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The taste of mango
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Probing raw questions her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, the director tenderly untangles painful knots in her family's unspoken past.
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362.76 Tas
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Atomic people
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The dropping of atomic bombs on two Japanese cities Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki, three days later, was one of the most momentous and destructive moments in world history. The bomb known as 'Little Boy' that decimated Hiroshima was 2,000 times more powerful than any bomb before, instantly killing approximately 80,000 of the city's 350,000 residents. By the end of the year, the death toll would rise to 140,000 as initial survivors succumbed to illnesses connected to radiation exposure. In Nagasaki, where approximately 40,000 were killed instantly, the number would rise to 74,000 by the end of the year. Now, eighty years later, this unique award-winning film gathers the testimony of some of the last 'Hibakusha' survivors of the two atomic bombs before their voices are lost forever. With an average age of 85, most Hibakusha were children when the bombs were dropped. Combining their personal accounts with archive footage, Atomic People feature a significant number of voices from this shrinking group, the only people left on Earth to have survived a nuclear bomb while exploring how their experiences continue to affect them to this day.
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940.54252 Ato
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One pint at a time
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Black brewery owners, brewers, and influencers across America are hustling daily to reshape the future of the country's overwhelmingly white, multi-billion dollar craft beer industry, where they share less than 1% of annual revenues.
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338.476634 One
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Violet Gibson : the Irish woman who shot Mussolini - VIEW IN CATALOG
Violet Gibson : the Irish woman who shot Mussolini
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The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range as she faced a Fascist mob in Rome in 1926. Her assassination attempt saw her imprisoned and interrogated, before a deal was brokered by Mussolini and the British Foreign Office to have Violet committed to a lunatic asylum, written off as a lone "mad Irishwoman", to be locked up for the rest of her life and written out of history. This revelatory documentary details Violet's early life to becoming a bold freethinker feminist activist committed to social justice, anti-war, and anti-fascism.
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945.091092 Vio
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Stolen time
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Charismatic elder rights lawyer Melissa Miller and hundreds of aggrieved families take on the corporate for-profit nursing-home industry, an industry notorious for its lack of transparency and accountability.
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340.092 Sto
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The American Revolution
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The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. It impacted millions from Vermont's Green Mountains to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula. In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside-down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, won their independence, and established a republic that still endures.The American Revolution, our six-part, twelve-hour series on America's founding struggle, will present the story of the men and women of the Revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis that they lived through. By weaving together accounts of American political leaders and their British counterparts with the perspectives of the so-called ordinary people who waged and witnessed war, The American Revolution will be an expansive, evenhanded look at the virtues and the contradictions in the fight for independence and the birth of the United States.
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973.3 Ame
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In search of Edgar Allan Poe : meet the man behind the myth - VIEW IN CATALOG
In search of Edgar Allan Poe : meet the man behind the myth
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A definitive documentary that explores the triumphant but tragic story of the brilliant poet, master short story writer, and influential critic Edgar Allan Poe. It recounts how he invented the detective story, pioneered science fiction, and shaped the horror tale, yet was plagued by alcohol, lost love, and a penchant for self-destruction. The film sheds new light on the mysterious circumstances surrounding Poe's death and his enduring influence on later writers.
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818.309 In s
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Secret mall apartment
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In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside a mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than just a wild prank, it became a deeply meaningful place for its inhabitants in this astonishing true story about discovering your purpose within the most commercial and improbable places.
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306.0973 Sec
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Riefenstahl
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Filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Her films Triumph of the Will and Olympia are defined by their fascist aesthetics, perfectly-staged body worship, and the celebration of all that is 'superior' and victorious, simultaneously projecting contempt for the imperfect and weak. But Riefenstahl--who first broke into the German film industry as an actress--spent decades after the war denying her association with Nazi ideology and claiming ignorance of the Holocaust. How did she become the Reich's preeminent filmmaker if she was just a hired hand? Riefenstahl examines this question using never-before-seen documents from Leni Riefenstahl's estate, including private films, photos, recordings and letters, uncovering fragments of her biography and placing them in an extended historical context. During her long life after the fall of Nazism, she remained unapologetic, managing to control and shape her legacy; in personal documents, she mourns her 'murdered ideals.' Meanwhile, her work would experience a renaissance, gaining esteem for its masterful technical skill. Today, Riefenstahl's aesthetics are more present than ever. Is that also true for their message? In an era where fascism is on the rise again, fake news is prevalent, and the meaning of political imagery is constantly dissected and debated, Andres Veiel's mesmerizing new film shows that Leni Riefenstahl is more relevant than ever.
