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Documentary & Non-Fiction DVDs Summer 2018
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Survivors Guide to Prison
Documentary
One is more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. Follow the stories of two innocent men who spent decades behind bars for murders they did not commit. With gripping testimony from inmates, guards, staff, cops, analysts, lawyers, and reformers, it exposes the failed "punishment model" and examines the dramatic programs proven to work.
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Into the Amazon
Documentary, History
It tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
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All Eyes and Ears
Documentary
A timely exploration into the complex links between the US and China, Vanessa Hope's documentary feature debut evokes the personal and the international with its accent on diplomacy, activism, and individual experience.
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Small Good Thing
Documentary
Follows several people in Western Massachusetts who share a deep desire to have more meaning in their lives, a closer bond with their families and communities, and a connection to themselves and the natural world.
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A Good American
Biography, Documentary, History
Tells the story of the best code breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on Earth, filter it for targets, and render results in real time.
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VA: The Human Cost of War
Documentary
The film takes a broad look at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, examining the organization's history, leadership, structure, funding and relationship to veterans. The film chronicles, in depth and often in wrenching detail, the workings of this crucial but at times beleaguered American institution.
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Faces Places (French)
Foreign: Documentary
Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
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We Were There
Documentary, War: Wold War II
America's greatest generation as they share their stories of duty, service, and responsibility during World War II.
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Miss Kiet's Children (Dutch)
Foreign: Documentary
Kiet Engels is the kind of teacher one wishes every schoolchild could have. She is strict but never harsh, loving but never soft. Her patience is endless. Many of her pupils are refugees who have just arrived in Holland. Everything is new and confusing. Slowly the children gain skills and confidence. The film focuses on four refugee children of different nationalities. The camera follows their struggles to learn a new language, their fights, friendships, and first loves.
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Dina
Award Winners, Biography, Documentary
Dina's getting married in a few weeks and there's still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents' house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home he's ever had, all while juggling his schedule as an early morning Walmart door greeter. She has to get her dress, confirm arrangements with the venue, and make peace with her family, who remain nervous for their beloved Dina after the death of her first husband.
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47 Below
Travel
Chronicles Australian physican and adventurer Geoff Wilson's 2013-2014 solo coast-to-coast trek across Antarctica, inspired by a friend's fight with breast cancer.
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Discover Planet Ocean
Documentary, Science: Ocean
Explore the Pacific coast of Baja California, one of the most beautiful regions of Mexico--and one of the most extraordinarily diverse marine ecosystems on the planet. This series covers a lot of ground (and cubic feet of water), ranging across the entire 1,000-mile peninsula. Your guide on this voyage of discovery is marine journalist, Masakazu Nagata. 13 episodes in this series include the daily workings of a typical fishing village where the ocean is more than just a souce of wonder and fear but it is also the key to economic survival. Discover Planet Ocean brings all of these elements together in order to provide you with a rich portrait of life above and beneath the waves.
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