New Media - March 2009
On DVD:
E². Energy – DVD TAC-2069
Six 30-minute chapters featuring the designers and drivers of change in the world of sustainable architecture. Each episode explores the potential of the built environment to help reverse our global climate crisis.
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Fishing with John — DVD TAC-2070
The fact that John Lurie knows nothing about fishing doesn't stop him from taking his celebrity guests to exotic fishing locales.
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Lord of the flies — DVD TAC-2071
A dramatization of the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, about the society which is set up and destroyed by a group of middle class English school boys whose plane crashes on an uninhabited island.
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Walkabout — DVD TAC-2072
Stranded in the Australian desert, an English girl and her small brother are rescued by an aborigine boy who has journeyed into the outback on his "walkabout"—a tribal initiation into manhood. This is the original director's cut.
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Oliver Twist — DVD TAC-2073
After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end. Includes original theatrical trailer.
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Shock corridor — DVD TAC-2074
A journalist gets himself admitted to a mental hospital to solve the murder of an inmate.
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Tokyo drifter — DVD TAC-2075
Reformed killer Tetsu wanders around Japan, awaiting his own execution, until he is called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang.
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Summertime — DVD TAC-2076
The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does—with a very handsome but very married Italian man.
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You only live twice — DVD TAC-2077
"After introducing viewers to this compelling virtual world, You Only Live Twice grapples with overlapping in-world/real-world issues ranging from cybersex and the psychological repercussions of virtual sex crimes, to intellectual property rights fraud, to taxation on hard cash made on virtual cross-border sales, to the medical use of Second Life as a schizophrenia stimulator."—Container.
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FDR — DVD TAC-2078
Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from his childhood as the coddled child of wealthy parents, through his marriage to distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt and devastating illness with polio, to his service as President of the United States for unprecedented four terms during the crises of the Great Depression and World War II.
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LBJ — DVD TAC-2079
Covers the life and career of Lyndon Baines Johnson, Senator from Texas and 36th President of the United States.
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Nixon — DVD TAC-2080
Covers the span of Richard M. Nixon's political life during his early political career.
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Jimmy Carter — DVD TAC-2081
The life of the 39th President of the United States. Examines the failings of Carter's political leadership in the context of the turbulent 1970s ; and explores the role religion played in his career.
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Reagan — DVD TAC-2082
The story of Ronald Reagan's life, with comments by contemporaries and historians.
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Flight of the red balloon — DVD TAC-2083
Simon is dealing with the increased fragility of his loving yet preoccupied mother, Suzanne. When a Taiwanese film student, Song, is hired to help care for Simon, a unique extended family is formed. The two become completely dependent on each other, yet both are lost in separate dreams mirrored by a delicate, shiny red balloon.
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This American life, Season 1 — DVD TAC-2084
Join host Ira Glass and his company, as they bring a different theme to life each week, in the format of the popular Chicago radio show by the same name.
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Missing — DVD TAC-2085
A film based on the disappearance of journalist Charles Horman. A father searches for his missing son during the oppressive and violent political chaos of the 1973 Chilean coup. Seeking help from local bureau of the U.S. State Department, family frustration grows as the situation becomes more complex.
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Bush's war — DVD TAC-2086
"A two-part special series that tells the epic story of how the Iraq War began and how it has been fought, both on the ground and deep inside the government" —http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/
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Shattered dreams — DVD TAC-2087
"Inspired in part by [Martin Luther] King's 'I have a dream' speech, youth worker Ian Brewster introduces us to kids where stories of drug deals, playground shootouts and SWAT team takedowns are chillingly common. He hears from teenagers who say racism holds them back more than poverty. In “Shattered Dreams,” Brewster searches for reasons why the black community is on the verge of crisis"—Container.
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Transsiberian — DVD TAC-2089
Roy and Jessie are a couple in a rocky relationship. Following a stay in Beijing, they decide to give their relationship one last go and have another adventure together. They decide to travel on the Transsiberian from China to Moscow. The couple discovers that the days of the train's glorious luxury has faded and has been replaced with cold steel carriages and indifferent fellow passengers. It is reputed to include drug traffickers. Unwittingly, Roy and Jessie get caught up in the dark world of smuggling and betrayal. And they know that while the train is in motion, there is no means of escape.
