Summary: Science fiction tales of derring-do, heroism and romance. Set in the distant past, they relate the adventures of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as they battle the forces of the evil Imperial Army.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Entertainment 2004

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3 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA RATED PG

Summary: Filmmaker Les Blank considered this free-form feature documentary about singer-songwriter Leon Russell, filmed between 1972 and 1974 while Blank was living at the Russell/Shelter Records recording studio compound on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma, but unreleased due to creative differences and music clearance problems, to be one of his greatest accomplishments. Includes scenes of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LEO

Summary: Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Vision International 2008

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STO

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STO

Summary: "More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and elegaic summation of a vital era in American rock music. Invited to capture the farewell performance of the legendary group The Band at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, Martin Scorsese conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera operators (led by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY MUSIC LAS

Summary: Clark Terry, an internationally renowned trumpeter, began his career in the 1940's. He has worked with legendary greats such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington. His love of music even crossed over into the education field and is a noted author of books on trumpet techniques.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC CLA

Summary: In February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This feature documentary by filmmaker Kasper Collin is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Fisher Klingenstein Ventures, LLC 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC I

Summary: An epic labor strike that devastated Michigan's Copper Country in 1913 haunts the American labor movement to this day. Among the notable elements of that strike was the death of 73 children at a union Christmas party, a tragedy immortalized by Woody Guthrie in his ballad "1913 Massacre", performed in the film by Steve Earle. The event remains the deadliest unsolved manslaughter in U.S. history.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RED

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 GOI

Summary: Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm campaigned to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1972. From the announcement of her candidacy in January to the Democratic National Convention in Miami that July. Chisholm's fight for inclusion encompassed all Americans "who agree that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it." Shunned by the political...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHI

Summary: After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPI

Summary: "The Doctor arrives on the paradise planet of Deva Loka to find a colonial mission on the verge of collapse. Several of its members have vanished into the jungle without a trace, leaving the survivors suspicious and paranoid. The mystery deepens as it becomes clear that the planet's native inhabitants, the Kinda, possess hitherto unsuspected powers that challenge human understanding. Meanwhile,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2011

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOC

Summary: "A Dangerous Game is the explosive documentary from filmmaker and investigative journalist Anthony Baxter (You've Been Trumped), which examines the eco-impact of luxury golf resorts around the world. Featuring exclusive interviews with Alec Baldwin, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, the film takes viewers on a globe-spanning journey to a World Heritage site in Croatia; the extravagant desert...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DAN

Summary: Enter the magical world of Pee-Wee's Playhouse and meet Pee-Wee and all the gang, including Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Reba the Mail Lady, Jambi the Genie, and the King of Cartoons. Includes two "lost" shows never before released.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Image Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PEE

Garripoli, Garri

Summary: Instruction in qi gong, ancient Chinese breathing exercises for health and relaxation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7148 QIG

Summary: Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements. --

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Briarcliff Entertainment 2018

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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FAH

Summary: Tells the life and love story of Argentina's most famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart. Relaying their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, their story of love, hatred and passion is transformed into unforgettable...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUR

Led Zeppelin

Contents: Good times bad times -- Ramble on -- Black dog -- In my time of dying -- For your life -- Trampled under foot -- Nobody's fault but mine -- No quarter -- Since I've been loving you -- Dazed and confused -- Stairway to heaven -- The song remains the same -- Misty mountain hop -- Kashmir -- Whole lotta love -- Rock and roll.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 2012

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LED

Summary: A homeless orphan in Kenya becomes a lucrative businessman, only to give it all up and open an orphanage that today serves over 2,000 Kenyan children.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Brainstorm Media 2017

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MUL

Tsemel, Lea

Summary: Profiles Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement Llc 2020

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ADV

Summary: In a continuous monologue, former death-row inmate Nick Yarris tells the story of how he was charged with the murder of a woman in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, sentenced to death, and, after twenty-one years behind bars, exhonerated based on DNA evidence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FEA

Harris, Ed

Summary: A nuclear sub is lost in a deep chasm, and the Navy commandeers the civilian crew of an experimental deep sea oil rig to help in the search and rescue.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Abyss 2002