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Pub. Date
[200-?]
Description
In this Academy Award winner for best documentary in 1991, the true-life story of the 1985-1986 workers' strike against Geo. A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota is documented from beginning to end. When Geo. A. Hormel & Company made $2 million in profits, then cut its workers' salaries by $2.00 an hour each, the workers had only one option: Go out on strike. DVD format.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"The gripping true story, told here for the first time ... The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the skyhigh murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost entirely forgotten. This gripping true-crime narrative tells the story of the Last Call Killer and the decades--long chase to find...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Starting in 1964 with Seven UP, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven UP, has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their...
5) Foxcatcher
Description
"Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers" -- Back of container
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Returns to West Memphis, Ark. to re-examine the controversial story of the child murders at Robin Hood Hills, the most notorious murder case in the state's history, revealing startling new evidence and exploring the ironies and ambiguities of a mystery that refuses to go away.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Based on the true story of a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to awaken catatonic victims of a rare sleeping sickness. ; A deejay who finds himself penniless is plucked from disaster by a homeless history professor, who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Together they begin a modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail.
10) Awakenings
Pub. Date
©1997
Description
Based on a true story of a maverick doctor and the patients whose lives he saves.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
An investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda. With his personal interviews and compelling storytelling style, Kenda will captivate you with the details of a different investigation each episode from when he got the homicide call to when the case was closed. Unlike other murder re-enactment shows, this series delivers the emotional and psychological effects of a murder on the...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
An investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda. With his personal interviews and compelling storytelling style, Kenda will captivate you with the details of a different investigation each episode from when he got the homicide call to when the case was closed. Unlike other murder re-enactment shows, this series delivers the emotional and psychological effects of a murder on the...
15) Where's Molly?
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Jeff Daly searched for the sister who disappeared when she was three years old and found that his parents had placed her in an institution for the developmentally disabled.
16) The horse boy
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin sought the best possible medical care, but traditional therapies had little effect. They discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals, particularly horses, and the family set off...
18) Awakenings
Pub. Date
1990
Description
A group of patients who contacted sleeping sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I, are treated with a new drug L-DOPA which has an "awakening" effect on the patients and their lives.
20) Life after life
Pub. Date
c1992
Description
Raymond A. Moody, Jr. interviews six people who have survived near-death experiences.
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