RECENT LIBRARY VIDEO ACQUISITIONS by classification number-- May 2012
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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The Mahabharata [videorecording] / M.P. Productions presents ; in association with Channel 4 Television Co. Ltd. ; The Brooklyn Academy of Music ; and the assistance of Le Centre National de la Cinématographie ; executive producers, Michael Birkett, Harvey Lichtenstein, Michael Kustow ; screenplay by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie-Hélène Estienne ; produced by Michel Propper ; directed by Peter Brook.
[London] : Channel Four Television Co. ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c2008.
The Mahabharata (which can be translated as 'The Poetical History of Humanity') is an epic tale of two sets of cousins: the Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu, the king of Hastinapura, and the Kauravas, the one hundred sons of Pandu's brother, Dhritarashtra. The eldest brother of each set of cousins claims the throne of Hastinapura for himself and a struggle arises between them. At first the kingdom is divided, but, as a result of a rigged gambling match, the eldest of the Pandavas, Yuddhishtira, loses his half, and he and his brothers are forced into exile for thirteen years, after which time they will be given back their kingdom. However, when the eldest of the Kauravas, Duryodhana, refuses to do so the two sets of cousins gather their armies and go to war
BL1138.25 .B76 2008.
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Cold War [videorecording] : The complete series / a Jeremy Isaacs production for Turner Original Productions, Inc. ; series producer, Martin Smith.
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2012].
Looks at nearly five decades of global history, using both new footage, interviews, and archival footage from all over the world to include historically important, and often emotionally stunning, images, many never before seen by an international audience
D843 .C57 1998B.
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American experience (Television program). The Great War, 1918. TITLE = American experience. The Great War, 1918 [videorecording] / written and produced by Tom Weidlinger ; a Moira Productions film for American Experience.
[S. Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, c2005.
A documentary that focuses on the end of World War I through personal accounts, letters and diaries of soldiers
D640.A2 A44 2005.
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Frank Capra [videorecording] : a world at war / producer-director, Frank Capra.
Louisville, CO : Gaiam, 2012.
Prelude to war: recounts the Japanese incursion into Manchuria, The Italian conquest of Ethiopia, and the beginnings of the Nazi takeover in Eastern Europe. NOTE = Divide and conquer: shows the successive defeats of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and France by the German army. NOTE = The battle of Russia: the story of the Soviet people as they repulse the Nazi invasion, it depicts the struggles for Moscow, Kieve, Leningrad and Stalingrad and the effects their winters had on would-be conquerors from Napoleon to Hitler. NOTE = The battle of China: illustrates Japans's occupation of China
D743 .F73 2012.
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Leipzig im Herbst [videorecording] : 16.10.-7.11. 1989 / DEFA Film Library ; ein Material von Gerd Kroske, Sebastian Richter, Andreas Voigt.
[Berlin] : Icestorm Entertainment : Progress Film-Verleih, 2009.
Documents the protests in Leipzig in October and November 1989, ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall
DD289 .L45 2009.
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Russia's war, blood upon the snow [videorecording] : the history of the Stalin years (1924-1953) / IBP Films Distribution present ; directed by Victor Lisakovitch ... [et al.] ; produced by Judith De Paul.
Port Washington, NY : E1 Entertainment, 2009.
Provides an in-depth account of the Soviet Union's history from 1924-53, the period of Stalin's rule. Told in ten parts using archival pictures, witnesses, documents, and archival footage, giving insight into what led to the death of sixty-five million Soviets during Stalin's reign of terror
DK267 .R87 1997B.
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Truth, war, and consequences [videorecording] / produced by Martin Smith, Marcela Gaviria ; written by Martin Smith ; a Frontline coproduction with RAINmedia.
[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2003.
