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In 1976, producer Graham Leader and director James Szalapski documented the outlaw songwriter scene that extended from Austin and Nashville. Included were then relative unknowns Steve Earle (ten years before he released his first album), Rodney Crowell and John Hiatt, plus their musical mentors Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, who delivers a memorable scene in his trailer-home, drunk with a BB gun. Born was Heartworn Highways, a cult classic documentary...
Publication Date
(c)2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Rather thank taking a reverent look back at an established artist, Bechard's new film serves as an introduction of sorts to a musical life in progress, diving deep into the evolving career of the gloriously talented Loveless and the bandmates alongside her. Lydia and company may be on a familar and off-repeated journey--from tour van to rock club to recording studio and repeat--but theirs is a singular vision thanks to the geniune, honest, and charismatic...
3) Wildcat
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As 24 year-old Flannery O'Connor is writing her first novel, she is already pondering huge questions of morality and humanity when she is diagnosed with lupus--the disease her father died from when she was a child. She decides to visit her mother despite their strained relationship, but her health crisis invokes a crisis of faith, and the lines between reality, imagination, and religion begin to blur.
Publication Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Inspired by the life of Waris Dirie, including how she escaped from an arranged marriage at the age of thirteen and embarked upon a two-hundred-mile journey across the desert of Somalia in an adventure that eventually led her into a modeling career.
Publication Date
[2021]
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Inside The Mind of Agatha Chirstie - Agatha Christie ranks as one of the most successful writers of all time. Combining rare access to Christie₂s family and her personal archive, the show gives viewers a never-before-seen look into the late crime writer₂s fascinating life story. Agatha Christie's England - retraces the celebrated English writer₂s footsteps across the United Kingdom. With access to both her family and those who lived with her...
6) Carlotta
Publication Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Based on the extraordinary life of the iconic Australian transgender pioneer, CARLOTTA is an uplifting celebration of finding your place in the world and making your mark against all odds.
Publication Date
[2005?]
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1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Documentary about comedian Lenny Bruce, who died in 1966. In his personal life he was a tortured soul, and his humor was ahead of the times, but his influence was enormous. He attacked hypocracy, racism, war and organized religion, and was rewarded by being hounded by the police.
8) Great circle
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Publication Date
2021.
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"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There --after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
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Publication Date
©2005
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2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (25 pages ; illustrations ; 18 cm)
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A fictionalized account of Abraham Lincoln's early years as a lawyer in Springfield, Ill. The film is essential John Ford Americana; Fonda's Lincoln is a mythic rugged individualist.
10) Amy
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The incredible story of six-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse - in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archival footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving, and vital film shines a light on our culture and the world we live in today.
Publication Date
p2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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"A unique collection of Johnny Cash performing 14 of his most popular hits, from his 1955 chart entry 'Cry, cry, cry' to the classic acoustic hit of the 90s 'Bird on a wire'"--Container.
Publication Date
[2020]
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Becoming "Leslie" is a documentary that reveals the inner and bizarre world of Albert 'Leslie' Cochran, a rebellious, cross-dressing homeless man who became the most unlikely civic symbol of Austin, Texas. Told with unapologetic humor, the film chronicles the steady career of a nomadic misfit turned a cultural icon while he searches for love and a true sense of home. Through Leslie, one man's efforts to preserve his own identity are paralleled with...
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A personal and emotional documentary that follows the lives of four people with bipolar disorder, a mental illness often stigmatized, ill-defined, and maltreated by medical professionals and the mainstream media.
Publication Date
[2019]
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2 videodiscs (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A tribute to Freddie Mercury, almost 30 years after his tragic death. Featuring contributions from his closest friends and colleagues plus fellow musicians and the finest critics, writers and broadcasters, this film also boasts extensive archive footage, interviews and news reports from the man himself and with the group which he so expertly co-created.
17) Transformation
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The dramatic true-life story intertwines the experiences of five individuals who have fought their way back from addiction and triumphed over darkness and despair.
18) Jeanne du Barry
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Jeanne du Barry follows Jeanne Vaubernier (Maïwenn), a working-class woman determined to climb the social ladder, using her charms to escape her impoverished life. Her lover, the Comte du Barry (Melvil Poupaud), wishes to present her to King Louis XV (Johnny Depp) and orchestrates a meeting through the influential Duke of Richelieu (Pierre Richard). The encounter goes far beyond his expectations for it was love at first sight for the King and Jeanne....
19) Dancer
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.
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