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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the brutal treatment by ISIS of women belonging to the Islamic minority of group known as Yazidis, as it imposes what it claims is a purer interpretation of Islam. Presents the accounts of women who have escaped the capture and enslavement by the terrorist organization.
2) Tabloid
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In the late 1970s, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney became a tabloid staple when she kidnapped her former beau, a Mormon missionary, and tied him to a bed to 'deprogram' his religious beliefs--by having nonstop sex with him. Director Errol Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams led her across the globe, into jail and onto the front page
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas and exposes a cautionary tale where some of society's most vulnerable citizens are robbed of their life savings, healthcare decisions, and autonomy. Victims are drawn into a scheme that allows corrupt court-appointed guardians to take control of their lives. Armed with court orders obtained under dubious circumstances, guardians are able to forcibly remove elderly wards from their homes and...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Over one hundred prisoners have died in suspicious circumstances in U.S. custody during the 'war on terror'. Taxi to the dark side takes an in-depth look at one case : an innocent Afghan taxi driver called Dilawar who was wrongly arrested and sent to Bagram Prison. Five days after his arrest, Dilawar died in his isolation cell. His death came within a week of another death of a Bagram detainee. An investigation revealed that Dilawar was a victim of...
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