Summary: Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Tião, a catadore, or trash picker who thinks of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Almega Projects 2011
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WASLevin, Dana.
Summary: In Lenin's Bath, a doctor reflects: "Soaking in his vat of embalming / fluid, Lenin looks restful, / meditative, a high / official in his bath / in his dacha, far away / from the controlled air / of the mausoleum, / the schoolchildren filing past..."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Poetry Review 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 LEVContents: I'm a rocker / (written by E. Carmen) ; (performed by The Rank Strangers) -- Go all the way / (written by E. Carmen and Wally Bryson); (performed by Tiny Lights) -- I reach for the light / (written by E. Carmen) ; (performed by The Webstirs) -- Overnight sensation / (written by E. Carmen) ; (performed by Hushdrops) -- I saw the light / (written by E. Carmen and Wally Bryson) ; (performed by The...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ginger Records 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RASSummary: The Barden Bellas are back to pitch slap the world. It's been three years since the Bellas brought their signature vocals, style and attitude to become the first all-female group to win a national title. But when they get banned after a scandal that threatens to derail their last year at Barden, the three-time defending champs worry that this time they've lost their harmony for good. The Bellas...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Levon Helm Band
Contents: Same thing / Levon Helm -- Ain't that good news / Amy Helm -- God don't never change / Jimmy Vivino -- Driving wheel / Levon Helm -- Jealous man / Larry Campbell -- Stagger lee / Little Sammy Davis -- Simple twist of fate / Brian Mitchell -- One more shot / Levon Helm -- Turn around / Teresa Williams -- Beautiful lie / Amy Helm -- Certain girl / Allen Toussaint -- Shake your money maker / Chris...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HELWilliams, Hank
Contents: You've been lonesome, too (Alan Jackson) -- The love that faded (Bob Dylan) -- How many times have you broken my heart? (Norah Jones) -- You know that I know (Jack White) -- I'm so happy I found you (Lucinda Williams) -- I hope you shed a million tears (Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell) -- You're through fooling me (Patty Loveless) -- You'll never again be mine (Levon Helm) -- Blue is my heart...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY LOSSummary: Among the pioneers of the untamed Oregon Territory of the 1850s is pack-mule express owner Logan Stuart, light-fingered banker/gambler George Camrose, Camrose's fiancée Lucy Overmire, a villainous outlaw named Honey Bragg and gunfighter Johnny Steele, the friend of a man Camrose has killed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN CANWagner, Richard
Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RINBand (Musical group)
Contents: Across The Great Divide (2:54) -- Rag Mama Rag (3:03) -- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3:32) -- When You Awake (3:12) -- Up On Cripple Creek (4:30) -- Whispering Pines (3:57) -- Jemima Surrender (3:32) -- Rockin' Chair (3:41) -- Look Out Cleveland (3:09) -- Jawbone (4:20) -- The Unfaithful Servant (4:16) -- King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (3:37) -- Get Up Jake (2:18) -- Rag Mama Rag...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Records 2000
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Contents: Ophelia -- Back to Memphis -- Fannie Mae -- Baby scratch my back -- Evangeline -- No depression in heaven -- Wide river to cross -- Deep Elem blues -- Anna Lee -- Rag mama rag -- Time out for the blues -- A train robbery -- The shape I'm in -- Chest fever -- The weight.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 2011
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LEVSummary: Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLESummary: Based on William Brinkley's popular novel, it chronicles a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the world's population. Because of its positioning, the Navy destroyer U.S.S. Nathan James avoided falling victim to the devastating tragedy. But now the crew and its captain must confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they may be among the few remaining survivors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LASSummary: Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behalf of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITSummary: Batman begins: After his parents' murders, disillusioned heir Bruce Wayne travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice. With the help of his trusted butler Alfred, detective Jim Gordon and his ally Lucius Fox, Bruce returns to Gotham City and unleashes his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses strength, intellect and high-tech weaponry to fight evil.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE DARLusine.
Contents: Canopy -- Ticking hands / ft. Sarah McIlwain -- Slow motion -- Just a cloud / ft. Vilja Larjosto -- The level -- Witness / ft. Benoit Pioulard -- Chatter -- Won't forget -- Flyway -- Tropopause -- The lift.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ghostly International 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC LUSSummary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Lusine.
Summary: 2013 release, the third full length from Seattle-based electronic pop & experimental electronic producer Jeff McIlwain AKA Lusine. As with all of his work as Lusine, this is a release characterized by diversity and coherency. It's an album that's both cerebral and visceral, a record that's both rewarding of a serious headphone session and also warm and melodic enough to make listening as...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ghostly Int'l 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC LUSSummary: This is a passionate story of an obsessive artist driven by inexorable demons and his alternately devoted and despairing younger brother, who seems unable to live with him or without him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VINDann, Kevin T.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau traverses on foot from Manhattan to the site of Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond, often retracing steps walked by Thoreau himself, and unlocks the practical principles of the mystic's life in the woods"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818 DANSummary: A mysterious German woman named Jasmin comes across a dilapidated motel and diner in the American desert. The diner's owner, Brenda, is initially taken aback by Jasmin's appearance and demeanor; but eventually the women find that there is a chemistry between them. Gradually, by using their unique individual skills, Jasmin and Brenda turn the once-fledgling diner into a thriving desert oasis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BAGFeline
Contents: Senga (4:06) -- Le royaume (4:52) -- La mer avalee (4:29) -- Trophee (3:52) -- Samsara (2:28) -- La femme du kiosque sur l'eau (2:24) -- Comite rouge (4:45) -- Separes (si nous etions jamais) (4:25) -- Le plongeur (3:06) -- Gianni (5:02) -- Nu, jeune, leger (3:08).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Kwaidan Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FELSummary: The protagonist of this metaphysical fable is Rannulph Junah, Southern aristocrat and World War I hero. In a tournament in Savannah, he defeats two golf pros by following the teachings of his guru, Bagger Vance, a black mystic serving as his caddie.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD LEGSummary: Bonus features (all on disc 2): Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: interviews with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak and Carolyn Choa; Anthony Minghella talks about Madama Butterfly.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2011
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2 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MADSummary: An intimate look at Bob Hawk, from his early years as a young gay child of a Methodist minister to the man who shepherded the careers of and selflessly championed filmmakers on some of the most influential independent films and filmmakers of our time, in this critically acclaimed feature documentary written and directed by JJ Garvine and Tai Parquet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023