Peter Coyote
21) Buffalo girls
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (3 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 4/3 in.
Language
English
Description
Legendary Calamity Jane searches not only for her long-lost daughter, but also for the Wild West that is now waning. Her unforgettable friends include Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Sitting Bull, and Annie Oakley.
22) Country music
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (approximately 16 hours) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns, and the blues to its mainstream popularity, viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century as it eventually emerged to become America's music. Features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Brain Fitness Progam, as seen on Public Television, is based on the concepts of neuroplasticity -- the ability of the brain to change and adapt and even rewire itself"--Container.
24) Oil on ice
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary connecting the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to decisions America makes about energy policy, transportation choices, and other seemingly unrelated matters. Caught in the balance are the culture and livelihood of the Gwich'in people and the migratory wildlife in this fragile ecosystem. Discusses the conflict between the oil industry and environmentalists over the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
25) Patch Adams
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh-- even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story.
26) Cross creek
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1928, frustrated newspaper reporter Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings leaves her husband and career and moves to an isolated orange grove in the Florida bayou to concentrate on writing fiction.
27) The Vietnam War
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who fought...
Language
English
Description
Jamie is a preacher's daughter whose self-confidence doesn't depend on the opinions of others. Landon is skating through high school on looks and bravado. But when events thrust him into Jamie's world, he begins an unexpected journey he will never forget. The remarkable steps to a life changed involve trust, hope, goals, faith and unconditional love.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first program explores the reasons why the population of the Stellar sea lions of Alaska has dropped 70-80% since the 1970s. The second program follows mushers and their dogs along the 1,100 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race through Alaska. Depicts the strong bond between the mushers and their dogs that is essential for survival.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Maya's dream of going to vet school is put on hold when she gets a call from the President of the United States. It seems the First Dog is out of control and the President needs Maya's help. It's up to Maya and her own dog, Lucky, to stop a canine catastrophe from becoming a national crisis.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On August 6th, 1945 a weapon unlike any other was unleashed on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Four days later, the Japanese surrendered, having been subjected to horrors and devastation previously unknown and unimaginable. A team of scientists and experts from the Manhattan Project was ordered by President Truman to investigate the facts of what really happened when the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima. Revealed is what happened moment by moment...
32) Femme fatale
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alluring seductress is suddenly exposed to the world, including her enemies, by a voyeuristic photographer who becomes ensnared in her surreal quest for revenge.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (approximately 840 minutes) : sound, color with black & white segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia. Taking place in the 1940s in Cuthbert, Georgia, this is a story of one woman's desperate attempts to rise above the challenges of her life, the choices she makes, and the consequences. She is pressured to work for Elliot Arthur, a father, a mill worker and a raging drunk. As their relationship unfolds, it becomes strained, and is considered unacceptable for that...
35) Act of will
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (245 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a fashion designer rebels against her mother's glamorous lifestyle.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unlike most people, young Sara Hopkins is willing to take God at His word. So, when she hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. What begins with a mysteriously healed bird leads to people suddenly cured of their misery and misfortune all over town. But the overwhelming crush of notoriety and press attention soon takes its toll on Sara. Will her family be able to save their miracle girl before it's too late?
37) Prohibition
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight....
38) $5 a day
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being released from jail for a crime his dad committed, Ritchie Flynn Parker, the son of a thrifty conman, begrudgingly joins his father on the road, after years of separation. Ritchie Flynn is a reformed conman who doesn't want anything to do with his father. He also feels he is being conned into joining his father on the road, but soon learns the real reason for this, and the lessons he learns will change his life. Conman Nat Parker wants...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A two-part, four-hour documentary that explores America's youth mental health crisis through the eyes of more than twenty young people, who speak about their lived experience with mental health challenges, from depression to addiction to suicide ideation.
