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Tulsa: Fire & Forgotten

· PBS
Format: DVD

The 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre includes interviews with descendants of the victims and the excavation of potential mass graves.

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Frontline: Virus That Shook The World

· PBS
Format: DVD

Showing the impact of COVID-19 across the globe, from lockdowns to funerals to protests, and how people and countries responded to the virus.

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Agatha Christie: Inside The Mind of Agatha Christie / AgathaChristie's England

n/a
Format: DVD

Two films about the worlds most successful crime writer. Discover what made Agatha Christie tick and see how the people and places Agatha encountered found themselves immortalized in her huge canon of work. Producers:Matt Cottingham, Toby Roebuck. Narrator: Samantha Bond.
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Oliver Sacks : his own life.

Ric Burns; Oliver Sacks · Kino Lorber
Format: DVD

A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked...
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Inside the Met

· PBS
Format: DVD

The Metropolitan Museum of Art prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday, but when COVID-19 strikes, the Met is forced to shut its doors indefinitely. Then, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, the museum is met with urgent demands for social justice.

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Body Positive Easy Yoga

Andrea Harring
Format: DVD

Workout fads come and go, but virtually no other exercise program is as enduring as yoga. It's been around for at least 5,000 years and some say much longer. Yoga does more than just burn calories, it's a total mind-body workout that combines strengthening the mind and body using...
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Streetwise / Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell

Bell, Martin
Format: DVD

In 1983, director Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall set out to tell the stories of homeless and runaway teenagers living on the margins in Seattle. Streetwise follows an unforgettable group of kids who survive by hustling, panhandling, and dumpster...
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Europe's new wild

Nadège Laici; Paul Dennys; Poppy Riddle; Sarah Peat; Russell Boulter; All authors · PBS Distribution
Format: DVD

The inspiring story of the wild rebirth of a continent. Across four episodes, the series reveals the spectacular resurgence of nature across Europe's most varied and breathtaking landscapes. From the Arctic Circle to rich river wetlands, from deep forest to rugged mountain...
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Hemingway

Ken Burns; Lynn Novick; Sarah Botstein; Geoffrey C Ward; Jeff Daniels; All authors · PBS Distribution
Format: DVD

Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal...
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Pet set : the complete series.

Betty White; MPI Media Group, · MPI Media Group
Format: DVD

The long-lost series from the legendary first lady of the TV with the Animals she loves and her famous friends. In 1971, just before Betty's sitcom superstardom, she created and hosted a weekly program, celebrating her lifelong love of animals. Produced with her husband Allen Ludden,...

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