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Title:	3groschenoper = The 3 penny opera
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2427 AV LIB
Subject:	Criminals England London History 19th century Drama. Poor England London History 19th century Drama. Social conflict Drama. Operas Film and video adaptations. Motion pictures, German. Foreign films Germany. Feature films.
Abstract:	"Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill's irresistible score, The threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema." -- container.

Title:	3 rooms of melancholia
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1256 AV LIB
Subject:	Children and war Russia (Federation) Children and war Russia (Federation) Groznyĭ. Children and war Russia (Federation) Ingushetia. Documentary films.
Abstract:	Reveals the psychological devastation the Chechen conflict has inflicted on children. Focuses on three rooms: a military academy near St. Petersburg; Crozny, Chechnya where families struggle to survive in barely habitable buildings; and, the nearby republic of Ingushetia where refugee camps are set up. Using minimal dialogue and evocative music, the film depicts the emotional state of children affected by war.

Title:	4 films de Otar Iosseliani = 4 films by Otar Iosseliani.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1971 AV LIB
Subject:	Apartment dwellers Drama. Vintners Drama. Musicians Drama. Traffic accident victims Drama. String quartets (Musical groups) Drama. Motion pictures Georgia (Republic) Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	Aprili: A critique of materialism, the film is about a young couple who live in a rundown empty apartment. Their love is so strong that it makes the water flow and the electricity work, but when they start purchasing furniture and knickknacks, they fight and grow apart.

Title:	4 little girls
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2504 AV LIB
Subject:	Bombings Alabama Birmingham History 20th century. African American children Alabama Birmingham History 20th century. African Americans Civil rights Alabama Birmingham History 20th century. Murder Alabama Birmingham History 20th century. Civil rights movements Alabama Birmingham History 20th century. African American churches Alabama Birmingham History 20th century. Documentary films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's concern.

Title:	14 video paintings
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1421 AV LIB
Subject:	Video art. Experimental films. Short films.
Abstract:	This DVD brings together Brian Eno's 'ambient videos,' Mistaken memories of mediaeval Manhattan and Thursday afternoon, which were originally exhibited in art galleries. These videos demonstrate the use of video as an art medium, accompanied by music also by Brian Eno. Mistaken memories of mediaeval Manhattan (48 min.) was filmed in New York in 1980-81. Thursday afternoon : seven video paintings of Christine Alicino (82 min.) was filmed in San Francisco in April 1984.

Title:	24: the editing process
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1360 AV LIB
Subject:	Television Production and direction. Television scripts Editing.
Abstract:	Features the editors, script supervisor and post-production supervisor who make the Emmy Award-winning hit programme, "24".

Title:	30 days of night
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2097 AV LIB
Subject:	Vampires Alaska Drama. Sheriffs Alaska Drama. Vampire films. Horror films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Feature films.
Abstract:	An isolated Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

Title:	30 years of National Geographic specials
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0035 AV LIB
Subject:	Nature. Biology. Culture. Documentary television programs United States. Science television programs United States.
Abstract:	Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by the National Geographic Society. Shows the highlights of many National Geographic Specials.

Title:	39 steps
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1795 AV LIB
Subject:	Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) Drama. Intelligence service Drama. Feature films. Detective and mystery films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Follows the excapades of Richard Hanney, who stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors.

Title:	42nd Street
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0347 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Musicals
Abstract:	A Broadway musical director has troubles during rehearsal, promotes the understudy and has a successful opening night. Chiefly memorable for the incredible musical dance numbers.

Title:	45th annual Clio awards: the Clios 2004.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0816 AV LIB
Subject:	Clio Awards. Television advertising Awards. Advertising Awards.
Abstract:	Presents the 2004 winners of the gold, silver and bronze Clio Awards. Entries include Nike's "Gamebreakers," NASCAR's "Rear-Ended," CBS sports' "Drive Thru," Sony's "Gravity Bomb, ", Pepsi's "Wounded", Toyota's "Party Dress", Appple's "Hip-Hop", Hewlett Packard's "Il Postino" MasterCard's "I Can't Believe it, Buddy!" Visa's "Monster Chase," Delta Airlines' "The Stumbler," Heineken's "USA/Sue," Anheuser Busch's "Genius/Mr. Way Too Much Cologne Wearer," Miller Brewing Company's "Dominoes," PBS's "Puppets," the UN/Ad Council's "School," and the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust's "Thomas" and "Thomas Returns."

