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  • The 11th hour [DVD]

    The 11th hour2008

    Summary: Explores the indelible footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect and abuse, and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 304.28 ELE

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Abraham and Mary Lincoln [DVD] : a house divided

    Abraham and Mary Lincoln : a house divided2005

    Summary: Weaves the lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln; Abraham, the dirt-farmer's son turned Great Emancipator, and Mary, the emotionally fragile daughter of wealthy Southern slave-owners. Together, they...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 973.7 ABR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Adele [DVD] : live at the Royal Albert Hall

    Adele : live at the Royal Albert Hall2011

    Summary: In 2011 Adele scored a number one single, with Rolling in the Deep, and the year's biggest selling album, with 21. This DVD/CD set captures her concert from London's famous Royal Albert Hall. Along...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 782 ADE

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Alice's adventures in Wonderland [DVD]

    Alice's adventures in Wonderland2011

    Summary: Lewis Carroll's ever-popular story provides the basis for a spectacular new work from the Royal Ballet, which features an engaging and passionate score as well as breathtaking choreography.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 792.8 ALI

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Amazing grace [DVD]

    Amazing grace2019

    Summary: A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album "Amazing Grace" at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, in January 1972.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 782 AMA

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • American dream [DVD]

    American dream2000

    Summary: American dream: After President Ronald Regan broke the air traffic controllers' strike in 1981, American corporations declared open season on organized labor. This Academy Award winner for best...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 331.89 AME

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • American Indian collection [DVD]

    American Indian collection2010

    Summary: Collection of films related to the Native American experience. Great Indian leaders & nations presents true stories of Chief Joseph, Crazy Horse, Quanah Parker, Geronimo, and the Lakota Sioux and...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 970 AME

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Antarctica [DVD] : a year on ice

    Antarctica : a year on ice2015

    Summary: A visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 998.9 ANT

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Ballerina [DVD]

    Ballerina2009

    Summary: Profiles five ballet dancers who are uniquely individual--tough, insightful, and exceptionally talented. Their onstage performance reveals no hint of the sweat, pain, and hard work endured in the...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 792.8 BAL

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • A band called Death [DVD]

    A band called Death2013

    Summary: Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers formed a band in the early 1970s in their spare bedroom. Equal parts rockumentary and family love story, this film chronicles the journey of what...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 782 BAN

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Being Elmo [DVD] : a puppeteer's journey

    Being Elmo : a puppeteer's journey2012

    Summary: Follows the man behind the beloved children's icon, Elmo, examining the life of puppeteer Kevin Clash. Provides behind-the-scenes views of Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop and featuring...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 791.53 BEI

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • A bigger splash [DVD]

    A bigger splash2006

    Summary: David Hockney is one of the great leaders in pop art and the best known artist of his generation. This completely original film by director Jack Hazan portrays the moods colours and tones of...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 759.2 HOC

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Blood brother [DVD]

    Blood brother2014

    Summary: Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist with no close family of his own. When he met a group of children with HIV, he decided to stay and devote his life to them. To the children, he becomes...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 362.19697 BLO

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Bo Burnham [DVD] : words, words, words.

    Bo Burnham : words, words, words.2010

    Summary: Bo Burnham brings you his first one-hour stand-up special from the House of Blues in Boston. Before he reached his 18th birthday, Burnham entered the mainstream consciousness with Internet videos of...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 792.76 BUR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • The brain [DVD]

    The brain2015

    Summary: Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain in an epic series that reveals the ultimate story of why people feel and think the things they do. The ambitious project blends...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Bridegroom [DVD]

    Bridegroom2013

    Summary: Shane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom Bridegroom in California after the same-sex marriage law is passed takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years is killed and his family refuses him from attending the funeral.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 346.73 BRI

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Buck [DVD]

    Buck2011

    Summary: "... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 636.1 BUC

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Cartel land [DVD]

    Cartel land2016

    Summary: In the Mexican state of Michoacan Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel. Meanwhile,...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 363.45 CAR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Chasing ice [DVD]

    Chasing ice2013

    Summary: Chronicles the efforts of nature photographer James Balog to document the receding of the Solheim glacier in Iceland, a consequence of climate change and global warming, in which strategically placed...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 551.5 CHA

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Command and control [DVD]

    Command and control2017

    Summary: The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 363.1799 COM

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • The crash reel [DVD]

