MARTIN SHEEN
Author
Language
English
Description
Starring Martin Sheen and The Ploughshares 8 in the trial and conviction of peace activists who performed the first act of disarmament since World War II. Not docudrama, but the illusion and reality of the Ploughshares 8 playing themselves and 50 actors playing the court.
Author
Language
English
Description
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White is the story of Douglas White, an 89 year old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a crime he did not commit. During the making of this film, filmmakers uncovered new evidence of White's actual innocence" and brought the case back to federal court. Holy Man offers a rare glimpse into the mysterious world of Lakota religion, their intimate...
Author
Language
English
Description
Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables The Good Stars.
Author
Language
English
Description
While most priests would have moved onto the suburbs for their next assignment, Father Michael Doyle entrenched himself into one of America's most violent cities. A true activist, for over 60 years he fought to provide better schooling for children, made affordable housing available to hundreds of families, improved the environment by taking on big government's waste treatment plant and beautified the area by replacing concrete and abandoned lots...
7) Stella Days
Author
Language
English
Description
A priest whose love of movies inspires him to open a cinema in an Irish village to raise money for a new church, resulting in a passionate struggle between the priest, the church and the townsfolk.
8) Enigma
Author
Language
English
Description
A C.I.A. Agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
417 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and accomplished actor/filmmaker Emilio Estevez recount their lives as father and son. In alternating chapters -- and in voices that are as eloquent as they are different -- they tell stories spanning more than fifty years of family history, and reflect on their journeys into two different kinds of faith.
Publisher
Paramount/Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.
12) Wall Street
Language
English
Description
Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie, Gekko forges an alliance with her fiancé, Jake. But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to reclaim his rightful place at the top of Wall Street.
Publisher
Columbia (Usa)
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
©2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVD discs (approximately 460 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
Language
English
Description
Armed with sophisticated equipment, Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and his team of researchers become the first humans to see and photograph the Titanic since its sinking more than 70 years ago. Images from Ballard's dives are crisp and clear, as if the viewer were visiting the wreck in a glass-bottomed boat. A 20-minute feature, "Last hours of the Titanic" provides the best bonus; Ballard talks about the difficulties of...
17) Reptile
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reveals the alien world of these often misunderstood cold-blooded vertebrates, uncovering reptilian facts that are stranger than fiction. From the hot, steam swamps to dry-as-bone deserts, travel the world in search of these amazing animals.
18) Horse
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 35 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to horses that explores the history and varieties of horses, and the links between horses and humankind.
19) Shark
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Takes you down into the murky world of sharks and their relatives and reveals what motivates these fascinating creatures. Discover a shark that can fit in your hand and a shark that eats only plankton - and learn that not all sharks are killing machines.
20) Dinosaur
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Looks at dinosaurs and their place in geological history, and how paleontologists discover their bones, reconstruct their lives, and speculate on their demise.