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Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A feature length documentary that follows three distinct groups of commercial mushroom pickers as they travel on the 'mushroom circuit,' a year-round migration that can take them anywhere from Alaska to California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, to harvest wild mushrooms from public forests. When commercial mushroom picking took off in the 1980s, it immediately attracted some of the most disenfranchised groups of society: Southeast...
2) Every body
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Every Body tells the stories of three intersex individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthoods. Actor and screenwriter River Gallo (they/them), political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they), and Ph.D. student Sean Saifa Wall (he/him) are now leaders in a fast-growing global movement advocating for a greater understanding of the intersex community and an end to unnecessary...
3) Grain
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Today, the art world and beyond is obsessed with shooting analog. Whether it's a fashion house seeking to bring a new edge to their creative work, an amateur perusing eBay for the perfect vintage Polaroid, or an influencer attempting to capture a comforting retro aesthetic on social media, analog photography has piqued the interest of people everywhere. Is this resurgence a backlash against digital photography? Is it just a trend perpetuated by our...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 146 min.) : sound, color w/black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brian Jones was the secret to the band's success but largely forgotten. Discover his genius through candid interviews with all the essential performers and previously unreleased archives.
6) The river
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (74 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth's rivers. Spanning six continents, this visual and musical tour-de-force is by turns celebratory, cautionary, and ultimately hopeful that we are beginning to understand rivers in all their complexity and fragility. Narrated by Oscar Nominee Willem Dafoe.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1985, Willem de Kooning's oil painting Woman-Ochre vanished from the University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson. The $160 million work of art remained missing until 2017, when it was found hanging in the former home of Jerry and Rita Alter, a deceased New Mexico married couple. The film features interviews with the Alters' family members and those involved in the painting's disappearance and recovery. The film also utilizes actors to stage reenactments...
8) Claydream
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Known as the "Father of Claymation," Will Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 1980s and 90s, creating such iconic characters as the California Raisins and Domino's The Noid. But after thirty years of being the unheralded king of clay, Vinton's carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Structured around interviews with this charismatic pioneer and his close collaborators, along with a treasure trove of clips of their...
Publisher
Dark Star
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.
10) Nuclear now
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.
11) Mondo New York
Series
MVD Rewind Collection volume 55
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + + 1 CD (digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
A young woman wanders around New York City and stumbles across a number of strange characters and settings that represent the "underground" areas of the city. She sees stand up comedy in Central Park, a prostitution auction, a voodoo ceremony, an S&M club, and a number of very interesting performance artists. These are just a few of the sights and sounds of New York that she encounters.
12) The velvet queen
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Chronicles a quest by nature photographer Vincent Munier and writer Sylvain Tesson to document the elusive snow leopard in the Tibetan highlands.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this documentary is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and offstage, from her lifelong emotional...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Was Roy Lichtenstein a great artist, a thief, or both? This is the question addressed by the feature documentary. Along with Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein created the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. His comic-based paintings reside in the greatest art galleries and can fetch more than $150 million. But some view this renowned artist as a plagiarist. WHAAM! BLAM! focuses upon the last living comic artists whose work was 'appropriated' by Lichtenstein, and...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the often-contradictory role played by Black soldiers throughout American history. Established by Congress, the 14th Amendment of 1886 promised citizenship in exchange for enlistment, prompting many African American men to serve.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and work of Orson Welles in the context of the era that included the Great Depression, World War II, Jim Crow, and the House Un-American Activities Committee. Explores the relationships between Welles and other key figures of the times, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst. Told in parallel with Welles's story are those of Isaac Woodard, an African American soldier who was the victim of a violent racist attack,...
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