Title:	49 Up
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2324 AV LIB
Subject:	Interviewing in sociology. Sociology Research. Children. Adulthood.
Abstract:	The seventh installment in Michael Apted's Up Series. In 1964, 14 children from diverse backgrounds were interviewed about their lives and dreams. Every seven years, Apted has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their lives.

Title:	50 years war: Israel and the Arabs
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2128 AV LIB
Subject:	Arab-Israeli conflict. Documentary television programs. Films for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	This documentary begins with the 1947 U.N. decision to partition Palestine and charts the ensuing half-century of enmity, warfare, mediation and negotiations. Includes interviews and news clips of heads of state and other military and intelligence leaders. Episodes on the first disc cover Israel's struggle for statehood, including the victories against Arab armies in 1948 and 1967, and the history of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The concluding program looks at the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Camp David peace accord in 1978, the start of the Palestinian "Intifada" uprising in 1987, the Oslo agreement in 1993, and the current attempts to consolidate a shaky reconciliation.

Title:	150 years of US-Japanese relations: past, present and future
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0281 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	The history and current state of Japanese-American social, political and economic relations.

Title:	300
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1745 AV LIB
Subject:	Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C. Drama. Tactics Drama. Feature films. Epic films. War films. Historical films. Action and adventure films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw. When the Greeks did not leave, Xerxes was left with no option and he moved forward. The battle lasted for about 3 days and after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The Spartan defeat would not have happened if not for a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, who defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks.

Title:	3:10 to Yuma
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1877 AV LIB
Subject:	Outlaws West (U.S.) Drama. Prisoners Transportation Drama. Ranchers West (U.S.) Drama. Feature films. Western films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	As other volunteers quit or are killed, a rancher is left alone to deal with the responsibility of putting a captured outlaw aboard a Fort Yuma-bound train.

Title:	3:10 to Yuma
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2086 AV LIB
Subject:	Outlaws Southwestern States Drama. Criminal behavior Southwestern States Drama. Trials (Murder) Southwestern States Drama. Feature films. Films for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Arizona in the late 1800s. Infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail, and dangers at every turn, the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man's destiny.

Title:	500 nations. [Disc 1]
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2689 AV LIB
Subject:	Indians of North America History. Indians of Central America History. Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Educational television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Disc 1 contains the first two episodes from 500 nations.

Title:	500 nations. [Disc 2]
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2690 AV LIB
Subject:	Indians of North America History. Indians of Central America History. Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Educational television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Disc 2 contains the episodes 3 and 4 from 500 nations.

Title:	500 nations. [Disc 3]
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2691 AV LIB
Subject:	Indians of North America History. Indians of Central America History. Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Educational television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Disc 3 contains episodes 5 and 6 from 500 nations.

Title:	500 nations. [Disc 4]
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2692 AV LIB
Subject:	Indians of North America History. Indians of Central America History. Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Educational television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Disc 4 contains episodes 7 and 8 from 500 nations.

Title:	500 years later
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2510 AV LIB
Subject:	Blacks Social conditions. Blacks Economic conditions. Blacks Race identity. Blacks Africa Social conditions. Blacks Africa Economic conditions. Blacks Race identity Africa. Marginality, Social. African diaspora. Documentary films.
Abstract:	Filmed in five continents, this documentary film chronicles the struggles of people of African descent throughout the globe as they strive for basic freedoms and self-determination.

Title:	8 1/2
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2432 AV LIB
Subject:	Motion pictures Production and direction Drama. Motion picture producers and directors Drama. Inspiration Drama. Feature films Italy. Motion pictures Italy. Comedy films. Feature films.
Abstract:	Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film. An early working title for the film was La bella confusione = The beautiful confusion.

Title:	911 in plane site: the director's cut
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1365 AV LIB
Subject:	Documentary films. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Causes. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Influence. Conspiracies. Terrorism.
Abstract:	Video & photographic evidence of the largest coverup in modern day history.

Title:	1492: conquest of paradise.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2280 AV LIB
Subject:	Voyages and travels Drama. Feature films. Historical films.
Abstract:	Chronicles the first two landmark voyages of Christopher Columbus and takes it to the brink of his third and last voyage.

Title:	1492: conquest of paradise
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2434 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Drama focusing on the voyages of Columbus, his personal tragedy and the colonization of the New World.

