RECENT LIBRARY VIDEO ACQUISITIONS by classification number
July 2009
Classification numbers:
A - general
B - philosophy, psychology, religion
C - biography
D - history
E - history - United States
F - history - individual states, other North American countries
G - anthropology and geography
H - business and economics
J - political science
K - law
L - education
M - music
N - art
P - literature and film
Q - sciences
R - medicine
S - agriculture
T - engineering and technology
U - military science
V - naval science
W - medicine (NLM classification)
Z - library science
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Legacy of war [videorecording] / a co-production of Colonial Pictures and Thirteen in association with ITV London ; produced and directed by Alastair Layzell.
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2009.
Details the successful launch and execution of the Marshall Plan - America's expansive commitment to re-build Europe at the end of the war. Walter Cronkite traces the complex and changing relationship between the United States and England and explores the dramatic shifts of the Cold War from the end of the war up to the present
D1053 .L443 2009.
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The souls of Black girls [videorecording] : a documentary film / by Daphne S. Valerius.
[S.l.] : Femme Noire Production , [2008?].
"The Souls of Black Girls is a provocative news documentary that takes a critical look at media images--how they are instituted, established and controlled. The documentary also examines the relationship between the historical and existing media images of women of color and raises the question of whether they may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images." - - soulsofblackgirls.com Website
E185.86 .S68 2008.
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New Year baby [videorecording] / Broken English Productions presents ; co-produced by Dark Matter Creative ; produced by Charles Vogl & Jason Bolling ; directed by Socheata Poeuv ; writer, Charles Vogl ; a co-production of Broken English Productions and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with the Center for Asian American Media.
[New York] : Broken English Productions, c2008.
"Born on Cambodian New Year in a refugee camp, Socheata grew up in the United States not knowing about her family's past. In New Year Baby, she journeys to Cambodia to discover the secrets of how her family came together during the Khmer Rouge period. She finds that what her parents hid in shame also proves their great heroism"--Container
E184.H55 N49 2008.
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Born rich [videorecording] / a Wise and Good Film production ; produced by Dirk Wittenborn ; producer, Jamie Johnson ; directed by Jamie Johnson.
Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory ; New York, NY : Distributor, Sony Music Entertainment, c2003.
Documentary featuring discussions with young people who are heirs to great fortunes. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being born rich
GT3430 .B67 2003.
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Maxed out [videorecording] / Docs, Inc. presents ; a Trueworks production ; produced, directed and written by James Scurlock ; a Maxed Out, LLC. production, Submarine Entertainment.
Los Angeles, Calif. : Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2007].
Take a journey deep inside the American style of debt, where things seem fine as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Shocking and incisive, it paints a picture of a national nightmare, which is all too real for most--Container
HG1643 .M394 2007.
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NOW hosted by David Brancaccio. June 19, 2009, Student loan sinkhole? [videorecording] / JumpStart Productions, LLC ; [produced in association with] Thirteen/WNET New York.
[New York] : JumpStart Productions, LLC [production company] ; [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video [distributor], c2009.
Follows the story of a single mother in Baltimore trying to dig herself out of more than $70,000 student loan debt, using her story to examine how the rising cost of higher education and changes in terms and rates can leave graduates mired in debt and how rising defaults impact the national economy
LB2340.2 .N69 2009.
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Winslow Homer [videorecording] : society and solitude / Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; a production of the Department of Communication, The University of Memphis.
Princeton, NJ : Films Media Group, 2007.
The first major documentary study of Winslow Homer, this program features over 180 images of Homer oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and illustrations, combined with in-depth commentary from respected art scholars and historians
N6537.H58 W56 2007.
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Louise Bourgeois [videorecording] : the spider, the mistress and the tangerine / the Art Kaleidoscope Foundation presents ; a film by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach.
USA : Zeitgeist Films, 2008.
A comprehensive and dramatic documentary on the life and work of Louise Bourgeois and some of her most famous works
NB237.B65 L68 2008B.
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L'Année dernière a Marienbad [videorecording] = Last year at Marienbad / a Rialto ; StudioCanal ; Argos Films ; Cineriz ; Cocinar présente ; Pierre Courau et Raymond Froment présente ; scénario et dialogues, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; réalisation, Alain Resnais.
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009].
X attempts to convince A that they met last year in this same hotel (or maybe it was in a different one). They loved each other, emotionally and physically. She agrees to elope with him and get away from M, her husband (or lover). At the last moment, she refuses (for whatever reason) and asked for a one year postponement. Now, the year has passed and X has come to their agreed rendezvous to take her away. A claims she does not recognize X and does not remember any agreement between them. At first, X is surprised, and he recounts conversations the two of them had, supporting details, relating scenes convincingly. A persists in not remembering, even though X produces a photograph of her as a proof of his claim
PN1997 .A446 1961D.
