Catalog Search Results
Start Your Weekend at the Library!
Enjoy stories, songs, and hands-on activities.
(All Ages)
Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
Special Story Themes:
Feb. 10: Black History Month
Mar. 9: Women's History Month
Apr. 13: Arab American Heritage Month
May 18: Asian American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month
See Also:
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this program, Tomiko Morimoto shares her inspiring story of survival and triumph in the face of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. As a teenager, she watched the bombing from her schoolyard, losing her mother and grandfather in the attack. She went on to marry an American GI, become a professor at Vassar College, and at age 90 to advocate for world peace.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
He was one of the 19th century's most important revolutionaries, an architect of Italian unity and a popular ladies' man: Giuseppe Garibaldi. A man full of contradictions, Garibaldi nevertheless enjoyed great admiration and respect. Featuring interviews with historians and his descendants, this program visits significant sites of his revolutionary activities to help paint a full picture of this man who went from guerrilla fighter to national hero....
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, or Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the US. This documentary charts that history and explores the lessons from this time period that can be applied today.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The school year is coming to a close and with it, the first year of Advanced Placement African American studies, an interdisciplinary class by the College Board that has attracted praise from professors and also fierce opposition from some Republican politicians. Laura Barrón-López spoke with educators, students and experts to understand the potential and the politics behind the course.
10) Not A Tame Lion
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
John Boswell read and translated fourteen ancient and modern languages, became a Yale Professor by age thirty and was granted full access to the highly classified and restricted Vatican archives from which he researched four award winning books, making him a world renowned expert in Medieval History and Linguistics. Boswell was also openly gay without apology in an era that was neither tolerant nor accepting. "Not a Tame Lion" offers the first-hand...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary from July 2021, this landmark special investigates the key characters and eras that have shaped its turbulent history. From the revolutionary 1920s, to the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, the Great Famine, the Cultural Revolution and the reforms by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, we uncover how these extraordinary events still affect China, to this day.
12) True North
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After his father disappears and the rest of his family is sent to a notorious political prison camp in North Korea, a young boy must learn to survive the harsh conditions, find meaning in his perilous existence, and maybe even escape.
13) A New Home
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This film examines the story of Bosnian war refugees fleeing to St. Louis, Missouri. Now home to more displaced Bosnians than any other city in the world, the film charts how these refugees assimilated, built businesses and transformed their neighborhoods.
Series
Navajo Police Class 57 volume 0
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Graduates of the police academy enter the field as rookie officers while wrestling with conflicts in their personal and professional lives.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Starting with the accidental discovery of the significant history of a modest dwelling on a traditionally African-American street in Hagerstown, Maryland, this documentary traces the roots of middle America’s racial, economic and social interactions. Through the lens of this house, the rise and fall of the African-American community in small rust belt towns and cities across America is told. The film also explores how the house's discovery, renovation...
17) I Am Gen Z
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Through expert interviews and the web lens of Gen Z, this documentary explores how the explosion of the digital revolution is impacting our society and mental health.
18) Time Bomb Y2K
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As the clock counts down to the the 21st century, the world faces the largest potential technological disaster to ever threaten humanity. The problem is comically simple yet incredibly complex – a bug that could cause computers to misinterpret the year 2000 as 1900, sowing chaos throughout the world as electronic systems failed. Crafted entirely from archival footage and featuring first-hand accounts from computer experts, survivalists, scholars,...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In no other epoch were artists in the Netherlands so productive, nor the demand for art so great as during the age of Rembrandt. This period saw new genres, and the birth of art markets and the profession of art dealers. This documentary explores this extraordinary period in which business and art merged for the first time. How did such a flourishing period for art come about? What innovations do we owe to this period and what significance does it...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Technology was supposed to free up our time to do the things we enjoy. But we are busier than ever, working longer hours, with 24/7 communication access, chasing ever increasing targets. Why do we work, and why do we work more than ever? This film explores how overwork is killing us and destroying the planet, and reveals what we can do about it.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request