Summary: The story of brothers Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jimmie and Stevie went from a small, post-war house in Oak Cliff, Texas to becoming rock and roll legends, selling millions of records and playing alongside the likes of David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Carlos Santana and more. A portion of the film is devoted to Jimmie and Eric Clapton's first ever on-camera...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JIMSummary: An avid fan of the actor, and owner of a replica of McQueen's car in the classic film Bullitt, Pastor Greg Laurie hits the road in his mint Mustang, traveling the country in search of the true, untold story of McQueen's redemption-filled final chapters, in a true faith journey.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STESummary: This compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese offers a fascinating window onto his artistic development. Spanning the years from Scorsese's time at NYU in the mid-1960s to the late '70s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SCOSummary: Follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. After thirty years of struggling with ineffective animal welfare laws, Steve and his legal team, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), are making history by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform an animal from a thing with no rights to a person with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF UNLSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Think of WWII Europe, and black-and-white newsreel images likely come to mind. But the war unfolded in color. And that's how Academy Award-winning director George Stevens captured it in this acclaimed compilation of the personal wartime diary he filmed while on the frontlines.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GEOSummary: Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare Pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEZ1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PEZ
Summary: Steve 'Spaz' Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs of Jurassic Park transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless disregard for authority may have cost him the recognition he deserved.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC JURSummary: "XTrain is the ultimate total-body fitness conditioning program based on undulating periodization, designed to crush calories, incinerate fat, and work and tone your muscles like never before"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cathe dot Com 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD XTRScorsese, Catherine
Summary: Scorsese interviews his parents about their life; Scorsese talks to actor Steven Prince about his past; a young man cuts himself frequently while shaving; a middle-aged gangster reflects upon his life; a writer becomes obsessed with a picture of a boat ona lake.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Distribution 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SCOSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUDofat, Paula
Summary: Follows a girls' step team at an inner-city Baltimore high school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STESummary: Investigates the 2011 Penn State child molestation scandal, in which Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of several accounts of child sexual abuse and head coach Joe Paterno and university administration were implicated in a coverup. Looks at the effects of the scandal on the Penn State student body, Penn State alumni, and residents of State College, Pennsylvania. Covers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HAPSummary: In 2020 the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrated its 150th anniversary. This three-part program looks at the uncertainty the Met faced at this time as it faced an indefinite closure due to COVID-19 and calls for social justice following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSSummary: The story of Craig Castalso, better known as Radioman for the stereo boombox worn around his neck. This New York film set mascot overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his name.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RADSummary: Chronicles America's complicated perceptions of race and crime through the story of the "Central Park 5" -- a group of minority teenagers wrongfully convicted and jailed for brutally raping a white woman in New York.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CEN1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CEN
Summary: It is a timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably, no one did more to shape our understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and writer who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. The film vividly brings to life Jacobs' 1960s showdown with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CITSummary: Like Watergate and Vietnam, it is an icon of recent history. Gov. Rockefeller's brutal re-taking of the prison--a nine-minute, 1600 bullet assault that took the lives of 29 inmates and 10 guards held hostage--put an end to the four-day rebellion. But the struggles for justice, by both prisoners and guards, endured for three decades.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GHOSummary: Between 1961-1973, musicians in the Village banded together to sing about the radical social upheaval of the time, sparking everlasting political, social, and cultural changes. For the first time, the greatest singer-songwriters, authors, and performers from Greenwich Village reflect on how they collectively became the voice of a generation. Through poignant interviews, rare archival footage,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRESummary: On the Bowery: A documentary film of men living on the Bowery. Depicts life inside the bars and on the sidewalks, the alcoholism and unemployment and life on the streets. Good times, wonderful times: This antiwar film predated Viet Nam, but had great impact in the sixties. The film cuts between documentary war footage and extemporized conversations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONSummary: In 1983, director Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall set out to tell the stories of homeless and runaway teenagers in Seattle. These two films together create a frank, empathetic portrait of lost youth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC STRSummary: Incorporates user-generated content to follow a 31-day scavenger hunt that took place in October, 2013, on the streets of New York City at the hands of Banksy, a British street artist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BANSummary: As live performances on Broadway start up again after an unprecedented absence of eighteen months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway theater came back from the brink. On Broadway shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021