New Videos - January 2007
On DVD:
3:10 to Yuma - DVD TAC-952
As other volunteers quit or are killed, a rancher is left alone to deal with the responsibility of putting a captured outlaw aboard a Fort Yuma-bound train.
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler - DVD TAC-960
Sinister Dr. Mabuse maintains his wealth through counterfeiting, manipulating the stock exchange and bending weaker minds to his will. In part 1, Mabuse builds his empire and casually ruins Count Told while entrancing the thrill-seeking Countess. In part 2, Mabuse turns from criminal to villain, murdering the Count and kidnapping the Countess.
Environmental Ethics - DVD TAC-966
Profiles a diverse group of courageous Goldman Environmental Prize winners who have made it their duty to protect their local environments. Environmental ethics is a fully standards-based high school course supplement that includes this video series, a comprehensive accompanying written curriculum, and an interactive online teachers' community, the Environmental Ethics Network.
Blazing Saddles - DVD TAC-967
A hilarious spoof of every western film cliché in which a black man is appointed sheriff of a frontier town.
The Day the Earth Stood Still - DVD TAC-968
A spaceship lands in Washington , D.C. , capturing the attention of the world. But the alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings refuses to reveal his mission to any single government, leaving the military, the politicians, and millions of ordinary people to wait in fear. Soon their distrust turns to calls for violence. But one young woman and her son (Patricia Neal, Billy Gray) befriend him ... and soon realize that they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction.
Five Easy Pieces - DVD TAC-969
Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.
Freaks - DVD TAC-970
The side-show freaks have created their own unified community within the carnival. When the beautiful trapeze artist marries one of the freaks for his money, and then plots to kill him, the enraged freaks defend their friend and take gruesome revenge on their betrayers, transforming the aerialist into the most hideous side-show attraction of all.
Harold and Maude - DVD TAC-971
A black comedy about a rich, disturbed, young man, fascinated with death and funerals, who has an affair and a series of adventures with an eccentric and independent 80-year-old woman.
The Haunting - DVD TAC-972
Adapted from Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, this psychological thriller tells the story of four people who come to the house to study its supernatural phenomena.
Buena Vista Social Club - DVD TAC-973
In 1996, music legend Ry Cooder went to Cuba to search for buried treasure. He found gold. Looking for lost songs and forgotten singers, Cooder discovered an exotic land of passion, sensuality and music.
Hotel Rwanda - DVD TAC-974
The deeply moving true story of a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and words to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
The Poseidon Adventure - DVD TAC-975
A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape, when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.
Down From the Mountain - DVD TAC-976
A documentary featuring the Cox family, Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Thomas King, Alison Krauss, Colin Linden, David Rawlings, Peasall Sisters, Dan Tyminski, Gillian Welch, and The Whites. Includes interviews, rehearsal and concert segments.
Kill Bill, Volume 1 - DVD TAC-977
Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the Bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback...with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss (Carradine) and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start but is determined to finish.
Kill Bill, Volume 2 - DVD TAC-978
The Bride continues on her deadly pursuit of her former partners in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who, in a furious assault, attempted to murder her and her unborn child on her wedding day. As the Bride faces off against allies-turned-nemeses Budd and Elle, she flashes back to the day of her deadly wedding. We learn how she was recruited and trained and about her relationship with Squad leader Bill.
Sybil - DVD TAC-979
A landmark, classic drama depicting the extraordinary real life of a young woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.
Dog Day Afternoon - DVD TAC-980
The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn , New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day.
Schoolhouse Rock! - DVD TAC-981
Collection of all 46 Schoolhouse rock! songs on the topics of science, multiplication, money, American history and English grammar.
Picnic at Hanging Rock - DVD TAC-982
On Valentine's Day, 1900, a group of Australian schoolgirls set out for a picnic at Hanging Rock. Four of them disappear.
King Kong (2005) - DVD TAC-983
In the 1930s, a down-on-her-luck actress accompanies an over-ambitious filmmaker on an expedition to a remote island. There they encounter a terrifying giant ape who forms an attachment to the beautiful actress. Hoping to win fame and fortune, the filmmaker brings the ape back to New York City for public exhibition, with catastrophic results.
The Life of David Gale - DVD TAC-984
David Gale was an active member of Deathwatch, an anti-capital punishment activist group. Constance is a fellow Deathwatch activist. When Constance is found raped and murdered, Gale is convicted of the crime. Now Gale awaits execution, and with less than a week before his date with the fatal injection, Gale agrees to tell his story to Bitsy, a nervy journalist from a major newsmagazine. As she discusses the facts of the murder with Gale, it occurs to her that the details simply don't add up. Soon a mysterious stranger begins to slip evidence to her that suggests Gale has been framed.
