2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Down and Out in America
This video takes a hard look at the 20 million Americans who still don't have enough to eat. This intensely
disturbing expose brings the nightmare of poverty to our doorstep, giving us another look at this "land of
opportunity."
57 min. color
Down on the Farm
Managed carefully, soil and water can be renewable resources. This program studies the dilemma of
American agriculture and the conflict between the short term need for profit and the long term need of the
land itself.
57 min. color
Downfall: Sports & Drugs
This is a documentary about athletes that shows students in grades 7 to 12 the real consequences of
illicit drug use, and the joy and pride of living drug free.
28 min. color
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a
long-suppressed talent of conversing with animals is reawakened. Now every creature within squawking
distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world
upside down.
85 min. color cc
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: A Historical Perspective
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most loved, respected, and feared leaders in American History.
This program explores his ideas, thoughts and causes and how they evolved in the face of the rapidly
changing climate of the Civil Rights Movement.
60 min. color
Dr. Seuss: Horton Hears a Who / Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose
The tiny Whos are in big trouble! If Horton the elephant can't prove his miniature friends exist, they'll all
wind up boiled in Beezle-Nut oil. Thidwick doesn't know what he's in for when he lets a Bingle Bug ride
on his antlers.
30 min. color cc
Dr. Strangelove
Fueled by paranoia and a fanatical sense of patriotism, two psychotic generals trigger an ingenious,
irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. Funny and frightening, this
black comedy seems as relevant today as ever.
93 min. B&W
Dragons
Enter the kingdom of the dragon. Follow St. George into the dragon's lair. Travel to Egypt and the Far
East to discover how dragons mean different things to the world's cultures.
30 min. color cc
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