Traces the roots of the Iraqi war back to the days immediately following September 11, when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered the creation of a special intelligence operation to quietly begin looking for evidence that would justify the war. Discusses why the U.S. went to war in Iraq, what went wrong in the planning for the postwar occupation, and what is at stake for both the U.S. and for Iraqis. Examines what some government officials say is the underlying cause of America's current problems in Iraq: the prewar political infighting among the Pentagon, State Department, and White House that hampered U.S. efforts to plan for an orderly postwar transition
DS79.76 .T78 2003.
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Shadow of Afghanistan [videorecording] / directed by Jim Burroughs ; co- directed by Suzanne Bauman ; produced by Suzanne Bauman, Jim Burroughs, Dan Devaney.
[United States] : Cinema Libre Studio, 2012.
The epic story of Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of an Afghan warrior and independent filmmakers, some who lived and one who died covering the story. For over twenty years they filmed the Soviet occupation, the exile of two million refugees maimed by Soviet mines, a violent civil war, the fatal alliance of the Taliban with al-Qaeda, invasion by the United States forces, and a people still determined to survive. An important film for the Muslim community, who are misunderstood by so many
DS371.4 .S53 2012.
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Seven songs for Malcolm X [videorecording] / Electric Pictures ; a Black Audio Film Collective production in association with Channel Four Television ; producer, Lina Gopaul ; director, John Akomfrah.
Brooklyn : Icarus Films, [200-?], c1993.
"A collection of testimonies, eyewitness accounts, and dramatic reenactments which tell of the life, legacy, loves and losses of Malcolm X."-- Container
E185.97.L5 S475 1993B.
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Black power mixtape [videorecording] : 1967-1975.
New York : IFC Films c2011.
"THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television." Description from mrqe.com
E185.615 .B53 2011.
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Elevate [videorecording] / ESPN Films presents a films by Anne Buford ; a Sharp 7 Film with Isotope Films ; producers, Mark Becker ... [et al.] ; director, Anne Buford.
[New York] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video Group, 2012.
Filmed over four years, from the dilapidated cement courts of Senegal to upscale American prep schools, documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams. Recruited for both their physical and academic skills, Assane, Dethie, Byago and Aziz accept basketball scholarships to schools in the United States, and face the daunting challenges of alienation, a foreign language, and American-style basketball
GV885.4 .E4483 2011B.
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The Crash of 1929 [videorecording] / presented by WGBH Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles ; a Middlemarch Films production for the American Experience ; produced by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald H. Blumer.
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2009].
On October 29, 1929 - Black Monday - large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable
HB3717 1929 .C727 2009.
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Children of war [videorecording] / Peregrine Pictures presents ; produced by Bryan Single, Farzad Karimi, and Timothy Beckett in association with The Center for Global Health and Peacebuilding ; filmed and directed by Bryan Single.
[S.l.] : New Day Films, c2010.
A documentary on northern Uganda children of war, focusing on the child soldiers who were abducted from their homes and forced to become fighters by the Lord's Resistance Army. Follows a group of them as they undergo a process of trauma therapy and healing while in a rehabilitation center
HQ784.W3 C556 2010B.
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Tough guise [videorecording] : violence, media, and the crisis in masculinity / Media Education Foundation ; directed by Sut Jhally ; produced by Susan Ericsson, Sanjay Talreja ; written by Jackson Katz, Jeremy Earp.
Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2002.
Looks systematically at the relationship between the images of popular culture and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. in the late 20th century, arguing that there is a crisis in masculinity and that some of the guises offered to men as a solution (rugged individualism, violence) come loaded with attendant dangers to women, as well as other men
HQ1090.3 .T69 2002.
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Diameter of the bomb [videorecording] : a documentary / Thinkfilm presents a Rainmaker Films and National Film Board of Canada production ; directed by Steven Silver and Andrew Quigley ; producers, Claude Bonin, Paul Goldin, Georgina Townsley.
Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Westlake Entertainment, [2007].
An in depth look at a suicide bombing in Jerusalem in June 2002, and the bus it involved, and of the group of Arabs and Israelis-Jews that hold the key to someone who died that day
HV6433.J47 D53 2007.
