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    Kennedy
    Kennedy, the complete series Catalog Record Only
    Centers on the presidential years and the loves, lives, triumphs and tragedies of one of the most controversial families of the 20th century. Covers historical events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the violent racial turmoil, the escalation of America's involvement in Vietnam and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Explores the private life of Kennedy, the tragic death of his infant son and his...
    • Contributor: Brown, Blair - Goddard, Jim - Marshall, E. G. - Brown, Andrew - Mpi Home Video (Firm) - Central Independent Television - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Fitzgerald, Geraldine - Shea, John - Itv Productions - Gardenia, Vincent - Alan Landsburg Productions - Gadney, Reg - Sheen, Martin
    • Date: 2009
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    Doctors of the dark side Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available This film is the first feature-length documentary about how health care professionals actively implemented and covered up the tortures in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and the CIA Black Sites. The film shows how the torture of detainees could not continue without the assistance of these American doctors. The little-known story is told by military, legal and medical experts and portrayed through staged demonstrations as spelled...
    • Contributor: Moston, Maxim - Harris, Mark Jonathan - Shelter Island (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Ruehl, Mercedes - Davis, Martha - Rinzler, Lisa
    • Date: 2013
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    Voices from Mariel Catalog Record Only Recounts the previously unheard stories of ten Cuban-American families, bringing new insight into the lives of over 100,000 Cuban-born immigrants who came to the United States in 1980 as survivors of the Mariel Boatlift.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Nfocus Pictures (Firm) - Garcia, José Manuel - Carleton, James
    • Date: 2011
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    Before night falls Catalog Record Only "A look at the life of Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. Victimized by a government that banned his books and jailed him for a crime he didn't commit, [poet] Reinaldo...
    • Contributor: Grandview Pictures (Firm) - Kilik, Jon - Babenco, Hector - Burwell, Carter - Compte, Maurice - Bardem, Javier - New Line Home Entertainment (Firm) - Rivera, Rene - Schnabel, Julian - Penn, Sean ... Grandview Pictures (Firm) - Kilik, Jon - Babenco, Hector - Burwell, Carter - Compte, Maurice - Bardem, Javier - New Line Home Entertainment (Firm) - Rivera, Rene - Schnabel, Julian - Penn, Sean - Gómez Carriles, Lázaro - Depp, Johnny - Nimri, Najwa - Laresca, Vincent - Arenas, Reinaldo - Martinez, Olivier - Villa, Alfredo - O'Keefe, Cunningham - Pérez Grobet, Xavier - Rosas, Guillermo - DI Stefano, Andrea - Wincott, Michael - Magill, Santiago - Ortiz, John
    • Date: 2001
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    Profiles in courage. Hamilton Fish
    Hamilton Fish Catalog Record Only
    A documentary profile of Hamilton Fish. Examines the factors that motivated Secretary of State Hamilton Fish's solitary stand opposing American military intervention in the Cuban rebellion against Spain that began in 1868. Describes his staunch defense of his antiwar policy and discusses his proposal to give Cuba the financial backing it would need to buy its freedom from Spain, thus avoiding further violence.
    • Contributor: Jones, Henry - Riddle, Nelson - Robert Saudek Associates - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Nevins, Allan - Emhardt, Robert - NBC Television Network - Asner, Edward - Saudek, Robert - Silvera, Frank - Richman, Peter Mark - Rsa Venture Collection (Library of Congress) - Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
    • Date: 1965
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    Goodbye dear love Catalog Record Only A personal journey about the search for identity and memory among Sephardic Jews with roots in Cuba. Anthropologist Ruth Behar returns to her native Cuba in search of the country's remaining Sephardic Jews and her family's ties to them. Presents a lyrical journey into Cuba's Jewish past and present-day that is filled with painful goodbyes and a belief in the possibility of return and...
    • Contributor: Women Make Movies (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Behar, Ruth - Peña, Elizabeth
    • Date: 2002
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    Look here. Fulgencio Batista
    Fulgencio Batista Catalog Record Only
    The first live program to be transmitted from Cuba to the U.S. via "over-the-air" facilities opens with an announcer narrating a video tour of downtown Havana. Agronsky begins the interview commenting on the fortress-like appearance of the Presidential Palace and asking if Cuban president Batista's life is in danger; in replying, Batista talks about the March 13th Cuban revolt and attempt on his life....
    • Contributor: NBC Television Collection (Library of Congress) - Graff, Robert D. - Feldman, Dick - Agronsky, Martin - Batista Y Zaldívar, Fulgencio
    • Date: 1957