Summary: It's a fast-paced, all-star reunion that spotlights performances by the biggest acts ever to come out of Detroit, including vintage footage of the groups from the Sixties and Seventies, a look behind the scenes at the songwriters who brought the Motown sound to fame, and a moving tribute to the man who started it all, Barry Gordy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUSIC MOTSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Writer and director Faraut revisits the rich bounty of footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe as he competes in the French Open at Paris's Roland Garros Stadium in 1984. Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both McEnroe's attention to the sport and the footage itself, creating a lively and immersive look at a driven athlete, a study on the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOHKasbe, Jon
Summary: Examines the practice of ivory poaching as it exists in Kenya from the perspective of small-time poachers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHEStyron, Susanna
Summary: Through interviews, cinema verite, art and animation, seeks to understand migraine and its impact on almost a billion people worldwide.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUTSummary: The first feature-length appreciation of Eva Hesse's life and work, makes superb use of the artist's voluminous journals, her correspondence with close friend and mentor Sol LeWitt, and archival interviews with fellow artists who recall her passionate, ambitious, tenacious personality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EVASummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSummary: "When media-savvy members of the Satanic Temple organize a series of public actions designed to advocate for religious freedom and challenge corrupt authority, they prove that with little more than a clever idea, a mischievous sense of humor, and a few rebellious friends, can speak truth to power in some truly profound ways. A timely look at a group of often misunderstood outsiders whose...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HAISummary: It explores the remarkable life of Jeremiah Tower, one of the most controversial and influential figures in the history of American gastronomy. Tower began his career at the renowned Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1972, becoming a pioneering figure in the emerging California cuisine movement. After leaving Chez Panisse, due in part to a famously contentious relationship with founder Alice Waters,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JERPayne, Thymaya
Summary: Using audio recordings and found footage, depicts the capture of the crew of the Danish-owned merchant ship, the CEC Future, who were held hostage for two months by Somali pirates in 2008.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STOSummary: The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The cast includes John Le Carre, psychologist Kay Jamison, critic David Lodge, Time correspondent Bernard Diederich, former CIA Inspector General Fredrick Hitz, and Greene's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DANSummary: Explores filmmaker Rithy Panh's quest to create the missing images during the period when the Khmer Rouge ruled over Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The film uses wood figures, archival footage, and narration to recreate his firsthand experiences and those of his family and friends' suffering during the communist regime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014