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- [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.stereo. Digital: video file.DVD video.region 1.
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- Inside the mind of Agatha Christie (2019) produced and directed by Matt Cottingham
- Agatha Christie's England (2020) / produced and directed by Toby Roebuck.
Agatha Christie's England - retraces the celebrated English writer's footsteps across the England. With access to both her family and those who lived with her and knew her best.
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2. Assassins [2021]
- [New York] : Greenwich Entertainment, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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The audacious murder of Kim Jong-un's brother in a crowded Malaysian airport sparked a worldwide media frenzy. At the center of the investigation are two young women who are either cold-blooded killers or unwitting pawns in a political assassination. Assassins goes beyond the headlines to question every angle of this case, from human trafficking to geopolitical espionage to the secretive dynamics of the North Korean dynasty
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3. Born to be [2020]
- [New York, NY] : Kino Lorber, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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Follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City, where all transgender and gender nonconforming people have access to quality transition-related health and surgical care. This feature-length documentary takes an intimate look at how one doctor's work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming surgeon has led to his own transformation
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4. Can we cool the planet? [2020]
- Arlington, VA : PBS, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.stereo. Digital: video file.DVD video.region 1.
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As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are wondering if there are solutions beyond reducing emissions. Enter geoengineering. From sucking carbon straight out of the air to physically blocking out sunlight, the options may seem far-fetched. Can geoengineering really work? How much would it cost? And what are the risks of engineering Earth's climate?
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- Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.surround.Dolby digital 5.1. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years
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6. Elizabeth is missing [2021]
- Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical; stereo. Video: NTSC. Digital: video file.DVD video; region 1.
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Maud is convinced something horrible happened to her best friend, Elizabeth, but in her search discovers it may be entwined with another disappearance from her childhood. The answers seem within her grasp, but the onset of dementia keeps pulling them through her fingers
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7. A Thousand cuts [2021]
- Frontline (Television program). Selections.
- Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical; stereo. Digital: video file.DVD video; region 1.
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Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free press, and her freedom, on the line in defense of truth and democracy
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8. In case of emergency [2021]
- New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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Director Carolyn Jones looks at how the USA's biggest public health challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the opioid crisis to gun violence and lack of insurance, collide in emergency departments. She follows emergency nurses and their patients in seven unique settings across the U.S., shedding light on some of the biggest health care crises facing Americans today, and the opportunity that emergency nurses have to help break a vicious cycle for patients under their care
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9. The judge : character, cases, courage [2021]
- [El Segundo (Calif.)] : Gravitas Ventures, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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Judge Merhige fought for the 'little guy'. His biggest fight was for racial justice in the public schools of the former Confederate Capital, RVA.
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10. The long song [2021]
- [Washington, DC] : PBS, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.surround. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, following the trials, tribulations and survival of July and her odious mistress Caroline on a sugar plantation.
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11. Not done : women remaking America [2021]
- Makers (Television program). Not done.
- [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.stereo. Video: NTSC. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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The women's movement has gone mainstream: from the first female presidential nominee to the inclusion of a woman of color on a major party ticket, from the Women's March to #MeToo, from Black Lives Matter to the fight for trans lives
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12. Minding the gap [2018]
- Director approved Blu-ray special edition - [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet Sound: digital.optical.surround.DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Digital: video file.Blu-ray.region A.
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The extraordinary debut from documentarian Bing Liu weaves a story of skateboarding, friendship, and fathers and sons into a coming-of-age journey of courageous vulnerability
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13. Nature. Australian bushfire rescue [2020]
- Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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An estimated one billion animals died in the horrific Australian bushfires last year. Through the help of tireless volunteers working to rescue the remains of their once-flourishing environment, stories of animal and human resilience have emerged. Rising from the ashes, animal survivors begin their challenging journey back to a wild existence
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14. Nature's fear factor [2020]
- [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.stereo. Digital: video file.DVD video.region 1.
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When top predators disappeared from Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, other animals fell into unusual patterns. Now scientists are reintroducing wild dogs to restore the park's 'landscape of fear' and with it the natural balance of the ecosystem
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- [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.stereo. Video: NTSC. Digital: video file.DVD.region 1.
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It is a mission that might prove impossible. In the fall of 2020, a NASA spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx attempts to reach out and grab a piece of an asteroid named Bennu and bring it back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx team has just three chances to extend its spacecraft's specialized arm, touch down for five seconds, and collect material from the surface of Bennu. Can they pull it off? NOVA takes you inside the mission as the team plans its approach.
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16. Power trip [2021]
- Orland Park, IL : MPI Media Group, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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Why does Energy freedom for everyone still seem so far away? Because there are some very powerful people preventing us from attaining it. In Power Trip, filmmaker Jonathan Scott travels the United States confronting those at the root of the issue and meets the everyday citizens fighting against a deeply entrenched, powerful system that is waging war against the solar industry, and against the rights of the people who want to choose how they power their lives
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17. Rolling Thunder Revue : a Bob Dylan story [2021]
- Director-approved special edition - [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
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- Video — 1 videodisc (approximately 142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + :1 book (55 pages) Sound: digital.optical.surround.DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Digital: video file.Blu-ray.
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Martin Scorsese's documentary about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour, which featured a band of troubadours including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell, blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief
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18. The twilight zone. Season two [2021]
- Twilight zone (Television program : 2019- ). Season 2.
- [Los Angeles, California] : Paramount, [2021]
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- Video — 3 videodiscs (385 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.5.1 surround; stereo; Dolby audio. Digital: video file.DVD video; region 1.
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Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern re-imagining of the classic TV series continues the legacy of socially conscious storytelling. The series' second season uses introspection and self-exploration to usher viewers into a dimension filled with endless possibilities
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19. We got this [2021]
- Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2021]
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- Video — 2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical. Digital: video file.DVD video.
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In this quirky mystery series inspired by true events, George English, a broke American living in Sweden, decides the answer to his problems lies in collecting the reward money for solving the 30-year-old murder of former prime minister Olof Palme. But a deadly discovery puts George on a collision course with history as his investigation goes from a laughing stock to a dangerous operation
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20. 1917 [2019]
- [Universal City, California] : Universal, [2020]
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- Video — 2 videodiscs (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Sound: digital.optical.surround.Dolby Atmos; Dolby digital plus 7.1.Dolby Digital 5.1; DVD. Video: NTSC. Digital: video file.Blu-ray.DVD video.region 1.
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At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them
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