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Arabian nights History and criticism Close, Chuck 1940- Documentary films Legends Middle East History and criticism Middle East Antiquities Political satire, American United States Videodiscs Women Crimes against Developing countries Case studies Women Developing countries Social conditions Case studiesSummary: Exposes how corporations spent millions on a propaganda campaign to distort Americans' view of lawsuits, forever changing the civil justice system. From the infamous case of the woman who sued McDonalds over spilled coffee to the saga of the Mississippi Supreme Court Justice deemed 'not corporate enough' by business interests, this program tears apart the conventional wisdom about 'frivolous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HOTSummary: A serious exploration of some of the questions surrounding religious vocation in an aggressively secular culture, the series chronicles several emotional weeks in the lives of four young men as they struggle with the decision to enter the seminary and become Roman Catholic priests. All grapple with the sacrifices they would have to make should they enter the priesthood, including the vow of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GODSummary: Chronicles the rise and fall of the hit television show Gorgeous ladies of wrestling, through the stories of those who lived it. For some, the show was a brief foray into acting and a short-lived adventure. For others, their time in Glow would impact and influence their lives for years to follow. For all of the women, working on GLOW was a unique and exciting experience that will bond them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GLOSummary: A group of college students used its math skills to win millions and life in the fast lane seemed like a sure bet. Slip back to the '80s and '90s, when a group of overachieving M.I.T. students morphed into high-rolling, big-stakes gamblers. Backed by anonymous investors, they checked into hotels under assumed names and, pretending not to know each other, communicated with secret gestures and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.423 BRESummary: From their self-imposed exile in Holland to their perilous crossing of the Atlantic, to their first year in the new world, Desperate Crossing is the definitive story of how the Pilgrims came to live and prosper in an unfamiliar land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DESSummary: Forty years after Martin Luther King's assassination, History takes viewers through the extraordinary life and times of America's civil rights visionary. Go beyond the legend to portray the man, the questions, the myths of Dr. Kings message of today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A riveting adventure of how America was invented. 'America the story of us' focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of America history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by History. Sharing their thoughts on the building of America, and what it means to be an American, are a world-class group of individuals including Tom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: The Crusades began as a holy mission to liberate Jerusalem and became the largest mass migration in European history. When they ended 200 years later, the Crusades had created a mythology of knights and chivalry, and left a legacy of distrust between East and West that continues to shape our world today. Filmed on location throughout Europe and the Middle East.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2001
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRUSummary: This DVD tells the story of the MotoGP championship, the pinnacle of motorcycle racing. The championship is compromised of sixteen races on five continents contested by twenty-four of the world's top riders on the fastest motorcycles in existence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FASSummary: From the sword of Excalibur to the Lady Guinevere, Camelot has been the subject of myths and legends, movies, and best-sellers. Investigates the secrets of Camelot, the literature of the legend, and the historical sites associated with King Arthur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CAMSummary: Shot in his trademark "guerilla video" style, each episode is filled with observations that bridge comedy and controversy and places Michael Moore in the middle of today's hot topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama's extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BARSummary: Killing one third of Europe's population in just three years and ravaging the flourishing cities of Italy, France, Germany, England, and Spain, the Black Death swept across the continent at an inconceivable rate. Through chilling reenactments, interviews with experts and historians, and excerpts from original accounts, discover the origins, progress, and cultural repercussions of the Plague's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BLASummary: Skeptical of her parents' decision to re-side their home with polyvinyl chloride, Judith Helfand set out to find the truth behind the toxic effects of the material. Helfland & Daniel Gold travel from Long Island to Louisiana to Venice Italy, where thirty-one executives from a PVC-producing company now await trial for manslaughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BLUSummary: Directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro and set to the haunting vocals of Eddie Vedder, this documentary splits its time between Tomas' arduous daily life in Kansas City and the heated Senate debates that led up to the invasion of Iraq in 2002.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BODSummary: With editing completed by filmmaker Ken Kobland after the death of director/producer Marion Cajori, this movie describes the life and work of an artist who has reinvented portraiture. Close photographs his subjects, blows up the image to gigantic proportions, divides it into a detailed grid and then uses a complex set of colors and patterning to reconstruct each face. The artist describes his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthouse Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHUSummary: The story of a Paul Pena, a blind American blues musician, and his trek to Tuva to live among its inhabitants and compete in their triennial khoomei (throat singing) contest. He is accompanied by a documentary film team and Tuvinian throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2000
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GENSummary: Actress/advocates and New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof meet individuals who are doing work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of challenge, transformation and hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HALSummary: From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HELSummary: A hilarious and affectionate look at the path to stardom inside the competitive world of grand opera. Weaving together portions of eight acclaimed operas with personal interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, the film explores the choristers' lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was different than any other president America had ever seen. His sharp mind, quick wit and boundless determination won him friends, confidantes and devoted followers. As a World War II hero, respected senator, and author of Why England Slept and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage, Kennedy regarded life as a race against boredom. Here, the pivotal moments of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JFKSummary: Few modern authors have not been influenced by the medieval Middle Eastern literary classic "The book of a thousand and one nights." Over one thousand years ago, a legend was told about a beautiful young woman who attempted to prolong her impending execution by telling adventure tales to a murderous sultan for a thousand and one nights. The tales she wove are set in India, Persia, Egypt,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2006