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The dark knight — DVD TAC-2090
"With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves effective. But soon the three find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind, known as The Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces Batman closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante"—Container.
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Le plaisir — DVD TAC-2091
An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death.
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Chicago 10 — DVD TAC-2092
"A highly-stylized and wildly original documentary film chronicling the anti-war protest of the 1968 Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, and the charismatic protest organizers brought to trial by the city"—Container.
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Generation kill — DVD TAC-2093 pt. 1-3
A "fact-based dramatization" based on Evan Wright's experiences as an embedded reporter with the United States Marine Corps in 2003. Presents a uniquely epic and intimate portrait of the first 40 days of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Marines of the First Recon Battalion—a new breed of American soldiers.
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Art:21 — DVD TAC-2094
"Meet contemporary artists at work and speaking in their own words—direct, accessible, and unfiltered...[T]his unique four-hour series spotlights 17 artists working in the United States today, and invites viewers behind the scenes to see artists at work in their homes, communities, and unexpected sites - from an old-growth forest to a military base to a film set. The artists, including painters, photographers, sculptors, and video artists, demonstrate the breadth of artistic practice across the country and explore questions that are both timeless and timely—about politics, mortality, love, nature, science, order, chaos, and more."—Container.
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Bottle rocket — DVD TAC-2095
Anthony finds himself embroiled in the machinations of his best friend, who is an elaborate schemer. With the help of a getaway driver they develop a plan to rob a small bookstore.
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The chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian — DVD TAC-2096
The four Pevensie children - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - return to Narnia, only to discover that hundreds of years have passed since they ruled there. Now, crowning himself king, the evil General Miraz has taken charge. The children enlist the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep. They set out to find the exiled Prince Caspian, determined to see him rightfully named king.
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When did you last see your father? — DVD TAC-2098
A 40-year-old writer visits his dying father. He begins to relive the memories of the past - both good and bad - and he is forced to realize that his once "immortal, invincible and infallible" father is human after all.
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What a way to go: life at the end of empire — DVD TAC-2099
"A middle-class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American lifestyle. ... Featuring interviews with Daniel Quinn, Derrick Jensen, Jerry Mander, Chellis Glendinning, Richard Heinberg, Thomas Berry, William Catton, Ran Prieur and Richard Manning, What a Way to Go looks at the current global situation and asks the most important questions of all: How did we get here? Why do we keep destroying the planet? What do we truly want? Can we find a vision that will empower us to do what is necessary to survive, and even thrive, in the coming decades?"—homepage http://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/
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The Gender puzzle — DVD TAC-2100
"Science is identifying new biological processes that determine a person's sex. How will these findings affect the transgender and transsexual community? This program explores the latest research into gender development and the medical, cultural, and legal issues at the heart of the "brain sex" school of thought. Showing how human genome research has shifted scientific focus away from chromosomes, the video examines the role of brain receptors and the discovery of the SRY protein, which establishes maleness. Interviews featuring people with intersex and transsexual experiences shed light on how gender identity emerges, and how it figured into one man's legal battle for the right to marry."—Container.
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I know where I'm going! — DVD TAC-2101
A headstrong young woman travels to the Scottish Hebrides to marry a rich industrialist. On the way, she meets a young naval officer and realizes that some things are more important than money.
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Monster camp — DVD TAC-2102
"Welcome to Monster camp, a world where ordinary people transform into monsters and heroes to escape their daily lives. Best described as a real-life version of 'World of Warcraft', 'Dungeons and Dragons', or 'Lord of the Rings'; these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring fantasy to life. This phenomenon is known as live-action-role-playing (or larping). Monster camp intimately delves into the lives of a small group of these larpers, both surprising and delighting with every turn"—Container.
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Liquid assets — DVD TAC-2103
The story of essential infrastructure systems: water, wastewater, and stormwater. These systems provide a critical public health function and are essential for economic development and growth. Largely out of sight and out of mind, these aging systems have not been maintained, and some estimates suggest this is the single largest public works endeavor in our nation's history. Locations featured in the documentary include Atlanta, Boston, Herminie (Pennsylvania), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C.
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Le deuxième soufflé — DVD TAC-2104
A French criminal, recently escaped from prison and trying to pull off a robbery, finds himself being chased by an inspector.
