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Sandmann, JeffSummary: Examines the roadside murder of a Dallas police officer, and the subsequent arrest and conviction of drifter Randall Adams, who was given a death sentence despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On August first, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. This documentary combines archival footage with animated re-enactments of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from witnesses, heroes, and survivors, in a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOWSummary: An investigation into the disputed cause of death of black activist Sandra Bland, who died in police custody in Waller County, Texas, after a routine traffic stop by state trooper Brian Encinia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SAYSummary: Exposé of the power struggle inside the Texas State Board of Education, the government body that determines what students learn in Texas public schools and, due to the buying power of their system, often the entire country. Showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious, and ideological clashes, with Texas education board members advancing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REVSummary: The Phantom tells the story of one of the darkest episodes in the long history of American justice. A story of how the State of Texas knowingly sent an innocent man to his death and left a serial killer at large. A case in which for the first time it can be conclusively proven that the US courts executed a blameless man. This film uncovers the shocking truth behind a tale of murder, corruption...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PHASummary: The documentary follows three young Texas cowgirls tasked with carrying on their families' legacies amidst a volatile landscape and industry. The film explores the modern West, where the male cowboy mythology must answer to a new, honest, and some would say subversive female story. The jarring transition between generations illuminates the weight of heritage and tradition. As the old guard...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deskpop Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOOSummary: Showcasing the natural magic of an extraordinary part of the border between the United States and Mexico over four seasons, the film explores Rio Grande's Big Bend - a vast unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and astounding desert landscapes which are home to some of North America's most enchanting animals such as black bears, rattlesnakes, woodpeckers and scorpions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIGSummary: Five friends travel 1200 miles from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico on horses, mountain bikes and canoes to explore the potential impacts of a border wall on the natural environment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RIVSummary: If the down-home cowboy politics of George W. Bush are a blueprint for success in Washington, what are they like back in the Lone Star state of Texas? Find out in a lively, behind-the-scenes portrait of two unpredictable, post-millennial elections.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSandmann, Jeff
Summary: Celebrates the past thirty years of live music in Austin, Texas, and looks at challenges faced by musicians and music venues through the story of the Saxon Pub.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: The inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's seventh largest company walked away with over one billion dollars, while investors and employees lost everything.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ENR1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ENR
Summary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROSummary: Errol Morris sets out to prove that a convicted hitchhiker did not kill a Dallas policeman in 1976 - and that the lowlife that fingered him did. Based on a true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The current status of Antineoplastons' clinical testing sanctioned by the United States Food & Drug Administration, and features a modern story of the struggling journeys of cancer patients being treated today at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston, Texas. As the story unfolds, you will observe a real-time change of hearts and minds from many of these doctors and families.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Merola 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURSummary: This documentary takes the viewer through the treacherous, yet ultimately victorious, 14-year journey both Dr. Burzynski and his patients have had to endure in order to obtain FDA-approved clinical trials of the breakthrough cancer treatment using antineoplastons. Upon approval, antineoplastons will mark the first time that a single scientist- not a pharmaceutical company- will hold the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Merola 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURSummary: On April 20, 2010, communities throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States were devastated by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. In this documentary film, the director travels to small towns and major cities in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas to explore the fallout of the disaster on the people of the region.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRESummary: Filmmaker Werner Herzog explores a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas and "probes the human psyche to explore why people kill--and why a state kills". Through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eights days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as 'a gaze into the abyss of the human...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INTSummary: Nicole Torre interviews oil and petroleum company CEO's and top executives, and the mayors of Houston and Sweetwater, Texas. "Step inside the oil culture to understand just how the USA became so addicted and why Houston believes we must go 'Green' for a secure domestic energy future."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Angle Media 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HOUSummary: This passionate and inspirational documentary goes up close and personal to capture the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team during six turbulent seasons, taking us far beyond the court to the unbridled desire to make history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HEASummary: Just outside of Dallas, Texas a violent haunted house is serving as the pulpit for a modern-day fire and brimstone sermon. Taking the viewer behind the scenes, this documentary examines why this small town church has resorted to such graphic means of saving souls and allows us a brief glimpse of what they believe they're saving us from.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Plexifilm 2003