DVD Documentaries

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796.9801 2002

2002 Olympic Winter Games Highlights

Presents memorable highlights and new records set at the 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah Winter Olympics.
 

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956.707 TWENTYONE

21 Days to Baghdad

Take a comprehensive look at Operation Iraqi Freedom, from the military buildup and the shock and awe campaign to the firefight in Basra and the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue. With spectacular footage never before seen in the U.S. and emotional first-hand accounts of soldiers, reporters and National Geographic's award-winning production team, the film will provide an exclusive, insider's look at war strategy and the pivotal moments of the war.
 

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155.08 UP 42

42 Up

Follows a group of Britons from different economic and social backgrounds who have been interviewed by Michael Apted every seven years from the ages of seven to forty-two. Examines how close they are to achieving the dreams and ambitions of their childhood and youth.

New--see also The Up Series in this list--a complete set of all 6 documentaries in this series produced up to the present day.
 

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921 LINCOLN

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided

A six-part program which examines the Lincolns' family life and marriage, Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, and the Civil War era.
 

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960 NG

Africa

An epic series presenting Africa through the eyes of its people, conveying the beauty and diversity of the continent and the compelling personal stories of those who shape its future.
 

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364.1535 WUORNOS

Aileen: Life and death of a serial killer

Nick Broomfield explores the life of Aileen Wuornos, the
prostitute executed in Florida for killing six men. Includes
examinations of her childhood, testimony at her trial by Broomfield, and a chilling speech by Wuornos herself.

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623.9241 AIR

Air force one

National Geographic lets you take an unprecedented exclusive look inside the world's most famous plane. Features engaging interviews with past and present Presidents as well as details of the inner workings of this legendary aircraft.

ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS

The account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of
Dick Proenneke as he built a cabin in the remote wilderness of
the Twin Lakes Region of Alaska.

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976.403 ALAMO

The Alamo

Drawing upon rare archival materials, eyewitness battle accounts, and stirring reenactments, the video takes us inside the Alamo itself, were we relive the devastating battle and examine its lasting legacy. Narrated by Kenny Rogers.

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073.81 DAVENPORT

Always a Bridesmaid

On the eve of her 30th birthday, Nina Davenport has become obsessed with the institution of marriage and the missing ring on her finger. In “Always a bridesmaid” Nina confronts her fears from the trenches, where she works as a wedding videographer. She cross-examines failed love interests, interrogates nervous brides and wise spinsters, and gathers advice from anyone who will listen.
 

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646.7352 AMERICAN

American Mullet

Documentary film on the haircut, the mullet. The mullet is short in front and long in back.
 

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073.81 AMERICAN

American Pimp

Albert and Allen Hughes turn their documentary eye to the world of street pimps in this 1999 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Competition entry. The Black urban pimps interviewed reveal their world and their secrets in a film that is about power. We watch as they discuss their business, including percentages, lifestyles, stealing "ho's", and the Player's Ball. These men exude charm and charisma and boast rock star status in their communities. People are lured by the glamour and money, only to be used as commodities and tossed out once they have passed their prime. Also traces the history of the street pimp from the 20's to the present, with particular emphasis on the 70's pimp.
 

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623.933 STEALTH

America's deadliest weapon: the b-2 stealth bomber

Take a never-before-seen look inside the world's most powerful, deadly, and invisible aircraft. Includes segments on design, development, ordinance, and missions. Designers and pilots discuss the capabilities of the aircraft. Special features include 3-D interactive tour.
 

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921 FRANK, A

Anne Frank Remembered

Features vintage newsreel footage, photographs and a rare home movie to look beyond the celebrated pages of Anne Frank’s diary. Includes interviews with her friends, family and protector, Miep Gies.
 

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791.8655 ART

Art of Action

Documentary of martial arts in the movies, from its beginnings to the most current, action packed moments from today. Includes rarely seen footage and modern day favorites.
 

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355.025 ATOMIC

The Atomic Café

This collage film focuses on the 40's and 50's, showing clips of soldiers wearing sunglasses going into areas devastated by nuclear detonation and suburban families practicing using their bomb shelters. An entertaining look at how we got where we are.
 

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791.8615 BAAD

BaadAssss Cinema: A Bold Look at 70's Blaxploitation Films

In this groundbreaking documentary from the Independent Film channel, filmmaker Isaac Julien takes us back to the early 70s and the explosion of blaxploitation films, today one of American cinema's most beloved cult genres. The original guilty pleasure, these fun and energetic films had all the action, comedy, sex and groovy music you could want in two hours worth of entertainment.
 