Three Days of the Condor - DVD TAC-985
A CIA agent who is on the run from a mass slaughter in his research office suddenly finds himself the target of both his employers and the unknown killers of his associates.
Birdman of Alcatraz - DVD TAC-986
The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - DVD TAC-987
Academy award winner Charles Laughton stars as Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame and Maureen O'Hara is Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy he adores.
Mulholland Dr. - DVD TAC-988
A beautiful woman riding in a limousine along Los Angeles ' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles away from the accident and meets up with a plucky ingénue new to L.A. But are things really as they seem?
Reservoir Dogs - DVD TAC-989
They were strangers, together to pull off the perfect jewel heist. Their simple robbery turns into a bloody ambush when they realize one of them is a police informant.
Easy Rider - DVD TAC-990
Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the real America .
Deliverance - DVD TAC-991
Four ordinary men, in two canoes, descending a river they've only seen as a squiggly line on a map, determined to test themselves against a wilderness they only think they understand, must fight for their lives against some sadistic mountain men.
Don't Look Back - DVD TAC-992
This film is about the sixties and Bob Dylan who is shown to be more than just a folk singer and a song writer. D. A. Pennebaker filmed Dylan during his 1965 English tour, catching him in private moments as well as public performances.
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood - DVD TAC-993
A hard hitting docu-drama about two ex-cons who ruthlessly murder a Kansas family in 1959 in order to steal their non-existent stash of money.
Kundun - DVD TAC-994
A dramatization of the life and work of the current (14th) Dalai Lama and his ongoing struggle to regain independence for Tibet .
Heartland - DVD TAC-995
In 1910 Elinore Randall, a widow, and her seven-year-old daughter travel by train to face two great unknowns-- a strange land and life with a man they have never met. Elinore has contracted by mail to keep house for Clyde Stewart, a rancher living in the remote frontier near Burntfork , Wyoming . Captivated by the vast landscape, Elinore acts quickly on her secret passion: to homestead a piece of land of her own. But fulfilling her year's contract with Clyde may be as challenging as the oncoming winter-- a winter of devastating blizzards, famine and isolation.
Halloween - DVD TAC-996
On Halloween night years ago, little Michael Meyers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy, knowing that he was safely locked away in a mental hospital ... until tonight. Tonight, Michael returns to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again ... and again ... and again. Tonight is Halloween!
Pulp Fiction - DVD TAC-997
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
Band of Brothers - DVD TAC-998 v. 1-6
The story of Easy Company of the US Army Airbourne Paratrooper division and their mission in WWII France during Operation Overlord.
The Hobart Shakespeareans - DVD TAC-999
About Los Angeles elementary school teacher and winner of the American Teacher Award, Rafe Esquith, who teaches his students to understand and perform Shakespeare as a motivational teaching tool and unique method of education.
The Day of the Triffids - DVD TAC-1000
A shower of meteorites blinds most of the Earth's population and covers the world with the seeds of triffids, which are rapidly growing, intelligent, man-eating plants that walk.
My Name is Bill W. - DVD TAC-1001
World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become the world's.
Human Rights in China : the Search for Common Ground - DVD TAC-1002
Documentary explores human rights practices in China and the response of many in the West who believe that these practices are violations of Chinese citizens' rights. Scholars, government officials, and activists do not always agree on the controversial issues within the context of China 's culture, history, and economy.
Managing the Learning Environment - DVD TAC-1003
Focuses on how to develop a successful classroom. Discusses the important elements of instructional planning, how to establish classroom routines, arrange seating, maintain discipline, and deal with transitions.
Planning Instruction - DVD TAC-1004
Describes successful lesson planning as a combination of scheduling, conceptual organization and practical implementation. Shows how to use assessments to design instructions, how to weave together many different sources in planning instruction, and how to activate prior knowledge.
Protocols of Zion - DVD TAC-1005
Examines the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 .
Born Yesterday - DVD TAC-1006
A corrupt millionaire junk dealer, embarrassed by his girlfriend's lack of social sophistication, arranges to have her trained in a crash course in "culture." He is surprised and outraged when after becoming aware of her role as pawn in his crooked business deals, she refuses to cooperate.
My Fair Lady - DVD TAC-1007
Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins. Higgins, in turn, bets with his companion, Colonel Pickering, that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English. The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, ready and willing to be turned into a lady.
