Summary: Documents a Danish expedition by a team of scientists to hitherto unexplored fjords in northeast Greenland, which, due to the seasonal melting of glacial ice due to global warming, are now accessible for a few weeks a year.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EXP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EXP
Summary: Rodrigo Reyes₂ provocative essay film re-imagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante₂s purgatory. Leaving politics aside, he takes a fresh look at the brutal beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell. By capturing a stunning mosaic of compelling characters and broken landscapes on the border, Reyes reflects on the flaws of human nature and the powerful...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PURSummary: The fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. Robert Kennedy Jr. joins the fight to preserve the mountain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: A walrus pup and a polar bear cub face the challenges of growing up in the Arctic armed with their natural instincts and mothers' guidance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ARCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF ArSummary: To The Arctic takes you on a never before seen journey through the power of the IMAX lens into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD TOTFox, Jennifer
Summary: Recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual teacher, Western-born Yeshi struggles to maintain a normal family life while his father, a Buddhist teacher, tries to convince him to embrace his cultural heritage and destiny as a leader of the Tibetan people.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MYSummary: Examines the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Japan. Looks at the lives of some of the refugees from the town of Futaba. Raises questions regarding the future of nuclear power in Japan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NUCBerlinger, Joe
Summary: Documents the lawsuit brought against Chevron by thousands of Ecudorean natives over contamination of water in the Ecuadorean Amazon rainforest.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010