Summary: Meet Joel Sartore, nationally-acclaimed photographer with National Geographic magazine, and follow him to some of the most exotic and frightening places in the world looking for the perfect shot, and while at home with his family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ATSummary: Famed street photographer Ricky Powell made a name for himself taking wild portraits of New York City's who's who in the 80s and 90s. From the Beastie Boys to Basquiat, Powell's lens captured the grit and glamour of the city's downtown scene like never before. Powell and some of his notable subjects reflect on his fascinating life and work as well as the demons that shaped him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RICSummary: How can animals be studied when the researcher cannot get close to it? Camera traps and drones are revolutionizing wildlife biology by recording the secret lives of animals, from whales and tigers to giant armadillos, all without disturbing them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ANISummary: National Geographic follows Pete Souza, the President's photographer inside the Obama White House, aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union, and into the heart of the West Wing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency and a chance to see what it's like to cover the most powerful man in the world, for history. Features intimate interviews...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PREBrolin, Josh
Summary: Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of local firefighters train together to become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the nation and are tested when an historic wildfire threatens their town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ONLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ONLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Only 2018Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONLSummary: When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother's early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE PHOArtist Not Provided
Summary: Tells the stories of rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals that survived Australia's devastating bushfires.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AUSSummary: Braving Alaska. Ventures to the Alaskan bush where four families are carving out lives for themselves in the tradition of the state's early settlers. Focuses on the daily challenges of surviving in an untamed wilderness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALASummary: This compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese offers a fascinating window onto his artistic development. Spanning the years from Scorsese's time at NYU in the mid-1960s to the late '70s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SCOSummary: Reggie Perrin is a bored, frustrated middle manager who might be losing his mind. Set 1 includes the complete Series 1 and 2, each featuring sharp, satirical writing and outstanding supporting casts. Reimagining of the beloved British comedy series, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Includes twelve episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV REGSummary: A spicy adult comedy of manners, morals, and mid-life crises. A man who has everything nearly loses it all in an obsessive quest for a beautiful woman he spies from his Rolls-Royce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Orion Pictures Co. 1997
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TENKratt, Chris
Summary: The Kratt brothers travel the world learning about various animals, showcasing key science concepts along the way, and use their creature power suits to foil the plans of villains who would use the animals for monetary gain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WILSummary: John Turturro plays an extremely uptight engineer whose entire life is punctual and routine to the point of absurdity. He finds himself struggling with the monotony of everyday life and the threat of middle age. Then a routine business trip turns into a life-altering experience when he meets some bizarre but sincere strangers: a free spirit played by Sam Rockwell, a phone sex operator...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 1997
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BOXSummary: Deep in the heart of Africa, the Thornberrys are filming their latest action-packed wildlife show. They are ready for anything, except for the greedy poachers lurking in the jungle. It's up to Eliza, who can talk to animals, to foil their evil plans. To do this, it will take all her courage, strength and exceptional gifts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WILKratt, Chris
Summary: The Kratt brothers travel the world and go on an exciting adventure where they encounter animals of the rainforests.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Juv WiKratt, Chris
Summary: The Kratt brothers travel to the Arctic to save animals from villains Zach Varmitech and Donita Donata.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Join National Geographic photographer Tim Laman and ornithologist Ed Scholes as they journey deep into the most remote jungles on earth in search of all 39 species of some of the most amazing birds in the world--birds of paradise.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Covering the dire elephant poaching crisis : poachers, rangers, victims and those who save the elephants. A n unbridled terrorist-driven slaughter of the African elephant ; weighs both the human and environmental toll.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Light Productions 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WILKratt, Chris
Summary: The Kratt brothers travel the world and go on an exciting adventure where they encounter sea creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Juv WiSummary: Join the Wild Kratts as they touch down in Madagascar for the first time. With no big land predators, Chris realizes that the huge island is one of the safest places in the world for adventuring.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Kids 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WILPingayak, John
Summary: A reporter and a Greenpeace activist help rescue gray whales who are becoming trapped in rapidly forming ice while on their way to the ocean.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BIGSummary: Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years she captured the surfaces of those who visited her Massachusetts studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BSummary: Watch John 'Four Leaf' Tayback as he fights a gruesome battle during the Vietnam War. But, this is actually a scene from 'Tropic Thunder, ' a big-budget adaptation of Tayback's wartime memoir. Starring as the central platoon are Speedman, Lazarus, Chino and Portnoy, as well as young character actor Kevin Sandusky. To play the character of African American Sgt. Osiris, Lazarus dyes his skin dark...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks/Paramount Home Entertainment 2008