Title:	1-800-INDIA
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1493 AV LIB
Subject:	Computer service industry Subcontracting India. Electronic data processing departments Contracting out India. Business etiquette India. Offshore outsourcing India. Globalization Economic aspects.
Abstract:	Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for white-collar "outsourcing" jobs-- a notable component of India's rapid economic growth. This documentary explores the experience of young Indian men and women who have been recruited into these new jobs requiring long hours, night shifts, and westernized work habits. Also reveals the human and cultural effect on Indian family life, the evolving cities and towns, and on the aspirations and daily lives of young Indians, especially women, entering the work force.

Title:	2001, a space odyssey
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0003 AV LIB
Subject:	Computers Drama. Human-computer interaction Drama. Science fiction films. Feature films.
Abstract:	Kubrick's classic science fiction film which moves from the pre-historic birth of intelligence toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere in the future. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

Title:	2001: a space odyssey
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2506 AV LIB
Subject:	Twenty-first century Drama. Computers Drama. Space vehicles Drama. Human-computer interaction Drama. Feature films. Science fiction films. Action and adventure films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	A space voyage to Jupiter erupts in disaster when the ship's computer goes mad.

Title:	20,000 leagues under the sea
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0537 AV LIB
Subject:	Sailors Drama. Whaling ships Drama. Submarines (Ships) Drama. Feature films. Science fiction films.
Abstract:	A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.

Title:	Abilene paradox
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2636 AV LIB
Subject:	Decision making. Group decision making.
Abstract:	Management consultant Jerry B. Harvey illustrates the paradoxical nature of mismanaged agreement, describes symptoms of the paradox, probes the reasons behind the behavior, and offers strategies for eliminating collective decision-making confusion.

Title:	Abraham: one man, one God
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2666 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	Presents the story of Abraham, whose covenant with God led to the birth of Israel. Examines evidence, including fifteen hundred cuneiform tablets discovered at the ancient city of Ebla, that Abraham really lived.

Title:	Absence of malice
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0130 AV LIB
Subject:	Investigative reporting Drama. Detective and mystery films. Feature films.
Abstract:	A businessman becomes the subject of a criminal investigation when a story about him is purposely "leaked" to an investigative reporter.

Title:	Abstract art
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0448 AV LIB
Subject:	Art, Abstract. Abstract expressionism. Minimal art.
Abstract:	This program examines the history of abstract art. After a capsule summary of impressionism and cubism, the program tracks the full flowering of abstract art, stretching into abstract expressionism and minimalism. Special attention is given to Kandinsky, Mondrian, Pollock, Rothko, Caro, Martin, and Rae. Footage of artists at work along with a wide selection of paintings and sculpture round out this concise and informative overview.

Title:	Accident or murder?: re-creating the fatal fall
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1206 AV LIB
Subject:	Criminal investigation. Forensic sciences. False imprisonment. Forensic pathology. Accident investigation. Home accidents Investigation.
Abstract:	When Janice Johnson was found lying in a pool of blood at the foot of her basement stairs, the tragedy was ruled an accident until circumstantial evidence caused the case to be reopened, leading to the imprisonment of her husband for murder. In this program, attorney James Lockyer, of the Association in Defense of the Wrongfully Convicted, calls in pathologists who postulate that Janice really did accidentally fall down the stairs and prove their theory by having the scenario painstakingly reenacted by a young actress wearing a transom harness.

Title:	Adam & Eve
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2557 AV LIB
Subject:	Biographical television programs.
Abstract:	This program combines expert interviews, abundant location footage, and rare paintings and artifacts to create a unique portrait of Adam & Eve.

Title:	Adam's rib
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0584 AV LIB
Subject:	Women lawyers Drama. Dual-career families Drama. Man-woman relationships United States Drama. Feature films. Comedy films.
Abstract:	A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is the prosecutor.

Title:	Adventures of Robin Hood
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0338 AV LIB
Subject:	Robin Hood (Legendary character) Drama.
Abstract:	Classic Errol Flynn version of the legend of Robin Hood. Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny. Wonderful movie score by Eric Wolfgang Korngold.

Title:	Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0649 AV LIB
Subject:	Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) Drama. Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) Drama. Private investigators England Drama. Detective and mystery television programs Great Britain. Sherlock Holmes films.
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Title:	Adversary
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1346 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films.
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Title:	Advertising tactics
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1403 AV LIB
Subject:	Advertising. Advertising campaigns.
Abstract:	How we as consumers should be aware of advertising tactics.