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The nine muses [videorecording] / a Smoking Dogs production made in association with BBC English Regions, Creation Rebel Films and Soul Rebel Pictures ; producers, Lina Gopaul, David Lawson ; written and directed by John Akomfrah.
Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, c2010.
"Structured as an allegorical fable set between 1949 and 1970, The nine muses is comprised of nine overlapping musical chapters that mix archival material with original scenes. Together, they form a stylized, idiosyncratic retelling of the history of mass migration to post-war Britain through the suggestive lens of the Homeric epic."--Icarus Films website
JV7625 .N56 2010B.
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Women, war & peace [videorecording] / a production of THIRTEEN and Fork Films ; in association with WNET and ITVS ; created by Abigail Disney, Pamela Hogan, Gini Reticker.
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, c2011.
Challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men's domain and reveals the central role of women in the quest for peace and justice in modern warfare
JZ6405.W66 W657 2011.
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The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of Africa [videorecording] / director, Hiroshi Yamamoto ; co-producer, Stephen McArthur ; a production of JVC.
[Japan?] : JVC, Victor Co. of Japan ; Barre, VT : Distributed by Multicultural Media, [2005], c1996.
A three-part educational project that focuses on local performance styles to present the folk music and dance traditions of Africa. Each disc is accompanied by a booklet of written commentary containing background information to help the viewer better understand the performances
M1830 .J83 1996B.
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The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of the Americas. Volume 4, The Caribbean [videorecording] / director Yuki Okada ; co- producer Stephen McArthur ; a production of JVC.
[Japan?] : JVC, Victor Co. of Japan ; Montpelier, VT : Multicultural Media [distributor, 2005], c1995.
A collection of short video segments showing folk music and dances from the Caribbean. Includes folk music, folk songs, performances on traditional musical instruments, dances, and religious or ritual performances. The video segments contain no spoken introduction or explanation, but the accompanying guide contains: overview essays that discuss entire traditions; selection descriptions that present information about each cut; and resource material, including suggestions for listening, viewing, and reading. The quality of the recording varies from segment to segment
M1681.A1 J85 1995B.
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The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways video anthology of music and dance of the Americas. Volume 6, Central and South America [videorecording] : Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela / director Yuki Okada ; co-producer Stephen McArthur ; a production of JVC.
[Japan?] : JVC, Victor Co. of Japan ; Montpelier, VT : Multicultural Media [distributor, 2005], c1995.
A collection of short video segments showing folk music and dances from Central and South America. Includes folk music, folk songs, performances on traditional musical instruments, dances, and religious or ritual performances. The video segments contain no spoken introduction or explanation, but the accompanying guide contains: overview essays that discuss entire traditions; selection descriptions that present information about each cut; and resource material, including suggestions for listening, viewing, and reading. The quality of the recording varies from segment to segment
M1686 .J88 1995B.
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In search of Haydn [videorecording] / Phil Grabsky Films.com & Seventh Art Productions in association with Sky Art HD ; filmed, written and directed by Phil Grabsky.
[Brighton, UK] : Seventh Art Productions, [2011].
Through interviews with experts, extracts from personal accounts, performances of Haydn's works, and location footage, the film offers insight into Haydn's music and the man himself
ML410.H4 I5 2011.
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Mission, impossible--Ghost protocol. TITLE = Mission: impossible. Ghost protocol [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions present a Tom Cruise/Bad Robot production, a Brad Bird film ; produced by Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk ; written by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec ; directed by Brad Bird.
Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2012.
Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates 'Ghost Protocol'. Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency's name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on his mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know
PN1997.2 .M577 2011.
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Albert Nobbs [videorecording] / LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions present a Trillium Productions/Mockingbird Pictures/Parallel Films production in association with Chrysalis Films/Allen & Associates/Westend Films with the participation of Canal+ and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board ; screenplay by Gabriella Prekop, John Banville and Glenn Close ; produced by Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Alan Moloney ; directed by Rodrigo Garcia.
Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2012].
A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making
PN1997.2 .A42 2011B.
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La doppia ora [videorecording] = Double hour / Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Medusa Film presant ; a Medusa Film, Indigo Film production ; a film by Giuseppe Capotondi ; produced by Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima ; subject and script Alesandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo.
[New York] : Flatiron Film Company ; distributed by New Video, 2012.
"Guido, a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia, a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn"--Container
PN1997.2 .D657 2009.
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My piece of the pie [videorecording] / a Ce Qui Me Meut, Studiocanal, France 2 Cinema, Crrav Nord Pas de Calais ; in partnership with the CNC ... [et al.] ; produced by Bruno Levy ; written and directed by Cedric Klapisch.
[United States] : IFC Films, 2012.
After losing her job at the local factory, single mother France enrolls in a housekeeper training program and lands a job cleaning the apartment of wealthy power broker Steve. When Alban, Steve's 3-year-old son, arrives on the doorstep to stay with his dad, Steve soon realizes he might need more than a cleaner. France realizes she might now have the perfect opportunity for payback against the man who almost single-handedly shut down the factory where she worked
PN1997.2 .M965 2011B.
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Quilombo [videorecording] / a film by Carlos Diegues ; produced by Augusto Arraes ; written and directed by Carlos Diegues.
[New York?] : New Yorker Video, 2005.
In 17th century Brazil groups of runaway black slaves escaped to mountainous jungle strongholds, where they formed self-governing communities known as quilombos. This film chronicles the most famous, the Palmares, and their legendary chieftain Ganga Zumba
PN1997 .Q55 1984B.
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Whirlpool [videorecording] / screen play by Ben Hecht and Andrew Solt ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2005.
"A young wife is caught in a spiral of deceit, blackmail and murder. Terrified that her psychiatrist husband will learn of her frailty, Ann Sutton attempts to cure herself with the help of hypnotist David Korvo. However, Ann finds herself plunging deeper and deeper into a psychological abyss as Korvo, with a diabolical plan of his own, manipulates her subconscious mind."-- Container
PN1997.W45 W45 2005.
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Black widow (Motion picture : 1954). TITLE = Black widow [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; screenplay by Nunnally Johnson ; produced and directed by Nunnally Johnson.
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008].
Nancy Ordway is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver, who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter's wife, Iris, comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce, soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series of flashbacks reveal the plan she was weaving to climb the social ladder
PN1995.9.F54 B5335 2008.
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Possession [videorecording] / USA Films and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures production in association with Contagious Films ; producers, Paul Weinstein, Barry Levinson ; screenplay writers, David Henry Hwang, Laura Jones, Neil LaBute ; director, Neil LaBute.
Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, [2003], c2002.
Roland is an academic researcher who discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, Randolph Henry Ash. Ash was presumed to have been totally devoted to his wife, but Roland finds letters written to another unnamed woman, and soon determines that the intended recipient was another, less well-known poet, Christabel LaMotte. Roland contacts Maud, an expert on LaMotte's life and work. Despite her skepticism, the two begin to investigate, and uncover a wealth of information about the affair between the two poets
PN1997.2 .P68 2002.
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Fallen angel [videorecording] / screen play by Harry Kleiner ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2005.
"June Mills and her sister Clara live a quiet life in a small coastal town until Eric Stanton, a smooth-talking con man, comes into their lives. He seems to fall hard for June, but Clara believes he's interested only in the family fortune. Meanwhile, sultry waitress Stella catches Stanton's fancy and thinks he might be her ticket out of town. The local cop knows more than he's telling about his fellow citizens and their tangled relationships, which draw even tighter after a shocking murder"--Container
PN1997 .F33 2005.
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Cirkus columbia [videorecording] / a film by Danis Tanovic, Strand Releasing and The Match Factory, A.S.A.P. Films, Autonomous, Studio Maj, Razor Film, Man's Film Productions, Art & Popcorn production ; producer, Amra Baksic Cámo ... [et. al.] ; written by Danis Tanovic, Ivica ikic.
