Summary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSummary: A look at how Americans see themselves as having to be the best in the world, and what some people will do in order to achieve that title.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BIGSummary: "An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Life According to Sam follows one family's courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging disease. Directed by Oscar winners Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (Inocente), this highly personal and life-affirming journey is propelled by the captivating presence of Sam Berns. Funny, perceptive and fiercely intelligent,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFBurns, Ken
Summary: Explores the life and career of one of the most influential American documentary filmmakers, Ken Burns.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KENSummary: A journey through the art and life of the Brazilian landscape architect and painter best known for the iconic black-and-white mosaic promenades that line Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach.This documentary shows the full contribution of the landscape artist to the national flora. Directed and written by João Vargas Penna, the film is a walk through the art and personality of Roberto Burle Marx,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LANKilmister, Lemmy
Summary: Profiles the life and career of the influential heavy metal bassist and Motörhead member Lemmy Kilmister.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Megaforce 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Starship troopers: Charts the lives of elite members of the Mobile Infantry, a corps of dedicated young men and women soldiers fighting side by side in the ultimate intergalactic war ... the battle to save humankind. The enemy is mysterious and incredibly powerful with only one mission: survival of their species no matter what the human cost.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STASummary: In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc Vi 2Summary: American dancer Joy Womack moves to Moscow at age 15 to train at the Bolshoi, and becomes the first American woman to sign a contract with Bolshoi Ballet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOYSummary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc Vi 1Summary: In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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3 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD VIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD VIE NOT RATEDSummary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOSummary: Producer-writer-director Jamie Uys, who brought us the uproarious 'The Gods Must Be Crazy, ' delivers awe-inspiring family entertainment in this unique look at the animal world. Four years of production, one hundred thousand miles of travel and half a million feet of film went into this splendid production. Away in their own world, far from the prying eyes of people, Africa's animals lead lives...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ANISummary: Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD 2004
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LEWSummary: "For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and a refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America's premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek through a personal, intimate look at the life and career of Leonard Nimoy and the enduring appeal of his alter ego, Mr. Spock, as told by his son, Adam Nimoy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORSummary: Documentary that masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the western Patagonian waterways and the tragic journey of Jemmy Button, who in 1830 was bought by the English navy for the price of a mother of pearl button.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PEAHendrix, Jimi
Summary: Presents the extant b&w amateur footage of the concert along with interviews and documentary footage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Experience Hendrix/Legacy 2011
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BANSummary: Despite attempts by his friends, loved ones and his new girlfriend to dissuade him from this dangerous feat, Alex Honnold, the worlds most accomplished free soloist climber, prepares mentally and physically for his most daring adventure to date: scaling the 3200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite without a rope or safety gear. If he succeeds, it will mark the largest wall he, or anyone else, for that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRESummary: Chronicles America's complicated perceptions of race and crime through the story of the "Central Park 5" -- a group of minority teenagers wrongfully convicted and jailed for brutally raping a white woman in New York.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CEN1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CEN
Summary: Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MUHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUHSummary: Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ken Burns presents and follows the transformation of a single struggling, impoverished Atlanta neighborhood over several years as community members apply a radical holistic revitalization program to improve the lives of every resident.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020