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934.2729 BATTLE

The Battle for Midway

Dr. Robert Ballard leads a team of experts and four World War II veterans to Midway Island where the U.S. and Japan fought one of the fiercest battles of the war. They're in a race against time to find at least one of the downed aircraft carriers including the U.S.S. Yorktown.
 

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959.7395 BE GOOD

Be Good, Smile Pretty

Chronicles the heart-wrenching journey to understand and cope with the loss shared by the estimated 20,000 American children whose fathers were killed in Vietnam. Weaving emotionally compelling interviews with home movies, stock footage, and family photos. Along her journey, Tragos uncovers a 30-year-old mystery, as she comes to know her father as a man. Untangled from the memory of a war that wounded a nation. Some discoveries are almost too difficult to bear, it is ultimately the truth that allows her, and her entire family, to understand and move forward.

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943.0868 
BLIND

Blind Spot

The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary coming to terms with working for unspeakable evil after remaining silent for nearly 60 years. Traudl Junge was Adolf Hitler's secretary from 1942 until the end of the war. He dictated his last will and testament to her. She refused to speak publicly about her memories, keeping silent about her life, her trials and tribulations, until now, the end of her life.
 

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910.0755 BLUE

Blue Planet

Blue Planet dramatically reveals the forces affecting the earth's fragile ecological balance: hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes and, ultimately, humankind. Originally filmed for IMAX theaters.
 

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921 BONHOEFFER

Bonhoeffer

Documentary on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young German theologican who was one of the first to openly resist Adolf Hitler. Features photographs, archival footage, and interviews with family members, friends, students, and associates of Bonhoeffer, including the last interview with Bonhoeffer's close friend and historican, Eberhard Bethge.
 

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363.332 BOWLING

Bowling for Columbine

The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this bloodshed.
 

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073.81 BRANDON

The Brandon Teena Story

Documentary film about Brandon Teena, who arrived in rural Falls City, Nebraska, in 1993 where he finds some new friends. Three weeks later he is brutally raped and beaten by friends who discover that he is actually a woman. A week later the same two men murder Teena along with two other people. This is a tale of Brandon’s coming of age struggle with identity and how his gender ambiguity induced feelings of betrayal, confusion and hostility among residents of a town in America's heartland.

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921 NASH, J

A Brilliant Madness

Called 'the most remarkable mathematician of the second half of the century,' Nash suffered a devastating breakdown at the age of thirty. He suddenly claimed that aliens were sending him messages, became obsessed with secret numbers and saw conspiracies all around him. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Nash spent a decade in and out of mental hospitals, surviving with the support of his wife and former colleagues. During that time, a mathematical proof he'd written at the age of twenty became a foundation of modern economics. Sometime in the 1980s, he gradually began to recover. In 1994, Nash capped his remarkable return from madness by winning the Nobel Prize.
 

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364.1537 BROTHER'S

Brother's Keeper

"Brother's Keeper tells the story of the "Ward Boys," four eccentric brothers who shared the same dilapidated two-room shack for over 60 years. Living in isolation, without heat or running water, these elderly bachelors had virtually no contact with the outside world--until one was found dead in the bed he shared with his brother. By day's end, Delbert Ward "confessed" to suffocating his ailing brother as an act of mercy, but Munnsville believed Delbert had been framed. Was Delbert, an uneducated hermit with a low IQ, an innocent victim of police abuse? Was it a mercy killing--or was there another motive?
 

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364.157 BUS

Bus 174

A powerful, award-winning examination of the tragic series of
events that followed a desperate bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro
in 2000 that turned deadly when a SWAT team took evasive action
against the drug-addled hijacker.
 

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597.87 CANE

cane toads

Documents the history of the Cane Toad in Australia. The Cane
Toad - Bufo marinus - was imported to Australia in 1935 in an
attempt to rid the country of the greyback beetle, which was
devouring the sugarcane crop. Problem was, the beetle could fly,
and the cane toad couldn't. What the cane toad was unusually
proficient at, however, was making more cane toads. A humorous look at a serious problem.
 

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362.7631 CAPTURING

Capturing the Friedmans

The Friedman's seem to be a typical family from affluent Great Neck, Long Island. One Thanksgiving, as the family gathers for a quiet holiday dinner, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush inside. The police charge Arnold and his son Jesse with hundreds of shocking crimes. As police investigate, and the community reacts, the fabric of the family begins to disintegrate, revealing questions about justice, family and finally the truth.
 

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791.8624 CELLULOID

The Celluloid Closet

Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.

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921 GUEVARA

el che

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna was a most controversial figure before his death at age 39 in the Bolivian jungle. This documentary examines the myth and meaning of the 'most idolized revolutionary of the 20th century'.
 

