Michael Bacon
2) RFK
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"RFK, a new biography of Robert Kennedy ... takes as its theme lines from Aeschylus that Kennedy could recite from memory: "He who learns must suffer." RFK is a tragedy in two acts. In part one: The garish sun, Robert Kennedy devotes himself to his glamorous brother John, suppressing his own ambitions for the sake of the Kennedy name. In part two: The awful grace of God, after an assassin's bullet takes his brother's life, RFK is bereft, not only...
Publisher
HBO Documentary Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry's 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film is the story, told by his filmmaker parents and others who knew him, of Evan's life and death, and life-long struggle with bipolar disorder. ... In showing how one family deals with generations of loss and grief, the film defies the stigma related to mental illness and suicide..."--Container.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Discover little-known facts about these visionary brothers and their flying machines that changed the world.
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (9 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African village. As a child in Burkina Faso, Georgie and the other girls in her village had to walk for miles each day to collect water. This vibrant, engaging story sheds light on this struggle that continues all over the world today, instilling hope for a future when all children will have acess to clean drinking water.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd.,col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Depression: out of the Shadows tells the dramatic stories of people of different ages, from diverse backgrounds, who live with various forms of depression. Leading mental health experts highlight the latest scientific research and innovative treatments, offering greater understanding and hope for the millions of people living with this complex, but treatable, disease." From container.
7) Loverboy
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Emily is a beautiful and brilliant loner obsessed with having the perfect child. Her desperation will drive her to commit shocking and perilous acts, pushing her closer to the edge of sanity.
8) Tesla
Series
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Nikola Tesla has come to be seen by many as a tragic figure, a visionary engineer who died impoverished and largely forgotten--eclipsed by names such as Edison and Marconi. A tireless inventor who registered numerous patents and developed many working prototypes, Tesla would become most famous for his dazzling demonstrations. Audiences flocked to see him send thousands of volts of electricity pulsing through his body, dazzled by the spectacle of...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The music instinct provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our bodies and brains. The program follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As powerful and riveting as a John Le Carre thriller, The Man Nobody Knew uncovers the hidden life of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby. The consummate American soldier-spy, Colby took on the government's dirtiest assignments without question, until the day he defied presidential orders and revealed to Congress the CIA's 'family jewels' - their darkest, deepest secrets. Told by his son Carl Colby, William Colby's story unmasks the lies, truths,...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
