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Publisher
Family Theatre Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A true story of a poor Irish immigrant who sets sail for America in 1928 with dreams of becoming a millionaire. Stricken with tuberculosis and miraculously healed through prayer, he spends his life, with the help of the most iconic celebrities of Hollywood, championing the message worldwide, "The family that prays together stays together."
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[=2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For some 25 years, Frontline producer Ken Dornstein has been haunted by the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a terrorist act that killed 270 people, including his older brother David. Now, Dornstein sets out to find the men responsible, hunting for clues to the identities and whereabouts of the suspects in the ruins and chaos of post-Qaddafi Libya in this rare, real-life spy thriller.
Publisher
MVDvisual
Pub. Date
2016, 2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary on rock singer Janis Joplin, with her own words telling much of the story through a series of letters she wrote home over the years, read by Chan Marshall. Includes interviews with musicians P!nk, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis, TV presenter Dick Cavett, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, the Joplin family, and others.
Publisher
Deskpop Entertaiment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (53 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The dashing, dazzling and debonair Douglas Fairbanks was the movie star who swash buckled in Zorro, dueled exuberantly in Robin Hood and soared magnificently in The Thief of Bagdad. He was the "First King of Hollywood." His life story unfolds with American history and the emergence of the film industry as a backdrop. His films crossed all borders. His physique and style made him the perfect American icon. At a time when the country did not have any...
Publisher
Voltage Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (103 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines Boris Karloff's 60-year career in the entertainment industry and his enduring legacy as one of the 20th century's greatest horror icons.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This landmark documentary features in-depth interviews with her sons, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, speaking in detail about that week's events from the moment they heard the news of their mother's death to the day of the funeral itself, as well as reflecting more broadly on her life and what she meant to them both then and now. The film includes other family members, close friends, political figures and journalists, many of them speaking...
Language
English
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Description
Filmed on location at many places actually frequented by the real persons portrayed and featuring a script written from primary sources, this documentary tells the life story of American author Louisa May Alcott, chronicling her efforts to rescue her family from poverty and find wealth, fame, and happiness for herself. Includes animations and commentary from Alcott scholars, novelist Geraldine Brooks, and the "literary sleuths" who uncovered Alcott's...
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the 1980s, Corey Pegues was embroiled in a life of crime as a member of New York's City's infamous Supreme Team gang. After a near-death gang confrontation, Pegues flees the city, only to return years later as a rising star in the NYPD. When Pegues speaks publicly in support of police reform, he becomes a target within the department, and details of his former life are thrust into the spotlight.
12) Frank Serpico
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1970s, Officer Frank Serpico made headlines when he blew the whistle on a culture of bribery and corruption within the New York City Police Department. Now, Serpico tells his story in his own words: from his Italian-American roots in Brooklyn to his disillusionment with the NYPD to his riveting account of a dramatic drug bust, and possible set-up that ended with him being shot in the face.
13) Aalto
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles pioneering artist and chef Jim Denevan, founder of Outstanding in the Field, a radical alternative to the conventional dining experience. The documentary intimately reveals Denevan's artistic and culinary gifts with land art in epic geometric formations alongside grand dinners in beautiful natural settings. Instead of bringing the food to the restaurant, Outstanding in the Field has brought the restaurant to the food since 1999. Hosted at...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, black and white. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A recreation of one of the most famous episodes in journalism, the search of reporter Henry Stanley of the New York Herald for Dr. David Livingstone in the heart of darkest Africa.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A deep dive into the life of Stewart Brand, a legendary pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism. Brand created the revolutionary do-it-yourself publication The Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs famously called "Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google existed."
17) Nothing compares
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of Sinead O'Connor's rise and fall and her enduring cultural impact. By the age of 20, O'Connor was one of Ireland's brightest rising stars but her decision to use her fame as a platform to speak out on several controversial issues shifted her narrative from global stardom to worldwide condemnation. In a new interview, O'Connor reveals the abusive upbringing that left her feeling betrayed by both church and community and ultimately...
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Famed street photographer Ricky Powell made a name for himself taking wild portraits of New York City's who's who in the 80s and 90s. From the Beastie Boys to Basquiat, Powell's lens captured the grit and glamour of the city's downtown scene like never before. Powell and some of his notable subjects reflect on his fascinating life and work as well as the demons that shaped him.
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