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DVD
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791.430233 Rie
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Drunk in public
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Filmed over a span of fifteen years, Drunk in public profiles Mark David Allen, a man ravaged by alcoholism who, in the course of the film, had been arrested for public drunkenness 478 times.
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DVD
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362.292 Dru
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Kissinger
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An unlikely celebrity who drew fire from across the political spectrum, Henry Kissinger is widely recognized as one of the great American statesmen of the twentieth century. According to biographer Robert Schulzinger, "Kissinger seizes the imagination because he engineered the most significant turning point in United States foreign policy since the beginning of the cold war." Born in 1923 in Germany, to devout Jewish middle-class parents, the young Kissinger was forced to flee Hitler's anti-Semitic regime, settling with his family in New York City in 1938. After studying at City College, he joined the U.S. Army in 1943, serving as an interpreter and intelligence officer in Europe. Kissinger returned home in 1947 to a brilliant academic career at Harvard University, where he became a professor of government and international affairs in 1957.
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353.2993 Kis
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Put your soul on your hand and walk
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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 24-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily life during the conflict through the eyes and unwaveringly optimistic presence of Fatma, a talented photographer whose generation is trapped in an endless cycle of war, famine, and resistance. Her conversations with Farsi bring us into the heart of the conflict, even while their physical distance underscores the dire situation inside Gaza. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is an essential document that now stands as a heartfelt memorial and final testament: Fatma and her family were tragically killed by a targeted Israeli airstrike on April 16, one day after the film was announced as a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Call Number:
956.943 Put
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Mommy dead and dearest
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In this documentary, the murder of Deedee Blanchard by her daughter Gypsey Rose is explored, as well as the circumstances leading up to the event.
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364.152 Mom
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It's never over, Jeff Buckley
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Never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from Jeff Buckley's inner circle paint a captivating portrait of the gifted musician who died tragically in 1997, having only released one album.
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781.66 It's
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Naked ambition
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Bunny Yeager, once heralded as the world's prettiest photographer, had a huge influence on 20th-century pop culture, though few people know her name. Whether by popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy, or inventing the selfie, Bunny was a trailblazer whose work bucked against conservative 1950s America and helped pave the way for the feminist movement and the sexual revolution. Yet the very changes she helped usher in would soon render her a forgotten relic, until now. Featuring testimonies from Dita Von Teese, Bruce Weber, and Larry King, Naked Ambition is a rediscovery of a brilliant yet overlooked artist.
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770.92 Nak
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Henry David Thoreau
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Nineteenth-century writer Henry David Thoreau helped shape ecology, modern environmentalism, and nonviolent resistance, yet his life has often been reduced to the myth of a solitary hermit by a pond. In truth, he was a teacher, scientist, and outspoken activist who engaged deeply with society while continually questioning its values. Living in a nation struggling to uphold its ideals amid corruption, slavery, and the forced removal of Indigenous Peoples Thoreau sought truth and a meaningful life in what he described as a culture of "quiet desperation." This pursuit led him to live simply and deliberately for two years in a cabin he built at Walden Pond, before returning to society to share what he had learned. The author of Walden, Civil Disobedience, and numerous essays, journals, and books, Thoreau's words resonate urgently today as humanity seeks to live in harmony with nature and with one another.
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DVD
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818.309 Hen
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Of the people : the women of the Civil Rights movement - VIEW IN CATALOG
Of the people : the women of the Civil Rights movement
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Of The People: The Women Of The Civil Rights Movement shines a light on the often-overlooked women whose courage and leadership shaped one of the most transformative eras in American history. While names like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X dominate popular narratives, this work centers the voices and stories of women who organized, strategized, and sacrificed to dismantle segregation and secure voting rights. From grassroots activists to national leaders, these women such as Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Septima Clark, and Dorothy Height fought not only against racial injustice but also gender discrimination within the movement itself.
