Gravitas Ventures (Firm)
2) Meltdown
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For years Lynn Davis has photographed the icebergs of Greenland, now with a climate change expert, they explore the implications for the planet.
4) Chicklit
Publication Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
ChickLitis a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down. They group write a chick lit, or more specifically a ‘mummy porn’ novel in the style of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and it gets snapped up. The only snag is that the publisher insists that the young woman ‘author’ does press and publicity. The guys have to keep their involvement a secret and so engage an out of work actress to ‘role play’ the part...
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cats might be cute, but they are also an invasive species. This documentary reveals the staggering impact of outdoor cats on the environment through the work of ecologists and cat rescuers in a small, depressed town.
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The untold story of a remarkable American civil rights pioneer, Father Divine, who at one time had over a million followers worldwide but whose story is little known because he claimed that he was God incarnate.
7) Beyond sixty
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. The myth that older women are invisible is shattered in this look at remarkable women thriving, and leading lives that defy perceptions
8) Bee nation
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Saskatchewan in 2016, students are competing in the first ever province-wide First Nations Spelling Bee. The winners will travel with their families to Toronto, Ontario for the 29th Annual national championships of the Spelling Bee of Canada.
Publication Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. On Thanksgiving Day 1987, residents of Neskowin, a small town on the North Oregon Coast, discovered the savagely murdered body of Alain Malessard, a French citizen, in a closed, U.S. Forest Service campground.
11) I am a Mennonite
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Filmmaker Paul Plett travels on a journey across the globe in search of his Mennonite roots and identity. From Canada to Ukraine to The Netherlands, Plett meets Mennonites from all walks of life as he retraces the steps of his ancestors, seeking to answer a simple question: What does it mean to be a Mennonite?
12) The other fellow
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. A film about men, real men. Named James Bond.
17) Wuhan wuhan
Publication Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. When the city of Wuhan, China locked down at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was nearly impossible to get a clear sense of what was happening. But award-winning filmmaker Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) and a group of intrepid videographers were able to document life at the epicenter. In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, it is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis....
18) Saving Jaws
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow Ocean Ramsey, a conservationist famous worldwide for swimming with great white sharks, as she travels the globe creating awareness for declining shark populations and the ecological impact of over-fishing.
19) The gateway bug
Publication Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the dramatic rise and fall of edible insect start-ups in America this documentary explores cultural taboos in diet and agriculture to find clues in fixing our broken food system. Tackling food security in climate catastrophe through commercial cricket farming in the rust belt, to bug eating festivals keeping Austin weird.
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"They say she was beautiful. A dream. But for all her good looks, she was also a killer. Spitfire is an epic, sweeping tale of determination, vision and courage. It is the story of an airplane that was forged in competition, shaped as the war clouds gathered, and refined in the white heat of combat going on to become the most famous fighter plane ever made. Credited with changing the course of world history, this is the story of the Spitfire told...