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1) Mark Twain
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
3) Muhammad Ali
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
He was one of the best-known men of the 20th Century, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated millions of fans throughout the world with his mesmerizing combination of speed, grace, and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it. At the height of his fame, he took American life, the racial prejudices, the religious biases, the role of celebrities, the role of sports in society, and refashioned it in his image....
Publisher
PBS Home VIdeo
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In light of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this documentary focuses on many of the controversial aspects of Lincoln's life - race, equality, religion, politics and depression. Interviews re-enactors, relic hunters, authors, scholars and Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to gain perspectives on Lincoln's life and thoughts.
5) The offer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This epic ten-episode limited event series tells the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's journey of bringing Francis Ford Coppola's cinematic masterpiece The Godfather to the big screen. This critically acclaimed series contains over 2.5 hours of special features, including featurettes, deleted scenes, and more!
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Using never-before-seen footage, photos and audio of Williams and featuring interviews with many friends and family who have never spoken on-camera before, Honky tonk blues tells the story of Hank Williams' rise and fall in full, vivid detail"--Container.
8) Queen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The remarkable history of Alex Haley's paternal side. Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's hit coming-of-age comedy returns with more incredible stories from his formative years. Season two continues to explore seminal chapters in Dwayne Johnson's extraordinary life, from his early years growing up surrounded by wrestling icons in Hawaii, to his rebellious teen years navigating new surroundings in Nashville, to his early twenties playing in the Canadian Football League. Dwayne Johnson himself takes a look back...
Language
English
Description
Few American artists have reached a wider audience or enjoyed more widespread popularity in their own lifetime than Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams had a profound impact on how Americans see the majesty or their continent and helped transform how people think and feel about the meaning of the natural world. A visionary photographer, a pioneer in photographic technique and a crusader for the environment, this portrait of Adams portrays the great artist and...
12) Tiger
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The rise, fall and epic comeback of global golf icon Tiger Woods is charted in this two-part documentary.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, who overcame problems in school and obstacles in life to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon. His lifelong journey led him to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, a bestselling author, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Includes behind-the-scenes, and featurettes.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Nostradamus, history's greatest prophet, is credited with predicting some of the world's most shocking events hundreds of years before they ever took place. Reveals a recently unearthed compilation of cryptic predictions that may have been composed by the famed prophet. Prophecy of the Roman popes lay hidden for over 400 years. Contains new divinations including the crisis in the middle east and the apocalypse.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the inspirational true story, this all-American scripted saga charts the birth of this iconic bike during a time of great social and technological change beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Walter, Arthur, and Bill risked their entire fortunes and livelihoods to launch the budding enterprise. Each of these men faced very different challenges, but it was the motorcycle that united their dreams and ambitions.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo Da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but Da Vinci's genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light.
18) Tesla
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world.
19) Frida Kahlo
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the life of the colorful painter.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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