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Red white black & blue — DVD TAC-2105
A documentary film about two 85-year-old veterans who fought 3,000 Japanese in a secret Alaskan invasion during World War II. Now, 60 years later, these two forgotten heroes embark on a intense and emotional journey back to the remote Aleutian island of Attu, where they relive the brutal 19 day battle that the American government kept secret.
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The future we will create — DVD TAC-2106
Presents highlights from TED 2006. TED is an annual conference at which leading innovators in technology, entertainment and design share their thoughts and visions for the future.
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Russell Simmons presents def poetry, Season 6 — DVD TAC-2107
The showcase for spoken word is back with another jam-packed series of words and wisdom. Features talented contemporary urban poets, plus well-known musicians and comedians, and highlights their original material and powerful performances in an unedited, uncensored and definitely unparalleled setting.
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Le roi de coeur — DVD TAC-2108
A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of World War I. The townspeople have deserted the town leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum who embrace the soldier as their king.
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Health for sale — DVD TAC-2109
"Are the world's largest drug companies, paradoxically, major obstacles to creating a healthier world? Focusing on Big Pharma (the ten largest pharmaceutical makers), we hear from officials on all sides of the debate regarding the impact of drug companies' patenting, intellectual property, pricing and new product development strategies on global public health"—Container.
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Downtowners — DVD TAC-2110
Downtowners shares the voices of young people who are homeless in Olympia, Washington, as they explore issues such as sexual violence, public space, gender roles, street culture, and community perceptions. These voices inspire a connection and understanding seldom experienced by those who lack direct experience with life on the streets.
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Winged migration — DVD TAC-2111
Follows bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to the other, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps
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The outsiders of New Orleans — DVD TAC-2112
Louise "Gypsy Lou" tells of how she and husband Jon Webb published the avant-garde literary magazine, The outsider , from their apartment in the French Quarter of New Orleans in the early 1960's.
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Living the hiplife — DVD TAC-2113
"This film is a musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip hop. Archival footage and hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys, a group of aspiring rap artists as they try to make it in the music business"—Third World Newsreel website.
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411 on the independent music movement — DVD TAC-2114
Information for the independent artist on how to promote music and sell music in the US and internationally. Hear from experts in the business with over 9000 contacts from radio and publications.
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Chihuly in the hotshop — DVD TAC-2115 + supplement
Chihuly leads a reunion of forty artists that worked with him over the years in a one week residency to recreate thirteen of his series at the hotshop in Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington.
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Hellboy II —DVD TAC-2116
The fate of mankind hangs in the balance when a ruthless prince awakens an unstoppable army of creatures and wages war with the human world. It's up to Hellboy and his team of paranormal outcasts to face off with the forces of darkness.
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Red tail reborn — DVD TAC-2117
Tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American fighter pilots, who fought during World War II.
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Silent choices — DVD TAC-2118
Illustrates the abortion issue through the lives of African American women, with both interviews and dramatic content. Features the personal experiences of several such women, some of whom chose to have abortions, and some who are staunchly pro-life. The film also brings in others active in the African American community on abortion issues, as well as juxtaposing African American viewpoints to those of white Americans, all combined and contrasted with the larger economic, political, and social pressures that are faced by the African-American community in general.
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Garden insects — DVD TAC-2119
"The film profiles insects in twelve categories: ants, aphids, bees & wasps, true bugs, spiders, praying mantis, beetles, moths & butterflies, flies, and grasshoppers offering practical information about insect life cycles set amidst an artistic back drop of colorful flora and fauna of the garden"—Breathe Deep Productions website.
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From dust — DVD TAC-2120
Filmed in Sri Lanka, this documentary examines one government's controversial response to the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia in December 2004. It presents interviews with survivors, aid workers, US army personnel and government officials to offer a troubling look at the economic opportunities that can arise in the wake of a disaster.
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A war on science — DVD TAC-2121
Describes the theory of intelligent design's quasi-scientific origins and documents the Dover, Penn. court battle over teaching it in biology classes. Examines whether advocates of the intelligent design theory are really creationists in disguise and discusses how the intelligent design argument has widened America's cultural divide. Provides a historical overview of the creation vs. evolution debate in the United States, highlighting 20th-century struggles over separation of church and state and the implications that these issues present for American education.