[United States] : Strand Releasing Home Video, 2012.
After the fall of the communist regime in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1991, a German exile returns home with an attractive young girlfriend, a flashy new Mercedes, a pocketful of cash, and a lucky black cat. When his cat goes missing, things begin to fall apart and his personal tumult finds an unsettling mirror in the country at large as signs appear of the coming Bosnian War
PN1997.2 .C575 2010B.
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Kong zi [videorecording] = Confucius / presented by Dadi Entertainment Limited, Dadi Century (Beijing) Limited, China Film Group Corporation ; executive producers John Sham, Rachel Liu, Han Sanping ; starring Chow Yun Fat ; produced by Chui Po Chu ; directed by Hu Mei.
[Beijing] : Dadi Film Media : FUNimation, [2009].
Dramatization of Confucius as a leader whose wisdom and cunning were more powerful than any sword. In a battlefield epic, Confucius finds his land threatened by the fires of war. After leading the nation's most powerful army to victory against hordes of invaders, the new hero finds even greater danger in the jealous eyes of the aristocrats he fought to protect
PN1997.2 .K656 2009.
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Young Goethe in love [videorecording] / Music Box Films and Beta Cinema present a Senator Film Production and Deutschfilm, in co-production with Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany and Seven Pictures ; a co-production with Erftal Film, Goldkind Film, Sumerstorm Entertainment ; written by Philipp Stölzl, Christoph Müller, Alexander Dydyna ; produced by Christoph Müller, Helge Sasse ; directed by Philipp Stölzl.
Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, 2012.
In 1772 Germany, the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe aspires to be a poet. After failing his law exams, he is sent by his father to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways. Unsure of his talent and eager to prove himself, Goethe soon wins the praise and friendship of his superior, Kestner. But then Lotte Buff enters his life and nothing is the same as before. However, the young lovers are unaware that her father has already promised Lotte's hand to another man
PN1997.2 .Y665 2010B.
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Coffee and cigarettes [videorecording] / United Artists ; Smokescreen Inc. presents ; in association with Asmik Ace and Bim Distribuzione ; in association with Open City Films, Inc. ; a film by Jim Jarmusch ; produced by Joana Vicente, Jason Kliot ; written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.
[United States] : MGM Home Entertainment, c2004.
A collection of eleven stories that range from Bill Murray's hilarious delivery of java and advice to Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and GZA to an interchange steeped in jealousy between a successful actress and her bitter cousin
PN1997.2 .C645 20043B.
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Pariah [videorecording] / Focus Features, Northstar Pictures and Sundial Pictures present in association with AID+ABET, Chicken & Egg Pictures and MBK Entertainment, a Dee Rees film ; produced by Nekisa Cooper ; written and directed by Dee Rees.
Universal City, CA : Universal, c2012.
Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity--sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward
PN1997.2 .P365 2011B.
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Mary Poppins (Motion picture). TITLE = Mary Poppins [videorecording] / Walt Disney Productions ; screenplay by Bill Walsh & Don Da Gradi ; directed by Robert Stevenson.
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, [2009].
Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who, with her magical umbrella, flies into the lives of a proper, upper crust Edwardian English banker and his two children. She proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers and, in the process, teaches the family just how much fun life can be
PN1997 .M37 2009.
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The mystery of Edwin Drood [videorecording] / BBC ; Viking River Cruises ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written by Gwyneth Hughes ; produced by Lisa Osborne ; directed by Diarmuid Lawrence.
[United States] : PBS Home Video, [2012].
John Jasper is haunted and restless. Unhappily settled as choirmaster in the provincial cathedral town of Cloisterham, Jasper finds himself striving for the divine in his music even as he struggles against madness brought on by ennui and opiates. Aware of his unraveling, Jasper believes his salvation may be found in the arms of Rosa, his prized pupil. His only obstacle is her fiance, Edwin Drood - Jasper's nephew
PN1997.2 .M9784 2012.
