Summary: "What price conscience? Abigail Disney's directorial debut, THE ARMOR OF LIGHT, follows the journey of an Evangelical minister trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America. The film tracks Reverend Rob Schenck, anti-abortion activist and fixture on the political far right, who breaks with orthodoxy by questioning whether being pro-gun is consistent with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ARMSummary: From environmental pollution to their efforts to dismantle social security for working Americans, the Koch Brothers have launched a large network, attacking our American values. Join Senator Bernie Sanders, Van Jones and Katrina vanden Heuvel in this shocking and dramatic investigation of how the Billionaire Koch brothers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on covert attacks that destroy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KOCSummary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIOSummary: In 2009 Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ARMSummary: Examines the work of two biologists, Bill Andrews and Aubrey de Grey, who have dedicated their lives to the reversal of biological aging.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Structure Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC IMMSummary: "A rare, jaw-dropping glimpse of everyday life in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang: Zin-Mi is an adorable 8-year-old girl, who, as she prepares to join the prestigious Children's Union, participates in colorful, joyous patriotic school pageants, eats delicious evening meals at her family's well-appointed apartment, and is doted on by her attractive parents who work in model factories that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDSummary: Ten years after the passing of his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, Christo sets out to realize 'The Floating Piers,' a project they conceived together many years before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: Arriving in 1924, Pesachʹke Burstein, the dancing-singing comedian, quickly became a leading figure in the Golden Era of Yiddish theater. On stage, he would meet, fall in love with and eventually marry raising star Lillian Lux. Embarking together on triumphant overseas tours as a couple, they soon became the parents of twins. Before long the children, Mike and Susan, were given stage names and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KOMSummary: Due to his groundbreaking contouring techniques, his infectious personality and mission to make everyone feel beautiful, Kevyn Aucoin quickly shot to fame doing makeup for every supermodel and celebrity throughout the 80's and 90's. At the height of his fame in 2002, Kevyn died mysteriously. The film explores every corner of Kevyn's rich, beautiful and complicated life through the story of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LARSummary: "Actress, humanitarian, film and fashion icon, Audrey Hepburn was undoubtedly one of the greatest legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood. But who was the real Audrey Hepburn? Malnourished as a child, abandoned by her father, and growing up under Nazi occupation in Holland, Hepburn faced a life-long battle with the traumas of her past, which thwarted her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Grande Chartreuse, considered one of the world's most ascetic monasteries is based in the French Alps. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back with him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or artificial lighting, lived in the monks' quarters for six months -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INTSummary: A documentary based on a series of interviews with Paul Bowles shortly before his death and anecdotes provided by his friends and collaborators including Gore Vidal, Bernardo Bertolucci, John Walters, Ruth Fainlight, Edmund White, William Burroughs, Francis Bacon and many others --Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features [distributor] 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PAUSummary: Presents documentary footage from the journey of André Gide and Marc Allégret to the Congo in French Equatorial Africa in 1925 with footage showing the lives, culture, and built environments of various groups in the region including the Baya, Sara, and Fula.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRASummary: A personal look at the extraordinary life, career, and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, it is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MCQSummary: Unraveling the hidden agendas of the world's richest men and most powerful art institutions, the documentary reveals how vested interests became all-important, and the truth secondary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOSSummary: Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne begins making a film for Zachary, son of his oldest friend who was murdered by Zachary's mother. The film's focus shifts to Zachary's grandparents as they fight to win custody of Zachary from the woman who took their son's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2009
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEASummary: "Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story chronicles the life and times of the legendary filmmaker who, through his annual ski films and national tours which began in the early 1950's, was a driving force in the development and promotion of the ski industry in America and throughout the world. Miller, who died in 2018 at the age of 93 while the documentary was still in production, sat with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: At 88-years-old, Audrey Flack holds a unique place in the history of contemporary art in America. Feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher, Audrey's often controversial 40-year career evolved from abstract expressionism in the '50s to photorealism in the '70s. One of the first women ever included in the famed Janson's History of Art, Audrey continues to create, explore, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QUESummary: Is college worth the cost? Groundbreaking filmmaker Andrew Rossi asks the critical question about the value of higher education, revealing how colleges have come to embrace a business model that often promotes expansion over quality learning. With student-loan debt now over the one trillion dollar mark, the once-great American institution is at a breaking point. The film explores the current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC IVOSummary: "From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gospel explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. But, while musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom. It is a message that resounds from the pulpit to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV GOSSummary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007