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The last fighters — DVD TAC-2122
Features the last six survivors of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, as they recount the events and their own roles in the mass rebellion of the local Jewish population against the occupying Germans.
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My dad is into terrorism — DVD TAC-2123
A film featuring Clémence Boulouque based on her book "Mort d'un silence" about her father French Judge, Gilles Boulouque. Using footage from the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and archival footage from her childhood as a backdrop, Clémence explores the truth behind her father's release of a suspected terrorist mastermind in France and the resulting negative public response which leads to his suicide at the age of 40.
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Cuba: the accidental revolution — DVD TAC-2124 pt. 1-2
"Two documentaries celebrating [Cuba's] success in providing for itself in the face of a massive economic crisis, and how its latest revolutions—an agricultural revolution and a revolution in science and medicine—are having repercussions around the world"—Container.
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Paying for justice — DVD TAC-2125
"Shot in Germany, The Netherlands, USA and Israel, this documentary deals with the situation of the Holocaust survivors in Israel and around the world. The Filmmakers follow the billions of dollars transferred from the German governments and other European governments as compensation for those who managed to live through the Nazi Terror.”—Publisher's website.
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Law and order — DVD TAC-2126
A cinema verité view of the day-to-day activities of policemen on the Kansas City, Missouri police force. The police are followed through a series of routine actions: locating a stolen purse, caring for a lost child, arresting a prostitute, and settling family problems.
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Juvenile court — DVD TAC-2127
A documentary showing day-to-day activities in the Memphis juvenile court. Scenes include conferences among parents, social workers, lawyers, and young offenders, interviews with psychologists, and meetings in the judge's chambers.
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Meat — DVD TAC-2128
A documentary concerning the routine activities at a large meat packing plant and slaughterhouse.
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Welfare — DVD TAC-2129
Describes the daily activities of a large welfare center, focusing on problems with which staff and clients must deal.
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Le Million — DVD TAC-2130
A musical comedy about a pair of young lovers who lose a lottery ticket worth a million francs and chase it frantically across Paris. Considered one of the very first musical films
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The Magic flute — DVD TAC-2131
“Ingmar Bergman puts his indelible stamp on Mozart's exquisite opera in this sublime rendering of one of the composer's best-loved works: a celebration of love, forgiveness, and the brotherhood of man. The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) stars Josef Köstlinger as Tamino, the young man determined to rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of parental evil. Criterion's edition features the film's glorious soundtrack in the original stereo format.”—amazon.com
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The night porter — DVD TAC-2132
The chance meeting of a woman and a former Nazi SS officer brings back memories of their sado-masochistic relationship in a concentration camp years before.
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Black narcissus — DVD TAC-2133
Majesty gives way to mystery, and marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan Mountains. Sister Clodagh (Kerr) is a serious young novitiate assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and faith.
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Good morning — DVD TAC-2134
Satiric comedy in which two young brothers refuse to talk until their parents agree to buy them a television set. Set in a 1950s residential suburb of Tokyo.
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Pygmalion — DVD TAC-2135
Professor Henry Higgins works to make a pretty flower girl into a young lady of society.
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Taste of cherry — DVD TAC-2136
Mr. Badii, ceaselessly driving through the red-brown hills around Tehran in search of assistance in his suicide, receives from each of the men he asks for help a viewpoint on life.
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Public housing — DVD TAC-2137
Shows the daily life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago. Looks at the families, the elderly, after school programs, tenants council, the police, training programs, drugs, and various government agencies as they intersect with residents. A film montage without narration.
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Blind — DVD TAC-2138
Shows the educational programs and daily life of students at the Alabama School for the Blind, which educates blind and visually impaired students to be in charge of their own lives. Sequences include classroom instruction, vocational training, recreation and athletic programs.
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Basic training — DVD TAC-2139
A documentary film which follows a company of draftees and enlisted men through the eight-week Army basic training program at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and shows their transition from civilians to soldiers.
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Domestic violence — DVD TAC-2140
A documentary on domestic violence in Tampa, Florida. The film "shows the Tampa, Florida police responding to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter in Tampa for women and children. Sequences with the police include police response, intervention, and attempted resolution of domestic violence calls. Sequences at the shelter include intake interviews, individual counseling sessions, anger management training, group therapy, staff meetings, conversations among clients and between clients and staff, and school activities, therapy and counseling for the children at the shelter."—Container.
