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62) Belzec
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Polish
Description
Although it was in full operation for less than one-year, BELZEC was a very efficiently run Concentration Camp were over 600,000 Jews were slaughtered. As the Russian army was drawing closer and closer to the camp, the Nazi dismantled Belzec and eradicated virtually all the evidence that the camp ever existed. This documentary tells the story of Belzec and reminds the world "never forget". Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival**.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
There are almost 300 species of squirrels that can glide through the air, outwit rattlesnakes, and survive the coldest temperatures of any mammal. Uncover their extraordinary abilities as a filmmaker puts their problem solving to the test.
64) In the Sun
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (37 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
IN THE SUN is a poignant and inspiring documentary that lets viewers in on the personal skin health journeys of seven families facing extraordinary circumstances as they uncover the long-term effects of living IN THE SUN.
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For the past century, Detroit's Cass Corridor was one of the roughest areas in the city. Known as a center of drugs and prostitution, this former red-light district was alternatively known as "Fire Alley," an acknowledgment of its status as the arson capital of Michigan. In 1963, the city's final incarnation of Chinatown was established in the Corridor, but by the end of the 1980s that particular enclave came to its demise. The Cass Corridor is experiencing...
66) American Swing
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Seventies were sexy and sleazy. At the epicenter of it all was Plato's Retreat, the controversial, first-ever swingers club. AMERICAN SWING brings this enigmatic epic of excess to the screen for the first time.
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After assembling mock assault rifles out of everyday found objects, sculptor David Hess decides to turn them into an experimental public art installation to explore America’s obsession with guns. The fruits of that mission comprise the story of Gun Show, a fascinating and deeply moving documentary that steers clear of advocating a position and instead invites meaningful dialogue about the cultural power of guns. Beginning in Hess’s sculpture studio,...
68) The Bowmakers
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The bow is the Cinderella of the orchestra—the overworked and overshadowed ally to its more glamorous partners. Few people, even among lovers of classical music, think of the bow as an instrument in its own right, but players of stringed instruments see them differently. To musicians, the bow is as essential to expressing the soul of the music as the violin or cello. The film follows the journey of the “silent servant” of the music world—from...
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The diabetes community has been filled with deception for the past 50 years. The typical guidelines for managing diabetes have ultimately caused suffering for millions of people with the disease. Follow a group of families and doctors as they present a solution to managing diabetes that could spare many patients from devastating complications in this seminal documentary about diabetes.
70) Under the Sun
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Russian director Vitaly Mansky follows the life of one girl and her family in the year she prepares to join the Children's Union, on the 'Day of the Shining Star' (Kim Jong-Il's birthday). In doing so, Mansky crafts an indelible portrait of life in modern North Korea.
71) Hired Gun
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"First Call, A-List" musicians share their incredible stories of touring, the dedication required to play next to the world’s most iconic musicians, and the origin of rock's most celebrated songs.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (152 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The cocaine trade forever changed a once-sleepy retirement community into one of the world's most glamorous hot spots, the epicenter of a {dollar}20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin cartel, and the murder capital of the country.
73) My Brother
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (71 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Español
Description
A touching experience for the film’s subjects and for its audience, My Brother follows a single unmarried woman, Gabriela, as she and her adoptive son, Alexey, decide to adopt a second boy, Mateo. Brazilian Filmmaker Alana Simões followed the lives of the family with her camera in hand for nine years, gathering more than 150 hours of footage. The result is a candid portrayal of the relationship between Alexey and Mateo, demonstrating what it means...
74) Polar Extremes
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places–beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic–NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.
75) Fattitude
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
FATTITUDE is an eye-opening look at how popular media perpetuates fat hatred that results in a cultural bias and a civil rights issue for people living in fat bodies. Fat people are paid {dollar}1.25 less an hour than their thin counterparts and can still legally lose jobs just because they’re fat. Additionally, 1 in 3 doctors associates fat bodies with hostility, dishonesty and poor hygiene. FATTITUDE looks at how this systemic cultural prejudice...
76) End of Life
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A deeply moving and revelatory documentary that captures the last years of five individuals in the process of dying. In preparation for this unique project, the filmmakers trained to be end-of-life doulas and documented hundreds of hours of interactions with their subjects. The Doula works with the dying person, along with those surrounding them, to help design, guide and support their wishes for whatever a “good death” might mean for them. “In...
77) City of Joel
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
CITY OF JOEL follows an ultra-orthodox Hasidic sect as they wage a turf war with their secular neighbors. 50 miles north of New York City, the Satmar sect has thrived in a 1.1 square mile religious haven called Kiryas Joel, or City of Joel, for over 40 years. With some of the highest rates of marriage, birth, and religious observance in the US, their success has come at a price, as Kiryas Joel is no longer big enough to hold its 22,000 members. Nominated...
78) Going Om
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
GOING OM explores the power of sound and silence and whether they can be used as tools for wellness.
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
With a poetic blend of curiosity, humor, sensuality and concern, this film chronicles the pleasures and politics of H2O from an ecosexual perspective. Travel with Annie, a former sex worker, Beth, a professor, and their dog Butch, in their E.A.R.T.H. Lab mobile unit, as they explore the role of water. Ecosexuality shifts the metaphor “Earth as Mother” to “Earth as Lover” to create a more reciprocal and empathetic relationship with the natural...
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
20,000 DAYS ON EARTH is an inventive, lyrical ode to creativity and an intimate examination of the artistic process of musician and cultural icon Nick Cave.
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