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21) Getting over
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man discovers a box of interviews with his father, a heroin addict who died of AIDS in 1997. What he finds will uncover generations of family secrets, forcing him to redefine his own past, doubt his present, and question his future.
22) Gilbert
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gilbert Gottfried rose to fame in the 1980s thanks to his brash stand-up act and personality. Now, after decades of flying solo in both his work and in his personal life, Gilbert has shockingly reinvented himself as a family man.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this highly anticipated, official fully authorized feature documentary, the absolute instigator of rock and roll, Chuck Berry is truly revealed, with exclusive access, including first ever contributions from Mrs. Berry and the Berry family.
24) Ray
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ray is the triumphant and remarkable story of one of America's true musical geniuses, Ray Charles.
26) Papillon
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thrilling adventure of an escape from a French Guiana prison.
27) I, Tonya
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a dark comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous and poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan. I, Tonya is an absurd, irreverent, and piercing portrayal...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of author P.G. Wodehouse who came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War. The master of fanciful plots had become a pawn in one of the biggest propaganda battles of the war between Germany and the Allies over the entry of the United States into the conflict.
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jacques Goldstein goes on a quest for a specter, a specter that haunts jazz. Who was Ornette Coleman, the saxophonist and composer to whom we owe the invention of free jazz? If his seminal body of work is now, rightfully so, fully recognized, the man remains deliberately mysterious and enigmatic. The director visits and interviews musicians who owe him a lot. A portrait of Ornette takes shape as these sketches gradually unfold, the man who thought...
Pub. Date
©1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Fueled by a suitcase full of pharmaceuticals, journalist Raoul Duke and his sidekick Dr. Gonzo set off on a fast and furious ride through nonstop neon, surreal surroundings and a crew of the craziest characters ever. But no matter where misadventure leads them, Duke and Gonzo discover that sometimes going too far is the only way to go."--Back of container.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adele is a double Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter who caught the attention of the media after becoming the first recipient of the Critics Choice award at the BRIT Awards in 2008. 'Fire And Rain' tells the story of Adele plus interviews and more. A superb unauthorized documentary.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The inspiring story of Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Harry Chapin. Chapin sold over sixteen million albums and was one of his generation's most beloved artists and activists who spent his fame and fortune trying to end world hunger before his tragic passing. The film features a myriad of other performers intimately reflecting on Chapin₂s larger-than-life impact on music and the world.
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the life and work of Richard Feynman, Nobel prize-winning physicist, best known for his work on the atom bomb, his theory of quantum thermodynamics, and his contribution to the investigation into the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Robert Frank, now 91 years old, is among the most influential artists of the last half-century. His seminal volume, The Americans, published in 1958, records the Swiss-born photographer's candid reactions to peculiarly American versions of poverty and racism. Today it is a classic work that helped define the off-the-cuff, idiosyncratic elegance that are hallmarks of Frank's artistry.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documents the life and work of rock guitarist Duane Allman. Includes contributions from engineers and producers the Albert Brothers, who forged the Allman Brothers and the Derek & the Dominos sound; Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section founding members David Hood and Jimmy Johnson; Paul Hornsby and Pete Carr, former members of the Hour Glass; Willie Perkins, Allman Brothers road manager, 1970-1975; Allman biographers Randy Poe and Scott Freeman; E.J. Devokaitis,...
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor, and arrogance. His life and career were marked by power, scandal, and tragedy.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
If it hadn't been for a bottle of scotch and a late-night visit from musician Gregg Allman, Jimmy Carter might never have been elected the 39th President of the United States. This documentary charts the mostly forgotten story of how Carter, a lover of all types of music, forged a tight bond with musicians Willie Nelson, the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan and others.
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This feature documentary by filmmaker Kasper Collin is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together.
39) Endless poetry
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Narrates the years of the Chilean artist's youth during which he liberated himself from all of his former limitations, from his family, and was introduced into the foremost bohemian artistic circle of 1940s Chile.
40) Pollock
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and fortune comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt; before...
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