Summary: After the death of Jack Sanderson's father, he was not looking forward to the holiday season, so he decided to jump right into the middle of it and become Santa Claus. Follow Sanderson as he gets a custom Santa suit, attends the American Events Santa School, and then takes on Santa jobs. Along the way he rides in the 57th Annual Quincy Christmas Parade, rings a bell on a street corner, and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2011

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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD 394.2663 BEC

Summary: Provided is an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research, and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, traces the rise...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011

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

Summary: Includes in-depth interviews of U.S. President Richard Nixon by Sir David Frost in May, 1977 regarding the infamous Watergate scandal. Features footage from 2007 of Frost discussing the impact this interview had on history, his reactions, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Liberation Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 FRO

Summary: The movies, the magic, the memories, the greatest moments, the brightest stars. The incomparable Golden Era of MGM musicals shines in this compilation of music and dance performances.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS THA

Summary: Documentary chronicling the 16-year history of rock band the Foo Fighters. Includes concert footage and videos.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 2011

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

Summary: Includes film from the May 2009 mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as images captured by the telescope, and a series of scientifically realistic space flights based on Hubble data.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2011

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

Summary: "A film about cinema itself, with close readings of some of the most intriguing and celebrated films in cinema history. Serving as guide is the charismatic Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek, who delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves. Structured in three parts, the Pervert's Guide To Cinema offers an introduction to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: P Guide 2006

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

Summary: This documentary profiles the groundbreaking career of the comedic musical group They Might Be Giants, which started as a duo of multi-instrumentalists both named John (Flansburgh and Linnell) in the 1980s and grew in the 1990s into being a full-fledged band.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Plexifilm 2003

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

Summary: The wild no-holds barred independent American filmmakers of the '50s and '60s tell their own story in this critically acclaimed survey of exploitation and sexploitation filmmaking.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2003

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

Summary: A rare and personal portrait of a boy who becomes a musician, a husband, a rock star, a father and a songwriter whose words have touched millions. Cobain's story unfolds through his own narrative assembled from more than 25 hours of audiotaped conversations, never before made public.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2008

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

Summary: Award-winning docu-drama about the king of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac. Combines rare footage featuring Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and William Burroughs with music by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and Zoot Sims.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Goldhil Video 2003

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

Summary: Recounts the career and times of talent manager and Hollywood insider Shep Gordon, told through interviews with Shep Gordon himself as well as Alice Cooper, Emeril Lagasse, Michael Douglas, Anne Murray and many of his other clients and friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2014

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

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: Insiders' observations of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the subsequent occupation, featuring commentary from high-ranking officials, Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the U.S. policy decisions surrounding the invasion and their consequences in Iraq, including such issues as low U.S. troop levels, the uncontrolled looting of Baghdad, the purging of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NO

Summary: Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD 2004

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

Summary: Explores the world of motocross and looks at the men who take chances with this dangerous sport -- from asphalt track contests and drag racing to cross-country and hill climbing competitions. Professional riders such as Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Smith are featured. Includes a special tribute to Steve McQueen.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Monterey Video 1999

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

Summary: Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark met in the early '60s and remained close friends despite living very different lives. Shepard became a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and an Academy Award-nominated author while Dark was a homebody with a penchant for photography and letter writing.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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

Summary: The Fall of Fujimori is a character and interview-driven documentary that explores the volatile events that define Alberto Fujimori's decade-long reign of Peru: his meteoric rise from the son of poor Japanese immigrants to the presidency; his fateful relationship with the shadowy and Machiavellian Vladimiro Montesinos; his self-coup that dissolved overnight both Congress and the Judiciary; and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2006

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

Summary: A documentary examining opposing cultural movements in India (tradition vs. modernism), contrasting the experiences and attitudes of contestants in the Miss India beauty contest with those of participants at a Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2013

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

Summary: The legendary life of Fidel Castro, from exiled revolutionary to the world's most controversial and longest serving head of state. As seen through the eyes of his wife, mistress and female cohort, this film reveals the untold story of Fidel's rise to become one of the world's most powerful leaders.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002

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

Summary: Looks at the life of Ramblin' Jack Elliott who traveled and sang with Woody Guthrie and became a mentor to Bob Dylan. Documented by his daughter Aiyana, this film, shot over a period of two years, contains performances, interviews and archival material including home movies from the Guthrie family's private collection.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber CentreStage 2001

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

Summary: Returning home to Montana for her high school reunion, filmmaker Kimberly Reed (previously the school quarterback and now a transgender woman) hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother. But along the way she uncovers stunning revelations (including a connection to Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth), intense sibling rivalries, and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2008

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

Summary: A richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2011

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

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

Summary: Discusses ways in which the media openly degrades women. Features commentary from many influential women in media and politics.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2012

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