Films with: Bull, Peter

African Queen

Thrown together at the outset of World War I, the spinster sister of a British missionary and the derelict captain of the launch, The African Queen, determine to pilot the boat down an unchartered river in an effort to destroy a German gunboat which prevents invasion by British forces. Setting: German East Africa in 1914.

DVD 4776

Dirty business : "clean coal" and the battle for our energy future /

"Half our electriticy still comes from coal. Dirty business reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and tells the stories of innovators who are pointing the way to an alternative energy future. Guided by Rolling Stone reporter Jeff Goodell, the film examines what it means to remain dependent on a 19th century technology that is the largest single source of greenhouse gases. Can coal really be made clean? Can renewables be produced on a scale large enough to replace coal? The film seeks answers in a series of stories shot in China, Saskatchewan, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada and New York."--Container.

DVD 8448

Dr. Strangelove or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb /

In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President, his aides and the Pentagon struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.

DVD 11960

Karen Armstrong on religious fundamentalism

Topics include the psychological impact of religious fundamentalism, the concept of sacredness, the relationship between religion and psychology, and the connections among the three religions of the Book.

DVD 6308

Money-driven medicine

"Provides the startling facts and penetrating analysis Americans need to become empowered medical consumers and vigorous advocates for health care reform"--Container.

DVD 7135

Net @ risk

A boon to computer users, broadband has meant fast Internet services for millions. But as the phone and cable giants that operate these networks conside the profits to be made by controlling the content and delivery of the Internet, Net Neutrality - and the easy sharing of ideas and opinions that goes with it - may soon become a thinking of the past in America. In this program, Bill Moyers and journalist Rick Karr report on the struggle for the soul of the Internet as lobbyists and legislators reshape the telecom laws for the broadband era. Will democracy's high-tech forum for the exchange of ideas be destroyed by regulations that favor online entities with deep pockets?

DVD 6297

Women, war & peace

Challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men's domain and reveals the central role of women in the quest for peace and justice in modern warfare.

DVD 9103