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Series
Ironweed film club volume no. 63
Publisher
Iron Weed Film Club
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Beyond Borders : It moves past the headlines and takes an in-depth look at the hot-button issues of legal and illegal immigration. Beyond Borders explores the psychological forces driving the immigration controversy from both sides of the debate. Anti-immigration activists demand we stop this "illegal alien invasion," while some pro-immigration forces speak of a Reconquista, a reclaiming of the American Southwest by Mexico. In search of a middle ground,...
Publisher
Clear Compas Media
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thrive is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's really going on in our world by following the money upstream -- uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, Thrive offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film calls into question everything we think we know about contemporary society. By juxtaposing images of ancient cultures with those of modern life, Powaqqatsi masterfully portrays the human cost of progress.
5) Departures
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
A former cellist moves back to his hometown with his wife and accepts a position preparing corpses for burial.
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines Wal-Mart's importation of Chinese goods into the United States. Discusses that while some economists credit Wal-Mart's focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, others charge that the company is the main force driving the massive overseas shift to China in the production of American consumer goods, resulting in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs and a lower standard of living in the U.S.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A series of four documentaries that survey China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. Deals with the governance of China; talks about the past and future for Chinese women; looks at China's environmental challenges; explores China's conflict between personal freedom and governance.
Series
Ironweed film club volume no. 51
Publisher
Ironweed Film Club
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 1 hrs. 38 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tipping point: Our warming earth is most dramatically revealed in this modern day journey through the North West Passage. This is a revealing and worrying documentary that explains the effects of global climate change on the polar region and the alarming and rapid increase in the melting ice that might create an ice-free Arctic as soon as 2012 or 2013, by some recently revised predictions.
Life in plastic...: Plastic is the backbone of our society...
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Follows the daily lives of three people living on a farm in Portugal during the COVID lockdown.
The rigorous process of moviemaking meets the torpor of pandemic life in this beguiling new film co-directed by Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes. Three close friends Crista Carloto and João - along with the entire film crew - become the protagonists of a cinematic experiment shot during lockdown. Delve into the colorful world of one of the most playful...
12) The age of AIDS
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Part one follows the trail of a medical mystery which began in 1981 when five gay men in Los Angeles were diagnosed with a deadly new disease. Traces the international response in the first years of the epidemic, contrasting moments of inspirational leadership with the tragedy of missed opportunities. Reveals the astounding spread of the infection to over 70 million infections in 2006. Part two explores the chasm that emerged between rich and poor...
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (520 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Season Four, June strikes back against Gilead as a fierce rebel leader, but the risks she takes bring dangerous new challenges, and her quest for justice and revenge threatens to consume her.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In a dystopic future where a religion-based autocracy rules the country, women are second class citizens and after attempting to escape, June is sentenced to be a handmaid whose role is to bear children for childless government officials.
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary explores Japan's fascination and love affair with insects. The film intertwines their love for something so mundane, be it a beetle or butterfly, with their cultural values and traditions. In the end, it challenges viewers to not only alter their view of insects but also our lives.
18) Inside job
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Through extensive interviews with key financial insiders and others, examines the causes and effects of the global financial crisis of 2008, which nearly resulted in a global financial collapse.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scientific genetics, little more than a century old, holds at once the promise of eradicating disease and the threat of altering the very essence of what it means to be human. It traces the dizzying evolution of this new science as researchers race to identify treatments for genetic diseases, such as cancer and sickle cell anemia, and to perfect tools for rewriting DNA.
Publisher
Retail Project L.L.C
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wal-Mart: the high cost of low price takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners, and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel and shop.
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