New Video Group
1) Detropia
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century: the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now, the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the...
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian...
4) G-dog
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From Oscar-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock. Father Greg Boyle, a white Jesuit priest, has spent some 25 years in the toughest part of East LA, offering jobs not jail, to tough, street-smart, and amazingly sweet young people, all former gang members. Father Boyle is a charismatic visionary, but he's made the dream real: his Homeboy Industries has become the largest, most successful gang intervention and rehab program in the U.S. and an inspiration...
Series
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (35 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Where the wild things are: Max is sent to bed without any dinner. He sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. The nutshell kids: Poems set to music. Dance through the alphabet, good manners, numbers and the months of the year. In the night kitchen: Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Who's in the kitchen?
Publisher
[Distributed by] New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (62 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Make way for ducklings: The Mallards look for the perfect spot to raise their young, and find it in the most unlikely place ; Blueberries for Sal: A little girl and a little bear on a blueberry-picking trip get mixed up with each other's mothers ; Time Of wonder: Follow two sisters spending a summer in Maine and experience a wonderful variety of natural sights and sounds ; Burt Dow, deep water man: Tells the story of Burt and his trusty boat, the...
9) James Dean
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Looks at the life and death of James Dean through interviews with many of his co-stars, friends and other insiders.
10) Marjoe
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marjoe follows a firebrand preacher, who wholeheartedly exposed himself as a fraud, as he embarks on his "farewell to the faith" tour. Also contains Thoth, which shines the spotlight on a New York City performer who presents one-man operas on the street.
11) Human body
Publisher
New Video Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Contains four episodes that follow Ms. Frizzle and her class on their science adventures aboard the magic school bus where they go inside the human body.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This CGI-driven special will tell the history of our world in two hours from its beginning 13.7 billions years ago to today. It's an epic story that will give surprising connections to our daily lives. From the formation of the earth and the emergence of life, to the advance of man and the growth of civilization, it's a rapid-fire view of our unforgettable story.
14) The atomic cafe
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A compilation of archival film clips beginning with the first atomic bomb detonation in the New Mexico desert. The footage, much of it produced as government propaganda, follows the story of the bomb through the two atomic attacks on Japan that ended World War II to the bomb's central role in the cold war. Shown along with the famous 'duck and cover' Civil Defense films are lesser-known clips, many of which possess a bizarre black humor when seen...
15) Sister Helen
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1986, at the age of 56, Helen Travis became a Benedictine Sister after she lost her husband and both her sons to substance abuse. Two years later, in New York City, she opened a halfway house for recovering male addicts.
Publisher
A & E Television
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles George Washington's little-known military life, from his 1st officer's commission in the Virginia milita through the difficult lessons of his youth and his 17-year retirement. Witness his reemergence as the soul of the American Revolution and see how he transformed a ragtag band of men into an army that could battle and defeat the greatest military in the world. Features location footage, re-enactments, and candid interviews with historical...
18) Janie Jones
Publisher
Tribeca Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ethan, a struggling rock musician, content with his on-the-road, party lifestyle, has his life turned upside down by the arrival of a thirteen-year-old daughter he never knew he had; and, left with the responsibility of raising Janie Jones, a shy but talented, aspiring musician herself, Ethan takes Janie on a road trip of music, discovery, and father-daughter bonding.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 350 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This epic program encompasses nearly a thousand years of despair and rebellion, innovation and conflict, from the first settlement of Russe Vikings to the brutal murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The lives and complicated legacies of figures like Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Rasputin are explored in two episodes. Russian: Land of the Tsars blends rare source materials, historical re-enactments, expert commentary,...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hercule Poirot has retired to a country village, until his neighbor is found murdered. Poirot reunites with his old partner, Chief Inspector Japp, to find the culprit, exposing a web of blackmail, envy, and murder.