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Ailes, Roger Baldwin, Alec Cappy, Peggy Gibney, Alex Sandmann, Jeff Stapleton, AlexSummary: 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
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AMACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC AMASummary: Working for change: Explores the birth of the social documentary in the U.S. and U.K. during the years of the Great Depression and the New Deal, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOSummary: Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: Yoga instructor Peggy Cappy and neuromuscular therapist Lee Albert present effective exercise routines for relieving pain in the back, knees, hips, and head (including chronic migraine headaches).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 SURCappy, Peggy
Summary: Yoga instructor Peggy Cappy demonstrates yoga movements that will increase flexibility, reduce joint pain, and enhance well-being.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2014
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 613.7 EASSummary: Tells the life and love story of Argentina's most famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart. Relaying their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, their story of love, hatred and passion is transformed into unforgettable...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OURBaldwin, Alec
Summary: Follows the story of John DeLorean through the creation of his company and car to his downfall through drug trafficking and friendship with an FBI informant.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FRASummary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURAiles, Roger
Summary: Examines the rise and fall of the late media mogul, Roger Ailes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIVStapleton, Alex
Summary: Profiles the independent motion picture writer, director, and producer Roger Corman, featuring archival and contemporary footage and interviews with Hollywood icons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CORGibney, Alex
Summary: Explores the former New York State governor's rise to power and his political and personal downfall in the wake of a prostitution scandal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CLISummary: Explores the dangerous and destructive forces of nature, from hurricanes to volcanoes, tornadoes to avalanches and earthquakes. Rare footage reveals the Earth at its most violent. The making of Eyewitness (written and produced by Bill Butt ; director/cameraman Mike Kamei ; music by Guy Michelmore) shows the camera and computer techniques used in the production of the series opening screens.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2009
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV EYESandmann, Jeff
Summary: Celebrates the past thirty years of live music in Austin, Texas, and looks at challenges faced by musicians and music venues through the story of the Saxon Pub.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: Continues the history of people of African descent, including topics such as the global African presence, the science of melanin, the truth about the prison industrial complex, how thriving black economic communities were undermined in America, hidden truths about Native Americans, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIDSummary: Explores the motivation behind European global subjugation, the history of rarely discussed vast West African empires, how germ warfare is used on melanted people, and the history of slave breeding farms in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIDSummary: Follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain these processes. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INHSummary: Documentary film about the 2007 National Council Auditions grand finalists, Jamie Barton, Kiera Duffy, Michael Fabiano, Disella Larusdottir, Ryan McKinny, Angela Meade, Nicholas Pallesen, Matthew Plenk, Alek Shrader, Ryan Smith, and Amber L. Wagner. Looks at the pressures these young opera singers face as they struggle to succeed in one of the most difficult professions in the performing arts....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Metropolitan Opera 2008
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS AUDSummary: A film about Julian Assange and the creation of Wikileaks, the controversial website that facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. Paralleling Assange's rise and fall with that of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the troubled young soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, the film discusses transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WESummary: This intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, 'Wings of Life' utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY E-TV WINSummary: Long story short: Presents interview segments in which California's poor and homeless discuss the disadvantages of living without adequate resources.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PORSummary: With more than a billion units in circulation worldwide, this deceptively bland piece of furniture was originally conceived by designer Henry Massonnet as a fashionable commodity for upperclass consumers. The pursuit of lowered production costs above all else soon turned the Monobloc into a symbol of cheap design, environmental waste, and bad taste across much of the Western world. Hauke...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MONSummary: "Beginner's Weight Loss Transformation uses weights and body resistance to perfect form for optimal weight loss and muscle-toning performance. Trainer Bob leads through each dynamic movement to activate all muscle groups, keeping in constant motion for a maximum cardio-heightening, fat-blasting workout. Learn how to engage the core from start to finish, and compress each muscle movement for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Watch It Now Entertainment 2011