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1) The first 48
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The First 48 follows the nation’s top police departments during the critical first 48 hours of murder investigations.
Publisher
Ifc Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation, and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record time.
"Tune in to the...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES is the first in-depth documentary film that chronicles the story of Fiddler On The Roof, exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its long reach across time and cultures. *"What makes it brilliant is that it demonstrates how universal this distinctly Jewish musical has become, how it has been embraced by many cultures and how it is still influential today." - G. Allen Johnson, **San Francisco Chronicle***...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An unprecedented exploration of America's enduring relationship with firearms. From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to Civil Rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative for four hundred years. Americans have relied on guns to sustain communities, challenge authority, and keep the peace. Efforts to curtail...
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
New research has shown that crows are among the most intelligent animals in the world, able to use tools as only elephants and chimpanzees do, able to recognize each other's voices and 250 distinct calls. Crow experts from around the world sing their praises, and present us with captivating new footage of crows as we have never seen them before.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Story Of Ireland is a five-part landmark history of Ireland presented by Fergal Keane (Wild Africa, Great Railway Journeys). Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the island has been at peace. This is unprecedented in the history of modern Ireland and so seems like a perfect time to reflect on the Irish as a people and as a modern European nation.
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career. Unknown to him, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon. Long rumored there to be dead, a few fans in the 90s decided to seek out the truth of his fate. What follows is a heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost...
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Each year, through the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, 100 people across the country attempt to tame a wild mustang in 100 days. Following this dangerous and harrowing feat performed by everyday people from every walk of life, is a public showcase that determines whether these horses can be saved from a life in captivity. Complete with first-hand footage and interviews, Wild Horse Wild Ride provides an in-depth look at the incredible relationship...
10) Chasing madoff
Publisher
Mpi Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Documented is the story of how Harry Markopolos and his team of investigators pieced together a chain of white-collar predators and revealed some of the most frightening truths behind the infamous scandal.
"...fascinating portrait of an unusual crusader, this is recommended..."--Video Librarian
11) The amish
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Explores the insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 400-year-old traditions have by turns captivated and baffled Americans for more than a century. The film examines the beliefs, lifestyle, and history of the Amish, as well as their complex relationship to mainstream American culture. Beautifully and lyrically photographed, The Amish is part history, part observational documentary that takes viewers into the world of the...
12) Into the cold
Publisher
Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Two men embark on a dramatic expedition to the North Pole. For over two months they journey 400+ miles on foot facing harsh temperatures to -50 degrees. From their intensive training to the expedition's successful completion, this is a bone chilling story of true bravery, incredible courage and unrelenting determination.
"Pay attention, this is an important film!"--Ridley Scott
"Gripping documentary filmmaking."--NBC
13) Jedi junkies
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A one-of-a-kind feature film about the world's most dedicated Star Wars fans. A rare glimpse into extreme fans' personal and professional self-expression.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Based on a widely republished New Yorker essay by best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen, EMPTYING THE SKIES exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction.. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for...
15) Planet ocean
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Using the extraordinary images of the Earth's oceans an international team of underwater cinematographers explain some of the planet's greatest natural mysteries, while reinforcing how essental it is to live in harmony with our oceans.
16) Behind the wall
Publisher
Aquapio Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009, Behind the Wall tells the stories of ordinary people living on both sides of the Wall and what life was like for them before, during and after the Wall fell. Behind the Wall will explode some myths and give a special, intimate, personal view of life in Berlin during those crucial historic years.
Publisher
Cinevolve Studios
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In 1962, a trash fire ignited a seam of anthracite coal beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town of over 3,000 people. By the mid-1980s, giant plumes of smoke and deadly carbon monoxide gases billowed from fissures in the ground. Today, 11 die-hards remain.
"Fascinating."--Entertainment Insiders
"Haunting and rich."--Philadelphia Weekly
18) Sound city
Publisher
Rca
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In 2012 Dave Grohl purchased the legendary Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios. The board, built in 1972, is considered to be the crown jewel of analog recording equipment, having recorded such artists as Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Cash, Guns and Roses, Metallica, and many other musical legends. This tells the story of real rock history, and celebrates the music, as Grohl gathers some of rock's greatest artists to collaborate...
19) Stories we tell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
"A brilliant, thought-provoking documentary."--USA...
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. Follows the stories of several idealistic young servicewomen who were raped and then betrayed by their own officers when they courageously came forward to report.
"**** A must-see."--Globe and Mail
"Exceptional"--Los Angeles Times
"...another galvanizing call to action..."--Washington Post
"This is not a movie that can be ignored."--A.O. Scott
"An...
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