D-Day: The Total Story (DVD)
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D-Day: The Total Story (DVD)
A comprehensive chronicle of the crucial hours when the Allied command unleashed its combined forces on the beaches of Normandy. Employing 156,000 troops on shore and 43 destroyers, 18 cruisers, and 7 battleships offshore, this major assault on the German forces marked a pivotal day in modern history. Utilizing archival combat footage and eyewitness accounts, this 4-part documentary relives the monumental event from the bloody beaches to the hedgerows and the towns beyond.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep Case2-Disc SetFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Bonus Feature - 1. BATTLE STATIONS: SHERMAN ASSAULTInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Exile in Buyakuda (DVD)
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Exile in Buyakuda (DVD)
Vanessa Redgrave narrates this fascinating account of the years that Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky spent exiled in Istanbul.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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Titanic: The Complete Story (DVD)
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Titanic: The Complete Story (DVD)
Produced for the cable's The History Channel, TITANIC: THE COMPLETE STORY is a detailed and authoritative account of one of the most fascinating disasters in history. 6 hours in length and huge in scope, the documentary uses a combination of newsreel footage, passenger diaries, underwater coverage of the recovery mission, and even interview with survivors of the tragic event to tell a compelling true story.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene AccessText/Photo GAlleries: Essay - HISTORY OF THE TRAGEDY AS SEEN IN POPULAR CULTURE Biographies - 1. Notable Passengers Additional Text - 1. Timeline of Critical Events
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Men Who Killed Kennedy, The (DVD)
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Men Who Killed Kennedy, The (DVD)
Perhaps the definitive analysis of the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, offering stunning evidence through interviews and comprehensive accounts of this American tragedy. Originally broadcast on A&E in five parts: The Forces of Darkness, The Coup D'etat, The Cover-Up, The Patsy, and The Witnesses.DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case2-Disc SetFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - EnglishInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos - 1. Gallery of Original Autopsy Photographs
2. Gallery of Critical Documents Additional Text - 1. Timeline of Critical Events
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The History Channel Presents - Pearl Harbor (DVD)
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The History Channel Presents - Pearl Harbor (DVD)
The History Channel presents this two-and-a-half-hour documentary that goes behind the headlines of this infamous first strike against the United States in 1941. Archival footage is combined with personal recollections by both American and Japanese forces, additionally rounded out by commentary from historians. Also included in the package is a documentary look at Admiral Chester Nimitz, who was instrumental in rebuilding the destroyed United States Navy to fighting strength.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull FrameAdditional Release Material: Bonus Program - 1. Military Blunders: Pearl HarborInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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Life and Debt (DVD)
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Life and Debt (DVD)
LIFE AND DEBT is a searing documentary from director Stephanie Black that examines the ways that policies of the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.), the World Bank, and other aid organizations have changed the Jamaican economy over the past 25 years. The films shows how Jamaica's agriculture, industry, government, and culture have been restructured by import-export systems, leaving the local people to struggle in poverty and work in sweat shops. Author Jamaica Kincaid, whose book A SMALL PLACE inspired the film, narrates with Belinda Becker. A reggae soundtrack that includes songs by Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Mutubaruka, and Peter Tosh engages viewers and calls them to action while reinforcing messages about the serious political issues that are the focus of the film.LIFE AND DEBT was screened as part of the 2001 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenSingle Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Interview - 1. Michael Manley - Former Jamaican Prime Minister (His Last Interview) Music Video - 1.Mr. Heartless by Anthony B. Audio Commentary - 1. Stephanie Black - Director Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene AccessText/Galleries: Additional Text - 1. Information on the IMF and Anti-Globalization Movement
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Regret to Inform (DVD)
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Regret to Inform (DVD)
Director and writer Sonnenborn's universally acclaimed film about Vietnam, told from a very personal viewpoint. Sonnenborn's first husband was killed in the war, and he left her an audio tape of his thoughts and feelings about his experience. Sonnenborn refused to listen to the tape for 20 years, but, though she had moved on and was happily married, she suddenly felt that she had to know as much possible about what he felt while he was in Vietnam. A professional photographer by trade, Sonnenborn decided to film her pilgrimage to Vietnam and ended up with a beautiful and incredibly moving film. Winner of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Director and Best Cinematography and the 1999 Independent Spirit Award.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Behind the Lens, POV Interview - Barbara Sonneborn - Director Trailer - Theatrical Cast BiographiesText/Photo Galleries: Photo Gallery Map of Key Vietnam War Sites Resource Links
