Michael Bacon
Author
Language
English
Description
'You are going to know the truth, whether you like it or not.'
She looks at the text... It must be from her. He stares at the gun pointing at his chest. They hug tight and cry, what has happened to them?
Polly and Jody have been best friends since their university days. Now married, their husbands, Tom and Craig are their world. Smart cars, big houses, loving relationships, it all appears so perfect...
... Or, does it?
'She had no chance... She screamed....
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Depression: out of the Shadows tells the dramatic stories of people of different ages, from diverse backgrounds, who live with various forms of depression. Leading mental health experts highlight the latest scientific research and innovative treatments, offering greater understanding and hope for the millions of people living with this complex, but treatable, disease." From container.
5) FDR
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Learn the story of one of America's most beloved Presidents. Includes rare archival footage and home movies as well as fascinating interviews with family members, friends, biographers, and eyewitnesses to the Roosevelt saga.
6) Tesla
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of engineer and inventor Nikolai Tesla, whose work would be eclipsed in the public eye by Edison and Marconi, best known during his lifetime from the flamboyant displays of his prototypes and fertile but undisciplined scientific imagination.
Publisher
Artwork PBS
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
With unprecedented access to the family and its archives, The Rockefellers explores the paradoxical lives of this fabled American dynasty. Using revealing home movies, archival footage and photographs, and interviews with eight Rockefellers, their colleagues and friends, this work paints a vivid portrait of four generations of the family.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
This series explores the startling new map of the brain that has emerged from the past decade of neuroscience and shares a revelatory view of this most complicated organ, which now contradicts much of what we previously believed. Narrated by actress Blair Brown, the series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary and cutting-edge animation. Viewers will not only learn startling new truths about the brain, they will voyage...
9) Loverboy
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Emily is a beautiful and brilliant loner obsessed with having the perfect child. Her desperation will drive her to commit shocking and perilous acts, pushing her closer to the edge of sanity.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
12) MacArthur
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
No soldier in modern history has been more admired or more reviled than Douglas MacArthur. A thorough portrait of a complex, imposing and fascinating general.
13) The Wright stuff
Language
English
Description
The all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Discover little-known facts about these visionary brothers and their flying machines that changed the world.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[c2009]
Language
English
Description
The music instinct provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our bodies and brains. The program follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
During World War II, bent on conquest, the German strategies became completely amoral, challenging and perhaps ending the concept of 'civilized warfare.' Through interviews with veterans, historians and ethicists from all the countries engaged in World War II, this American Experience film recounts the story of the Anglo-American bombing campaign against Germany, exploring the moral conundrums imposed by the reality of the war.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Ancient medical science told us our minds and bodies are one. So did philosophers of old. Now modern science and new research are helping us to understand these connections ... Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists, and patients-- people who are taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and health ... He discusses their search for answers to perplexing questions: How do emotions translate into chemicals in our body? How do...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Description: In this inspiring 90-minute documentary, filmmaker David Grubin - the son of a general practitioner - takes his camera across America from Maine to Alaska to introduce us to a diverse group of doctors, nurses, and health care professionals who are transforming the way we receive our medical care: lowering costs by placing the patient at the center of their practice.
18) MacArthur
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
No soldier in modern history has been more admired or more reviled than Douglas MacArthur. A thorough portrait of a complex, imposing and fascinating general.
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barrier to suceed in a highly challenging STEM-baed career.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This documentary takes an enlightening look at a group of young people with a wide spectrum of learning disabilities and offers a compelling portrait of the ways they overcome their challenges. By using their strengths and working with parents and teachers committed to helping the children discover the ways they learn best, these young people have risen above learning differences and low self-esteem and have found their unique voices. A group of students...