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Publisher
The Foundation
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
If you stutter: advice for adults: Speech-language pathologists answer questions about stuttering and demonstrate a variety of therapy techniques.
Stuttering: straight talk for teens: David Walkins, a high school student who stutters, narrates this 30-minute film featuring many teens who talk about their stuttering and what works for them. Noted professional offer expert information and helpful advice on handling social and academic situations.
Publisher
Alive Mind
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neurologist Richard Davidson examines the possibility of using mental practices to change the physical structure in the brain, which offers hope to those suffereing from post-traumatic stress disorder and people with ADHD.
Publisher
Nehst Out
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This documentary examines the forces that have thwarted meaningful advances in cancer research. The story centers on the Navarros, a family struggling to keep their young son alive.
Series
Ironweed film club volume no. 71
Publisher
Iron Weed Film Club
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Beautiful Truth: A 15 year-old boy goes on a mission to determine if what Dr. Max Gerson wrote in his controversial book is a legitimate alternative cure for cancer. After numerous interviews with doctors, skeptics, members of Gerson's family, and cancer patients, it became abundantly clear that a cure for virtually all cancers and chronic diseases does exist, and it has existed for over 80 years.
For the Holy Grail : Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid and...
6) Being mortal
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the process of dying and the rise of palliative care, and discusses ways in which doctors and patients can address the topic.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three women at risk of developing Alzheimer's join a groundbreaking study to try to prevent the disease, while sharing their ups and downs, anxiously watching for symptoms, and hoping they can make a difference. Producers: Laurie Cahalane, Therese Barry-Tanner, Eileen Littig, Maggie Bowman, Julia Reichert. Narrator: Jeannette Robinson.
10) Hoovey
Publisher
[Echolight Studios]
Pub. Date
[2015], c2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When promising high school basketball player Eric "Hoovey" Elliott collapses on the court, doctors discover a life-threatening brain tumor. Hoovey will survive the high-risk surgery, but at what cost? Can he relearn to walk, read, even to see clearly? The road is long, and meanwhile overwhelming medical bills threaten to undo everything his parents, Jeff and Ruth, have taken a lifetime to build.
Series
Studio classic volume 23
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fact-based story about a Georgia housewife named Eve, who suffers from multiple personalities. Eve's husband, confused by his wife's behavior seeks help from a psychiatrist. The doctor finds that each of Eve's personalities is aware of the other's existence but none are related. After months of therapy, Eve is purged of her negative selves and is cured.
12) Wit
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
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.
14) The children act
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As her personal life falls apart, a judge has to decide a difficult case where religious parents of a 17-year-old boy suffering from leukemia refuse to allow the hospital to perform a life-saving blood transfusion.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In and out of rehab for the past 10 years, Kym Buchman returns to the family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel. She brings with her a long history of personal crisis and family conflict. The wedding party is full of friends and relations who have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love. Kym's passion for the dramatic incites tension in the family.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 235 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The year 1540 was a crucial turning point in American history. The Great Indian Wars were incited by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado when his expedition to the Great Plains launched the inevitable 350-year struggle between the white man and the American Indians. From that point forward, the series of battles between the military and civilian forces of the United States and the native American Indians began when blood was shed and ultimately tens of...
17) Reel injun
Publisher
Lorber Films
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill and Russell...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1975, armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Gunfire erupted and a Native American and two FBI agents fell dead. After the largest manhunt in FBI history, three men were apprehended but only one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. This documentary film is his story.
19) Utopia
Publisher
Dartmouth Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
2 DVD videos (112, 280 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages : illustrated ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Utopia is an epic production by the Emmy and Bafta winning film-maker and journalist John Pilger. Utopia is a vast region in northern Australia and home to the oldest human presence on earth. 'This film is a journey into that secret country,' says John Pilger in Utopia. 'It will describe not only the uniqueness of the first Australians, but their trail of tears and betrayal and resistance - from one utopia to another'. Pilger begins his journey...
20) The horse boy
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin sought the best possible medical care, but traditional therapies had little effect. They discovered that Rowan had a profound affinity for animals, particularly horses, and the family set off...
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