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Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Worldwide, alcohol abuse kills more people than HIV, nearly 3.3 million per year. Yet what the public believes, and Alcoholics Anonymous purports, 'Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic,' is not as true as you think. Nor is the fundamental principle for treating alcoholism that we all take as truth; abstinence. Science has shown that abstinence not only doesn't take away the addiction, but also increases the craving. So why has one modality dominated...
3) Knuckle
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Go inside the brutal, secretive, and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives of an Irish Traveller community and hear the history of violent feuding between rival families. Follow the story of the Quinn brothers, as they fight for their reputations and the honor of their family name.
Publisher
Eagle Vision, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Named for Alan Jackson's 2007 #1 hit, Small Town Southern Man features interviews and archival footage about Alan Jackson's life. The documentary starts with Jackson's humble beginnings in his hometown of Newnan, Georgia, growing up poor with four older sisters, clawing his way to a record deal, finding huge success in the early 90's, enjoying a career resurgence in the early 2000's, all the way to being inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Michael Rapaport goes on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunite to perform sold-out concerts across the country, almost ten years after the release of their last album, The Love Movement. Rapaport captures the story of their tenuous relationship as personal differences and unresolved conflicts continue to threaten their creative cohesion. Get a behind- the scenes look at their journey and contributions as a band, and what currently...
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Experience the flowing movements of tai chi with master teacher David-Dorian Ross. His unique teaching method allows viewers to simply follow the mirror-view movements from side to side and gradually become familiar with them without having to memorize anything.
Publisher
Paraclete Video Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
There's a time when we face the difficult choice to forgive others and to forgive ourselves. This four part study opens our minds and our hearts to a new understanding of forgiveness so we can embrace forgiveness as a key to a wholesome a free life.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The classic board game that has been played by over a billion people in the last 75 years, Monopoly is a worldwide cultural phenomenon. This documentary captures stories about the game and those who play it, and follows the colorful players who come together to compete for the title of Monopoly World Champion.
13) United we fan
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When married sci-fi fans Bjo and John Trimble organized their unprecedented letter-writing campaign to force NBC to renew the original Star Trek back in 1967, they couldn't have known that they were also planting the seeds of television fan activism that would forever change the relationship between viewers and networks.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Join a trek to a remote plateau in Argentina, where scientists believe an incredible dinosaur graveyard could be the most significant dinosaur find ever. A complete snapshot of life in the Middle Jurassic is hidden in the rock: after this mysterious period, the dinosaurs grew massively in size and came to dominate the globe.
Publisher
Distributed by Kultur International Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Jerusalem is a holy city, not only for Jews but also for Christians and Muslims. Since time immemorial, each of the three great monotheistic religions has claimed the city as its own. Long-lasting, bloodthirsty conflicts were the result. Jerusalem, a bone of contention for over 2000 years. Now more than ever. Without its pre-eminent significance for these religions, Jerusalem would be merely one among a hundred other desert cities - interchangeable,...
20) Dinosaurs alive!
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This global adventure of science and discovery features the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous Period, introduced by paleontologists.
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