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Die Legende von Paul und Paula [videorecording] = The legend of Paul and Paula / Icestorm International presents a DEFA Studio für Spielfilme ; directed by Heiner Carow ; screenplay, Ulrich Plenzdorf & Heiner Carow.
[New York] : First Run Features, c1999.
"Two neighbors--Paula, a single woman with two children, and Paul, a conservative bureaucrat stuck in a loveless marriage--begin to fall in love. The free-spirited Paula tries to liberate Paul from his complacent life, but it's not until tragedy and heartaches beset them both that he begins to fully appreciate her love. But is it too late?"--Container
PN1995.9.F67 L44 1999.
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Der geteilte Himmel [videorecording] / DEFA ; director, Konrad Wolf ; script, Kurt Barthel ... [et al.].
[United States] : First Run Features, [2009].
A young woman reflects back on her recent past, her love for Manfred, a talented and successful chemist, Manfred's bitter disappointment in the face of rejection, his escape to West Berlin a few weeks before the Berlin Wall is erected, and his hope that she will follow. Based on Christa Wolf's internationally acclaimed novel and criticized in the GDR for questioning the construction of the Wall, the film was made during a brief cultural thaw in the early 1960s
PN1997 .D58 2009.
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Where the sidewalk ends [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; screen play by Ben Hecht ; adaptation by Victor Trivas, Frank P. Rosenberg and Robert E. Kent ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2005.
Cop Mark Dixon is in hot water with his bosses because of his rough style and tactics. He accidentally kills a murder suspect and tries to frame a known racketeer that he despises for the crime. NOTE = A cop in hot water with his bosses for roughing up suspects, accidentally kills a suspect. After falling in love with the dead man's widow, he must find a way to clear her father of the murder without implicating himself
PS3537.T9258 .W48 1950B.
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Stephen Hawking's universe [videorecording] / Thirteen WNET ; Uden Associates ; David Filkin Enterprises co-production in association with BBC-TV.
[S.I.] : Educational Broadcasting Corp. ; [Alexandria, VA.] : PBS Home Video, c1997.
Stephen Hawking, one of the world's eminent cosmologists, presents the latest advances in cosmological thought on the origins of the universe
QB981 .S828 1997B.
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Cane toads [videorecording] : an unnatural history / written and directed by Mark Lewis ; Film Australia.
New York : First Run Features, [2001].
Documents the history of the Cane toad (Bufo marinus), which was introduced to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the greyback beetle, which was devouring the sugarcane crop. Unfortunately, the toads had no impact on the beetles, but due to a complete lack of natural preditors and their propensity to multiply they have spread widely and decimated local fauna
QL668.E227 C36 1988B.
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The God squad and the case of the Northern Spotted Owl [videorecording] / a documentary by Emily Hart.
Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c2001.
A documentary focusing on the controversial Endangered Species Committee proceedings over the Northern Spotted Owl and 44 proposed federal timber sales in Southwest Oregon, presented through interviews with cabinet members, staff, committee witnesses, lawyers and people in rural Oregon. While the proceedings ostensibly focused on the owl and timber sales, the controversy was a microcosm of a much larger debate concerning the fate of the Pacific Northwest's old growth forests and the Endangered Species Act
QL84.22.O7 G637 2001B.
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The strange disappearance of the bees [videorecording] / ARTE France, Telefrance, Galafilm present ; in association with RTBF, TSR, TV5 Monde, CBS Television ; a film by Mark Daniels.
Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, 2011.
Documentary about mass deaths of bees all over the world. Increasingly each spring, beekeepers open their hives to find entire colonies wiped out. Surveys the science through conversations with top researchers such as entomologist May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and biologist Paul Ehrlich of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. Makes a case that the industrial agricultural model is responsible for killing off the pollinators
SF538.5.C65 S77 2011.
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