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Language
English
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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...
2) The do-over
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
McKenna Keaton is perfectly content with her single life-until a work scandal, a family curse, and the reappearance of Henry Blumenthal make her question a life's worth of good choices.
3) Samsara
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, this film explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between...
4) Shoah
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Director-approved six-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (566 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (60 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Over a decade in the making, this monumental investigation of the unthinkable: the murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis. Using no archival footage, Claude Lanzmann instead focuses on first-person testimonies (of survivors and former Nazis, and other witnesses), employing a circular, free-associative method in assembling them. The intellectual yet emotionally overwhelming SHOAH is not a film about excavating the past but an intensive portrait...
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Language
English
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Description
Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl's own life as she navigates a new relationship with a white girlfriend. Balancing a breezy romantic comedy with a serious inquiry into the history of Black and queer women in Hollywood, The Watermelon...
6) Baraka
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Second-disc special edition, widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"[A] transcendent global tour that explores the sights and sounds of the human condition like nothing you've ever seen or felt before. These are the wonders of a world without words, viewed through man and nature's own prisms of symmetry, savagery, chaos and harmony"--Container.
8) Hail Satan?
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When media-savvy members of the Satanic Temple organize a series of public actions designed to advocate for religious freedom and challenge corrupt authority, they prove that with little more than a clever idea, a mischievous sense of humor, and a few rebellious friends, can speak truth to power in some truly profound ways. A timely look at a group of often misunderstood outsiders whose unwavering commitment to social and political justice has empowered...
Publisher
Eagle Rock Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas tells the story of how three teenage bluesmen--Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard--became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet, all while maintaining a surrealist mystique that continues to intrigue fans and entice onlookers 50 years after the band's inception." -- back of container
10) Julia
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Julia tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits. This film follows the group's meteoric rise as they navigate the complexities of working so intimately alongside family.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Money, power, politics, drugs, scandal, and fast cars: the incredible story of John DeLorean is the stuff of a Hollywood screenwriter's dreams. But who was the real John DeLorean? To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry. To others, he was the ultimate con man. Interweaving archival footage with dramatic vignettes, loot at a man who gambled everything in pursuit of the American Dream.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS. Deftly woven from an archive of rich imagery, Michael's private home movies and those of his lovers, friends, and family.
14) Strange fruit
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A history of the anti-lynching protest song made famous by Billie Holiday. Includes footage of Billie Holiday performing the song.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (73 minutes) : color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"June 29, 1966 - a platoon of American soldiers stumbles upon a large enemy force in the dense jungles of Vietnam. Outnumbered 10-to1 they face the darkest hours of their lives. The filmmaker interviews his father and other survivors about what happened that fateful day and the effects it's had every day since"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As one of America's most beloved children's show hosts, Mr. Rogers remains one of the most iconic television figures for families worldwide. This documentary takes a closer look at the person behind the show, persona, and personality that helped define what it meant to be a good person and be a part of a healthy community. Through his children's show, Mr. Rogers would go on to inspire a generation by not skirting real world issues, confronting issues...
18) The queen
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes viewers backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas for the big event. Organized by pioneering LGBTQ+ icon and activist Jack Doroshow, the competition boasted a star-studded panel of judges...
19) Pole to pole
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (393 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michael Palin takes viewers on a voyage from pole to pole, visiting seventeen countries, including Greenland, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, Cyprus, and Chile.
20) The automat
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Automat recounts the lost history of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, which served affordable food to millions of New Yorkers and Philadelphians for more than a century. Founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart in 1888, it revolutionized the nation's restaurant scene with technology that captured the public's imagination like nothing else the customer put nickels into slots, and little windows opened to reveal the customer's pick, be...
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