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Domestic violence 2 — DVD TAC-2141
"Domestic violence 2 takes place in the arraignment, misdemeanor, and injunction courts in Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida. The courts deal with issues such as bail, bonds, release pending trial, the specific context of injunctions regulating time and place of parental visits, restraining orders, contact with children, support payments, and court's decision about fault and punishment. The judges and lawyers ask questions which elicit the stories of couples' relationships and the specific form of violence between them"—Container.
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Clandestinos — DVD TAC-2142
This tense, action-packed political thriller chronicles the romance between two young revolutionaries in 1950s Havana as they fight for their lives against Batista's secret service. Based on real events from the early days of the revolution.
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Chop shop — DVD TAC-2143
"In a bustling wasteland of stolen cars, mechanics and street hustlers, Alejandro, a tough and ambitious street orphan, and his older sister, Isamar, must rely on each other to survive. Living and working in the Iron Triangle, a sprawling junkyard in Queens, New York, the two find their dreams threatened by the hard truths of life, only to find hope and salvation in one another."—Container.
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The cool school — DVD TAC-2144
A look at the famed Ferus Gallery, which turned the L.A. art scene into a place for brilliant artists to show their work, as well as served as a place where New York artists, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, could launch their projects.
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Exploring space — DVD TAC-2145
"Features interviews with scientists who share their opinions about the possibility of life beyond Earth and examines the latest developments in astrobiology"—Container.
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The red balloon — DVD TAC-2146
Pascal is a young French boy who discovers a stray balloon on the streets of Paris that seems to have a mind of its own and begins to follow Pascal everywhere. The two become inseparable, yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. A touching allegory of the magic powers of love and friendship.
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Honeydripper — DVD TAC-2147
In 1950s rural Alabama, Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis, the owner of the Honeydripper Lounge, is deep in debt fighting a rival club's popularity. Desperate to stay open, Tyrone decides to bet on famous talent, laying off his regular performers and giving his last cash to bring in the popular Guitar Sam, for a one-night-only gig. But when the train arrives and Guitar Sam is nowhere to be found, Tyrone finds himself facing even longer odds yet.
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Beetlejuice — DVD TAC-2148
After Barbara and Adam Maitland are killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful New England farmhouse. Their peaceful 'existence' is disrupted when a yuppie family, the Deetz's, buy their house. The Maitlands are too nice and harmless as ghosts and all their efforts to scare the Deetz's away are unsuccessful. They decide to call to Beetlejuice, a people-exorcizing ghost, for help.
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Encounters at the end of the world — DVD TAC-2149
Filmmaker Werner Herzog examines life in Antarctica, focusing especially on the stories of the "professional dreamers" who reside there.
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Swing vote — DVD TAC-2150
Bud Johnson is an apathetic, beer drinking, lovable loser, who is coasting through a life that is passing him by. His one bright spot in his mundane existence is his precocious, over-achieving twelve-year-old daughter, Molly. She takes care of them both. She accidentally sets off a chain of events on Election Day, which culminates in the presidential election coming down to one vote, Bud's. Suddenly, Bud becomes the voice for everybody when the world realizes that his vote will be the one that elects the next president. Descending on the unwitting inhabitants of the small town of Texico, New Mexico, politicians wage a war for Bud's vote.
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The life of mammals — DVD TAC-2151 pt. 1-4
Introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on this planet. From the smallest to the largest, from the slowest to the fastest, from the least attractive to the most irresistible. Looks at 4,000 species, including ones that have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest places on Earth. Examine how their adaptations for finding food have had an effect on the way they socialize, mate and live.
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Traces of the trade — DVD TAC-2152
"Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide"—Container.
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The chronicles of Narnia: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe — DVD TAC-2153
When Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are sent to the country for safer keeping during the initial bombing raids of WW II, they decide to play hide-and-seek in the strange house of the mysterious professor. During the game Lucy discovers a mysterious wardrobe and discovers an entirely different world. The place is called Narnia, and it's been locked in winter for over 100 years by someone known as "The White Witch."
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Up the Yangtze — DVD TAC-2154
Life surrounding the Yangtze is changing due to the Three Gorges Dam. Filmmaker Yung Chang goes on a farewell cruise that traverses the gargantuan waterway.