    The crash reel2014

    Summary: The epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Kevin Pearce and Shaun White is documented in this exhilarating ride into the world of extreme snowboarding. With both practicing more and more breathtaking...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 796.939 CRA

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • The Dawn Wall [DVD]

    The Dawn Wall2018

    Summary: In January, 2015, American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson captivated the world with their effort to climb the Dawn Wall, a seemingly impossible 3,000 foot rock face in Yosemite...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 796.522 DAW

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Dear Zachary [DVD] : a letter to a son about his father

    Dear Zachary : a letter to a son about his father2009

    Summary: Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne begins making a film for Zachary, son of his oldest friend who was murdered by Zachary's mother. The film's focus shifts to Zachary's grandparents as they fight to win custody of Zachary from the woman who took their son's life.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 364.152 DEA

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Defying the Nazis [DVD] : the Sharps' war

    Defying the Nazis : the Sharps' war2016

    Summary: Tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 940.5318 DEF

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Deli man [DVD]

    Deli man2015

    Summary: Looks at the world of the delicatessen, the creation of Jewish immigrants as a way of preserving ethnic culinary traditions in the New World. Profiles Ziggy Gruber, co-owner of Kenny & Ziggy's New...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 647.95 DEL

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Dirt! [DVD] : the movie

    Dirt! : the movie2010

    Summary: Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 631.4 DIR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Dirty wars [DVD]

    Dirty wars2013

    Summary: It's the dirty little secret of the War on Terror: all bets are off, and almost anything goes. The rules of the game and of engagement have fundamentally changed. Today drone strikes, night raids,...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 355.3 DIR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • The eagle huntress [DVD]

    The eagle huntress2017

    Summary: Follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 799.232 EAG

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Earth [DVD]

    Earth2009

    Summary: A story of three animal families on a journey across our planet - polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. It captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 590 EAR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Earth emergency [DVD]

    Earth emergency2022

    Summary: "Listen to the scientists." That's the refrain of climate activist Greta Thunberg. Climate scientists explain how warming caused by human activity is setting in motion Earth's own natural warming...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 636.7387 EAR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Exit through the gift shop [DVD]

    Exit through the gift shop2010

    Summary: An eccentric French shopkeeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Banksy is a...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 751.73 EXI

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Expelled [DVD] : no intelligence allowed

    Expelled : no intelligence allowed2008

    Summary: Ben Stein travels the world on a quest to learn an awe-inspiring truth - that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure, and even fired for merely believing that there might be...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 231.765 EXP

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Fahrenheit 9/11 [DVD]

    Fahrenheit 9/112004

    Summary: Through actual footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore illustrates the connections President Bush has to the royal house of Saud of Saudia Arabia and the bin Laden's, how the...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 973.931 FAH

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Fahrenheit 11/9 [DVD]

    Fahrenheit 11/92018

    Summary: Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 973.933 FAH

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Fed up [DVD]

    Fed up2014

    Summary: Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 363.82 FED

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • A fierce green fire [DVD] : the battle for a living planet

    A fierce green fire : the battle for a living planet2012

    Summary: Spanning 50 years of grassroots and global activism, this Sundance documentary brings to light the vital stories of the environmental movement where people fought, and succeeded, against enormous odds.

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 333.72 FIE

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Foodmatters [DVD] : you are what you eat

    Foodmatters : you are what you eat2008

    Summary: A documentary that takes a look at the trillion dollar worldwide 'Sickness Industry', and exposes a growing body of scientific evidence indicating that nutritional therapy can be more effective, more...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 613.2 FOO

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • For all mankind [DVD]

    For all mankind2009

    Summary: A chronicle on mankind's journey to the moon, using no narration, only the voices of the astronauts and mission control. Music by Brian Eno. Special edition features include: Audio commentary...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 629.454 FOR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Free solo [DVD]

    Free solo2019

    Summary: Despite attempts by his friends, loved ones and his new girlfriend to dissuade him from this dangerous feat, Alex Honnold, the worlds most accomplished free soloist climber, prepares mentally and...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 796.522 FRE

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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  • Girl rising [DVD]

    Girl rising2014

    Summary: View a groundbreaking film, which tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine countries, written by nine celebrated writers and narrated by nine renowned actors. Viewers will see a...  more »

    DVD

    Call #: DVD 371 GIR

    Location: DVDs Nonfiction

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