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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.
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Call #: DVD 304.28 ELE
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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...
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Call #: DVD 973.7 ABR
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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...
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Call #: DVD 782 ADE
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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.
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Call #: DVD 792.8 ALI
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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.
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Call #: DVD 782 AMA
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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...
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Call #: DVD 331.89 AME
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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...
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Call #: DVD 970 AME
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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...
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Call #: DVD 998.9 ANT
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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...
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Call #: DVD 792.8 BAL
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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...
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Call #: DVD 782 BAN
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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...
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Call #: DVD 791.53 BEI
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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...
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Call #: DVD 759.2 HOC
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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...
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Call #: DVD 362.19697 BLO
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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...
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Call #: DVD 792.76 BUR
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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...
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Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA
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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.
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Call #: DVD 346.73 BRI
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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...
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Call #: DVD 636.1 BUC
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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,...
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Call #: DVD 363.45 CAR
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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...
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Call #: DVD 551.5 CHA
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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...
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Call #: DVD 363.1799 COM
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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...
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Call #: DVD 796.939 CRA
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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...
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Call #: DVD 796.522 DAW
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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.
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Call #: DVD 364.152 DEA
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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...
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Call #: DVD 940.5318 DEF
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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...
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Call #: DVD 647.95 DEL
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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.
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Call #: DVD 631.4 DIR
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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,...
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Call #: DVD 355.3 DIR
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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...
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Call #: DVD 799.232 EAG
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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.
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Call #: DVD 590 EAR
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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...
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Call #: DVD 636.7387 EAR
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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...
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Call #: DVD 751.73 EXI
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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...
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Call #: DVD 231.765 EXP
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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...
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Call #: DVD 973.931 FAH
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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.
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Call #: DVD 973.933 FAH
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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...
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Call #: DVD 363.82 FED
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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.
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Call #: DVD 333.72 FIE
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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...
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Call #: DVD 613.2 FOO
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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...
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Call #: DVD 629.454 FOR
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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...
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Call #: DVD 796.522 FRE
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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...
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Call #: DVD 371 GIR
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