Summary: A two-part, four-hour documentary that explores America's youth mental health crisis through the eyes of more than twenty young people, who speak about their lived experience with mental health challenges, from depression to addiction to suicide ideation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HIDSatterfield, Jason M.
Summary: "Explore the methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and learn why it is successful and how it can be of value in your life." -- Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 COGSummary: Today, more military members are lost to suicide than on the battlefield. After serving their country overseas, many veterans in their darkest moments turn to the unique services of the Veterans Crisis Line to help with traumas like post-traumatic stress, depression, homelessness and drug dependence. The 40-minute documentary is an intimate look at the vital work of several responders who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CRISummary: An intensely intimate look at one of the biggest hard rock/heavy metal bands of all time, with over 90 million albums sold. Takes you inside the studio, the counseling sessions the band went through together and the difficult process of finding a new band member.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC METSummary: "John Huston's stirring documentary about returning war veterans was suppressed by the United States government for over thirty years after it was produced. Every man has his breaking point, says narrator Walter Huston. These in the fulfillment of their duties as soldiers were forced beyond the limits of human endurance. Filmed at two Long Island locations (Edgewood State Hospital and Pilgrim...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LETSummary: A distinguished poet, translator, critic and teacher, Edwin Honig wrote dozens of books and poems that attracted critical praise around the world. His seminal translations awakened English-speaking readers to previously overlooked literary giants, resulting in honorary knighthoods from the king of Spain and the president of Portugal. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner paints a deeply...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIRSummary: A film that investigates new and controversial techniques and methods for treating PTSD but more than that, it is a look into the lives of veterans in America today. It is an authentic portrayal of veterans today in America and their bitter combat to overcome drug addiction, criminal issues, and their individual struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Through investigation and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILSummary: Filmmaker Joe Cross, recently obese and unhealthy, travels the United States promoting to all he encounters a lifestyle "reboot" centered around consuming only fruit and vegetable juices. Along the way he meets Phil Staples, a morbidly obese man to whom Cross offers his reboot cure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RebootYourLife 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FATSummary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIOSummary: The oldest skate park in Santiago, Los Reyes, brings together teenagers from very different social and cultural backgrounds. Chola is young and vigorous and spends her days playing with balls that she throws to the pools in which skaters ride. Football is an old dog, but beautiful and energetic, that obsessively accompanies Chola in this game. As Football grows old and Chola is left alone, the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REYSummary: Takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals, people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. Shows how their descent into society's basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing criminalization of homeless people, while exposing the draconian changes to the mental...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOSSummary: From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HELSummary: Director Patricio Guzman travels to the driest place on earth, Chile's Atacama Desert, where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOSSummary: During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least-known stories of the Cold War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Documents the experiences of the band as they return to Paris for a concert several months after a terrorist attack during a previous performance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2017
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC EAGSummary: Two males and a female vie for office. They indulge in low blows, character assassination and gestures of goodwill, all while gauging their standing with voters. The setting is a third-grade class at an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China. Chronicles a public school's first open elections.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The documentary provides an intimate look at Heath Ledger through the lens of his own camera as he films and often performs in his own personal journey. It was his creative energy and unshakable willingness to take risks that instilled such an extraordinary deep love and affection in the people that entered his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ISummary: Each of the three programs that make up "The mysterious human heart" focuses on a different aspect of what we thought we knew, what we know now, and what we're on the verge of learning about the heart. This material is presented through the real-life dramas of people who suddenly learn that a normal, functioning heart is not something that can be taken for granted. In episode 1 we examine the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2007
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MYSSummary: Rich Hill, Missouri (population 1,393) could be any of the countless small towns that blanket America's heartland. But to teenagers Andrew, Harley and Appachey, it's home. They are like millions of other boys coming of age the world over, but face unfortunate circumstances an imprisoned mother, isolation, instability, and parental unemployment. Adolescence can be a day-to-day struggle just to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Passion River] 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RIC1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RIC
Alberdi, Maite
Summary: A private investigator hires an eighty-three-year-old man to pose as a new member in a nursing home to investigate alleged elder abuse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOLSummary: In the early seventies, the world was watching as Chile democratically elected Socialist leader Salvador Allende. His political ideals and aspirations, among them, providing education for all children and distributing land to the nation₂s workers, terrified the country₂s right-wing, as well as the U.S., who helped orchestrate a military coup that replaced him with dictator Augusto Pinochet....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SANSummary: A mystical autobiography of Alejandro Jodorowsky's childhood that blends his personal history with metaphor, mythology, and poetry. It reflects his philosophy that reality is not objective, but rather a "dance" created by our own imaginations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DANSummary: In March 2002, a state TV signal in China was hacked by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Their goal is to counter the government's narrative about their practice. In the aftermath, police raids sweep Changchun City, and comic book illustrator Daxiong (Justice League, Star Wars), a Falun Gong practitioner, is forced to flee. He arrives in North America, blaming the hijacking for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC ETE1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Morden, Taylor
Summary: Examines the story of Blockbuster Video and the last remaining store located in Bend, Oregon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Passion River 2021