Title:	Advise & consent
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0948 AV LIB
Subject:	Secretaries of State Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	A Senate subcommittee meets to confirm the President's controversial nominee for Secretary of State.

Title:	Aelita
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2007 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Silent films.
Abstract:	An engineer living in Moscow dreams of the Queen of Mars and builds a spaceship to take him to her.

Title:	Affair to remember
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1813 AV LIB
Subject:	Man-woman relationships Drama. Love Drama. Traffic accidents Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous, and the lovers' future takes an emotional and uncertain turn.

Title:	Afghanistan: [hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul]
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2513 AV LIB
Subject:	Antiquities.
Abstract:	This unique collection explores the art and cultural themes of ancient Afghanistan that are now part of a traveling exhibition.

Title:	African American lives
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1182 AV LIB
Subject:	African Americans History. African American families History. African Americans Genealogy. DNA fingerprinting. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

Title:	Africans in America: America's journey through slavery
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0832 AV LIB
Subject:	Slavery United States History. African Americans History To 1863. Documentary television programs/
Abstract:	A four part series portraying the struggles of the African people in America. This series exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramiatic recreations, rare archival photography, riveting first-person accounts and defines the reality of slaver's past through insightful commentary.

Title:	Africans: a triple heritage. Disc 1 and 2
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2687 AV LIB
Subject:	Documentary films.
Abstract:	Examines major influences on this complex continent: indigenous heritage, Western culture, and the Islamic religion. Episode 1. Geography's influence on history is the topic of this episode, which explores the roles that water, desert, and equatorial climate have played in developing African culture and civilization. Episode 2. What constitutes "family" in African culture? This segment examines matrilineal, patrilineal, and polygamous traditions as well as the impact of modern cities on family ties. Episode 3. The roles of Christian missionaries, Western secularism, Muslim sects, Egyptian pharaohs, and native religions are discussed in visits to Senegal, Zaire, and Egypt. Episode 4. This program traces the colonial economic legacy, the development of slavery, and European control of Africa's natural resources, with special attention to the roles played by Belgium and Great Britain.

Title:	Africans: a triple heritage. Disc 3, 4 and 5
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2688 AV LIB
Subject:	Documentary films.
Abstract:	Examines major influences on this complex continent: indigenous heritage, Western culture, and the Islamic religion. Episode 5. Urbanization, warrior traditions, European-created national boundaries, the Islamic jihad tradition, and nationalist movements are problems of Africa's post-colonial period, examined in this episode. Episode 6. In a continent where more than 70 coups have taken place in the last 30 years, the question of governing effectively is critical. This segment compares African military regimes, one-party states, Marxism in Mozambique, and the styles of the presidents of Tanzania and Zaire. Episode 7. More than 70 million Africans suffer from malnutrition while their countries export food to Europe. Economic and agricultural failures and successes are examined in Algeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. Episode 8. In every area of life--dress, behavior, law, worship, and language--Africans have a triple heritage that often sends conflicting signals. The African struggle to evolve new, effective, and essentially African ways of doing things is the topic of this episode. Episode 9. Africa's role in international politics and economics, from U.N. participation to cobalt production and the political crisis in South Africa, is the focus of this concluding episode. Other issues include the International Monetary Fund, food aid, and tourism.

Title:	Africa
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0085 AV LIB
Subject:	Documentary television programs.
Abstract:	An epic series presenting Africa through the eyes of its people, conveying the beauty and diversity of the continent and the compelling personal stories of those who shape its future.

Title:	Africa: in defiance of democracy
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0550 AV LIB
Subject:	Democracy Africa. Documentary films.
Abstract:	"Throughout Africa, democracy has long been touted as the cure for the continent's ongoing unrest. But can such a form of government flourish in countries where extreme poverty is the norm and violence is the chief tool of statecraft? Spanning the continent from Libya to South Africa, this program seeks to understand Africa's complex political situations, addressing the 'Big Man' syndrome and the one-party state, the destabilizing effects of armed conflict, the mismanagement of industry and natural resources, and strained relations with the industrialized world"--Container.

Title:	Africa, who is to blame?
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2043 AV LIB
Subject:	Documentary films.
Abstract:	Former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings and Kenyan law student June Arunga travel through Tanzania and Rwanda, witnessing the economic and social situations of the people they meet and considering what measures would improve life for the people of Africa generally.