The Devil Wears Prada - DVD TAC-1008
Miranda is the editor of "Runway" magazine. She is a terror to everyone who is around. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her a second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, it forces Andy to dig it up in order to please her boss. With the help of one of the magazine's fashion editors, she gets a complete makeover and a new security. As she is whisked away to Paris with Miranda, Andy faces all of the glamour that could be hers and is forced to make the decision of where she wants to be in her life.
Wordplay - DVD TAC-1009
A journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. Shortz has spent his entire lifetime studying, creating and editing puzzles, and has built a huge following along the way including Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.
Doctor Zhivago - DVD TAC-1010
A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
Iraivan - DVD TAC-1011
A film on the ancient, sacred tradition of South Indian temple architecture being practiced on Kauai in Hawaii .
The Sweet Hereafter - DVD TAC-1012
Following a tragic school bus accident, high-profile lawyer Mitchell Stephens descends upon a small town. With promises of retribution and a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the grieving community, Stephens begins his investigation into the details of the crash.
Amores perros - DVD TAC-1013
Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a Rottweiler with a gunshot wound.
Rx for Survival - DVD TAC-1014
Examines the most critical health threats facing the world today by portraying conditions in over twenty countries, examining why diseases that are curable still persist, the efforts to treat them, and the dangers of new "superbugs."
Sound and Fury - DVD TAC-1015
If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Sound and fury is the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a technological device that can help the deaf to hear but may also threaten deaf culture, and their bonds with each other.
Into the Arms of Strangers - DVD TAC-1016
The life-affirming tale of 10,000 children saved from Hitler's grasp and placed with foster parents and hostels in Great Britain at the outbreak of World War II. Includes archival footage and decades-later remembrances of both the rescuers and the rescued.
Smothered: the Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - DVD TAC-1017
Revealed is how this groundbreaking comedy television program became a hot bed of controversy, igniting laughter and social consciousness across a nation. Tells the story of censorship struggles. On CBS from 1967 until it was cancelled in 1969, the beloved hosts pioneered a turning point in American television history.
Heaven & Earth - DVD TAC-1018
The story of a Vietnamese woman who falls in love with an American soldier during the Vietnamese War. The movie presents the woman's experiences of the war and afterwards, when she moves to the United States and finds that her husband can't leave the war behind.
Bad Day at Black Rock - DVD TAC-1019
1945, just after the end of World War II-- a tiny town with a terrible past they want to keep secret, and a mysterious one-armed stranger who wants to find out the truth.
American Movie - DVD TAC-1020
Documentary of the two-year effort by Mark Borchardt to finish his "no-budget horror film, Coven."
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - DVD TAC-1021
Traces Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota , to his early days in Greenwich Village , to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Joan Baez, Allan Ginzberg, Maria Muldaur, Pete Seeger, Liam Clancy, Mavis Staples and others share their thoughts and feelings about the young singer who would change popular music forever. Contains extensive archival footage, some never-before-seen and rare concert performances.
The Fifth Rider is Fear - DVD TAC-1022
An aging Jewish doctor is forbidden to practice medicine in Prague during the Nazi occupation. He is employed in a warehouse as a clerk, cataloguing confiscated Jewish property. When a partisan is wounded, the doctor reluctantly agrees to treat him. The doctor hides him in his run-down apartment building as he sneaks through the black-market underworld of Prague in search of morphine to ease the man's pain, ever fearful of informant neighbors and vigilant authorities. Within a historical context, director Zbynek Brynych creates a thinly-disguised allegory about contemporary communist Czechoslovakia that is rich in atmosphere and dark in tone. The expressionist cinematography and stellar performances make this lost masterwork an unforgettable viewing experience.
The Concrete Revolution - DVD TAC-1023
Examine the tremendous moral and human cost of creating a 'New China' for the 2008 Olympics. As traditional communities are bulldozed to make way for modern high-rise apartments and ancient traditions are cast aside, just who is benefiting?
Keepers of Memory - DVD TAC-1024
Through eyewitness accounts, director Eric Kabera looks at the 1994 Rwandan genocide, its survivors, and the memorials created in the victims' honor, and those who keep the memories alive.
When the Levees Broke: a Requiem in Four Acts - DVD TAC-1025
Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans , a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
Cancer and Diet - DVD TAC-1026
Addresses the roles of: acid and alkaline blood Ph levels, controlling blood sugar level, naturopathic view on cancer, raw foods, eating organically, and antioxidants, in slowing growth of and naturally removing cancer cells.
