Meet remote tribes who pit their survival skills against gold diggers and loggers. In the entertaining company of good-natured host Michael Palin, delight in the spectacular landscape,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918 BRASummary: A moving portrayal of an American family coping with one of the most intimate of transformations. When director Sharon Shattuck's father came out as transgender and changed her name to Trisha, Sharon was in the awkward throes of middle school. Her father's transition to female was difficult for her straight-identified mother, Marcia, to accept, but her parents stayed together. As the Shattucks...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FROSummary: Today, Jim Allison is a name to be reckoned with throughout the scientific world, holding a 2018 Nobel Prize for discovering the role of the immune system in defeating cancer. But for decades, he waged a lonely war against the skepticism of the medical establishment and the resistance of Big Pharma. This is the astounding true story of one warm-hearted, stubborn man's visionary quest to find a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JIMSummary: In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, National Geographic follows descendants of Americans as they embark on journeys to discover the stories of their ancestors in the bloodiest war in American history. Revealed are amazing stories of lives turned upside down by the Civil War, from a Virginian slaveholding lady to a Union officer and a Confederate private. Vivid recreations...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc CSummary: "Deaths due to drug related overdose in the United States are 115 people every day. Thousands of families are affected by the drug epidemic in this country, and it is a serious national crisis. The parents, siblings, friends, and loved ones left behind are faced with many unanswerable questions, made worse by the stigma associated with this kind of death. The truth is that addiction is a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 AMOSummary: Frankie and Allie fight to make a difference against the heroin epidemic. The two recovering addicts spend their lives pulling needles out of the arms of active users. After that problem is solved, the addicts must be placed into the proper treatment facility. Sadly, the corrupt billion-dollar treatment industry has made it difficult and dangerous. They allowed the film crew all access for one...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: American racing legend Hurley Haywood speaks for the first time about being gay in the macho world of 1970s motor sports, and sets the record straight about his relationship with co-driver Peter Gregg.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019