Will Lyman
3) McCain
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An exploration of Senator John McCain's complicated relationship with President Trump and the Republican Party, as well as his life and politics. It traces his motivations and his political history, from his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, to his dramatic vote against the GOP's health care bill in 2017. It examines how, with his 2008 nomination of Sarah Palin as running mate, McCain himself contributed to a growing challenge to the party...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Amid revelations about faulty prewar intelligence and a scandal surrounding the indictment of the vice president's chief of staff and presidential adviser, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Frontline goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Richard Bruce Cheney, the most powerful vice president in the nation's history. In "The Dark Side, " Frontline tells the story of the vice president's...
10) Mosul
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines the fight to keep Mosul and Iraq out of the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
11) Da Vinci's code
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
National Geographic travels the world to uncover evidence to support and refute the claims of the best-selling title and in addition interviews other conspiracy theorists that believe Jesus' descendants walk the Earth today.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Her code name was "Parlor Maid, " and she was an FBI "asset" for 20 years. Her information about China eventually made its way to four American presidents. Then in April of 2003, Katrina Leung and her FBI "handler, " Special Agent J.J. Smith, were arrested. The government alleged that Leung was an agent for China and that Smith had helped her. And in a stunning announcement, the government also revealed in court filings that Smith and Leung had carried...
Publisher
PBS DVD Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"In-depth examination of a major, ongoing, domestic terrorism case involving Al Qaeda operatives and the American citizens they trained. Questions are also raised about the effectiveness of the FBI and the CIA and whether or not the new tools they have are the right ones to contain the threat at home"--Container.
Series
Native Americans volume 2
Publisher
Pacific Arts Video
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Presents one family's kinship with the earth through seasons.
17) Earthquakes
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Explains technologies that help predict seismic events and limit the damage they cause. With the help of high-end modeling programs and increasingly sophisticated sensors and detection devices like interferometric radar, we are gaining a better understanding of the triggers and results of quakes, while engineers have been able to vastly improve the ability of structures to withstand the stresses they endure. Also explores the history of seismic technologies...
18) Weinstein
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
How the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein's early years, the film investigates the ways he and those around him tried to silence his accusers.
19) Ghosts of Rwanda
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Through interviews with key government officials, diplomats, soldiers, and survivors, this documentary examines the state-sponsored genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Explores the reasons why the international community and the United States did not intervene as Hutu extremists killed some 800,000 Tutsis.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix." -- Container.