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1) Cat daddies
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Man has found a new best friend in this heartwarming collective portrait of nine unique men whose lives have been proudly and forever changed by their love for cats.
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least-known stories of the Cold War.
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Liv Varanakis's father fled to Greece when she was only eight. What Liv does remember is their shared love for Greek myths and the lost city of Atlantis. When she receives a postcard from her father explaining that National Geographic is funding a documentary about his theories on Atlantis, she jumps at the chance to fly out to Greece and help. On gorgeous Santorini, Liv doesn't want their past to get in the way of a possible reconciliation. But her...
4) Djibouti
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In a modern-day pirate story, ambitious documentary filmmaker Dara Barr and her right-hand man, Xavier LeBo, a seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, get more than they bargained for on the Horn of Africa.
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Tech billionaire Miles Cookson has everything he could dream of-- except time. Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, there is a fifty percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. Two decades ago young, struggling Miles was a sperm donor. Somewhere out there, he has kids-- nine of them. And they might be about to inherit his fortune-- or maybe something much worse. Aspiring film documentarian Chloe Swanson is on a quest to...
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In a novel of breathtaking reach and inspired imagination, the Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler's Ark tells the stories of two men who have much in common. What separates them is 42,000 years. Shade lives with his second wife amid their clan on the shores of a bountiful lake. A peaceable man, he knows that when danger threatens, the Hero ancestors will call on him to kill, or sacrifice himself, to save his people. Over 40,000 years later,...
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Hosted by Corbin Bernsen and based on the best-selling book by Dr. Michael S. Heiser, casts a light on the strange and enigmatic plane of the supernatural that lies within the pages of Scripture. What we discover are two distinct worlds with vastly different inhabitants created and ruled by one loving triune God.
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Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever mounted, now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world - with glowing reviews, global publicity, and tickets sold out through the entirety of its run - the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer retrospective is nothing short of an historic event. Suzanne Raes's film follows curators, conservators, collectors, and experts in their joint mission to shine a new light...
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. When three bodies are discovered in Big Horn County, Montana, an area known as "the most dangerous place in the country" for Native American women, local authorities first ignore each death before ruling them accidental, leaving the victims' loved ones to deal both with their loss and the indifference of local law enforcement. As sorrow turns to outrage, however, a vibrant and fearless movement is formed to search for the truth and bring attention...
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[2023]
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1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. After quitting his job and getting dumped, filmmaker and nature enthusiast Fraser Jones decides to spend all his money on a camera and campervan to follow the miraculous 3,000-mile migration of the Monarch Butterfly across North America with high hopes of hosting the next great children's nature show.
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[©2001]
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1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. At the turn of the 20th century, Sephardic Jews came to America by the thousands. Arriving in Seattle, many found work in the newly finished Pike Place Market, becoming produce peddlers, fish mongers and restaurateurs. Their community prospered and is today the third largest in the world.
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[2017].
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1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A documentary film that takes viewers on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that, by changing one's perceptions, beliefs, and emotions, the human body can heal itself from any disease.
14) Quentins
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While filming a documentary about Quentins, a famed Dublin restaurant, Ella Brady explores the changing face of the city from the 1970s to the present day as she captures the stories of the people who have made Quentins a center of their lives.
15) Downwind
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2023.
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living downwind.
16) Knuckleball!
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[2013]
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1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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"From acclaimed filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg this heartfelt, funny and deeply engaging film delves into the legendary subculture of the knuckleball and the brotherhood of men who share the drive, imagination and humility to throw baseball's slowest, most disrespected pitch."--Container.
The definitive documentary about the impossible-to-hit pitch, the knuckleball.
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Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Branching off of his bestselling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work in this enlightening documentary. Presenting ecological, biological, and academic expertise with matter-of-fact candor, Peter inspires us to see the forest for the trees. Traveling through Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Vancouver, Peter discusses, debates, and explains the amazing processes...
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A captivating crime documentary about the heist one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, 1985, Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre," which was brazenly cut from its frame while hanging at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in the New Mexico home of an eccentric married couple with a keen eye for great works but a very unconventional method of collecting them.
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[2022]
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"A real-life, modern-day odyssey, with a deep universal message of resiliency, hope and second chances. U.S. Navy veteran Taylor Grieger and writer Stephen O'Shea embark on the adventure of a lifetime, sailing around Cape Horn, the world's most treacherous ocean waters, to raise awareness about the challenges veterans face returning to civilian life." -- Amazon.
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This visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of Canadian west coast tree planters. Deftly weaving together still photos and film footage, Rita Leistner, an award-winning photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker and erstwhile tree planter (who has been nominated for a 2022 Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography for her work in this film), depicts the contradictions in the experiences...
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