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How to speak whale : a voyage into the future of animal communication / by Mustill, Tom,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill--the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak--asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication. "When a whale is in the water, it is like an iceberg: you only see a fraction of it and have no conception of its size." On September 12, 2015, Tom Mustill was paddling in a two-person kayak with a friend, just off the coast of California. It was cold, but idyllic--until a humpback whale breached, landing on top of them, releasing the energy equivalent of forty hand grenades. He was certain he was about to die, but both he and his friend survived miraculously unscathed. In the interviews that followed the incident, Mustill was left with one question: What could this astonishing encounter teach us? Drawing from his experience as a naturalist and wildlife filmmaker, Mustill started investigating human-whale interactions around the world. When he met two tech entrepreneurs, who told him they wanted to use artificial intelligence (AI) to decode animal communication, Mustill embarked on a journey where big data meets big beasts, using animal eavesdropping technologies to train AI--originally designed to translate human languages--to discover patterns in the conversations of animals. There is a revolution taking place in biology, as the technologies we've developed to explore our own languages are turned to nature. From seventeenth-century Dutch inventors, to the whaling industry of the nineteenth century, to the cutting edge of Silicon Valley, How to Speak Whale looks at how scientists and start-ups around the world are decoding animal languages. Whales, with their giant mammalian brains, offer one of the most realistic opportunities for this to happen. But what would the consequences of such human-animal interaction be? We're about to find out"--
Subjects: Animal communication.;
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Seabiscuit [videorecording] / by Banks, Elizabeth,1975-; Bridges, Jeff,1949-; Cooper, Chris,1951-; DuCoeur, Kingston.; Goldenberg, William.; Hillenbrand, Laura.Seabiscuit.Videorecording.; Jones, Eddie.; Kennedy, Kathleen,1954-; Macy, William H.,1950-; Maguire, Tobey,1975-; Makovsky, Judianna.; Marshall, Frank.; McCullough, David G.; Newman, Randy.; Oppewall, Jeannine,1947-; Ross, Gary,1956-; Schwartzman, John.; Sindell, Jane.; Stevens, Gary,1963-; Dreamworks Pictures.; Larger Than Life (Firm); Spyglass Entertainment (Firm); Universal Pictures (Firm); Universal Studios Home Video (Firm);
Director of photography, John Schwartzman ; narrator, David McCullogh ; editor, William Goldenberg ; music, Randy Newman ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; production designer, Jeannine Oppewall.Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens, William H. Macy, Kingston DuCoeur, Eddie Jones.Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legend. Eventually, Seabiscuit earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS Digital surround.
Subjects: Hillenbrand, Laura.; Feature films.; Horse racing; Horse trainers; Human-animal relationships; Seabiscuit (Race horse);
© c2009., Universal ; Distributed by Universal Studios Canada,
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Someone You Should Meet. by Chasnoff, Debra,film director.; Chasnoff, Salome,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2024.SOMEONE YOU SHOULD MEET focuses on an extended family gathering organized by two filmmakers who only recently discovered they were related through their great-grandparents. As they explore their shared history and evolving Jewish identity over five generations, old wounds surface, and a sense of belonging is found.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Philosophy and religion.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Judaism.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Jews.; Families.; Jews--History.;
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Subject [videorecording] / by Agee, Arthur,on-screen participant.; Angulo, Mukunda,on-screen participant.; Friedman, Jesse,on-screen participant.; Hall, Camilla,film director.; Ratliff, Margie,on-screen participant.; Tiexiera, Jennifer,film director.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Margie Ratliff, Arthur Agee, Jesse Friedman, Mukunda Angulo, Ahmed Hassan.In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? Subject reveals the unintended consequences good, bad, and complicated of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries, The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of An Inconvenient Truth, Cameraperson, MLK/FBI, and more.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Hoop dreams (Motion picture); Staircase (Motion picture); Wolfpack (Motion picture); Capturing the Friedmans (Motion picture); Cinéma vérité.; Motion pictures; Documentary films;
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Dark mirror : Edward Snowden and the American surveillance state / by Gellman, Barton,1960-author.; Soltani, Ashkan,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Edward Snowden chose three journalists to tell the stories in his Top Secret trove of NSA documents: Barton Gellman of The Washington Post, Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian and filmmaker Laura Poitras, all of whom would share the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Poitras went on to direct the Oscar-winning Citizenfour. Greenwald wrote an instant memoir and cast himself as a pugilist on Snowden's behalf. Gellman took his own path. Snowden and his documents were the beginning, not the end, of a story he had prepared his whole life to tell. More than 20 years as a top investigative journalist armed him with deep sources in national security and high technology. New sources reached out from government and industry, making contact on the same kinds of secret, anonymous channels that Snowden had used. Gellman's reporting unlocked new puzzles in the NSA archive. And as Snowden's revelations faded somewhat from the public consciousness, the machinations he exposed continue still, with many policies unaltered despite societal outrage. Dark Mirror is a true-life spy tale that touches us all, told with authority and an inside view of extraordinary events. Within it is a chilling personal account of the obstacles facing the author, beginning with Gellman's discovery of his own name in Snowden's NSA document trove. Google notifies him that a foreign government is trying to compromise his account. A trusted technical adviser finds anomalies on his laptop. Sophisticated impostors approach Gellman with counterfeit documents, attempting to divert or discredit his work. Throughout Dark Mirror, the author wages an escalating battle against unknown digital adversaries who force him to mimic their tradecraft in self-defense. With the vivid and insightful style that marked Gellman's bestselling Angler, Dark Mirror is an inside account of the surveillance-industrial revolution and its discontents, fighting back against state and corporate intrusions into our most private spheres. Along the way, and with the benefit of hindsight, it tells the full story of a government leak unrivaled in drama since All the President's Men"--