Title:	Afrique, je te plumerai = Africa, I will fleece you
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2738 AV LIB
Subject:	French language Films for English speakers. Documentary films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Foreign films.
Abstract:	A compelling and sardonic essay on the history of colonialism in Cameroon, and by extension, on the African continent. Focuses on historical as well as contemporary European cultural domination, particularly in the publishing and media industry.

Title:	Against all odds: inside statistics
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2552 AV LIB
Subject:	Mathematical statistics.
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Title:	Age d'or
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0721 AV LIB
Subject:	Man-woman relationships Drama. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French. Surrealism in motion pictures.
Abstract:	Using a melange of strange and unrelated images, this surrealistic film about two lovers who mock convention is a statement by Buñuel on the nature of the bourgeoisie, the Church and the police. Banned in France within two weeks of its release.

Title:	Age of innocence
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2496 AV LIB
Subject:	Upper class New York (State) New York Drama. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	"A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870's"--Container.

Title:	Age of the shoguns: (1600-1868)
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1449 AV LIB
Subject:
Abstract:	Looks at the history of Japan during the age of the Tokugawa family, the era of Edo, a period of over two-and-a-half centuries during which Japan was sealed off from the rest of the world. Topics include the established classes of daimyo, samurai, farmer and merchant, the political organization of the shogunate, the growth of the merchant class and the development of Kabuki, the delineation of Japanese sensibilities and the meaning of Seppuku.

Title:	Agony and the ecstasy
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1977 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Biographical films. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie.

Title:	Agony of reform
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2704 AV LIB
Subject:	Economic history 20th century. Capitalism History 20th century. Communism History 20th century. Economic policy History 20th century. Documentary films.
Abstract:	The agony of reform explores the failure of government-controlled economies in the 1980s and how new leaders embraced the ideas of reform and "shock therapy"- a rapid conversion to free-market capitalism. The program focuses on how reform played out in Russia, the eastern bloc, Latin America, India and other countries as they lived through the upheavals of rapid change, coping with both the new freedoms and the new issues of privatization, deregulation, and the shock of free-wheeling competition.

Title:	Agronomist
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1030 AV LIB
Subject:	Political refugees Haiti. Political refugees United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films.
Abstract:	Tells the story of Haitian national hero, journalist, and freedom fighter Jean Dominique, whom Demme first met and filmed in 1986. As owner and operator of his nation's oldest and only free radio station, Dominique was frequently at odds with his country's various repressive governments and spent much of the 80's and early 90's in exile in New York, where Demme continued to interview him over the years. Dominique fought tirelessly against his country's overwhelming injustice, oppression, and poverty, but it was his shocking and still-unsolved assassination in April of 2000 that gave the director the impetus to assemble more than a decade's worth of material into a celebration of this dynamic man's life and legacy.

Title:	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1041 AV LIB
Subject:	El Dorado Drama. Spaniards Amazon River Region Drama. Insanity (Law) Drama. Feature films Germany. Motion pictures Germany. Feature films. Foreign films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.

Title:	Aileen Wuornos: the selling of a serial killer, the 1992 interviews
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0513 AV LIB
Subject:	Serial murders Florida Ocala. Women serial murderers Florida Ocala Biography.
Abstract:	This documentary is a twisted tale of murder, alleged police corruption and conniving opportunists that tracks the sensational trial and conviction of 'America's First Female Serial Killer.'

Title:	Airborne: life takes to the sky
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2540 AV LIB
Subject:	Evolution. Birds Evolution. Pterosauria. Bats Evolution. insects Evolution. Documentary films. Educational films.
Abstract:	Analyzes how flight evolved. Presenting a number of theories, the program examines how insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bats each took to the sky. Convergent evolution and echolocation are also discussed.

Title:	Akai hashi no shita no nerui mizu = Warm water under a red bridge
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1861 AV LIB
Subject:	Man-woman relationships Japan Drama. Architects Japan Drama. Treasure troves Japan Drama.
Abstract:	A frustrated, unemployed architect travels to a remote fishing village in search of a treasure rumored to be hidden in a house near a red bridge. He builds an intense relationship with one of the occupants of the house, a young woman with an "unusual" condition.

