Summary: The 1960s was defined by a common effort to fight against injustice. Mike Gray, a Chicago filmmaker, used his camera to document the politics of the streets from the riots in the social upheaval, to the rising of two prolific groups fighting prejudice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2007
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AMESummary: "Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents--mostly elderly and black--died over the course of one week. As Cooked links the deadly heat wave's devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deep into one of our nation's biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A look at what happened during the anti-war protest of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the subsequent trail brought against the protest organizers by the city. Includes animation, archival footage, and music from today's artists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CHISummary: Dr. Will Halstead balances the stress as the ER's supervising attending physician with his complicated relationship with Dr. Natalie Manning, an attending physician in emergency pediatrics. Newly remarried, Dr. Daniel Charles remains he Sherlock Holmes of psychiatry. Former Navy flight surgeon Dr. Ethan Choi brings his battlefield skills to the front lines of Chicago's busiest ER, the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 5Summary: Continues to chronicle the daily life-and-death battles of Chicago's elite medical professionals as they navigate challenging medical emergencies and intense personal drama. In last season's cliffhanger finale, Dr. Will Halstead got down on one knee and proposed to Dr. Natalie Manning, but will the two ever make it down the aisle?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 4Summary: Executive producer Dick Wolf delivers the latest installment of the compelling Chicago franchise, an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors, nurses, and staff who hold it together. Crossing paths with familiar faces from Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire, this third team of Chicago heroes take on cases inspired by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CHISummary: Eric Clapton headlines a festival featuring some of the world's greatest guitar players including Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ERISummary: 1933. It is the fourth year of the Great Depression. For John Dillinger, Alvin Karpis and Baby Face Nelson, it is the golden age of bank robbery. After serving a ten-year prison sentence, John Dillinger embarks on a cross-country bank-robbing spree with help from his associates: faithful driver Red Hamilton, cocky lookout Homer Van Meter, and murderous hothead Baby Face Nelson. He relocates to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2009
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY PUBSummary: Insiders' observations of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the subsequent occupation, featuring commentary from high-ranking officials, Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the U.S. policy decisions surrounding the invasion and their consequences in Iraq, including such issues as low U.S. troop levels, the uncontrolled looting of Baghdad, the purging of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NO
Summary: Chicago's courageous medical heroes continue to confront the city's most challenging medical cases in Season Seven of the emotionally charged drama series from Emmy-winning executive producer Dick Wolf. This season, Dr. Will Halstead finds his career at risk after his cover-up of a serious ethics violation; Dr. Daniel Charles continues to provide outstanding psychiatric insight; Sharon Goodwin...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CHISummary: 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: "The gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov, a man who single-handedly averted a fullscale nuclear world war, but now struggles to get his life back on track ... before it is too late. An epic and grand Cold War thriller that sends shivers down your spine and shows us just how close we came to apocalypse ... and it's not over yet! With a new Cold War rising and thousands of nuclear weapons on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANSummary: Chicago's leading medical heroes return to help save lives in Season 8 of the pulse-pounding and emotional medical drama from Emmy Awardʼ-winning executive producer Dick Wolf. This season, Dr. Will Halstead deals with a medical supply chain shortage; Dr. Daniel Charles remains at the forefront of psychiatric care; Sharon Goodwin safeguards quality care in the face of fiscal scrutiny; Dr. Ethan...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Depicts day-to-day lives of the doctors and nurses of Chicago's most cutting-edge trauma center.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 3Summary: Ambitious and acclaimed series from The Queen writer Peter Morgan offers a comprehensive look at the adult life and reign of Elizabeth II over a projected six-season arc. The fifth season follows Elizabeth from the early to late '90s, as the fraying union of Charles and Diana ultimately came to separation, and John Major saw his tenure as prime minister end with the election of Tony Blair.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CROCopies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CROSummary: Combating the city's most heinous crimes, the priority of Detective Sergeant Hank Voight and his intelligence team has always been to protect their great city, bringing criminals to justice by any means necessary. Facing a new day and age in Chicago, Police are under siege and under a microscope. With police reform in full swing, the team is forced to navigate treacherous conditions in their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Kasper Carr is a master thief, targeting businesses in the Chicago area. He stakes out fresh opportunities in front of a documentary film crew, which gradually becomed complicit in his crimes. As the director and producer become entangled in the allure of their fascinating subject and the legal ramifications of their actions, Carr pursues a series of larger-scale and more dangerous jobs. All...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Indie Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STRSummary: Contains interviews with some of the protesters. In May of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. asked black people of Birmingham, Alabama to go to jail in the cause of racial equality. The adults were afraid to go to jail and so the school children marched and over 5000 of them were arrested. This lead to President Kennedy sponsoring the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the march on Washington. Portions of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Poverty Law Center 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIGSummary: The doctors, nurses and staff of the city's most cutting-edge trauma center take on critical medical cases and their ethical dilemmas. Woven into this high-intensity environment are engrossing personal dramas where life or death is always on the line.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 1Summary: Examines the history of modern youth culture and the evolution of the idea of the "teenager", from the late 19th century to the beginning of the post-War period. Consists of archival film footage, diary entries, and dramatic recreations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TEESummary: Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War, revealing how, as Dwight Eisenhower had warned in his 1961 Farewell Address, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition--drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHYSummary: When lives are on the line, dedicated doctors, nurses, and staff of Chicago's busiest trauma center are the ones to trust. In the engrossing second season, big changes put the ER on an emotional collision course. A slew of both professional and personal issues, from legal setbacks to romantic entanglements, illnesses, and the elusive work-life balance-threaten to affect those trying to maintain...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 2Summary: "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009