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Pub. Date
(c)2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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...
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd.; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sit back, hang loose and travel along the California coast to surf Big Malibu as Dewey Weber, Miki Dora, Lance Carson and the local boyz strut their stuff on the wave they all claimed, that stretch of sand along Pacific Coast Highway called Surf Rider Beach. Hear a new original score that will take you back to a time when the beaches were pure and the waves were always breaking - surf music that makes you long for the rendezvous' ballroom, laying...
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the Funk Brothers, the group of musicians that played on every single hit Motown record from the label's beginnings to 1972. Inspired by the book "Standing in the shadows of Motown" by Allan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky.
5) Classic
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Since 1917, the small city of Nenana has been home to one of Alaska's largest traditions. Every year, residents come together to pull off the Nenana Ice Classic, a charitable guessing game that challenges any player to predict, at $2.50 a guess, the exact minute the ice on the Tanana River will break up. Beyond the city limits, luck-pushers and competitive gamblers see the Ice Classic as a means to make small dreams come true. As the tradition has...
6) Saving Jaws
Pub. 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.
7) Brazil
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Be astounded by the fifth largest country in the world, from the lost world of Amazonia, to the buzzing cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, a city of 30 million, where the super rich commute by helicopter. Meet remote tribes who pit their survival skills against gold diggers and loggers. In the entertaining company of good-natured host Michael Palin, delight in the spectacular landscape, food, music, beach life and unique cultural heritage of...
9) Bible idiots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Meet Chris Danielson. Even though he has a lot of experience with film and video technology he had never made a full-length movie before. Chris is a national syndicated radio show host, author, father of four grown children and a seminary trained Bible teacher and a standup comic. His wife Emilee is an accomplished writer and radio host as well, and she put pen to paper to help execute the vision God gave Chris.
10) In search of
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After the very public and sudden passing of his famous older brother (Johnny Lewis, the "Sons of Anarchy" TV series), Eric Lewis sets off across America to discover if there is life after goodbye.
11) Dark money
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana, a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide, to follow a local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
12) Buddy
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this delightful documentary about six amazing dogs and their heroic owners, legendary filmmaker Heddy Honigmann explores the close bond between animal and human.
13) Ancient Rome
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"How did the Romans create wonders of architecture and engineering way beyond anything ever seen before? This fascinating program reveals the stories and secrets behind the masterpieces that transformed Rome into the last superpower of the ancient world. State of the art digital effects recreate each wonder as it appeared centuries ago"--Publisher's website.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. The Story of Australia captures the stunning landscapes and people of contemporary Australia. Experience everyday Australian life through the eyes of people working on the ground including a wildlife ranger in Kakadu, a rodeo rider in rural NSW, a marine biologist on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and an architect in cosmopolitan Melbourne.
15) Unsupersize us
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Five subjects all suffer from common health issues and puts them on regimen of a plant based diet and exercise for six weeks. The results are impressive as the five people quickly turn their health around in the six-week period.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A team of nice Jewish baseball players takes on the world. It is the David-and-Goliath story of Israel's national baseball team as it competes for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of crushing defeats, Israel finally ranks among the world's best in 2017. Its roster includes many Jewish-American major leaguers, most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, barely any ever having set foot in Israel.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "This groundbreaking collaboration between Orca Network and filmmakers Rick Wood and Shari Macy tells the story of one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world and those who are working desperately to save them. Coastal Native tribes had a saying, 'No fish, no Blackfish,' which meant without Chinook salmon, their primary food source, there can be no orcas. 'Fragile waters' is the story of connectivity, balance and finding solutions....
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Description
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...
19) 12 Months
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This documentary is about a Los Angeles man who rents his three-bedroom home for $1 per month to help a family he has never met get on their feet. Told through the eyes of Felicia Dukes and her four children, the project puts a personal face on homelessness and encourages individuals to take personal responsibility for helping address societal concerns.
20) High ground
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eleven wounded U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, each, dealing with different issues and looking to move on with their lives. They join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. Led by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Mt. Everest summiteers as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to reach the top and heal the emotional and physical wounds of the longest war in U.S....
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