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Double suicide — DVD TAC-2155
In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford. As the world closes in upon him, he finds his only course of action to be death together with the lover he is unable to obtain in life.
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Hopscotch — DVD TAC-2156
One of the CIA's top international operatives is suddenly relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, and with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, he puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA now wants him dead, but he refuses to cooperate—because he's having too much fun!
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After hiding out for nearly a decade, a former gangland chief sneaks back into Paris, along with his children and an appointed guardian. Beset by backstabbing former friends, he begins a journey through the postwar Parisian underworld that is both throat grabbing and soul searching. A character study of a career criminal at the end of his rope.
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The outlaw Josey Wales — DVD TAC-2158
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is on the lam, pursued by a pack of killers. He travels alone, but a ragtag group of outcasts is drawn to him, and Wales can't leave his motley surrogate family unprotected.
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Le Doulos — DVD TAC-2159
A complicated thriller about the fatalistic relationship between two men: Maurice, a crook just out of prison, and Silien, a mysterious, cryptic informer caught up in the complex relationship between the criminal underworld and the police.
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Grand Central — DVD TAC-2160
On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City's newest landmark. The new Beaux Arts structure on 42nd street housed an underground electric train station that would revolutionize the way people traveled and transform midtown Manhattan. By 1947, over sixty-five million people, the equivalent of forty percent of the population of the United States, had traveled through the station.
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Ganges — DVD TAC-2161
The Ganges runs through the heart of India. For millions of Hindus it is India's sacred river, but they share its banks with a rich variety of wildlife. This reveals how the Ganges has shaped the wildlife, culture and beliefs in India.
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May justice be done — DVD TAC-2162
By any standard Argentina was a very rich country until the 1970s, with competitive industries, modern agriculture, and a prosperous middle class. By 2001, 21 out of 36 million people were living below the poverty level, and formerly eradicated diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy reemerged. "May Justice Be Done" goes into the streets of Argentina, tracing the roots of the crisis in scholarly detail, back to the irresponsible lending policies of the international lending financial institutions.
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Burning the future: coal in America — DVD TAC-2163
"Writer/director David Novack examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, the heroes launch a valiant fight to arouse the nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their families and preserving their way of life."—Container.
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Bill Monroe: father of bluegrass music — DVD TAC-2164
In addition to the songs, there are interviews with Monroe and past and current members of The Blue Grass Boys, as well as a rare moment with Roy Acuff.
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Young & restless in China — DVD TAC-2165
The lives of nine ambitious young Chinese professionals who are struggling to make it in this very tumultuous and rapidly changing society, defying Eastern cultural traditions in pursuit of more Western values.
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Twenty-four eyes — DVD TAC-2166
An elegant, emotional chronicle of a teacher's unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality. It takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging, war, and death.
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In the shadow of the Moon — DVD TAC-2167
Between 1968 and 1972, the world watched in awe each time an American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon. Only 12 American men have walked upon its surface and they remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. Now for the first time, a combination of archival material from the original NASA film footage, much of it never before seen and interviews with the surviving astronauts tells the story of the Apollo space program.
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Kiss of the spider woman — DVD TAC-2168
Luis, a homosexual, and Valentin, a political prisoner are mismatched cell mates in a South American prison. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. Eventually, the two men come to understand and respect one another.
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Body of war — DVD TAC-2169
Directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro and set to the haunting vocals of Eddie Vedder, this documentary splits its time between Tomas' arduous daily life in Kansas City and the heated Senate debates that led up to the invasion of Iraq in 2002.
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Gonzo — DVD TAC-2170
Traces Dr. Thompson's life from his travels with the Hells Angels, through his various Wild Turkey & drug ingested episodes in politics and righting the wrongs of society.
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Protagonist — DVD TAC-2171
"A riveting and provocative documentary that explores the psychological transformation of the modern character. Inspired by Greek drama, Academy Award-winning director Jessica Yu weaves together the stories of four men consumed by personal odysseys - a notorious former German terrorist, an evangelical minister who comes out of the closet, a bank robber turned journalist, and a kung-fu fanatic who becomes a stay-at-home dad and author"—Container.
