Peter Coyote
23) Science of cats
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
More than 600 million cats claim residence in households across six continents. The latest in scientific evidence reveals how the cat set off on a journey to conquer the world.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
The dramatic story of how an ambitious, hard-driving engineer turned a ragtag army of unemployed into the nation's most celebrated workforce. Contains archival footage and photographs, including interviews with witnesses and historians.
25) The West
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Spanning from the first European advance into the wilderness to the dawn of the 20th century, this series portrays the profound, often devastating impact the onrushing white settlers, adventurers and exploiters had on Native Americans and the land.
Series
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Documents soldiers in the U.S. Army today as they reveal their deepest moral concerns over killing in a war. Reveals that far more soldiers decide not to kill than most people would expect. Features an optimistic look at war, peace, and the power of the human conscience. Made with official permission from the U.S. Army and includes additional bonus interviews.
Publisher
KUED 7
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
In 1864, thousands of Navajos were marched to a barren reservation in New Mexico near the Texas border called Bosque Redondo. During this long walk, many died along the way. After their relocation, the boarding school aftermath would shake the identity of the Navajo Indians.
28) The dust bowl
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance.
33) The ghost army
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Ghost Army was officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. From June 1944 to March 1945 it staged 20 battlefield deceptions, beginning in Normandy and ending at the Rhine River. These deceptions included an array of inflatables (tanks, trucks, jeeps, and airplanes), sound trucks, phony radio transmissions and even playacting to fool the enemy.
Series
Publisher
Rich-Heape Films
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Declared wards of the state, Native Americans negotiated housing, education and healthcare in numerous treaties with the U.S. Government. Like so many other federal promises, these too have not been met. The budget shortfall to the Indian Health Service continues. Add to this the generational trauma of subjugation, reservations, boarding schools and alienation, their health and their healthcare is in a critical state. This is the story of the program's...
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Embracing the spirit of the counterculture revolution during the Summer of Love, wealthy Marin County businessman Don McCoy transforms his life from conservative entrepreneur to beneficent hippie dropout, using his family inheritance to lease Rancho Olompali, a 700-acre estate north of San Francisco, to start a commune. He invites a couple dozen like-minded friends and families to join him in his dream of creating a community where they can live without...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Love brings together what peer pressure and lifestyles seek to keep apart. Jamie is a straight-laced preacher's daughter and Landon is an unmotivated delinquent. When events thrust him into her world, he begins an unexpected journey he'll never forget.