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61) Magic Trip
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Ken Kesey, Neal Cassidy and the Grateful Dead star in this rollicking film about the Merry Pranksters, created from never-before-seen footage of their legendary, acid-fueled cross-country road trip in 1965. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
62) Chinese Portrait
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
China in all its diversity. Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaus of people and environments, each one more extraordinary than the last.
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
SUPERSTAR IN A HOUSEDRESS examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time.
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (4 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Español
Description
Mauro Salcido Rodriguez performs "Amar Y Vivir" in Agua Prieta Mexico where he lived. This music video produced and directed by Harrod Blank, was filmed in 2005-6 but wasn't edited until 2014 by Benjamin Abrams. This short was made as a tribute to both Harrod's father Les Blank and Mauro who both passed away in 2013.
65) 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.
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Since 1977, Sam Klemke has filmed his life, creating a strange and intimate portrait of what it means to be human. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and the **Hot Docs Film Festival**. "*Adventuresome, unclassifiable.*" - ***Variety*** "*...a rather interesting tale about a compulsive personality*." - ***Film International***
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 2007, four teenagers from disparate backgrounds are voted "MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED" during their senior year of high school. Filmed over a ten-year period and directed by award-winning photographer Pamela Littky, we watch as they each chart their own version of success and navigate the unpredictability of American life in the 21st Century.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Ordinary music soars to extraordinary heights as gifted keyboardist Herbie Hancock joins forces with a variety of well-known music superstars to offer a completely original listening experience.
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Albuquerque's Rusty Tidenberg, auto mechanic and drag-racing aficionado, shocked friends and family by coming out as trans. Followed for eight years by filmmaker Harrod Blank (son of Les Blank), Rusty guides us through the aftermath of her transition, as growing acceptance among her straight-talking Southwest community still doesn't ease her romantic and professional woes. Interwoven with lively tales of gender non-conforming individuals on the art-car...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
THE LONGEVITY FILM investigates the complex topic of ageing and living well by documenting the longest lived, healthiest & happiest cultures from around the world.
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
There are 8,000 miles of roads and paths in New York City and for the past six years Matt Green has been walking them all - every street, park, cemetery, beach, and bridge. It's a five-borough journey that stretches from the barbershops of the Bronx to the forests of Staten Island, from the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, with Matt amassing a surprisingly detailed knowledge of New York's history and people along the way. Something of a modern-day...
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa and Europe, The Silk Road Ensemble, an international collective created by acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, exemplifies music's ability to blur geographical boundaries, blend disparate cultures and inspire hope for both artists and audiences. "THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND...
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"The Godmother" is the head of a $40 million a year cocaine business and is responsible for hundreds of murders in Miami. Charles Cosby tells the story of how he became her lover and trusted head of her empire until he realized that he was in way over his head.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, THE SULTAN AND THE SAINT tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (24 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The Palestinian American musician Simon Shaheen's mastery of the Arabic oud and violin has brought him international acclaim. This film, the first in Documentary Arts' Connecting Cultures series, follows Shaheen in his daily life in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn where he lives, and documents his performances at Symphony Space in New York City and the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Shaheen demonstrates his melodic ingenuity...
77) Mind Over Matter
Publisher
Chassy Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A young man born with Cerebral Palsy battles a paralyzed left hand, bullies and stereotypes about the disabled to defy the odds and make it as a rock and roll guitarist.
Publisher
Kandoo Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In AMERICAN STREET KID, filmmaker Michael Leoni takes you on a journey into a world that most people don't know exists. A world where in order to survive, kids are forced to sell drugs, beg for money or sell their bodies. Their powerful stories are heartbreaking and their unrelenting hope and determination to create a better life shines through, in this true tale of love, friendship, and the triumph of the human spirit.
79) 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**.
80) 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...
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