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Author
Language
English
Description
When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Explores the role documentary films play in communicating information about life and important issues with audiences. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Shelby Apple is obsessed with reimagining the full story of the Learned Man--a prehistoric man whose remains are believed to be the link between Africa and ancient Australia. From Vietnam to northern Africa and the Australian Outback, Shelby searches for understanding of this enigmatic man from the ancient past, unaware that the two men share a great deal in common. Some 40,000 years in the past, the Learned...
4) The unspoken
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hired to investigate the legendary wreck of the freighter Jerry McGuen, which sank in 1898 while carrying the ill-gotten sarcophagus of an Egyptian sorcerer, to save a documentary in progress, paranormal investigator Katya Sokolov and forensics guru Will Chan are plunged into new depths of terror.
Author
Series
Moose Springs Alaska volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Former Hollywood darling River Lane's acting career is tanking fast. Determined to start fresh behind the camera, she agrees to film a documentary about the picturesque small town of Moose Springs, Alaska. The assignment should have been easy, but the quirky locals want nothing to do with River...Easton Lockett may be a gentle giant, but he knows a thing or two about survival. If he can keep everyone in line, he should be able to get River and her...
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the amazing true story of Fiona, the baby hippo born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo, the team that nursed her back to health, and the community who loves her.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
117 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three unusual people--"defense intellectual" Richard Elster, who was involved in the management of the country's war machine; young documentary filmmaker Jim Finley, who is intent on documenting Elster's experience; and Elster's daughter Jessica, who behaves like an "otherworldly" woman from New York--train their binoculars on the desert landscape of California and build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event throws...
Author
Series
Publisher
BookShots / Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 143 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documentary ornithologist Sophie Castle is convinced that her heart belongs only to the birds, until she meets her new cameraman, Rigg Greensman.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The death of Jesus has had the greatest impact on mankind. While his life is cloaked in mystery, the details of his death are even more veiled. Join scholars and archaeologists on a historic inquiry into the Biblical account of the last days of Jesus.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Belief in miracles has for centuries been relegated to lunatics and religious fanatics. But not so very long ago, that all began to change. In 1991, Life Magazine ran a cover story about miracles and became one of the first mainstream news sources in the United States to acknowledge the thousands of mysterious, "miraculous" phenomena that had been happening around the world.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Police Chief Jane Hardy is still reeling from the scandal that rocked her small-town department just as she took over for her retired father--the man who wrecked her life with one little lie. Now she's finally been reunited with her presumed-dead fifteen-year-old son, Will, and his father, documentarian Reid Bechtol. When a murder aboard the oil platform Zeus exposes an environmental terrorist's plot to flood Mobile Bay with crude oil, Jane and Reid...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter-her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call "journalism." As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for...
15) Templar code
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Medieval experts and code breakers examine the coded geometric images carved into the walls of the Knight's Templar's prison in France as they explore the identities of these mysterious men.
16) There there
Author
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
Twelve Native Americans came to the Big Oakland Powwow for different reasons. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxedrene is pulling his life together after his uncle's death and has come to work the powwow and to honor his uncle's memory. Edwin Frank has come to find his true father. Bobby Big Medicine has come to drum the Grand Entry. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come...
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
This program takes viewers to "the cradle of mankind". Capture a glimpse of one of the world's most impressive wildlife sanctuaries, the Serengeti National Park. Through stunning footage the journey continues up the Zambezi River to Lake Victoria and Victoria Falls. From there, travel to Mount Kilimanjaro, "the throne of the white snake".
Author
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
"At first glance, Emaline seems to have it all. A great boyfriend, a close-knit family, an idyllic beach town to call home. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough. Then she meets Theo, an ambitious young New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. He's sophisticated and exciting, and thinks Emaline is destined for bigger things. Emaline wants the moon and more, but can she balance...
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rare newsreel footage, candid and revealing interviews and historic performances. Includes their first U.S. concert in Washington D.C., highlights from the Hollywood Bowl and an interview filmed just before their last concert.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (268 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Titanic set sail from Southampton to New York City on April 10, 1912 on her maiden voyage. The hopes and lives of many were cut short when the Titanic collided with an iceberg five days later. But her story goes beyond the mere facts. The following four programs take the viewer deeper into the legend of the Titanic: Titanic Remembered; The Story of Captain Smith and the Titanic; Echoes of the Titanic; End of an Era; with a bonus documentary Titanic...