Title:	Akai tenshi = Red angel
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1592 AV LIB
Subject:	Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Drama. Military nursing Japan Drama. Drug addiction Japan Drama. Surgeons Japan Drama. Nurses Japan Drama. Man-woman relationships Japan Drama. Feature films. Feature films Japan. Foreign films.
Abstract:	"A fresh young army nurse on the front finds herself the nighttime prey of hungry soldiers and awash in a sea of blood and torn bodies. Despite the hell around her she struggles to maintain her strength and compassion, but her attempts at salvation, with an amputee soldier and a morphine-addicted surgeon, could lead to her own sexual and spiritual martyrdom."--Container.

Title:	Akbar the Great: magicians, moguls, maharajahs
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1490 AV LIB
Subject:	Islam Relations Hinduism India History. Hinduism Relations Islam India History. Documentary films.
Abstract:	An overview of the reign of Akbar the Great, who forged an empire in India based on religious tolerance between Hindus and Muslims. Includes dramatizations of significant persons and events.

Title:	Akira Kurasawa's The hidden fortress.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0097 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	A princess must escape across enemy lines with the royal treasure, guarded only by a loyal general and two greedy peasants.

Title:	Alain Delon 5-film collection.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2363 AV LIB
Subject:	Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Drama. Man-woman relationships Drama. Feature films France. Foreign films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Five films from one of France's best known and most beloved actors, Alain Delon.

Title:	Albero degli zoccoli = The tree of wooden clogs
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0540 AV LIB
Subject:	Peasants Italy Drama. Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	Details the life of three peasant families in 19th century Italy. Evokes the time and place rather than telling a narrative.

Title:	Albert Herring
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1137 AV LIB
Subject:	Operas.
Abstract:

Title:	Alberto Giacometti
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1087 AV LIB
Subject:	Artists France Biography. Artists France Interviews.
Abstract:	Two films about the surrealist artist, Alberto Giacometti, whose miniature sculptures and distinctive approach to the human body have greatly influenced modern art. What is a head? features interviews with several art world luminaries. A man among men features an interview with the artist.

Title:	Alceste: Oper
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2844 AV LIB
Subject:	Operas. Alcestis (Greek mythology) Drama. Filmed operas.
Abstract:

Title:	Alexander Nevsky
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0310 AV LIB
Subject:	Foreign films. War films. Feature films.
Abstract:	Semi-biographical, pre-war, Soviet propaganda film of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock presents: Volume 2
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0049 AV LIB
Subject:	Television programs. Television plays. Detective and mystery television programs. Horror television programs.
Abstract:	A release of four television programs from the popular mystery series: Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Family plot
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0042 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	A cabbie and a psychic work together to search for a missing heir. They become involved with a larcenous jewel merchant and his "Woman in Black" while discovering the family plot.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0050 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Detective and mystery films.
Abstract:	In their hunt for a sex criminal known as the Necktie Murderer, the London police suspect an innocent man, who eludes them and proves his innocence by finding the real murderer.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0053 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	Marnie (Tippi Hedren), an impulsive thief and liar, is caught defrauding her employer. Her rich handsome captor (Sean Connery) impulsively marries the beautiful, but frigid girl in an attempt to discover the reasons for her ongoing anti-social behavior.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0048 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Horror films. Bates, Norman (Fictitious character) Drama. Murderers Drama. Hotelkeepers Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0048 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Horror films. Bates, Norman (Fictitious character) Drama.
Abstract:	Hitchcock's classic horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother?

