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21) Stories We Tell
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. Official Selection at **Venice Film Festival**, **Sundance Film Festival**, and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Swamp explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, and, ultimately, the drive to preserve America’s greatest wetland.
Publisher
The Film Sales Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed director Julie Sokolow (Woman on Fire, Aspie Seeks Love) and producer Danny Yourd (Blood Brother, Almost Holy), comes an awe-inspiring, riveting film which follows a writer with a fierce passion and love for nature as he embarks on a daring and harrowing journey to walk across the United States completely barefoot. With wit, energy, and a fierce independence, this film takes on an odyssey to a universal place that touches at our deepest...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since September of 2016. Dozens of immigrant teenagers are missing. Who is behind the wave of killings on Long Island - and is law enforcement's crackdown on suspected MS-13 gang members detaining the real culprits, or innocent teens?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Each year, thousands of people die waiting for organ transplants. Through this extraordinary inside look at transplant procedures, hear moving stories of organ donors and recipients, and meet scientists working to end the organ shortage.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
1985.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking cult documentary from 1985, director Kirby Dick (*This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Derrida*) weaves a fascinating study of the curious role of a sex surrogate in the (then) recently established discipline of sexual therapy. Maureen Sullivan and two of her clients agreed to have the entire progression of their therapy taped, and what emerges is a disarming and compassionate look at the struggles people face in connecting with one...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (69 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Growing up in a loving home, brothers Peter and Matthew are crazy about each other, but also constantly at each other’s throats. Displaying their individual idiosyncrasies—Peter is obsessed with the TV show Survivor, while younger brother Matthew struggles to overcome his intense fear of dogs—the brothers spend one formative summer in their suburban Maryland neighborhood. Ben Mullinkosson’s revealing and endearing film DON’T BE A DICK ABOUT...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Tech giants and car manufacturers alike are developing self-driving cars—and some of them are already on public roads. But what must computers be capable of to truly take the wheel? And could they eventually be safer than human drivers?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Discover how humans have partnered with the horse throughout the centuries, creating more than 400 breeds, from the Yakutian Horse to the Arab Horse, found all around the world.
30) Not a War Story
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Hollywood collides with a group of veterans tired of the typical PTSD and valor-portrayed films to make an original dark comedy zombie apocalypse movie, “Range 15."
31) Love, Antosha
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A portrait of late actor Anton Yelchin, LOVE, ANTOSHA explores his successes and struggles through his journals, photography, original music, and interviews with his colleagues, including Chris Pine, Kristen Stewart, and Jennifer Lawrence. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
32) Gunda
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm's ambient soundtrack, acclaimed director Victor Kossakovsky invites us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it.
33) Magnus
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This unique coming-of-age story follows Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
EAST LAKE MEADOWS: A PUBLIC HOUSING STORY gives voice to some of the most marginalized people in our society and raises critical questions about how we have created concentrated poverty and limited housing opportunity for African Americans.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will in Ohio. An investigation of labor trafficking exposes a criminal network that exploited undocumented minors, companies profiting from forced labor, and the US government’s role.
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This is the story of how comic book superheroes were brought to life in cinema, from Tim Burton’s Batman films to The Avengers, Black Panther and beyond, and how they first took over Hollywood and then conquered the world.
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
To a stranger, he’s a guy obsessed with toilets, but to those who know him, he’s “Mr. Toilet,” a crusader for global sanitation. Born in the Singapore slums, Jack Sim knows firsthand the agonies of not having a proper loo. Now he’s dedicating his life to a crisis no one dares talk about: Shit.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The egg is perhaps nature’s most perfect life support system. Step by step as the egg hatches, host David Attenborough reveals the wonder behind these incredible miracles of nature.
39) Part of Water
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When most people think of ocean lifeguards, they think of Baywatch; but that couldn't be further from the truth. PART OF WATER tells the tragic story of fallen lifeguard hero, Ben Carlson, who lost his life in the line of duty while on a rescue during a massive swell. Through Ben's story, PART OF WATER sheds light on the countless dangers that ocean lifeguards face and earning the respect they've always deserved.
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches legendary songwriter Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) with the unusual proposition of taking psychedelic mushrooms together, and filming the results. Surprisingly, Will accepts.
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