Summary: "... [A] look inside the controversial religion from Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOISummary: A small Midwestern community becomes the epicenter of miracles when a mysterious woman brings a healing horse to town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ADECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ADESummary: In 1974, Bachman-Turner Overdrive was one of the biggest bands in the world with classics like Takin Care of Business and You Aint Seen Nothing Yet. This is the story of its founder Randy Bachman, from his early days with The Guess Who with hits like American Woman to today. As one of the few legendary musical artists to reach #1 in two separate bands, Randy Bachmans singularly focused goal of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BACSummary: "After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens before her. Brona's team-mates absorb her into their team and Hana gradually learns to overcome her fear of icy water. Her relation with Brona grows into...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FilmRise 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ICESummary: Michael is a recent graduate whose post-college plan is derailed when his girlfriend leaves him for a job in New York City. When the bus service hires a security guard to watch over the night shift, Michael comes face to tattooed face with Pineapple, a 300-pound punk rock Samoan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FilmRise 2021
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DRUSummary: Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REW1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REW
Summary: Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, she forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protege of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause, whether Beth likes it or not.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WHOSummary: When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughters' initials in the lunar dust. Only now, over forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss. Cernan's burning ambition carried him from a quiet Chicago suburb to the spectacular and hazardous environment of space and ultimately,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: "Film legend Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) tells his own story in a never-before-seen interview shot in 2008. With candor, humor and grace, Lumet reveals what matters to him as an artist and as a human being" -- Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BYSummary: Commitment-phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean are locally-famous true crime podcasters obsessed with female serial killers. There’s a chance they may still have feelings for each other, but co-dependence takes a back seat when Morgan meets the mysterious Simone during her Food Coop shift. Blinded by infatuation, Morgan quickly signs up for the relationship, ignoring warnings from friends...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WOM1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOM
Summary: Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRESummary: A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FilmRise 2018
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MYSummary: It is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time, the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through interviews filmed over four years, Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality, tracing a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of Tower Records, from the opening of its flagship store in Sacramento, California in 1960, to its evolution into an international retail chain and bankruptsy in 2006. Owner Russ Solomon and various store employees discuss Tower's unique approach to selling recorded music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALLSummary: A documentary film about the life and times of rock singer Janis Joplin, presented via a series of letters Joplin wrote home over a span of years, read by Chan Marshall. Includes interviews with musicians P!nk, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis, Dick Cavett, D.A. Pennebaker and the Joplin family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JANSummary: Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge. Torn between innocent childhood and delinquent adolescence, she is forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior that she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEASummary: "Reset documents the creation of Benjamin Millepied's first ballet as Artistic Director of the Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest national ballet company in the world - and one of the most prestigious. The appointment of Millepied, best known for his choreography for the film Black Swan (2010), was an untraditional choice and his first ballet was eagerly anticipated. The film shows a work of love...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RESSummary: In the 1950s, Tab Hunter was America's boy next door. Nothing, it seemed, could damage his skyrocketing career. Nothing, that is, but the fact that Tab Hunter was secretly gay. Now, Tab Hunter's secret is out. In this documentary we will meet for the first time, the real Tab Hunter as he shares with us the whole story of a happy and healthy survivor of Hollywood's roller coaster.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TABSummary: A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, where he ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DrCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DRISummary: Through Metinides' compelling work, which often captures not only gruesome scenes of human tragedy but also the curious reactions of onlookers, Trisha Ziff explores humanity's morbid fascination with death and accidents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FilmRise 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANSummary: "From ... visual artist Julian Rosefeldt, ... 13 distinct ... vignettes that incorporate timeless manifestos from 20th-century art movements"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MANSummary: "The Great Alone" is an award-winning documentary packed with adventure and thrills that follows the inspiring comeback story of four-time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey and his indestructible love and passion for dog sledding, his family and the infamous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The first ever in history to win four consecutive Iditarod races, Lance Mackey faces ongoing battles with his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FilmRise 2016