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Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television (distributor)
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
This Emmy-Award winning series for Outstanding Informational Series features original location cinematography in 25 countries, taking the viewer around the world on an incredible journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Tibet.
Publisher
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1980's, disciplines of an Indian spiritual master, Bhawan Shree Rajneesh, behan arriving in a remote part of central Oregon. They came to build a utopian community in the desert, but soon clashed with other local residents. The conflicts escalated and things would ultimately go terribly wrong. This is the story of two cultures colliding and the leadership of a commune that took the quest for power too far."--Container.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Spurred by a personal tragedy, America's foremost documentarian is tackling cancer. Ken Burns examines cancer with a cellular biologist₂s precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. The series artfully weaves three different films in one: a riveting historical documentary; an engrossing and intimate verite film; and a scientific and investigative report.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Hear the stories of the men and women who are at the forfront of the medical frontier... Correspondent Bob Woodruff, who was critically injured while covering the war in Iraq in 2006 and was saved by the advances in military medical care, brings his personal understanding of the issues to this documentary as he covers military medical advances and technology from the battlefield to the return home" -- container.
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