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Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Although the fighting lasted for only six days in June of 1967, the effects of the Six Day War are still apparent today. On its 40th anniversary, the region remains trapped in conflict and is every bit as explosive as it was then. For Israel, the 1967 war was a military success. But it also redrew the map of the Middle East and mired the region in a never-ending cycle of occupation, terrorism and reprisal. The Six Day War forever changed the politics...
63) The secret
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Documentary-style film about manifesting and using the Law of Attraction to create whatever you want in your life. Helps you understand how important it is to consciously choose the thoughts you hold each day and to keep your thoughts and actions focused on what you really want to attract into your life
64) This is a moose
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Director Billy Waddler is trying to film a documentary about moose, but the moose in question has no intention of spending his life in the woods and his animal friends, who have dreams of their own, help him prove his point."--
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Français
Description
The Grande Chartreuse, considered one of the world's most ascetic monasteries is based in the French Alps. This documentary shows life in the Grande Chartreuse monastery, home of the Carthusian Order. Using extended shots, no interviews, and no music other than that of the monks' own chanting, looks at the monks' days centered on contemplation, work, and study.
66) Journey of man
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Language
English
Description
How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The Quiet Epidemic follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate. What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease, dating back to its discovery in 1975. A paper trail of suppressed...
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later.--
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland into reality." --
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Brought to life by director Daniel Junge, this is a tale of brilliant innovations, colossal failures and ego-driven rivalries akin to Steve Jobs versus Bill Gates. It is a 50-year-long, multi-generation epic featuring corporate coups, industrial espionage, secret burial grounds and the promise of unimaginable riches just one cartridge away. The only constant through the saga is this: just when you think you've won the battle, you're actually at your...
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In this landmark series of films, University of Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy escorts viewers through the history of this most important of all intellectual disciplines. In a journey that takes him through the ages and around the world, he examines the development of key mathematical ideas and shows how, in a multitude of surprising ways, mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Barbra was Bert's secretary 38 years ago. Even though in her 90's, she is alive and well and pleased to see Bert who she has not seen since he was jailed for murdering Hubert Wilkes. However, after some gentle questioning by Professor Wilson, it quickly becomes apparent she could not account for Bert's whereabouts for the whole of the day that Carl was killed – Bert's cast iron alibi is no more. Professor Wilson now believes he has enough information...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Ann Whelan was the mother of Michael Hickey (one of the Bridgewater 4). She campaigned tirelessly for twenty years to get her son freed from jail. During that period, she accumulated an archive of legal documents. Believing the identity of the killer of Carl Bridgewater to be amongst her papers, she hands them over to Professor David Wilson to assist him in his investigation.
77) Words
Author
Language
English
Description
"Words" is an exploration of how people navigate identity in the open and evolving landscape of New York City. Using some of NYC's most fluid scenes as a backdrop, "Words" investigates the dissonance between self and socially constructed identities as well as how these identities are contextualized in a range of environments from the world of the arts to the NYPD.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Professor David Wilson is a world renowned criminologist. He travels to Lincolnshire to meet Bert Spencer. In 1976, Bert was the number one suspect in the murder of a 13-year-old newspaper boy – Carl Bridgewater. Despite never having been charged for the crime, suspicion still lingers over Bert. Not least of all because the 4 men who were jailed for the crime were declared innocent after spending 20 years in prison, in what was one of the greatest...
Author
Language
English
Description
With exclusive access to Jaguar's state-of-the-art engineering laboratories and top-secret design studios, Going Electric provides an intriguing, inside view of one of the world's most iconic companies as it grapples with the future. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Ben Lawrie and narrated by Mark Strong.
80) This Old Cub
Author
Language
English
Description
This Old Cub is an acclaimed documentary about former nine-time all-star third baseman, broadcaster, and Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo and his lifelong battle with diabetes. Santo was the first and only major league position player to play professional baseball with Type One diabetes (insulin dependent). He played most of his career without revealing his disease for fear that he would be forced to retire from baseball. At a time when much less was...
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