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Rear window
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0047 AV LIB
Subject:	Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) Drama. Feature films. Detective and mystery films. Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc.
Abstract:	As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in film history.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Rope
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0044 AV LIB
Subject:	Detective and mystery films. Feature films.
Abstract:	Two friends strangle a classmate and invite his family and mutual friends to dinner--with the body stuffed inside the trunk for a buffet table. Inspired by the Leopold-Loeb murder.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0051 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Spy films.
Abstract:	Wartime thriller about a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses his plant's firebombing by a Nazi agent, and is framed for that act himself.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a doubt
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0043 AV LIB
Subject:	Detective and mystery films. Feature films.
Abstract:	A beguiling murderer, Joseph Cotton, charms his unsuspecting family, but soon his niece and namesake begins to suspect her uncle is hiding a terrible secret. This was Hitchcock's personal favorite among his many films.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's the birds
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0056 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Horror films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's The man who knew too much.
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0046 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Detective and mystery films.
Abstract:	Story of an American doctor, Jimmy Stewart, touring Morocco with his wife, Doris Day, and child who accidentally becomes involved in a foreign plot to assassinate a diplomat in London.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's The trouble with Harry
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0052 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Comedy films.
Abstract:	Harry's corpse is found in the autumnal New England woods. While no one mourns his death, several people feel responsible for it. The body is unearthed several times, humorous situations occur, and love affairs develop before the real cause of Harry's death is revealed. Alfred Hitchcock's only comedy film.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's the wrong man
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0534 AV LIB
Subject:	Mistaken identity Drama. Judicial error Drama. Robbery Drama. Feature films.
Abstract:	The first Hitchcock film based on a true story. A nightclub musician is falsely accused of a robbery, an accusation that ruins his life.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's To catch a thief
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1815 AV LIB
Subject:	Jewel thieves Drama. Impersonation Drama. Feature films. Detective and mystery films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	A retired American jewel thief living on the French Riviera seeks to prove his innocence by exposing the burglar who has been imitating his technique.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0045 AV LIB
Subject:	Action and adventure films. Feature films.
Abstract:	Hitchcock's spy thriller is about an American CIA agent who learns of Cuban missiles and a covert NATO spy by the code name of TOPAZ from a defecting Russian.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Torn curtain
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0054 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Spy films.
Abstract:	Scientist Michael Armstrong becomes involved in an action thriller when he attends a congress in Copenhagen.

Title:	Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0055 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Detective and mystery films.
Abstract:	Considered by many critics to be one of the greatest films of all time, Vertigo stars Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot involving a woman who is apparently being driven to suicide by one of her ancestors.

Title:	Algebra: in simplest terms
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2551 AV LIB
Subject:	Algebra. Documentary films.
Abstract:	A series of 26 half-hour programs that demonstrate algebra's usefulness in daily life.

Title:	Alhaji's wives
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1563 AV LIB
Subject:	Population. Women Nigeria Social conditions. Older people Nigeria Social conditions. Documentary films.
Abstract:	"Alhaji has taken five wives; one dies, he divorced another and lives with the remaining three. This program travels to Nigeria to examine the impact of polygamy and divorce on the country's population demographics, focusing on a case study of one family to highlight trends and concerns. The connection between religious values and family planning becomes apparent in interviews with various people in the community. The program also visits a school for women who have been divorced or widowed and want to learn a skill or receive a basic education."--Container.

Title:	All about Eve
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1958 AV LIB
Subject:	Actresses United States Drama. Theater United States Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Films for the hearing impaired.
Abstract:	From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Title:	Alles auf Zucker = Go for Zucker
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV1796 AV LIB
Subject:	Jews Germany Drama. Orthodox Judaism Relations Nontraditional Jews Drama. Pool (Game) Drama. Inheritance and succession Drama. Brothers Drama. Motion pictures Germany. Comedy films. Feature films. Foreign films.
Abstract:	Pool shark and hustler Jaeckie Zucker is up to his ears in debt. In a stroke of luck, his mother dies and leaves an inheritance. Before he can cash in, his mother has requested the difficult task of reconciling with his estranged Orthodox brother Samuel.

Title:	All quiet on the western front
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0277 AV LIB
Subject:	World War, 1914-1918 Drama. Feature films. War films.
Abstract:	A group of young World War I German recruits pass from idealism to disillusionment with war.

Title:	All's well that ends well
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0162 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films. Comedy films.
Abstract:	William Shakespeare's comedy about Helena, the new wife of Count Bertram, who resorts to chichanery to win the respect and affection of her husband.

Title:	All that jazz
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0348 AV LIB
Subject:	Dance United States History 20th century Drama. Choreographers United States Drama.
Abstract:	The story of an obsessed, pill-popping chain-smoking choreographer/ director dancing simultaneously with love and death. But even while dying, he creates some great dance numbers. Based on the life of the late Bob Fosse.

Title:	All the king's men
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV0357 AV LIB
Subject:	Feature films.
Abstract:	A Southern lawyer battles his way to the governorship, with the help of his secretary. Once elected, he becomes a dictator. Loosely based on the career of Huey Long.

Title:	Al otro lado = To the other side
Library:	Downtown Library, Media Services
Call Number:	MEDIA DV2761 AV LIB
Subject:	Children of immigrants Drama. Migration, Internal Drama. Emigration and immigration Drama.
Abstract:	The story of three young children in three different countries. Despite their differences and distances from each other, they all share the same dilemma of losing a parent to another country and then struggling with their loss.