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362.4944 CHILDREN

Children Underground

Documents a year in the lives of five homeless Romanian children, homeless in part as the result of the policies of deposed Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, who make their home in a subway station in Bucharest.
 

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566 WALKING

The Complete Walking with... (series)

Travel back in time with this popular BBC series to go walking with dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts. Narrated by Kenneth Branaugh

Contents:  Walking with dinosaurs -- Walking with prehistoric beasts -- Allosaurus.
 

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071.32 CONTROL

control room

A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian casualties as well as footage of American POW's, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration does not want the public to see.
 

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364.2 CRIMINALS

Criminals

A horrifying look at crime in America, using actual crime footage from police departments across the country and even from the criminals themselves. The film catches all sorts of lawbreakers in the act, ranging from a church elder with his hand in the till to a blood-chilling gang beating. We also see real-life interrogations, confessions and interviews with criminals guilty of serial rape, prostitution, murder, armed robbery and drug dealing.
 

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362.4997 
NY CITY

DARK DAYS

Documentary about a community of homeless people living in a train tunnel beneath Manhattan. Depicts a way of life that is unimaginable to most of those who walk the streets above: in the pitch black of the tunnel, rats swarm through piles of garbage as high-speed trains leaving Penn station tear through the darkness. For some of those who have gone underground, it has been home for as long as 25 years.
 

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791.892 DECADE

A Decade Under the Influence

A cast of pioneering writers, directors, and actors talk about the 70's, their films and their colleagues.
 

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289.7888 DEVIL'S

Devil's Playground

Looks at the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of rumspringa, which is a period in Amish teenagers' lives during which they are set free to explore the world outside the Amish life. This is so that they can make an informed decision before they make a commitment to join the church at adulthood. Follows four teenagers in their time of discovery.
 

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823.034 HARRY

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter

Explore the myths and legends that inhabit the real world of Harry Potter. Follow award winning documentary filmmakers as they offer insights to witches, wizards, Greek gods, ancient Celts, ghosts, magical creatures, alchemy, and ancient spells.
 

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303.635 CHOMSKY

Distorted Morality: A War on Terrorism?

A talk given by Noam Chomsky at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Wednesday, February 6, 2002. He discusses the United States definition of terrorism and foreign policy in regard to nations and groups considered to be guilty of terrorism. There is also a question and answer session. Noam Chomsky's bibliography, biography and curriculum vitae are included.
 

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978.026 DONNER

The donner party

Chronicles the tale of the pioneer group that set out for California in the spring of 1846 and ended in disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains the following winter.
 

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796.9298 DO YOU

Do You Believe in Miracles?: The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team

Presents the story of the U.S. Olympic hockey team’s victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Demonstrates the importance of motivation in any area of achievement.

EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS

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921 BAKKER

EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Narrated by RuPaul Charles, this documentary chronicles the life Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. Includes interviews with those associated with her and with her various ministries including the PTL Club.
 

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920 FAST

Fast, cheap & out of control

Acclaimed filmmaker Errol Morris paints a fascinating portrait
of four obsessed eccentrics. Morris weaves interviews with a
wild animal trainer, a topiary gardener, a robot designer and an
expert on the naked mole rat together with old movies, cartoons and stock footage for a compelling, kaleidoscopic look at the
very thin line which separates madness from genius.
 

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796.2378 FASTPITCH

Fastpitch

Jeremy Spear looks at fastpitch softball, America's last barnstorming sport, and goes on the road as part of Ashland, Ohio's team.
 

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371.108 FIRST

FIRST YEAR

Every year the United States hires 250,000 new teachers. On September 7, five teachers will begin their new journey. These five young teachers fight the real fight: educating our children, one child at a time. Shows the human side of the story, revealing all the determination and commitment it takes to survive in America's toughest school systems.
 

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921 BLAKE

Five wives, three secretaries and me

For her 25th birthday, New York filmmaker Tessa Blake flew to Houston to receive a million dollar trust fund from her father. Six months later, she went back with a movie camera. Five wives, three secretaries and me is the lovingly honest and compelling portrait of an 88-year-old multi-millionaire oil tycoon, hotshot lawyer and former Hollywood playboy Thomas Blake, as told by his ex-wives, his ex-wives' ex-husbands, family friends, loyal employees and even Blake himself.
 

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935.48 MCNAMARA

The Fog of war: Eleven Lessons from the life of Robert S. MacNamara

A captivating look at Robert S. McNamara, who was the Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Candid interviews about the decisions he made and the impact
they had on his career are mixed with archival footage and maps.
 

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618.9838 FORGETTING

The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's  

An exploration of Alzheimer's, taking both a sweeping and intimate look at how this cruel disease affects nearly five million Americans and their loved ones.
 