Subjects: Snowden, Edward J., 1983-; Gellman, Barton, 1960-; United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.; Electronic intelligence; Electronic surveillance; Domestic intelligence; Leaks (Disclosure of information); Whistle blowing; Journalists;
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There's something in the water [videorecording] / by Daniel, Ian,film director.; Page, Elliot,1987-on-screen participant,film director.; Collective Eye Films,publisher.;
Elliot Page.Based on Ingrid Waldron's incendiary study, the film follows Page as he travels to rural areas of the province that are plagued by toxic fallout from industrial development. As did Waldron, the filmmakers discover that these catastrophes have been precisely placed, all in remote, low-income, and very often Indigenous or Black, communities.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Environmental films.; Blacks; Racism against Blacks; Environmental justice; Environmental policy; Hazardous waste sites; Racism; Capitalism; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples;
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Trapped Ashes. by Dante, Joe,film director.; Gaeta, John,film director.; Russell, Ken,film director.; Hellman, Monte,film director.; S. Cunningham, Sean,film director.; Miller, Dick,actor.; Gibson, Henry,actor.; Saxon, John,actor.; Harris, Lara,actor.; Lowell, Scott,actor.; Penikett, Tahmoh,actor.; MVD Entertainment Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Dick Miller, Henry Gibson, John Saxon, Lara Harris, Scott Lowell, Tahmoh PenikettOriginally produced by MVD Entertainment Group in 2006.Seven strangers are trapped inside an infamous Roger Corman/AIP-style House of Horrors during a Hollywood movie studio tour and forced to confess their most disturbing personal memories in this tribute to anthology horrors like Creepshow and Tales From the Crypt, directed by acclaimed filmmakers Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Monte Hellman, Sean Cunningham and John Gaeta.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Cult films.;
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The secret history of the Five Eyes : the untold story of the international spy network / by Kerbaj, Richard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Secret History of The Five Eyes: The untold story of the international spy network, is a riveting and exclusive narrative of the most powerful and least understood intelligence alliance, which has been steeped in secrecy since its formation in 1956. Richard Kerbaj, an award-winning investigative journalist and filmmaker, bypasses the usual censorship channels to tell the definitive account of authoritative but unauthorised stories of the Western world's most powerful but least known intelligence alliance made up of the US, Britain, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. As Kerbaj shows, spy stories are never better than when they are true-and these span from 1930s Nazi spy rings to the most recent developments in Ukraine and China. Through personal interviews with world leaders-including British Prime Ministers Theresa May and David Cameron-and more than 100 intelligence officials, this book explores the complex personalities who helped shape the Five Eyes. They include a Scotland Yard detective who became a spymaster and inspired the first exchanges between MI5 and the FBI. An American home economics teacher who helped create one of the most effective programmes to counter Soviet espionage. The CIA's lone officer in Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution. GCHQ's chief during the Edward Snowden intelligence leak. And the Australian politician turned diplomat whose tip-off to the FBI instigated the inquiry into Russia's meddling in the US presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Richard Kerbaj is able to draw from deep inside the secret corridors of power and his unparalleled access spans all 5 countries. Some of the people he has interviewed include former GCHQ director Sir Iain Lobban, CIA director General David Petraeus, MI5 director-general Eliza Manningham-Buller, NSA director Admiral Mike Rogers, British National Security Advisor Kim Darroch, ASIO chief Mike Burgess, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's chief Richard Fadden, and Ciaran Martin, the official who oversaw Britain's assessments on whether the Chinese telecoms firm, Huawei, should have had a role in the creation of the UK's 5G network"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Five Eyes (Alliance); Cold War.; Intelligence service; Intelligence service; World politics.; World politics;
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The Sopranos. [videorecording] / by Bracco, Lorraine,1955-; Chianese, Dominic,1931-; Coulter, Allen.; Falco, Edie.; Gandolfini, James.; Iler, Robert.; Imperioli, Michael,1966-; Pastore, Vincent.; Patterson, John.; Sigler, Jamie-Lynn,1981-; Sirico, Tony.; Van Zandt, Steve.; Brad Grey Television Productions.; HBO Video (Firm);
Disc 1. For all debts public and private -- No-show -- Christopher.Disc 2. Weight -- Pie-O-my -- Everybody hurts -- Watching too much television.Disc 3. Mergers and acquisitions -- Whoever did this -- Strong, silent type.Disc 4. Calling all cars -- Eloise -- Whitecaps.James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Siricio, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo.It's tough times in Jersey for Tony Soprano. The sluggish economy hasn't been good for the family business. His wife, Carmela, is angling for more financial security. Some long-time lieutenants aren't happy with Tony's recent decisions. A rival boss wants a bigger piece of the suburban pie. A Soprano is actually heading to trial for the first time in decades. At least one child has lost interest in higher education.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Gangsters; Mafia; Mafiosi; Organized crime; Racketeering; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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The breadwinner [videorecording] / by Cauhdarī, Sārah,voice actor.; Chhaya, Soma,voice actor.; Doron, Anita,1974-screenwriter.; Leo, Anthony,film producer.; Sadiq, Laara,voice actor.; Twomey, Nora,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Ellis, Deborah,1960-Breadwinner series.; Aircraft Pictures (Firm),production company.; Cartoon Saloon (Firm),production company.; Jolie Pas (Firm),production company.; Melusine Productions,production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Editor, Darragh Byrne ; music, Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna.Voices, Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq.Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material including some violent images.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Ellis, Deborah, 1960-; Taliban; Girls; Sex role; Women's rights;
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