Summary: Takes a glimpse at some of NASCAR's top drivers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.72 FUL

Summary: A travelogue of 12 Mediterranean ports that takes you beyond the usual interesting things to see and do, and includes the culture and history of each stop.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: SeaVid 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.91 CRU

Summary: Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing, and from their candid and hilarious perspectives, reveal pieces of themselves along the way. This school program started in 1994 and today has over 6,000 kids from 60 schools involved.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005

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

Summary: Live performances by comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount DVD 2004

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

Summary: Visit 12 ports of call throughout Western Europe and learn about their history, culture and general attractions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: SeaVid 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914 CRU

Summary: A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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

Rouch, Jean

Summary: In the summer of 1960, a disparate group of Paris residents are interviewed, beginning with the question, "Are you happy?"

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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

Summary: After the death in 2004 of American theater actor and monologist Spalding Gray, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) pieced together a narrative of Gray's life to create the documentary And Everything is Going Fine. Brilliantly and sensitively assembled entirely from footage of Gray, taken from interviews and one-man shows from throughout his career, it is a rich, full portrait, and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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

Summary: East Hampton, the mid-1970's: documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles set up camp in a decrepit mansion known as Grey Gardens, where the eccentric Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale live amid piles of trash and mounds of cats. The film becomes an instant cult classic. Fast forward to the present day: "Grey Gardens" has inspired a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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

Summary: A collection of three dances choreographed by Martha Graham and performed by her company.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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

Marker, Chris

Summary: In Paris after World War III, a few survivors research time travel hoping to send someone to the past to help their situation; the meditations of a world traveler on various world-wide locations are narrated.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JET

Summary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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

Summary: Documents the obscure country blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist, Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. Director Terry Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, this is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to make...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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

Bausch, Pina

Summary: Tribute to German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch as members of her dance troupe, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, perform her pieces in various settings.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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

Summary: Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94 percent of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: The conquest of Mexico: November 11th, 1519. Hernan Cortes must decide whether to risk attempting to conquer Mexico by defeating Montezuma. He confers with and receives valuable advice from his slave Donna Marina and his captains before coming to a critical decision.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS News 2000

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

Summary: Washington crosses the Delaware: December 25th, 1776. After American forces suffered crushing defeats from the British army, General George Washington and Colonels Harrison and Tilghman debate what to do. They decide to launch a surprise attack by crossing the Delaware river in different places. Washington explains how America is fighting a personal battle for liberty.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS News 2000

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

Summary: The end of the Dalton Gang: October 5th, 1892. Former U.S. Marshals turned notorious desperadoes Emmett Dalton, Grat Dalton and Bob Dalton return to their hometown of Coffeeville, Kansas to rob banks and wreak havoc on the townspeople. Bank cashier Charley Ball and others find the strength and courage to defeat the Daltons in a deadly shootout.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS News 2000

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

Summary: The Emancipation Proclamation: January 1st, 1863. One hundred days ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued an ultimatum to the South - either lay down your arms or set all slaves free. Tensions are building and the President must make a crucial decision. The Ohio volunteers, slaves and abolitionists pray for the emancipation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS News 2000

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

Summary: Hitler invades Poland: September 1st, 1939. The German army is massed on the border of Poland ready to attack. Poland has mobilized her citizenry for her defense. Germany, with a superior air force and army, seems determined to wage war. The question remains Poland? The Polish Ambassador attempts to negotiate with the German government, as does British Ambassador Sir Neville Henderson.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS News 2000

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

Summary: "Rare and fascinating films preserved in the museum's archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here, complete and uncut, for the very first time. ... [These 24 training and public information films cover a] range of subjects from ditching procedures for Halifax bomber crews ... to the best way to rescue crashed fighter pilots from their cockpits. There are...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2008

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

Summary: When a pet cemetery in California is forced to close its gates, its dearly departed must be moved to a neighboring cemetery. This begins a strange journey involving eccentric cemetery operators and anguished animal lovers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005

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

Summary: Explore the Big Island and hover above erupting craters at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, then watch steam billow and orange lava flow across charred rock. Glide over Maui's Haleakala National Park and discover the diversity of Hawaiian landscapes: rugged mountain ridges, lush valleys, deserts and rain forests. Island-hop to Lanai for spectacular beaches, then it's on to Molokai. Other points...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: TOPICS Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.69 OVE