Freedom to Marry - DVD TAC-1027
Presents an upbeat, humorous and moving documentary which highlights the turn of events on February 12, 2004 , when Mayor Gavin Newsom began allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry at San Francisco City Hall . Interviews with seven long-term same-sex couples recount the joy of their relationship and/or marriage and the pain of living in a society that has failed to recognize them as devoted, loving human beings. Contains a March 2005 update.
Eyes on the Prize - DVD TAC-1028 v. 1-7
Vols. 1-3 tell the story of America 's civil rights years from 1954 to 1965; vols. 4-7 examine the new America from 1966 to 1985, from community power to the human alienation of urban poverty.
Cry Freedom - DVD TAC-1031
Set in South Africa in the mid-1970s, this film tells the story of Stephen Biko, a Black political activist, and Donald Woods, a liberal white newspaper editor who risks his own life to bring Biko's message to the world.
The Celluloid Closet - DVD TAC-1033
Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - DVD TAC-1034
A look at the conceptualization of masculinity in hip-hop culture. Includes interviews with prominent rappers, music industry executives, and social critics.
Boys Don't Cry - DVD TAC-1035
A drama based on the true story of Brandon Teena who arrived in rural Falls City , Nebraska , in 1993. A month later, Brandon was murdered, after he was found to actually be a woman named Teena Brandon.
Amistad - DVD TAC-1036
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board a slave ship bound for America . Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
Street Fight - DVD TAC-1037
Chronicles the 2002 mayoral race in Newark , N.J. , given from the perspective of the Cory Booker campaign.
49 Up - DVD TAC-1038
The seventh installment in Michael Apted's Up Series. In 1964, 14 children from diverse backgrounds were interviewed about their lives and dreams. Every seven years, Apted has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their lives.
Japan Past and Present - DVD TAC-1039 pt. 1-5
Five-part series that explores Japan 's history and civilization from the 7th century to the present.
No Man's Land - DVD TAC-1041
Set during the height of the Bosnian War in 1993, a group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing on Serb territory under the cover of a foggy night. At daybreak, the fog lifts, and the Serbs open fire. Soon there is only one Bosnian survivor because he was able to dive into a trench in no man's land. He then watches as two Serbian soldiers use the body of a fallen Bosnian to bait a land mine. He fires on them, killing one, and taking the second hostage. Now both are alone and equally armed, so they are forced to share a wary trust as they try to attract help from either side.
Legacies of Social Change - DVD TAC-1043
This two-part video takes viewers through the birth and growth of social work in the United States . Many of social work's early and recent leaders are featured. Together the stories tell of the values and forces that gave rise to the profession in public and private sectors. Individually, these stories recount the struggles and achievements of each leader to carry out social work's mission.
No! - DVD TAC-1045
No! provides a comprehensive lens through which to examine the impact of sexual violence on Black women and girls -- calling to task in particular the behaviors and attitudes of Black men in reinforcing a cultural assault...No! includes messages from violence prevention advocates as well as testimonials from survivors who defy victimization.
On VHS:
Environmental Ethics - Videorecord TAC-1908
Profiles a diverse group of courageous Goldman Environmental Prize winners who have made it their duty to protect their local environments. Environmental ethics is a fully standards-based high school course supplement that includes this video series, a comprehensive accompanying written curriculum, and an interactive online teachers' community, the Environmental Ethics Network.
Commodities - Videorecord TAC-1909 v. 1 pt. 2
Commodities looks at the ways banks, corporations, governments, workers, and consumers are affected by such ordinary items as coffee, tea and sugar. Tracing the history of production and trading around the world, the series looks at the nature of exchange between Third World commodities producers and the people who control their processing, financing and marketing. The films show how producers try to increase their profits; it considers the roles of cartels, financiers, and multi-nationals; and it looks at the historical shifts in control from Amsterdam to London , then to the United States and the Pacific basin.
See You in Hell, Blind Boy: a Tale of the Mississippi Delta Blues - Videorecord TAC-1910
Writer-artist George Pratt tours the Mississippi Delta Region, discussing and sketching the roots of Blues music with surviving itinerant performers for an upcoming book project. With archival footage of Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Skip James and Howlin' Wolf.
War Hospital - Videorecord TAC-1911
Shot in cinema vérité, War hospital immerses the viewer in the sights and sounds of the world's largest field hospital. Over the past eighteen years the International Committee of the Red Cross has cared for victims of the civil war in Sudan , the longest-running conflict in Africa , near the Sudanese border in Lokichoggio, northern Kenya .