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921 WRIGHT, F

Frank Lloyd Wright

A PBS documentary on the life and work of the famous architect.
 

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629.456 FROM THE

From the Earth to the Moon

A 4 disc series on the history of the Apollo Program of the 1960s and 70s. Includes HBO "first look", special effects, a virtual tour of the solar system, 3D models of the ships, mission objectives, Kennedy's speech, and a time-line of the space missions.
 

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073.8 FULL
v. 1

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival: 7 complete Documentary Shorts

Features 7 award-winning short documentaries:

Laughing Club of India
Why Can't We be a Family Again?
We Got Us
Lucy Tsak Tsak
Family Values
Sunshine
Mojave Mirage

Full Frame Documentary SHORTS: Volume 2

Contents: 

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796.264 GO

Go Tigers

Welcome to Massillon, Ohio, where high school football is nothing short of religion. For the 33,000 people who live there, football is life--a veritable "cradle to grave" experience that begins in the maternity ward where coaches make visits to scout future linebackers, and ends in a customized football casket emblazoned with the Tigers mascot. On the heels of a losing year, the Tigers risk losing football in Massillon altogether, as an upcoming vote on a new tax levy is the only thing that will prevent massive budget cuts and the elimination of the football program.

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921 BEALE

Grey Gardens

Portrait of the relationship between Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie, once and aspiring actress in New York who left her career to care for her aging mother in their East Hampton home, and never left again. The aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis feed their cats and raccoons and rehash their pasts behind the walls of their decaying mansion, Grey Gardens.
 

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629.441 COLUMBIA

Hail Columbia!

Behind the scenes with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen as they prepare for the voyage of the world's first space shuttle.
 

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269.666 RATLIFF

Hell House

Just outside of Dallas, Texas a violent haunted house is serving as the pulpit for a modern-day fire and brimstone sermon. Taking the viewer behind the scenes, this documentary examines why this small town church has resorted to such graphic means of saving souls and allows us a brief glimpse of what they believe they're saving us from.
 

Hijacking catastrophe

Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home.

History of Britain

This 15-episode series covers the history of Great Britain from 3100 B.C. through the 20th century. Originally produced as a television series between 2000 and 2002. Includes biographies of key historical figures.

Horatio's drive: America's first road trip

Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than 3 months. A Ken Burns Film.

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364.154 KENNEDY

Image of an Assassination

Chronicles the history of the Zapruder film. Includes several versions of the film. Includes interviews with Zapruder's business associates, friends, as well as archivists at the National Archives and the photography experts who made the digital replicas of the original film.
 

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941.5013 IRELAND

In Search of Ancient Ireland

A look at the history and legends of ancient Ireland. Begins in 2000 B.C., when Stone Age farmers built some of the largest and most spectacular Neolithic monuments in Europe, and continues through 1167 A.D, when the Norman invasion placed Ireland under English control.
 

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725.18 PENTAGON

InSIDE THE PENTAGON

National Geographic takes you on a tour of the Pentagon.
 

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975.393 WHITE

InSIDE THE White House: America's Most Famous House

This National Geographic documentary takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the White House, including its private quarters. Interviews with White House staff members as well as every President and First Lady living at the time of production are included, as is a behind-the-scenes look at a state dinner preparation.
 

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945.64 INSIDE

InSIDE THE VATICAN

A journey inside the Vatican, featuring history, art, and personalities of history.
 

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265.94 GRIP

In the Grip of Evil

The issues of exorcism and demonic possession are explored within the context of the 1949 case of a thirteen-year-old boy on which William Peter Blatty based his novel The Exorcist.
Special features include newspaper accounts of the events, interviews with witnesses, and the original case study/diary of Father Halloran.
 

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933.212 INTO

Into the Arms of Strangers

The life-affirming tale of 10,000 children saved from Hitler's grasp and placed with foster parents and hostels in Great Britain at the outbreak of World War II. Includes archival footage and decades-later remembrances of both the rescuers and the rescued.
 

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938.74 ISLAM

Islam, Empire of Faith

Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
 

ISRAEL: A NATION IS BORN 

This six-part chronicle of the birth and development of the Jewish state is hosted and narrated by Abba Eban, former Israeli Ambassador. Features rare footage and interviews with world leaders. Depicts five decades of the turbulent history of Israel.

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364.1419 JAUNDICED

The Jaundiced Eye

This harrowing documentary chronicles the decade long trials and emotional traumas incurred by a gay Michigan man, Stephen Matthews and his straight father, Melvin Matthews, who were wrongfully accused by Stephen's ex-wife and her husband of molesting Stephen's son. Despite the fact that there was no physical evidence, both Stephen and Melvin Matthews were sentenced to 35 years in jail. Stephen Matthew's story is a horrifying example of justice miscarried in a society of legal labyrinths where science is easily confused about fact, and sexual orientation can provoke prosecutorial vendettas based upon long-held biases.
 