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12 (Motion picture : 2007). TITLE = 12 [videorecording] / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Three T Productions presents Nikita Mikhalkov's film ; producers, Nikita Mikhalkov, Leonid Vereschagin ; screenplay by Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Novototsky-Vlasov, Vladimir Moiseenko ; director, Nikita Mikhalkov.
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009].
Set in contemporary Moscow where 12 men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murdering his step-father. Consigned to a makeshift jury room, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks
PN1997.2 .T84 2009.
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American graffiti (Motion picture). TITLE = American graffiti [videorecording] / Universal presents a Lucasfilm Ltd. /Coppola Co. production ; produced by Francis Ford Coppola ; written by George Lucas and Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck ; directed by George Lucas.
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video, [1998].
Four teenagers come of age in 1962 on the last summer night before they go off to college, jobs, or the army
PN1997 .A52 1998.
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Nothing but the truth (Motion picture : 2008). TITLE = Nothing but the truth [videorecording] / Yari Film Group presents a Battleplan production, a Rod Lurie film ; produced by Marc Frydman & Rod Lurie, Bob Yari ; written and directed by Rod Lurie.
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009].
A volatile story about a Washington, D.C. political reporter who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. Unexpectedly finding herself behind bars, she struggles to maintain her principles and relationship with her family when she refuses to divulge her source. Inspired by true events
PN1997.2 .N68 2009.
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Takhté siah [videorecording] = Blackboards / a film by Samira Makhmalbaf ; Wellspring ; Makhmalbaf Film House and Fabrica Cinema ; written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Samira Makhmalbaf.
Santa Monica, Calif. : Genius Entertainment, [2008], c2000.
Set during the Iran-Iraq war, a group of itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, roam the Iraqi boader looking for students
PN1997 .T353 2008.
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Inuyasha the movie [videorecording] : affections touching across time / screenplay, Katsuyuki Sumisawa ; producers, Michihiko Suwa, Masuo Ueda, Mikihiro Iwata ; director, Toshiya Shinohara.
San Francisco, CA : Viz, c2001.
An action-filled, suspenseful story that pits InuYasha against a powerful demon from China named Menomaru. Two hundred years ago, InuYasha's father managed to seal Menomaru's evil demon father, Hyoga, away in a tomb, but a shard from the magical Shikon Jewel freed the son, Menomaru, allowing him to escape his imprisonment and threaten the entire land. It now falls to InuYasha, along with his friends, to find a way to stop Menomaru from wrecking havoc on civilization
PN1997.2 .I58 2001.
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Gurren Lagann. 01 [videorecording] / director, Hiroyuki Imaishi ; presented by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Aniplex ; U.S. version produced by Aniplex, Inc. and Bandai Entertainment, Inc.
[United States] : Bandai Entertainment, [2008].
In his sky-less cavern of a village Simon toils daily, drilling holes to expand his stifling little world until one day he makes an extraordinary discovery: a small glowing drill-bit and the man-sized mecha it activates
PN1992.77 .G877 2008.
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Gurren Lagann. 02 [videorecording] / director, Hiroyuki Imaishi ; presented by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Aniplex ; U.S. version produced by Aniplex, Inc. and Bandai Entertainment, Inc.
[United States] : Bandai Entertainment, [2008].
Team Gurren travels the land to locate the headquarters of the Beastmen
PN1992.77 .G8772 2008.
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Gurren Lagann. 03 [videorecording] / created by Gainax ; director, Hiroyuki Imaishi ; presented by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Aniplex.
[United States] : Aniplex Inc. : Bandai Entertainment, [2008].
Seven years have passed since the final battle against Lordgenome and the Beastmen. Mankind is now thriving on the surface of the planet. When the population on the planet reaches 1,000,000 people, an even greater threat falls upon mankind
PN1992.77 .G8773 2008.
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Kiddy Grade. Case six [videorecording] : Mirror image / original Japanese version concept by Gimik ; Gonzo ; produced by Gott ; director, Keiji Goto ; serial structure, Hidefumi Kimura ; English version producers, Daniel Cocanougher, Barry Watson.
[Fort Worth, Tex.?] : FUNimation Productions, 2004.
