Summary: When liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is invited to speak at Utah Valley State College, it creates a firestorm not usually seen in the heart of conservative Mormon country. A media frenzy follows, as does Fox News' Sean Hannity who agrees to speak at UVSC prior to Moore's engagement. Protests, anger, and a bribery attempt by a local businessman to stop Moore's appearance punctuate this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation Co. 2005
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC DIVSummary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETSummary: First released in 1915, D.W. Griffith's Birth of a nation ignited worldwide controversy with its graphic depictions of racism and white supremacy in the post-Civil War South. Nearly 100 years later, Paul D. Miller also known as conceptual artist/musician/writer DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, creates a daring 'remix' of Griffith's epic to expose the film's true meaning and relates it to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DJSummary: An immersive journey into the world of wild horses that illuminates the profound beauty and desperate plight they face in the Western United States. Filmmaker Ashley Avis and crew try to uncover the truth before wild horses disappear forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WILSummary: As tourism skyrockets in the most famous island in the Pacific, its Indigenous culture and fragile environment suffer under the pressure of unsustainable practices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EATSummary: Step into the world of the original Mad Max movie and take a rare behind-the-scenes look at the making of this groundbreaking, iconic Australian film.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MADSummary: Named after the book by Father James Martin, Building a Bridge follows a priest on his journey to make the Catholic Church more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, despite loud opposition from both inside and outside the Church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BUISummary: The story of the iconic WW2 bomber, through the words of the last surviving veterans of the bombing campaign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever mounted, now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world, with glowing reviews, global press, and tickets sold out through the entirety of its run, the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer retrospective is nothing short of a historic event. This fascinating documentary is a unique opportunity to discover what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CLOSummary: Ici et ailleurs: In this meditation on how cinema records history, the filmmakers, members of the Dziga Vertov Group, contrast a French family's life with an impressionistic portrait of war in Palestine, as reflected through television, books, and other media.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaumont vidéo 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HERSummary: Follows British psychiatrist Dr. Iain McGilchrist as he meets champions and critics of his theory that our brains are becoming imbalanced, with the left hemisphere gaining power as its ambitions are supported by the Western world, while making it harder to deal with important economic, environmental, and social issues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIVSummary: Uncover the extraordinary lives of women who overcame gender discrimination and segregation to build fulfilling lives and legacies along America's most iconic highway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ROUSummary: The program follows a team of Brits who specialize in tracking down missing items from private collections. Who will pay their prices and end up with complete sets?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "This film tells the stories of baby elephants living at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) who have been orphaned due to the loss of their mothers and habitats. They discover ways to cope with trauma while living with their adopted mother elephants at the nursery and learn to communicate with their mahouts lifetime trainers and companions. As they mature, these young elephants enter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELESummary: Like Watergate and Vietnam, it is an icon of recent history. Gov. Rockefeller's brutal re-taking of the prison--a nine-minute, 1600 bullet assault that took the lives of 29 inmates and 10 guards held hostage--put an end to the four-day rebellion. But the struggles for justice, by both prisoners and guards, endured for three decades.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GHOSummary: The film traces the phenomenon of othering in America, how marginalized groups of people are mistreated in a nation that allegedly cares about justice and equality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOWSummary: Man has found a new best friend in this heartwarming collective portrait of nine unique men whose lives have been proudly and forever changed by their love for cats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CATSummary: Told from the perspective of pioneering Sligo funeral director David McGowan, this documentary unflinchingly draws back the veil on an industry that is rarely spoken of.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FUNSummary: The true-crime documentary investigates the strange disappearance of an alleged Soviet spy and his American mistress, an alleged U.S. Intelligence Agent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOVSummary: Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living downwind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOWSummary: Explores temporary altered states of consciousness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood. Anna Hints' Sundance-winning documentary celebrates the centuries-old smoke sauna tradition, recognized on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SMOSummary: A portrait of musical iconoclast David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi. From his days leading The New York Dolls to his reinvention as lounge lizard Buster Poindexter, David Johansen is a chameleonic one-of-a-kind performer. Featuring a live performance at Cafe Carlyle in New York City, where he performs as Poindexter singing the Johansen songbook, along with new and archival...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023