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796.53 JOURNEY

Journey Into Amazing Caves

Join Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach as they travel to unique and forbidding ice caves in Greenland, underwater caves in the Yucatan, terrestrial caves in the Grand Canyon and other spectacular locations. For those compelled to push their limits in the world's most hostile environments, the risk of fatal danger and thrill of new discovery are the everyday factors that make cave exploration such an awe-inspiring experience.
 

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973.9319 JOURNEYS

JOURNEYS WITH GEORGE: A HOME MOVIE

An unprecedented, all access pass to candidate George W. Bush in the months before he won the closest and most controversial presidential election in history. The documentary looks at the contradictions and seductions of big-time political reporting.
 

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362.498 JUPITERS

JUPITER'S WIFE

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981.1 KEEP

Keep the River on your Right: A Modern CannibaL Tale

Discusses the life of anthropologist Tobias Schneebaum, and the time he spent among cannibalistic tribes in the 1960s.
 

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951.905 FORGOTTEN

Korea: The Forgotten War

June 25, 1950, the 38th Parallel marked the beginning of a war that was to be like no other. Witness the non-stop action from the Pusan Perimeter conflict and General MacArthur's brilliant invasion at Inchon, to the offensive at Yalu River and the Chosin Reservoir battle. Experience the greatest moments of heroism as recorded on rare, archival footage, from the horrific battles to the final truce negotiations, through this overdue salute to America's valiant Armed Forces.
 

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940.4515 LUSITANIA

Last Voyage of the Lusitania

A look at the disaster that shocked the world on May 7, 1915 when the state-of-the-art ocean liner sank to a watery grave after being struck by a German U-Boat torpedo. Over 1100 passengers on the ocean liner died.

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791.8628 JEREMY

The Legend of Ron Jeremy

With nearly 25 years in the adult film industry and over 1,600 films to his name, Ron Jeremy is huge. He's made millions of dollars and slept with thousands of beautiful women and is indisputably the industry's biggest star. Classically unhandsome, big and hairy, he is a pop icon to millions.

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978.021 BURNS, K

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

An account of the famous "1804-1806" expedition of Lewis & Clark commissioned by President Jefferson after the U.S. purchased a vast tract of land from France in 1803 extending west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
 

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973.3 LIBERTY

liberty: The american revolution

A documentary of the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations.
 

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296.833 LIFE

a life apart: hasidism in america

A life apart relates the story of the creation, adjustments and growth of post-Holocaust Hasidic communities in the United States.
 

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306.7339 LIFESTYLE

The lifestyle: swinging in america

This 1999 documentary takes a two year, in-depth journey into group sex in the suburbs through swingers' homes, workplaces, conventions, and parties.
 

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921 DENGLER

Little dieter needs to fly

Growing up in post-WWII Germany, all Dieter Dengler, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, dreamed about was becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered a hair-raising escape and eventually returned to the U.S. His story is recounted here via interviews with Dengler, archival footage and new footage seamlessly spliced together.
 

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791.874 LOST

Lost in La Mancha

Tracks maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam's madcap mission to film "The man who killed Don Quixote". He struggles to complete his masterpiece, all the while beset by obstacles of such epic proportions that not even Hollywood could have concocted them. Capturing the mayhem on camera, filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are granted unlimited, behind-the-scenes access to Gilliam's frantic but inspired creation.
 

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910.5643 MEDITERR

Lost Ships of the Mediterranean

A marine geologist and an archaeologist explore the Mediterranean, and discover two shipwrecks, the oldest ever found. The ships originated in Phoenicia, burdened with their cargo of wine. Whether storms, pirates, or worse sealed their fate will never be known.

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266.08 BAKER

Mama heidi

After hearing about the conditions in Mozambique, Christian missionaries  Heidi and Rolland Baker decided to go there and work with the poorest of the poor. They made a difference by adopting a dilapidated orphanage. This documentary shows how Heidi and Rolland are a powerful inspiration for many in Mozambique, Africa and around the world.
 

