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1) Stellaluna
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1 videodisc (41 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems like she'll always be an outsider, Stellaluna makes an amazing discovery. Now she'll learn to cherish the things that make her different from everyone else. And she'll see...
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3 videodiscs (approximately 4.5 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Video release compiling 35 of the artist's memorable and sometimes groundbreaking music videos. Throughout his illustrious career, Michael Jackson not only changed the way music sounded, he changed the way it looked. Breaking through barriers of all kinds--including the preconceived notion of a 'promotional music video', Michael created cinematic short films with universal appeal that brought his songs to life.
Series
Ironweed Film Club volume no. 21
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two documentaries about alien and harsh environments where nature and industry collide, and the communities of people that live there. Once known as the California Riviera, the man-made Salton Sea is mistakenly portrayed by the media as an ecological disaster. Today, close-knit communities of eclectic and eccentric residents must battle biased media representations and surrounding metropolises threatening to appropriate water sources that keep the...
Series
Laurel and Hardy collection volume 4
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Be big! (The boys duck out on a vacation with their wives in order to attend a stag party. The lucky dog (silent film): In their first screen appearance together, Stan plays a penniless dog lover and Oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him.
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 11
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1 videodisc (104, 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Afghanistan 2014. As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antares and his men's determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear in the valley.
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Ironweed film club volume no. 30
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1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three films explore the American democratic system and current threats to it. Call it democracy contains a bi-partisan discussion about problems with the electoral process, including the Electoral College system and electronic voting. Original intent : the battle for America examines the judicial philosophy of "originalism"--interpreting the Constitution according to the original intent of the founding fathers--and its potential to undermine fundamental...
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Ironweed film club volume no. 19
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three short films explore the experience of being gay in America. Small town gay bar is the story of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people struggling to find a safe space and strong community in rural Mississippi. Out in the heartland is the story of gay and lesbian families taking a stand against Kentucky's anti-gay-marriage amendment. Clay pride : being clay in America is an animated film about a man's coming out.
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Ironweed film club volume no. 38
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three films tell personal stories of the working poor--hard-working Americans who, despite effort, determination, and playing-by-the-rules, face impossible odds in the struggle to pull themselves and their families out of poverty. Waging a living follows four workers who are "hustling backwards," working fulltime and even overtime but unable to pull ahead of rising expenses. Rosevelt's America tells the story of immigrant Rosevelt Henderson, who fled...
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4 videodiscs (642 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of films from American film archives. In addition to rare silent-era features, includes landmark independent and avant-garde works, documentaries and newsreels, earliest American movies, pioneering special effects, one-reel adventures and comedies, cartoons and experimental animation, home movies, travel films from the 1910s, working training films from the 1920s, political ads from the 1930's, and other film types invented during the...
12) Ratcatcher
Series
Criterion collection volume 162
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A haunting evocation of a troubled Glasgow childhood. Set during Scotland's national garbage strike of the mid-1970's, Ratcatcher explores the experiences of a poor adolescent boy as he struggles to reconcile his dreams and his guilt with the abjection that surrounds him.
13) War made easy : how presidents & pundits keep spinning us to death: The bases are loaded ; Flight
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Ironweed film club volume no. 28
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three films examine modern American war, especially the Iraq War, and the propaganda, political agendas, and deceptions that may underly it. War made easy, based on the bestselling book by Norman Solomon, examines the strategies used by administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war from Vietnam to Iraq, and how propaganda and the media are used to persuade the nation that military aggression has been the appropriate...
15) Das Fräulein
Series
Film Movement volume 5, film 8
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Das Fräulein is the story of two Balkan refugees. Reza owns a restaurant and has lived in Switzerland for 25 years. Ana is a Bosnian who breezes into Reza's life and injects both joy and discontent. Happiness describes a Polish American woman who buys a box of happiness in a store and cannot decide what to do with it.
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1 videodisc (39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Apostle Paul asked himself what he must do to be saved nearly 2,000 years ago. His answer resonates to this very day. Follow Paul's remarkable visit to the city of Philippi as he connects with people from all walks of life, demonstrating that the good news of Jesus is indeed for all people, to the very ends of the earth.
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1 videodisc : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rogue of the Rio Grande: Notorious bandit El Malo robs the Sierra Blanca Bank in broad daylight. The outlaw, famed for sharing his 'earnings' with the poor, is insulted when he sees the wanted poster. The reward is a mere $1000 and his strikingly handsome features have been totally misrepresented. Outraged, El Malo is determined to teach the sheriff respect. But his plans are waylaid when he stops at the cantina and is smitten by gorgeous dancer Carmita....
Series
Ironweed film club volume no. 26
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1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three films document efforts by ordinary people to overcome the political status quo. Can Mr. Smith get to Washington anymore? is the story of Jeff Smith, an underdog candidate who seeks to overturn one of Missouri's political dynasties in the race for the U.S. Congressional seat of retiring House Majority Leader, Dick Gephardt. Granny D goes to Washington is the story of 89-year-old Doris Haddock who walked across the entire continental U.S. in order...
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2 videodiscs (266 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
An extraordinary look at motion pictures as seen through the eyes of the reknowned filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, who transformed the face of cinema with his prolific, influential, and revolutionary body of work, which includes such classics as Breathless, Weekend, and Contempt. Consisting of 4 chapters, each one subdivided into two parts, making for a total of 8 episodes, made over a period of ten years, the series covers a wide range of topics, from...
20) Victory at sea
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2 videodiscs (936 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bonus DVD
Language
English
Description
The original full-length episodes of the award-winning series made exclusively for television and containing actual live action footage. The videos introduce the campaigns and action of World War II, concentrating on battles and action at sea. Plus a bonus disc featuring selections from several war documentary programs.
The complete 26 episode series plus 6 bonus war documentary programs. An Emmy and Peabody award-winning TV series chronicling naval...
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