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1) Spellbound
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C. All work quite hard and practice daily, first having to win their regional championship before they can move on. Interviews include the parents and teachers who are working with them. The competitors not only work hard to get to the finals but face tremendous pressure as the original group...
2) The Imposter
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **SXSW Film Festival**.
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (4 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In a world that's not always built for hard-of-hearing people, we can take communication for granted. Based on her essay "Seeing At The Speed of Sound," Rachel Kolb reminds us of the value of human connection.
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A fascinating story of the cultural, social, spiritual and musical revolution that was ignited by The Beatles, with revealing interviews and rarely-seen archival footage of the band.
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Dr. Steven Greer presents brand new, top-secret evidence supporting Extraterrestrial contact including witness testimony, classified documents, and UFO footage while also exploring the consequences of ruthlessly enforcing such secrecy.
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Surviving cancer doesn't mean the hardest part is over. Life continues with its unique challenges. Finding a support system & finding new experiences to dive into can help with overcoming some of these challenges. These survivors are finding their support system & their courage - in the water & in the air!
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Of Land and Bread is a series of vignettes about the daily life of Palestinians in the West Bank. It is a story of constant vulnerability where one's life is lived under the specter of state violence and the whims of settlers, and a camera is one's only defense.
In 2005, human rights organization B'Tselem established a video department, seeking to amplify the impact and power of their written reports on human rights violations in the Occupied Territories...
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Follow an Alaskan professor as he raises and studies an octopus in his home, making discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, personality and skills. Octopuses are able to recognize faces and interact with other individuals.
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Featuring a cast of prominent musicians and artists, and some virtuoso performances, the film captures five days in the life of one shop in the heart of Greenwich Village that remains resilient to an all-too-quickly vanishing way of life.
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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The Age of Exploration and Europe’s colonization of far-off lands was launched by a revolution in ship design that made long-distance voyages practical. A newly discovered 500-year-old wreck offers vital clues to this key innovation.
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Country music adapts to the cultural changes of post-war society. Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs transform string band music into Bluegrass. Out of the bars comes a new sound and songs about drinking, cheating, and heartbreak: Honky Tonk.
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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With the Vietnam War intensifying, America is more divided than ever. Country music is not immune to the divisions. Kris Kristofferson abandons his military career, becomes a writer whose lyricism sets a new standard for country songs.
16) The Street Vet
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (2 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Dr. Kwane Stewart walks the streets, providing medical care to homeless pets!
17) NOVA: Bird Brain
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Join NOVA to witness the brainpower of birds. Long mocked as empty-headed, our feathered friends hide surprisingly acute intelligence. But how smart are they? Watch as scientists test avian aptitude and challenge our basic notions of intelligence.
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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After centuries of percolating in America’s immigrant and racial mix, particularly in the American South, what was first called “hillbilly music” begins reaching more people through the new technologies of phonographs and radio.
19) My Best Fiend
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In the 1950s, an adolescent Werner Herzog was transfixed by a film performance of the young Klaus Kinski. Years later, they would share an apartment where, in an unabated, forty-eight-hour fit of rage, Kinski completely destroyed the bathroom. From this chaos, a violent, love-hate, profoundly creative partnership was born. In 1972, Herzog cast Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972). Four more films would follow. In this personal documentary, Herzog...
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (933 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the 20th century, as it eventually emerged to become America’s music. COUNTRY MUSIC features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. The eight-part series...