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976.7098 BLOUNT

The Main Stream

Humorist Roy Blount, Jr. takes us on an off-beat journey down the Mississippi River in this poignant and amusing odyssey along the river that Mark Twain immortalized over a century ago. Blount is a natural choice for river guide as he brings his own unique brand of wit and wisdom to capture the many eccentricities of contemporary American life. Blount introduces a cast of unforgettable characters along this great liquid divide-- the literal main stream of America. From a gay newlywed game at Minnesota's Mall of America to a rodeo at America's toughest prison in Angola, Louisiana, Blount boldly throws himself into each new encounter. Following a heated stone-skipping contest with Garrison Keillor, he meets a French chef who touts swamp rats as a culinary delicacy, an award-winning newspaper editor serving a life sentence for murder, the founder and curator of the "Elvis is Alive" museum, and dozens of other truly unique personalities who champion beliefs and lifestyles that fall outside of mainstream culture. Along the way, Blount discovers that America is not nearly as homogenous as he previously had feared, and his journey becomes a true celebration of diversity, eccentricity, and the freedom of expression.
 

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921 LUTHER

Martin Luther

Martin Luther nailed his treatise to the doors of the Wittenberg Cathedral and forever changed the Christian world. This previously obscure German monk unleashed forces that would plunge Europe into war and chaos. He offered the Christian world a new vision of man's relationship with God and, in turn, redefined man's relationship with authority in general, bringing the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age. A PBS documentary.
 

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959.7399 LIN

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision

Reveals the origins of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and tells the story of its 21 year old creator, a Yale architecture student. Lin’s plan was selected from over 1,000 different designs. And what began as one of the country's most bitterly disputed monuments became one of the world's most inspirational and frequently visited memorials.
 

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629.4814 MIR

Mission to Mir

Shows how American and Russian astronauts train for life aboard the Russian space station Mir, and, in film taken by the American astronauts in space, shows how the astronauts live, work, and entertain in a zero-gravity environment. Includes a brief review of the history of manned space flight. Features American astronaut Shannon Lucid.
 

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364.66 LEUCHTER

MR. DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED a. lEUCHTER

Acclaimed filmmaker Errol Morris presents the provocative and chilling true story of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., a self-taught execution expert who consulted across the country to make capitol punishment more humane. Later, Leuchter became a hero to Holocaust revisionists due to his beliefs about the function of Auchwitz.

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796.838 ALI, M

Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story

Muhammad Ali arrived at a turbulent time... issues were everywhere and everyone had an opinion. Yet Ali transcended it all, risking everything to take a stand and defend his beliefs. In the end, Ali became the foremost citizen on the planet and the most recognizable face in the world. This is his whole story.

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297.63 MUHAMMAD

Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet

Tells the story of the seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shape the lives of more than 1.2 billion people. Three years in the making, the film takes viewers not only to ancient Middle Eastern sites where Muhammad's story unfolds, but also into the homes, mosques and workplaces of some of America's estimated seven million Muslims to discover the many ways in which they follow Muhammad’s example.
 

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364.153 TILL

The murder of emmett till

The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
 

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702.813 NAKED

Naked States

In a five month journey photographing nudes in every state, Naked States follows artist Spencer Tunick's quest to photograph nudes in public settings across the country. Bear witness to some of America's most fascinating subcultures, from the country's largest biker rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, to the Mojave Desert's eccentric Burning Man Festival, to a huge outdoor Phish concert--here Tunick has no idea if he will get 10 people or 1,000 people to pose. In this movie, art, politics, body image, and American culture come together in some very unexpected ways.
 

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796.75 ON

on any sunday

Explores the world of motorcycling and motorcycle racing and
looks at the men who take chances with this dangerous sport. Professional riders such as Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Smith are
featured. Includes a special tribute to Steve McQueen.
 

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303.6394 MUNICH

ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER

They were billed as the 'Olympics of Peace and Joy' but became
the Olympics of terror -- Munich 1972. An extreme Palestinian
group called Black September held 11 Israeli athletes hostage in
the Olympic village while the world looked on, incredulous.
Using extraordinary archive footage, music and interviews with
those who took part (including the only surviving member of the
Black September group), One Day in September tells the
dramatic story of what happened in Munich during those 21
hours.
 

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539.72 POLLOCK

Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos
(4 discs)

Filmed college lectures on particle physics by Stephen Pollack
 

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073.81 PARTY'S

The Party's Over

In The Party's Over, filmmakers Rebecca Chaiklin and Donovan Leitch follow host Philip Seymour Hoffman on a similar odyssey across America looking at democracy.  Filmed in 2000, Hoffman attends the Democratic and Republican national conventions, as well as the conventions of the Christian Coalition, the Green Party, the Shadow Convention, and others.  He talks to such diverse people as Robert Reed, Willie Nelson, Michael Moore, and Eddie Vedder.  He talks to protesters at the conventions and hometown activists from across the country.  He looks at how the democratic process is (or isn’t) working in America today.
 

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266.023 PEACE

PeaCE CHILD

The true story of Christian missionaries Don and Carol Richardson and their work among the Sawi people of New Guinea.
 

