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- Admissions Granted. by Wu, Hao,film director.; Wang, Miao,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.In June 2023, the 6-3 conservative majority at the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education in the landmark Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. HARVARD and SFFA v. UNC cases, dealing a crushing blow to progressives who had labored to address racism in America through race-conscious policies.The film revisits the district court trial of this case and tracks the case’s emotional, high-stakes journey to the Supreme Court. It documents how Edward Blum and activists on both sides strategize and hustle to win in court and in public opinion, and highlights the ways the case has divided the Asian American community. Woven throughout are incisive observations from The New Yorker’s Jeannie Suk Gersen, former Harvard president Neil L. Rudenstine, former Dean of Howard University (now Mount Holyoke College president) Danielle Holley, and professor Natasha Warikoo, who dig deeper into why the heated debate of affirmative action sits at the intersection of American beliefs.Combining interviews, news archive, and verité footage with dynamic animated sequences that bring the closed-door court hearings to life, ADMISSIONS GRANTED takes an honest and thoughtful look at the complexity of the affirmative action debate, the divisions within the Asian American community and our nation’s increasing polarization on matters of race, equity, and inclusion.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Education.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Educational films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; History.; Political participation.; Equality.; Asian Americans.; Trials.; United States. Supreme Court.; Universities and colleges.;
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- Band of Sisters. by Fendelman, Joel,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2024.BAND OF SISTERS follows a group of 1.15 million women and men as they march through the streets of Washington DC for women's lives in what might possibly be the largest march in US history.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Experimental films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; History.; Women--Health and hygiene.; Political participation.; Abortion.; Feminism.; Women's rights.; Washington (D.C.).; United States--Politics and government.;
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- I Am More Dangerous Dead. by Uchibeke, Majiye,film director.; University of Southern California Cinematic Arts (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by University of Southern California Cinematic Arts in 2022.A poetic tribute to Nigerian activist and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed after exposing the exploitation of his native land by his government and Big Oil.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Science.; Social sciences.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Environmental sciences.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Current affairs.; Health.; History.; Motion pictures--Africa.; Petroleum industry and trade.; Political participation.; Pollution.; Environmental health.; Water--Pollution.; Political activists.; Manufacturing processes.; Motion pictures--Nigeria.;
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- Yellow Bird : oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country / by Murdoch, Sierra Crane,author.;
"When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher 'KC' Clarke, had disappeared from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone, and no one but his mother was actively looking for him. Unfolding like a gritty mystery, Yellow Bird traces Lissa's steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke's disappearance. She navigates two worlds -- that of her own tribe, changed by its newfound wealth, and that of the non-Native oil workers, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit becomes an effort at redemption -- an atonement for her own crimes and a reckoning with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is both an exquisitely written, masterfully reported story about a search for justice and a remarkable portrait of a complex woman who is smart, funny, eloquent, compassionate, and -- when it serves her cause -- manipulative. Ultimately, it is a deep examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing"--
- Subjects: Yellow Bird, Lissa.; Clarke, Kristopher.; Criminal investigation; Missing persons; Oil industry workers;
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- The mostly serious history of wine [videorecording] / by Ede, Bijou,on-screen participant.; Fisher, Rick,on-screen participant.; Garcia, Reese,on-screen participant.; Jason, Janeen,on-screen participant.; Hodgson, Jim,film director.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),production company.;
With Bijou Ede, Rick Fisher, Reese Garcia, Janeen Jason.Early humans may have discovered wine accidentally, but now it's grown and sold just about everywhere. Jim Hodgson stops in Egypt, ancient Rome, Spain, France and other locations to trace wine's delicious history.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Historical films.; Wine; Wine and wine making; Wine; Wine and wine making; Wine and wine making;
- For private home use only.
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- Lake Superior our helper [videorecording] : stories from Batchewanaung Anishinabek fisheries / by Furlotte, Sarah,film director,director of photography.; Sayers, Dean,film producer,on-screen participant.; Collective Eye Films,presenter,publisher.;
Cinematography, Sarah Furlotte ; editor, Sarah Furlotte.Chief Dean Sayers.The film follows Chief Dean Sayers through a series of discussions with community members that explore the underlying social and ecological approaches of Batchewana's fisheries as well as perspectives about its history, current practices, and future directions.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Environmental films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fisheries; Fisheries; Fisheries; Fishes; Human-animal relationships.; Indigenous peoples; Small-scale fisheries; Sustainable fisheries.;
- For private home use only.
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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;
- For private home use only.
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- Quintessentially British [videorecording] / by Carnarvon, Fiona,Countess of,on-screen participant.; Clarke, Oz,on-screen participant.; McKellen, Ian,on-screen participant.; Vision Films (Marina del Rey, Calif.),film distributor.;
Oz Clarke, Ian McKellen, Lady Carnarvon.A love letter to all things great and British from their castles, theater, aristocrats and classic cars to quirky traditions and self-deprecating sense of humor. Did you know that the Queen's Buckingham Palace isn't even the largest in England or that the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland is based on a real person? There's so much to discover. Welcome to being Quintessentially British.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereophonic.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Historical films.; English literature; Manners and customs; National characteristics, British.;
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- Separated [videorecording] / by based on (work):Jacob Soboroff.Separated.; Cartol, Gabriela,on-screen participant.; Morris, Errol,film director,film producer.; Greenwich (Firm),production company.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Gabriela Cartol.Academy Awardʼ-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations. Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family's plight with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, Morris paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as over 1300 children remain separated today, according to the Department of Homeland Security.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.; Historical films.; Nonfiction films.; Border security; Illegal immigration; Immigrant families; Noncitizen children; Noncitizens; Deportation;
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- Food is my teacher [videorecording] / by Soma, Tammara,screenwriter,film director,on-screen participant,film producer.; Yanchyk, Brandy,screenwriter,film director,film producer.; McIntyre Media,film distributor.;
Tammara Soma, Cease Wyss.In Tammara's first documentary, Food is My Teacher, she delves into the pains of the past, including her own harrowing experience dealing with an eating disorder, to showcase how food can heal communities, body and spirit. This is Tammara's first experience in creating a documentary. She co-wrote and co-directed Food is My Teacher with award-winning filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk, who also produced the film. They travelled across Alberta and British Columbia on a quest to learn how food is healing within different communities.E.DVD.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Eating disorders; Food; Food industry and trade; Food security; Food habits; Food;
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- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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