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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 11 min.)
Language
English
Description
This 11-minute documentary gives insight into the activist efforts of a group of men in the town of Gloucester, MA. Using footage from anti-violence marches and centering on community men speaking out against violence and domestic abuse, this video is an effective case study of how men can come together to challenge the violent construction of masculinity. With its focus on taking action to make change, Breaking our silence is an excellent case study...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 180 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Domestic violence and abuse of the elderly can happen anywhere in big cities, small towns and the suburbs. It is a shameful problem, but unfortunately not a unique or new problem. Includes guidelines specific to healthcare.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 27 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
In 2007 a group of Aboriginal women from the Fitzroy Valley in Australia's remote northwest decided enough was enough. Their community had experienced 13 suicides in 13 months. Reports of family violence and child abuse were commonplace and alcohol consumption was rising at an alarming rate. Something had to be done. Something had to change. A group of courageous Aboriginal women from across the Valley came together to fight for a future. For everyone...
4) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biographical film about psychologically destructive, violent middleweight champion Jake La Motta.
5) Falling down
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.
6) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed., 2-disc DVD collector's set.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([14] p. ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
7) Take my eyes
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A terrified Pilar hastily flees from her husband Antonio's rage in the middle of the night with her young son as if her life depends on it. Reaching her sister Ana's house, Pilar breaks down in turmoil. Banging on Ana's front door is Pilar's husband, Antonio, who in a fit of rage screams for Pilar to return home. With Ana's support, Pilar is determined to save herself from Antonio's rage. Yet the very passionate Antonio is far from a one-dimensional...
8) Bug
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agnes has finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss, who has recently been released from state prison. Agnes is a lonely waitress with a tragic past who moves into a sleazy, run-down Oklahoma motel room with her lesbian co-worker R.C. She, in turn, introduces Agnes to Gulf War veteran, Peter, a peculiar, paranoiac drifter and they begin a tentative romance. However, things don't always seem as they appear and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic...
9) The gateway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Parker is a down on his luck social worker who finds himself in over his head when he tries to protect his client from her recently paroled husband. Can Parker save the family from the violent threat of the maniacal drug dealer and his crew, desperate to reclaim their priceless stash at any cost?
10) Ocean boy
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bosch, a young father, goes on the run with his son, Rockit, who believes they're on a magical holiday.
11) Falling down
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After he's downsized from his job, an emotionally unstable man slowly loses his mind, unleashing a spree of violence on those that he sees as detriments to society.
12) Raging Bull
Publisher
Mgm Home Enter
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 129 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta. This is the repackaged version.
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