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934.26 HISTORY

Pearl Harbor

In Japanese, tora means "tiger." In December of 1941, "tiger, tiger, tiger" was the code phrase that unleashed one of history's most devastating surprise attacks. But the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor also awakened the "sleeping giant" of American military might, and in the process, sealed Japan's fate.
 

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324.72 PERFECT

A perfect candidate

In 1994 former Marine Oliver North ran for the U.S. Senate
against Charles Robb. This DVD documents the race.
 

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933 PERILOUS

Perilous Fight: America’s World War II in Color

This DVD brings America's wartime experience, on the battlefield and at home, vividly and intimately to life. The series combines original color film footage with compelling passages from diaries and letters written by people who were part of an unforgettable period of history."
 

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306.8725 POP

Pop & Me

A father and son filmmaking team travel the world collecting candid and touching stories from fathers and sons, including Julian Lennon talking about his famous father John Lennon.
 

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303.63 CHOMSKY

Power and Terror: noam chomsky in our times

Chomsky places the terroist attacks of 9/11 in the context of
American foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades--in
Vietnam, Central America, the Middle East and
elsewhere.
 

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571.7001 PREHISTORIC

Prehistoric America: A Journey through the Ice Age and Beyond

Journey through the prehistory of North America - beginning 14,000 years ago when people were first entering this vast continent. Witness ancient beasts, mammoths, and mastodons, and see how their successors carry on their legacy.
 

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796.415 PUMPING

Pumping Iron

Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.

Based on the book by Charles Gaines and George Butler.

Special features: Iron and Beyond: explores the impact on the fitness industry and Hollywood's idea of the action hero; Raw Iron: The Making of Pumping Iron - includes exclusive outtakes and an interview reunion; Iron Insights: a 2003 in-depth interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger, in which he finally answers controversial questions frequently asked about the film; video biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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523.43 RED

Red planet: mars

Tour of Mars using 700 detailed maps with computer enhanced
features.
 

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934.26 ARIZONA

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Infamy Plus Fifty

The complete story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Includes rare archival images, spectacular underwater photography and the eyewitness accounts of Pearl Harbor survivors. Also visits the Punchbowl Cemetery and The USS Arizona Memorial.
 

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921 KENNEDY, R

RFK

This probing and perceptive biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of the third Kennedy son, Robert Francis Kennedy. A man who would almost certainly have been president if his violent assassination hadn't intervened. Features extensive interviews with family members, friends, journalists, Washington insiders, and civil rights activists. Profiles the pivotal roles RFK played in the many major events of the 1960's - the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the war in Vietnam.
 

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ROGER & me

When hard times came to his hometown, Michael Moore sunk every penny he had into filming "Roger & Me". He emerged as a modern folk hero, because he doggedly and hilariously pursued what every working person wants to do--talk to the man at the top. Moore's efforts to meet General Motors chairman Roger Smith and to get Smith to visit Flint, Michigan provide the framework for the film.
 

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658.85 SALESMAN

salesman

"A landmark documentary ... Captures in vivid detail the bygone
era of the door-to-door salesman. While laboring to sell a
gold-embossed version of the Holy Word, Paul Brennan and his
colleagues target the beleaguered masses, then face the demands
of quotas and the frustrations of life on the road. Following
Brennan on his daily rounds, the Maysles discover a real-life Willy Loman, walking the line from hype to despair".
 

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364.4 SCARED

Scared Straight!: Scared Straight 20 Years Later

Scared straight! profiles a unique juvenile crime-prevention program at New Jersey's Rahway maximum-security prison, recounting the day seventeen teenage lawbreakers spent inside the prison with the some of New Jersey's most dangerous criminals. In an attempt to scare the kids out of their criminal ways, prisoners took turns describing prison life, emphasizing its worst features. Scared straight! 20 years later traces the subsequent lives of the teens and convicts featured in the original documentary.
 

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910.551 TITANIC

Secrets of the Titanic

Armed with sophisticated equipment, Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and his team of researchers become the first humans to see and photograph the Titanic since its sinking more than 70 years ago.
 

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306.722 SHERMANS

sherman's march

Ross McElwee's quest for true romance takes him along General Sherman's Civil War march with laughable results.
 

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616.9708 SILVERLAKE

Silverlake Life: The View from Here

An extraordinary video diary of living with AIDS. Told with guts and humor by longtime companions Tom Joslin and Mark Massi, this powerful documentary celebrates the human spirit while capturing the emotional challenges of living with a fatal illness.
 