After an unceremonious dispatching of GOTT Director Eclipse, Eclair and Lumiere complete their successful raid on GOTT Headquarters. Eclair now assumes the little of Proxy Director. With her new power, she begins to rewrite many GOTT policies and builds her own personal vigilante army out of clones of herself and Lumiere! But just as she begins to exert her new authority, two masked strangers crash the party. Who are the strangers? And what does their appearance mean for Proxy Director Eclair
PN1992.77 .K5326 2004.
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Kiddy Grade. Case five, The freedom of truth [videorecording] / original Japanese version concept by Gimik ; Gonzo ; produced by Gott ; director, Keiji Goto ; serial structure, Hidefumi Kimura ; English version producers, Daniel Cocanougher, Barry Watson.
[Fort Worth, Tex.] : FUNimation Productions, 2004.
Bouncing from one ruinous colony to another, Eclair and Lumiere have so far managed to stay one step ahead of the assassins sent to end their lives. The burden of knowing their assassins were formerly comrades begins to weigh heavily on the hearts of the girls. But when two former allies plant a virus on the La Muse and Donnersclag, Eclair springs into action not concerned with her own safety. If they can buy themselves enough time, Eclair and Lumiere can set their ultimate plan into motion ... a direct assault on GOTT Headquarters
PN1992.77 .K5325 2004.
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Kiddy grade. File 2 [videorecording] / Japanese version: GONZO/GOTT ; director, Kenji Goto ; English version: FUNimation Productions ; producers, Daniel Cocanougher, Barry Watson.
Forth Worth, TX : FUNimation Productions, 2005.
Éclair and Lumiere are sent to ensure control of the powerful Rosenfelt financial Group is handed to the rightful heir. However, in the midst of this passing of power, criminals are closing in on a new planet-destroying technology
PN1992.77 .K5323 2005.
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Kiddy Grade. Case one, The peacekeepers [videorecording] / original Japanese version concept by Gimik ; Gonzo ; produced by Gott, Fuji Television ; director, Keiji Goto ; serial structure, Hidefumi Kimura ; English version producers, Daniel Cocanougher, Barry Watson.
[Fort Worth, Tex.] : FUNimation Productions, 2004.
In Star century Zero-One-Sixty-Five, the Global Union was born. To provide an impartial mediator to the various planetary governments of the G.U., the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs, or G.O.T.T. was simultaneously formed to settle economic disputes amongst the member planets. Existing in the shadows of the G.O.T.T., the ES Force serves as the G.O.T.T.'s primarily law enforcement organization. ES Force members Éclair and Lumiere are on the front line, pursuing all manner of criminals and bringing them to justice. This is their story
PN1992.77 .K532 2004.
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Full metal panic! [videorecording] / Mithril ; animation production, Gonzo Digimation ; planning, Takeshi Yasuda, Hiroshi Ogawa, Nobuhiko Sakoh, Michio Suzuki, Tatsuo Shimamura, Kouji Kumode ; series composition, Fumihiko Shimo, Koichi Chigira, Shouji Gatou ; producers, Shigeaki Tomioka, Tsuneo Takechi, Masafumi Fukui, Toshihito Suzuki ; animation producer, Shoji Murahama ; director, Koichi Chigira ; animation director, Osamu Horiuchi ; English language and subtitled versions, ADV Films ; produced and directed by Don Rush, Kyle Jones ; project translator, Masumi MacLeod ; ADR script, Mike Yantosca.
[Houston, Tex.] : ADV Films, [2005], c2003-2004.
An ordinary high school student is the target of terrorist kidnappers, and consequently comes under the protection of a stealth anti-terrorist organization, all without her knowledge--at first
PN1992.77 .F85 2005.
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Pride and prejudice (Television program : 1995). TITLE = Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice [videorecording] / screenplay by Andrew Davies ; directed by Simon Langton ; produced by Sue Birtwistle ; a BBC/A &E Network co-production.
New York : A&E Television Networks ; Distributed by New Video, [2001].
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation
PR4034 .P75 2001.
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Poisoned waters [videorecording] / A Frontline co-production with Hedrick Smith Productions ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; Frontline executive producer, David Fanning ; senior producer, Hedrick Smith ; producer, Marc Shaffer ; written by Hedrick Smith and Rick Young ; director, Rick Young.
Boston, Mass. : WGBH Education Foundation ; [Arlington, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, 2009.
"More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, two iconic waterways -- the great coastal estuaries of Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay -- are in perilous condition. With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists fear contamination to the food chain and drinking water for millions of people. A growing list of endangered species also is threatened in both estuaries. [This film] examines the rising hazards to human health and the ecosystem and why it's so hard to keep our waters clean." -- Container
TD420 .P65 2009.
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