DVD - Documentaries & How-To Films
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Never look away
Author(s):
Lucy Lawless
Margaret Moth
Christiane Amanpour
Description:
CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth fearlessly captures footage of war zones. After receiving catastrophic injuries in the crosshairs of battle, she returns to work with more courage than ever. An intimate portrait of a trailblazing female photojournalist. Features interviews with Moth's family and friends, including CNN's Christiane Amanpour. A Sundance film festival premiere directed by Lucy Lawless.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
070.4333 Nev
Voces : American historia, the untold history of Latinos
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Description:
Inspired by his quest to uncover Latino and Latina heroes and their contributions, Leguizamo takes viewers on a captivating journey, delving into both well-known and lesser-known stories of Latino history and contributions, spanning thousands of years from the Ancient Empires to the early 1970s. Through this exploration, he aims to shine a light on the rich and often overlooked history of Latinos while showcasing how Latino history is American history.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
972 Voc
The cowboy and the queen
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Description:
Monty Roberts, a nonviolent horse trainer who rejected traditional "breaking" methods, forms an unlikely friendship with Queen Elizabeth II. Bonding over their shared love for animals, they overcome Monty's doubters to broadcast his gentle approach globally. From Academy Awardʾ Nominee Andrea Nevins, this uplifting film shows how trust can build a better world for both horses and humans.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
636.10835 Cow
Missing from Fire Trail Road
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Description:
In 2020, Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis disappeared from the Tulalip Indian Reservation near Seattle. With her investigation at a standstill, her sisters and tribal members seek answers and quickly uncover a harsh reality: Indigenous women are murdered at an alarming rate, and complex tribal jurisdictional issues have turned reservations into lawless zones and hunting grounds for predators. This documentary film sheds light on the historical roots and modern-day consequences informing generational trauma and discrimination faced by Indigenous women today.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
362.88082 Mis
Horror noire : a history of Black horror
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Description:
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this documentary traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre. Adapting Robin Means Coleman's seminal book, this will present the living and the dead, using new and archival interviews from scholars and creators; the voices who survived the genre's past trends, to those shaping its future.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
791.436164 Hor
Attenborough's life journey
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Description:
As Sir David Attenborough enters his 98th year, this unique and charming film documents the highlights of his incredible life. Follow Attenborough's journey from his boyhood days as a fossil hunter, through his early days as a host on Zoo Quest, to his programs using pioneering technology of the day such as 3D.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
508.092 Att
Dracula's hidden kingdom
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Discover the wildlife and wild places of one of the world's most iconic locations - Transylvania; a mystical land beyond the Romanian forests hiding some of Europe's last true wilderness regions.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
949.84 Dra
My name is Alfred Hitchcock
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Description:
A century after Alfred Hitchcock's first film, he remains one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. But how does his vast body of work and legacy hold up in today's society? Mark Cousins, the award-winning filmmaker behind The Story of Film: An Odyssey, The Eyes of Orson Welles, and The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, tackles this question and looks at the auteur with a new and radical approach: through the use of his own voice. As Hitchcock rewatches his films, we are taken on an odyssey through his vast career his vivid silent films, the legendary films of the 1950s and 60s and his later works in playful and revealing ways.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
791.430233 My n
Soundtrack to a coup d'etat
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Description:
This film explores the collision of African politics and American jazz in the 1960s, revealing the hidden forces behind Patrice Lumumba's 1961 assassination. It focuses on the protest by Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach at the UN Security Council regarding that assassination. Through eyewitness accounts; declassified government memos; and testimonies from mercenaries, CIA operatives, and jazz legends, the film presents a historical narrative that interrogates colonial history and offers a reflection on the geopolitical echoes that reverberate today.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
967.57103 Sou
Lions of the Skeleton Coast
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Description:
In this astonishing true story, lion researcher Dr Philip Stander is witness to the most unprecedented lion behaviour whilst following three orphaned Desert Lion cubs, as they navigate the harsh realities of survival in one of the world's most unforgiving environments, Namibia's deadly Skeleton Coast.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
599.757 Lio