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Mona Lisa — DVD TAC-2172
An ex-con and a call girl are thrown together when he becomes her chauffeur. Initially he detests her but winds up under her spell.
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Fiend without a face — DVD TAC-2173
A scientist performing renegade research on thought materialization unwittingly creates creatures of pure atomic energy that hunger for human nervous systems. These brain-like creatures begin attacking people near a secret Air Force radar station, devouring their brains.
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Brick by brick — DVD TAC-2174
"Uses the bitter struggle over equal housing rights in Yonkers, New York during the 1980s to show the 'massive resistance' the Civil Rights movement confronted when it moved North"—Container.
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Zora Neale Hurston — DVD TAC-2175
A biography of African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the first black woman to enter the American literary canon.
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Insomnia — DVD TAC-2176
Disgraced Swedish detective Jonas Engström travels to Northern Norway to solve a brutal murder. Unable to sleep through the night of the midnight sun, Engström quickly loses his grip on the case and his mind.
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Garbage warrior — DVD TAC-2177
Using empty beer cans, old tires, plastic bottles and other garbage, iconoclastic architect Michael Reynolds, based in New Mexico, has been building ecologically sustainable structures for 35 years. Calling his structures "earthships," Reynolds has had conflicts with government officials over inflexible zoning and housing laws, but his architectural ideas were put to use in the Andaman Islands following the 2005 tsunami.
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W.C. Fields: 6 short films — DVD TAC-2178
This compilation of films pays tribute to America's cantankerous comedy genius, W.C. Fields. Legendary one-liners and slapstick routines are preserved in these early shorts that chronicle the development of Fields' irascible screen persona.
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bell hooks: cultural criticism & transformation — DVD TAC-2179
Bell Hooks makes a compelling argument for the transformative powers of cultural criticism. She demonstrates how learning to think critically was central to her own self-transformation and how it can play a role in the students' quest for a sense of agency and identity. Includes footage from many films and music videos, and news coverage.
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The north — DVD TAC-2180
Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.
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Pete Seeger: the power of song — DVD TAC-2181
A look at the life of controversial musician, activist, and environmentalist Pete Seeger, and how he used his songs to promote social change. Includes archival footage and interviews with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, and more.
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Flow: for love of water — DVD TAC-2182
Investigates the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply from the perspective of politics, economics, pollution and environmental issues, human rights, public health, and the effects of corporate greed and apathetic governments. Features interviews with scientists and activists, who discuss the water crisis at both the global and human scale. Also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies to address the problem.
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The watermelon woman — DVD TAC-2183
Cheryl is young, Black, and lesbian, working in a Philadelphia video store, and on a film project about her search for a Black actress from Philadelphia who was known as the Watermelon Woman. Following various leads, Cheryl discovers the Watermelon Woman's names, and that the actress had a long affair with one of Hollywood's few female directors.
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No regrets for our youth — DVD TAC-2184
A story of feminist self-discovery set in pre-war Japan. A woman breaks conventions by striking out on her own and being self-sufficient.
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One wonderful Sunday — DVD TAC-2185
A young factory worker and his fiancée spend their weekly holiday together. It is a Sunday in spring and they have just thirty-five yen, but together they overcome several near disasters.
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Scandal — DVD TAC-2186
Portrayal of a sensitive young artist who is dragged through the mud by a tabloid entertainment magazine after an innocent encounter with a pop singer and decides to sue.
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Idiot — DVD TAC-2187
Based on Dostoyevsky's fable of a holy fool, this story which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter is about a man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity, his antagonist is an anarchist.
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I live in fear — DVD TAC-2188
An elderly and wealthy industrialist is driven to madness over fears of a nuclear attack. In a futile attempt to save his family he pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rain forest in Brazil where he believes they will be safe. His family, complacent and cynical, is outraged and move to have him declared insane.
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Appaloosa — DVD TAC-2189
1880s, the American West. Randall Bragg is a rich landowner who is wanted for murdering the town marshal. Lawman Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless town from the murderous rancher. Their efforts become complicated and their friendship is tested when a young widow arrives in town.
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Surfwise — DVD TAC-2190
A look at the life of legendary Malibu surfer Dorian 'Doc' Paskowitz, a successful doctor who dropped out of normal society in the '60s and raised nine kids in a motor home, where he home-schooled them about life, love, sex, and surfing.