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The Brandon Teena Story (DVD)
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The Brandon Teena Story (DVD)
A haunting documentary that tells the true life story of Teena Brandon, a Nebraska female who moved to Falls City, Nebraska, in 1993 and passed herself off as a male. When Brandon's newfound friends learned that he was, in fact, a female, their angry confusion triggered a series of brutal, horrific events that ended with the death of Teena and two other individuals. Interviews with actual players, including Brandon's girlfriend Lana Tisdel, as well as the murderers Tom and John, combined with audio tapes from Brandon's police interrogations, make this a poignant, unforgettable expose of homophobia and prejudice in small town America. Inspiration for the acclaimed 1999 feature film BOYS DON'T CRY.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingKeep CaseWinner of Best Documentary Awards at Berlin and Vancouver Film Festivals
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Paragraph 175 (DVD)
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Paragraph 175 (DVD)
PARAGRAPH 175 is a documentary about the 10-15,000 German men who were arrested because of their homosexuality between the years 1933-1945 during World War II. Some of the men were sent to concentration camps to be killed; an estimated 4,000 survived. PARAGRAPH 175, from directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (THE CELLULOID CLOSET), tells the tragic story and includes interviews with seven of only nine living survivors.It was Klaus Muller, curator of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, who convinced directors Epstein and Friedman of the urgent need to make the film PARAGRAPH 175. Despite their small number of survivors who remain to tell the tale, their accounts unearth a rich trove of anecdotal history. The stories of their treatment are both lyrical and horrific. These 20th-century gay Germans lived freely through the Weimar years. In the 1930s, they were initially ignored by an indifferent Hitler. Then, with the implementation of an obscure legal statute (Paragraph 175) which aimed to exterminate homosexuals entirely, they became the victims of a brutal persecution.Rupert Everett's solemn narration puts the stories in context, as do photographs, footage, and music that remind us of the eerie wistfulness of pre-Nazi Germany. The filmmakers also put the text of anti-homosexual laws and political statements right on the screen, along with a chillingly complete chart of symbols to be worn by camp prisoners (gay men wore a pink triangle). Ultimately, the film is a chance for a forgotten group of victims (they have never received reparations) to tell their story. They very nearly did not get the chance.
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Rocked with Gina Gershon (DVD)
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Rocked with Gina Gershon (DVD)
With her sultry good looks and sexy screen persona, actress Gina Gershon (BOUND, SHOWGIRLS) is more than up to the task of playing rock star. So when it came time to promote her film PREY FOR ROCK AND ROLL, Gershon strapped on a guitar and launched a real-life, nationwide tour with indie rockers Girls Against Boys as her backup band. This 2-volume set collects all six episodes of the Independent Film Channel's original series documenting Gershon's cross-country musical odyssey and the often madcap antics of the rock-n-roll lifestyle.DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case2-Disc SetFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Deleted ScenesInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos Biographies
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Brakhage (DVD)
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Brakhage (DVD)
Over the course of 40 years, avant-garde film legend Stan Brakhage made nearly 400 films. Using experimental techniques of his own creation and no sound, he changed the both way we think about film and what we expect from light passing through celluloid. From Window Water Baby Moving (1958) to later works, such as Dante's Quartet (1987) and Black Ice (1994), BRAKHAGE examines the techniques he used as well as the impact his work had on the film community. With an array of interviews with Brakhage himself, friends, family, admirers, and detractors, director Jim Shedden has created an insightful look at true artistic pioneer.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Featurettes - 1. BRAKHAGE ON FILM - 1965 Documentary
2. LEGENDARY EPICS, YARNS, AND FABLES - Portrait by Steve
Gebhardt Brakhage Excerpt Guide
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Democracy University DVD Series - Volume 2 (DVD)
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Democracy University DVD Series - Volume 2 (DVD)
A meeting of some of the most salient minds in left-leaning political thought today, the DEMOCRACY UNIVERSITY series continues to offer fascinating and very important insights into the contemporary state of the world and its political climate. In this volume we hear from Noam Chomsky in his first LA appearance in over 10 years, as well as former chief weapons inspector to Iraq Scott Ritter. Also taking the podium are Greg Palast, the muckraking journalist who broke the story of the voter fraud scandal in Florida; physicist Vandana Shiva, who sheds light on the consequences of uranium depletion and war on Earth; and Howard Zinn, author of A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, who addresses the subject of wars not covered in school.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.334-Disc Set
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