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Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Enjoy a portrait of Wisconsin farm life as seen through the eyes of a boy growing up in Waushara County during the 1930s and 1940s. Acclaimed Wisconsin historian and author Jerry Apps evokes memories of a time when almost as many Americans lived on farms as in cities, and examines day-to-day rural life. Fieldwork was done with horses, cows were milked by hand, lanterns were the source of light, and community was essential for survival. Apps explores...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Linda Ronstadt has been an icon for more than 50 years. Her extraordinary vocal range and ambition created unforgettable songs across rock, pop, country, folk ballads, American standards, classic Mexican music, and soul. As the most popular female recording artist of the 1970s, Ronstadt filled huge arenas as no one had ever done and produced an astounding eleven platinum albums. Ronstadt was the first artist to top the Pop, Country, and R&B charts...
3) RBG
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But the unique personal journey of her rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans - until now. RBG explores Ginsburg's life and career.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An intimate look into the life and work of the revered master comedian and actor, Robin Williams.
Told largely through his own voice captured in interviews and audio recordings, this documentary takes an initimate look at the life and work of beloved American comedian and actor Robin Williams. Includes never-before-seen home video and movie/TV outtake footage as well as personal archival material and new interviews with those who knew Williams best....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time, the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through interviews filmed over four years, Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality, tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the wealthiest...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.
7) Jane
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Looks back at Jane Goodall's career as a primatologist, animal rights advocate, and environmental activist. Comprised of present-day interview segments with Goodall and archival footage of her work studying chimpanzees at Tanzania's Gombe National Park shot by Hugo van Lawick in the 1960s for National Geographic.
8) Love, Gilda
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Never-before-seen footage and journal entries form the narrative spine of the documentary, allowing Gilda Radner to tell her own story; through the laughter and sometimes the tears. Incredibly, she was able to find humor in even the darkest of times. Her spirit lives on in comedy as a female trailblazer who continues to inspire many present day comedic performers.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To the veterans, the Korean War was anything but the "Forgotten War." The passion of their memories comes through in the two-part Wisconsin Korean War Stories.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A feature length tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest reigning monarch, from her birth in London on April 21st 1926 to the nationwide outpouring of gratitude and thanks to Her Majesty in June 2022 marking the Platinum Jubilee, and then the sorrow just weeks later and her historic and epic funeral. Following the course of her life as shock of the abdication in 1936 catapulted her father unexpectedly onto the throne, suddenly...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that will tell the bittersweet story of one of the most innovative comedians who ever graced the stage, screen and television, before his untimely death from a drug overdose at the tender age of only 33. Immortalized for his uniquely bold, energetic, and in-your-face comedic style, Chris Farley's off the charts talent cemented his place as a key player in a movement that evolved and redefined the comedic genre.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
17) Temple Grandin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories as a leader in the field of animal husbandry and the humane handling of cattle.
18) Tina
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of Tina Turner, featuring her personal reflections, archival interviews, and contributions from others.
19) Buck
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion...
20) The pianist
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wądysąw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
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