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796.838 SMASHING

Smashing Machine

A sport so dangerous, it was once banned in the United States. No-holds-barred fighting is simple in concept and savage in execution: one ring, two fighters and no rules. Looks at the world of extreme fighting. The number one ranked fighter in the world, Mark Kerr seems invincible in the ring, yet he has a dysfunctional personal life and an alarming dependency on drugs. Kerr's friend and cornerman Mark Coleman prepares to battle his own demons. As Kerr and Coleman each struggle for personal redemption, the true bonds of their friendship are put to the test.
 

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306.7588 SOUTHERN

Southern Comfort

Robert Eads is a 52 year-old wise-cracking Toccoa, Georgia cowboy who was born female and transitioned into living as a man after bearing two sons. Fifteen years later, he has fallen in love with Lola Cola, a woman who was born male. Together they are coping with Robert's terminal case of ovarian cancer.
 

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372.4925 SPELLBOU

Spellbound

Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers.
 

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623.938 SPY

spy in the sky

In the spring of 1960, a CIA spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Overnight, the U-2 became the most famous aircraft in the world and Francis Gary Powers, who miraculously survived the crash, achieved instant notoriety that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Behind the scenes of this dramatic incident is the incredible tale of a team of engineers and courageous pilots who raced against the clock to design, perfect, and deploy the U-2.
 

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364.3 STEVIE

STEVIE

The filmmaker returns to rural southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie, a troubled boy the filmmaker knew 10 years earlier as a college student and volunteer in the Big Brother program. Stevie has now grown to adulthood. The film began as a way of discovering what forces shaped Stevie's life. Part way through the filming, Stevie is arrested for a serious crime, and tears his family apart. The modest profile turned into a chronicle of Stevie, his broken family, the justice system and the filmmaker himself.
 

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613.2029  SUPER

SuPER SIZE ME

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if
fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or
drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least
once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the
country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number
of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why
37% of American are now overweight. Spurlock's grueling diet
spirals him into a metamorphosis that will make you think twice
about picking up another Big Mac.
 

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356.74 NATIONAL

Surviving West Point

National Geographic goes behind-the-scenes at West Point as fresh-faced cadets are pushed, shoved and stretched beyond their physical and emotional limits and prepared to sacrifice his or her life for duty, honor and country.
 

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741.508 MCFARLANE

Todd McFarlane: The Devil You Know

Todd McFarlane is the most successful comic book artist in history. His multi-million dollar entertainment empire encompasses comics, action figures, television, video games, and music videos. The "Spawn" comic creator has sold more copies than any other urban drama character including Batman, Spider-man, and Superman. He is a self-confessed man of "contradictions and inconsistencies", who ultimately just wants to play by his own rules.
 

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959.7378 RETURN

Tom Hanks Presents: Return with Honor

A documentary film that interviews American pilots who became prisoners of war in Vietnam and shows footage of the prison camps and captured prisoners.
 

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796.528 SIULA

TOUCHING THE VOID

After scaling the never-before-climbed 21,000-foot Siula Grande, climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, face their greatest
challenge yet: getting back down. Tragedy strikes when Simpson
shatters his leg and they are separated by a series of mishaps.
 

In the 1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands--even millions--of dollars from bowls that burped. "Tupperware ladies" fanned out across the nation's living rooms, selling efficiency and convenience to their friends and neighbors through home parties. This PBS production charts the rise of the company and the partnership of its founders.

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973.9709 UNPRECED

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

The riveting story about the battle for the presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. What emerges is a disturbing picture of an election marred by suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices, and sinister voter purges in a state governed by the winning candidate's brother.
 

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155.08
UP 7-42

The up series

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973.9235 WEATHER

WEATHER UNDERGROUND

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920 ORTEGA

Who the hell is juliette

Yuliet is a sixteen year old prostitute who lives in Havana. A fateful meeting with Fabiola Quiroz, a melancholy Mexican model, changes Yuliet's life. The filmmaker weaves a fascinating story with a sweeping and totally innovative nonlinear style exploring the conincidences and parallels that brought these women together.
 

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591.55 WINGED

Winged Migration

Three years of shooting were needed by five teams in order to follow bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to another, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.
 

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920.4145 
HENRY VIII

The Wives of Henry VIII

The true story of the women behind the throne, and what became of them.
 

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920 WRIGHT

Wright stuff

The story of the Wright brothers and the invention of the
airplane.
 

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303.6335 WTC

WTC: The First 24 Hours, 9.11.2001

Shot by an independent filmmaker, this documents the first 24 hours at "ground zero" in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. It begins with the fall of the twin towers, travels through the smoldering site showing people on the site working in a fervor, then dazed and trance-like. The images speak for themselves intentionally devoid of commentary and music.