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White Mane — DVD TAC-2191
In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of wild horses too proud to be broken by humans. Only Folco, a young fisherman, can tame him. A strong friendship grows between the boy and the horse, as the two go looking for the freedom that the world of men won't allow them.
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Savages — DVD TAC-2192
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny. Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father. The siblings are forced to face the struggle with their now personal demons.
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Paddle to the sea — DVD TAC-2193
A young Native American boy carves a small wooden man into a canoe. Follows the adventures of the tiny craft as it forges its own path from Lake Superior through the Great Lakes and down to the Atlantic Ocean. A thrilling journey across the waves and rapids of North America.
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The wheel — DVD TAC-2194
Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma (whom Sisif rescued from a train crash when a baby and raised as his daughter), with tragic results. This seminal film introduced many innovations in set design and construction, and cinematic devices.
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Beyond the rocks — DVD TAC-2195
A young woman is tricked into an arranged marriage with an older millionaire by her female relatives, and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman as she honeymoons in the Alps and Paris. Discovering that his wife loves another, the husband rushes off to the Sahara. In 2003, Beyond the rocks was rediscovered at the Nederlands Filmmuseum, after being considered lost for decades. The nitrite print was virtually complete, and had Dutch intertitles. It was restored, a new score was composed and new English intertitles added, based on the original continuity script.
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Freedom of expression — DVD TAC-2196
"This provocative and amusing documentary ... explores the legal and ethical battles being waged in courts, classrooms, museums, film studios, and the Internet over control of our cultural commons."—Container.
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All you need is love — DVD TAC-2197 pt. 1-5
Television series traces the development of 20th-century popular music encompassing ragtime, blues, jazz, vaudeville, the musical, folk, swing, country and western, and rock 'n' roll.
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Generation M — DVD TAC-2198
"Despite the achievements of the women's movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important new documentary, Thomas Keith, Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach, looks specifically at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very heart of our popular culture…"—Container.
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Girls — DVD TAC-2199
This documentary focuses on the sexual dilemmas and difficult life choices young girls face as they come of age in contemporary American culture. Challenging long-held myths about girlhood, the film draws on the insights of girls themselves to explore and shed light on their actual lived experience as they navigate our increasingly hyper-sexualized society.
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Bread, love and dreams — DVD TAC-2200
In a small mountain village, a young military policeman is secretly in love with a beautiful girl. His newly arrived commander, anxious to marry, begins courting both the young girl and the local midwife. The print was restored in 2007.
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Roman Polanski: wanted and desired — DVD TAC-2202
Intensely examines Polanski's conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, and the chaos that followed. A startling indictment of our legal system and its paradoxical relationship with celebrity culture in contemporary America.
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The children of Huang Shi — DVD TAC-2203
Set in the 1930's in war-torn China and inspired by true events. George Hogg is a young Englishman who leads sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert.
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Sunshine — DVD TAC-2205
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
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Hamlet 2 — DVD TAC-2206
When his Tucson, AZ school's theater department is threatened to be cut, failed-actor-turned-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz writes a play that he hopes will solve everything. He decides to write a sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Now, the drama department will stage one of the most politically incorrect musical extravaganzas ever seen. Dana and his class will put it all on the line for a night of conflict and controversial.
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Burn after reading — DVD TAC-2207
Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer, obtains the disc and ascertains that it contains classified government information. When Chad and his fellow employee Linda decide to break into Cox's house, it brings about a series of events that no one foresees.
On VHS:
The carbohydrate controversy — VHS TAC-1958
Six classmates decide to settle the question over whether or not carbohydrates are good or bad by dividing into a low-carbohydrate team and a carbohydrate team and competing in a mock show called Carb Factor. The two teams explore the different types of carbohydrates and how they work in our bodies.
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Mrs. Reynolds needs a nurse — VHS TAC-1959
This film is a re-creation of a nursing case study. It follows one case of a demanding patient through the perception of the nurses at a large teaching hospital associated with the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. The patient, Mrs. Reynolds, stayed in the hospital for over eight months and the film follows the evolution of her treatment by the nursing staff, learning to help meet the emotional as well as the physical needs of their patients.
On CD:
Big city sin and small town redemption — Roy — Compact disc TAC-470
Furnace room lullaby — Neko Case — Compact disc TAC-471
