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Publisher
The Cinema Guild Inc
Pub. Date
[2017?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Responding to the increase of noise pollution, a 'major environmental and public health burden' according to the World Health Organization, In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative exploration of our relationship with silence, sound and the impact of noise on our lives. This critical acclaimed documentary takes us on an immersive cinematic journey around the globe - from Denali National Park in Alaska to a forest outside of Tokyo, where a researcher...
4) Meru
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
5) Witnesses
Publisher
RB Media [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Croatian
Description
The stories of the people in a small town in the Balkans confronting ethnic hatred and deep moral ambiguities, focusing on the various character's viewpoints and the complexities of war and humanity.
6) Alps
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc ( min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Greek
Description
Four people form a secret society in which they take on the roles of dead people to provide comfort for grieving families.
8) Idiocracy
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joe Bowers is an average Joe. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He becomes part of a government experiment to go into hibernation. The experiment goes awry and Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed-dowm by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he's become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it's up to this average Joe to get human evolution back on the right track.
9) Rabbit hole
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A couple has trouble coping with the death of their young son.
10) Shangri-La
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 213 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Through conversations with legendary music producer Rick Rubin, examines various aspects of musical creativity and the process of music-making.
11) Freakonomics
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the role economics plays in various social issues, including child naming and low crime rates.
12) On a clear day
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The inspirational and triumphant story of a man who defies great odds and takes on a monumental challenge. This heartwarming tale of determination is an uplifting and humorous film.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
When she suspects her husband of infidelity, a housewife unleashes an unconscious ripe with erotic fantasies. In this film, Fellini's first feature-length color film, his examination of the sexual psyche unfolds via the surrealistic use of abrupt cut-aways to illustrate the woman' sexual fantasies.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggles to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hallucinogenic drugs?popularly called psychedelics?have been used by human societies for thousands of years. Today, scientists are taking a second look at many of these mind-altering substances?both natural and synthetic?and discovering that they can have profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with a range of afflictions from addiction to depression and PTSD.
Series
Criterion collection volume 536
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. Based on James Jones' novel, this is the story of Charlie Company's landing and battle experience there in 1942. The story concentrates on how the battle affects, and is effected by, Commanding officer Lt. Col. Gordon Tall, Captain James Staros, Sgt. Edward Welsh, and two privates, Witt and Bell. Charlie Company is attacking...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"As the War in Iraq continues, the first measures of its psychological toll are coming in. A medical study estimates that more than one in seven returning veterans are expected to suffer from major depression, anxiety, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. For those who have survived the fighting, the battle is not over. For some, the return home can be as painful as war itself"--Container.
19) In Syria
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
A woman in a city under siege opens up her apartment to her neighbors in an effort to keep them and her family safe from the war.
Series
Ironweed film club volume no. 45
Publisher
Ironweed Film Club
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Soldiers of conscience: To kill or not to kill? After World War II, a U.S. Army study revealed that three quarters of combat soldiers given the chance to fire on the enemy failed to do so. Today, despite intense Reflexive Fire Training which has helped raise firing rates in combat, many soldiers continue to suffer emotionally from the choice to pull the trigger. This powerful thought-provoking film follows eight U.S. soldiers, four who feel killing...
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