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323.09252 Of
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They survived together
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The Neiger family was living a peaceful life in the Jewish community in Krakow when the arrival of World War II changed their lives forever. When Nazi soldiers forced the family from their home into the harsh life of the Ghetto, they made a vow to escape as a family. But when circumstances forced the family to separate from older brother Ben, their will to survive was put to the test. This is the incredible true story of one family as they desperately tried to stay alive ... and together as a family with four small children, attempted to escape certain death at the hands of the Nazis. They are believed to be one of the only families to escape and survive as a family.
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940.5318 The
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Timestamp
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An intimate, time-woven portrait of young Ukrainians growing up amid change and uncertainty. Mixing diary footage, personal reflections, and quiet observation, Kateryna Gornostai's documentary captures a generation seeking meaning and continuity as their country transforms preserving fleeting moments of resilience, friendship, and becoming.
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947.7062 Tim
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Orwell : 2+2=5
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George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th century whose novels, 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck interweaves clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become.
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DVD
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828.91209 Orw
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Infinity according to Florian
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The extraordinary mind of Florian Yuriev, a visionary Ukrainian architect and artist, visualizes an astonishingly holistic view of the world. His abstract paintings brim with colorful geometric shapes and patterns that also carry a sonic component, as each shade has its own tonality. On his piano, whose keys are marked with their designated colors, Yuriev played out his painterly compositions, breaking down the barrier between sound and vision. Shot toward the end of Yuriev's life, Oleksiy Radynski's passionate documentary follows the architect's tireless efforts to save one of his modernist masterpieces from destruction.
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DVD
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720.920947 Inf
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Mr Nobody against Putin
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Pavel "Pasha" Talankin, a teacher and videographer at a primary school in Karabash, Russia, secretly documents the transformation of his school after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the government mandates patriotic propaganda sessions and militarizes curriculum, Pasha is forced to promote state-sanctioned messages. Under the cover of his official role, he films hundreds of hours of footage, exposing how children are indoctrinated and graduating students are recruited to fight in the war. When his own safety becomes threatened, he plans a dangerous escape from Russia.
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DVD
Call Number:
947.70621 Mr N
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Becoming elephant : the orphans of Reteti
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Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti is set in the wild north of Kenya, where a groundbreaking blueprint in conservation is under way. This touching documentary series follows the remarkable journey of orphaned elephants at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, the first community-owned and -operated elephant sanctuary in Africa. These young elephants, rescued after losing their mothers to accidents, drought, or human-wildlife violence, are raised by Samburu men and women who care for them as their own. They nurture these young elephants with patience, care, and deep ancestral knowledge to get them back on their feet and ready for life in the wild.
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DVD
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599.67 Bec
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Mistress dispeller
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In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi, a "mistress dispeller," is part of this growing profession and is hired to go undercover and break up affairs by any means necessary. Offering strikingly intimate access to a real, unfolding love triangle, Mistress Dispeller documents all sides of what is usually kept behind closed doors. As Teacher Wang attempts to bring a couple back from the edge of crisis, sympathies shift between husband, wife and mistress while emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms collide in this spellbinding look at modern love.
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DVD
Call Number:
306.736 Mis
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An open door : Temple Grandin
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Acclaimed documentary celebrating Dr. Temple Grandin's pioneering work in animal welfare, autism advocacy, and neurodiversity through her unique perspective as a visual thinker on the autism spectrum.
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616.85882 Ope
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What if? : Ehud Barak on war and peace
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A 2020 Israeli documentary film by Ran Tal where the controversial former PM, Barak, reflects with disillusioned clarity on his life and Israel's history, examining key events like the Yom Kippur War, the Rabin assassination, and the failed Camp David talks, posing philosophical questions about leadership and fate. The film serves as a cinematic essay, using archival footage to explore "what if" scenarios, offering insights into his decisions and Israel's complex path towards peace.
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956.94052 Wha
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Lynch
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The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's films, from his early short "The Alphabet" to his television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and communicates with that legendary fantasy? In turn, what do Lynch's films have to say about the enduring resonance of one of America's most beloved classics? Through six distinct perspectives, reexperience and reinterpret The Wizard of Oz through David Lynch, delivering new appreciations of both.
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DVD
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791.4372 Lyn