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Summary: Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun ... but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devasting consequences of globalization.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003

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

Galinsky, Michael

Summary: A man leads a movement against the development of a professional basketball arena to try and save his home and community from being demolished.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2013

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

Summary: "Red Without Blue is the groundbreaking documentary about the indestructible ties of family. This visually arresting film chronicles the close, yet sometimes strained relationship between identical twins Mark and Alex as Alex undergoes a transformation into a woman named Clair. Captured over a period of three years, RWB documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farleys' struggle to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Indiepix 2007

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

Summary: Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD BLI
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BLI

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Blind 2010

Summary: Filmed live at Walt Disney World, La Nouba is a dream come true. Amid this waking dream you'll find clowns, ballerinas, trapeze artists, BMX bicycle acts, high-wire balancing and so much more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS CIR

Summary: When a marketing executive for a huge burger chain finds a nasty secret ingredient in their burger recipe, he goes to the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate and finds that the truth is sometimes difficult to swallow.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FAS

Summary: The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of the corporation as a dramatic, pervasive presence in our everyday lives. With a deft mix of humor, visual panache and seriousness, this documentary is a timely, entertaining critique of global conglomerates.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2005

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

Summary: Profiles six contestants in the Youth America Grand Prix, a prestigious competition for aspiring young ballet dancers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2012

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

Summary: Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: Twelve-chapter documentary series, created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone. Do Americans really know and understand the country's shared and complicated history? How are the small details and forgotten players that influenced some of the biggest events from America's past recalled? Will children actually get the whole story from reading history...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: "Indie folk heroes Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Tennesee's Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain's acclaimed Mumford & Sons hopped on a beautiful vintage train and set out across America on a 'tour of dreams.' With poignancy and beauty, Malloy documents these incredible musicians as they ride the rails and wow the crowds from Oakland to New Orleans"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: S2BN Films 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: Join Dave as he travels through the heartland and makes a special stop in his hometown to pass out invitations to attend the event of the decade. It's a front row seat for outrageous comedy with music from today's hottest artists.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Rogue Pictures 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: "Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing military agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Media Education Foundation 2004

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

Summary: Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2012

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

Webber, Michael

Summary: Looks at the controversial American subculture of raising dangerous exotic animals as household pets.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Level 33 Entertainment 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: If you want to get your lower body in amazing shape, Jillian Michaels promises to deliver with three fat-blasting, booty-sculpting workouts that will get you results fast! These 30-minute workouts range in difficulty level in order to provide something for everyone, from beginners to the most advanced athletes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 JIL

Summary: In 1985, two young British friends travelled to a remote corner of Peru. Ambitious mountaineers, their aim was to conquer the unclimbed west face of a notorious 21,000 ft. peak "Siula Grande". Their story has become part of mountaineering legend.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TOU

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Touching 2004

Summary: This documentary exposes gaping holes in the security of America's electronic voting system. Takes a nonpartisn, clear-eyed look at the secrecy, cronyism, and incompetence of elections in present-day America as it captures a citizen's movement intent on taking back elections and democracy itself.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: An experimental film which uses numerous cinematic techniques (split screens, multiple superimpositions, variable speeds, et cetera) to present a dawn to dusk view of the Soviet Union to study the relation between cinema and reality.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Preservation 1998

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAN

Summary: A documentary on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions. Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter travels to France, California, Italy and New York, speaking with winemakers both large and small. The film offers a look at how business concerns and the homogenization of tastes around the world are changing the way wine is being made. Nossiter's primary focus is on American vintners...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed exclusively by THINKFilm 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MON
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MON

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MON RATED PG-13

Summary: Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NIG

Summary: The lives of a writer, her boyfriend, a well-known doctor, and an attractive gay man all intersect when they are faced with the AIDS epidemic during the sexual revolution in the early 1980s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WIT

Summary: An animated documentary on the life of controversial MIT professor, philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky. Through complex, lively conversations with Chomsky and brilliant illustrations by Gondry himself, the film reveals the life and work of the father of modern linguistics while also exploring his theories on the emergence of language.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2014

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

Summary: Introduced to Latin jazz in the 1980s, when he was beginning his career as a director, Fernando Trueba has since become a devoted fan of the music. He has gathered together a number of his favorite Latin jazz artists for a series of interviews and performances.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

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