Summary: In the '80s, RV salesman Jack Rebney's profanity-strewn, on-the-job meltdown was captured on video and passed around on VHS tapes before exploding into an Internet phenomenon seen by millions. When a young filmmaker goes in search of the legendary man, he finds Rebney living alone on a mountain, as sharp-tongued as ever, but more intelligent and lovable than anyone could have imagined. Here is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Kino International 2010

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

Summary: Investigates why nearly 2,000 record shops have disappeared across the UK. The film includes commentary from record shop owners, music industry leaders, and musicians. Includes interviews with Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Billy Gragg and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Convexe Entertainment 2013

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

Polley, Sarah

Summary: Actress and director Sarah Polley explores the truth behind a family secret.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2013

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD STO

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STO

Summary: Atomic Submarine: A series of mysterious sinkings plagues the northern seas. Great trans-arctic submarine liners are vanishing without a trace! The nuclear powered U.S.S. Tiger Shark, the most advanced sub in the fleet, has been undergoing around-the-clock modifications to prepare for an urgent top-secret mission: to discover the cause of the Arctic disasters, and put an end to it!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI FIR

Summary: The journey of two teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by their war torn country, who traveled to America looking for a safer environment and learning to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2004

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

Summary: Discover the stories, ideas, and methods behind today's most compelling artists; features sixteen artists from North America (Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: "Tracing the steps of grunge from its subversive inception in neighborhood basements to its global rise to the multimillion dollar pop culture phenomenon, Hype! incorporates hilarious interviews with rare concert footage of bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and The Melvins"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Republic Pictures 2004

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

Summary: "Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.

Summary: The adventures of Jack, a young samurai and prince whose family has fought the evil demon Aku for control of their kingdom and continues to do so when he mysteriously travels to a future city where Aku and his henchmen-robots rule.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SAM

Summary: Hank Aaron and Derek Jeter, with Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever. --Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: Documentary on Stagedoor Manor, a theater camp in the Catskills for teenage singers and dancers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2007

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

Summary: Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010

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

Summary: The 12 O'Clock Boys are a notorious urban dirt bike pack in Baltimore that pops wheelies, weaves at excessive speeds through traffic, and impressively evades the hamstrung police. Their antics are viewed through the eyes of adolescent Taekwon Ford, known as Pug, a bright kid from the Westside obsessed with the riders and willing to do anything to join their ranks.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Summary: In 1960, a filmmaking group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors intimacy, Primary, Adventures on the New Frontier, and Crisis, and, following the president's assassination, the poetic short Faces of November. Collected here are all four of these titles,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011

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

Summary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUM

Summary: "Chronicles the landmark moments from every era in World Series history" using interviews with players, managers, writers and broadcasters, with digitally restored film from the Major League Baseball Productions archives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Q Video 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 ONE

Summary: Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JAC

Summary: With a fist full of credit cards, a lucky run at the horse track, and chutzpah for days, Franco Stevens launched Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine ever published. The film tracks the power of lesbian visibility and community from the early '90s to the present day through the story of Franco's founding of Curve magazine. Decades later, in the wake of a disabling injury, Franco learns that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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

Summary: In 1986, at the age of 56, Helen Travis became a Benedictine Sister after she lost her husband and both her sons to substance abuse. Two years later, in New York City, she opened a halfway house for recovering male addicts.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2004

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

Summary: Features Holly Near in live concert footage, backstage interview segments, and reading from her autobiography. New interviews with Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Summary: "Made when she was just 18 years old, Barbara Rubin's art-porn masterpiece Christmas On Earth (1963-65) shocked NYC's experimental film scene and inspired NYC's thriving underground. For the next four years her filmmaking and irrepressible energy helped shatter artistic and sexist boundaries. A mythical 'Zelig' of the sixties, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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

Summary: Mildred Pierce is a woman who will do anything to satisfy the demands of her spoiled daughter Veda, including divorce, opening her own business, and possibly murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIL