Summary: In the middle of nowhere lived an unexpected piece of skateboarding and punk music history: The Crest, a skateboarding mecca of the 80's tucked in the suburbs of the nation's Capital. Here skateboarding and punk rock music collided and made history. Follow the story of a one of a kind skateboarding playground that attracted skaters and bands from all over to create a legend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Synergentic 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BLOSummary: Documentary about a gang of kids who virtually revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and street smarts, and in the process, transformed youth culture forever. Captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing, who used abandoned swimming pools to sharpen their skills.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOGSummary: Suzy Hotrod, one of the world's most renowned roller derby stars, is a Catholic school girl turned punk rocker who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and ESPN. In her fifteenth season, Suzy continues to compete at an elite level against women half her age while confronting the sacrifices she's made to play and the legacy she'll leave behind. Evilicious struggles to get back on skates and pass a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: In 2009 Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ARMSummary: A gifted athlete from Fall River, Massachusetts, Chris Herren was a basketball legend before he left high school. After a troubled yet outstanding career at Fresno State, he would eventually fulfill his childhood dream of playing for the Boston Celtics, only to lose it all to a devastating addiction that nearly killed him. Award-winning director Jonathan Hock chronicles this powerful story of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNGSummary: Writer and director Faraut revisits the rich bounty of footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe as he competes in the French Open at Paris's Roland Garros Stadium in 1984. Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both McEnroe's attention to the sport and the footage itself, creating a lively and immersive look at a driven athlete, a study on the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "In 1974, Leon Gast traveled to Africa to film Zaire 74, a music festival planned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacle: the Rumble in the Jungle, in which late-career underdog Muhammad Ali would contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title--'a fight between two blacks in a black nation, organized by blacks,' as a Kinshasa billboard...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC WHESummary: From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwich Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 796.522 MOUCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOUSummary: Metlakatla is Alaska's last Native Indian reserve. For hundreds of years two distinct traditions have defined their community, fishing and basketball. Watch as two cousins lead their local High School team toward a shot at their first state championship in over 30 years. In the aftermath of an unimaginable tragedy, a basketball title has the ability to breathe new life back into this small town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALASummary: Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MERSummary: One of the most legendary games in the history of sports: Harvard Stadium, November 23, 1968. Harvard and Yale, both teams undefeated for the first time since 1909, meet for the annual climax of the Ivy League football season. Yale and Harvard stage an unforgettable football contest that baffled even their own coaches. Using vintage footage and bracingly honest contemporary interviews with the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 HARSummary: pt.1. After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl shot a documentary that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of bodies in motion with close-ups of athletes in the heat of competition. Includes the marathon, men's diving, and American track star Jesse Owen's sprint races at the 1936 Olympic games. The...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OLYSummary: In the Company of Kings follows a fight fan's unforgettable journey into the dark heart of American boxing to talk to eight former World Champs and those closest to his hero, Muhammad Ali, about race, struggle, victory, defeat and picking yourself up off the canvas. Features Larry Holmes, Bernard Hopkins, Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers, the Spinks brothers, Bob Arum and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: A documentary tracing the brilliant career of Aryton Senna, the famous Brazilian Formula One driver until his tragic death at the age of 34.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Comstar Home Entertainment, Pte Ltd. 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SENSummary: In the late 1980's, the Detroit Red Wings worked to finally break their decades long Stanley Cup drought by extracting players from the Soviet Union, and in the process, changed the way North American hockey is played.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 796.96 DVD Russian 2019Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RUS1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RUS
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD RUSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RuSummary: A feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. The film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RED1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RED
Summary: Explores the world of motocross and looks at the men who take chances with this dangerous sport -- from asphalt track contests and drag racing to cross-country and hill climbing competitions. Professional riders such as Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Smith are featured. Includes a special tribute to Steve McQueen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Monterey Video 1999
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONMiller, Warren
Summary: Footage of top athletes skiing and snowboarding at various locations worldwide.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "McConkey" is a heartfelt examination of the legacy one athlete left to the progression of his sports, and the path he paved to conquer his dreams. Shane McConkey is revered as a pioneer of freeskiing and ski-BASE jumping, and through his talent and ability to use his trademark irreverent humor, he inspired countless lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MCCLindsay, Daniel
Summary: Follows a high school football team from inner-city Memphis, Tennessee, and the coach who hopes to turn the team around.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UNDDanquart, Pepe.
Summary: Follows speed climbing brothers Thomas and Alexander Huber as they attempt to break the record for scaling "The Nose" rockface of El Capitan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOWakefield, Tim
Summary: Explores the careers of two knuckleball pitchers and documents the difficulties and uncertainties of throwing a knuckleball.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2013