National parks of the Appalachians: Great Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, Shenandoah / produced by Finley-Holiday Films
Explore each park - Clingmans Dome, Linn Cove Viaduct, Skyline Drive. Learn about the folklore of Appalachian settlers with visits to historical sites, including Cades Cove, Oconaluftee, and Mingus Mills, Brinefer and Puckett Cabins, and more.
E160 .N385 2005
Available in our Blount County campus library.
The Blue Ridge Parkway: America's favorite journey / an Aperture Films, Ltd. production ; a presentation of the U.S. Department of the Interior for the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor's Center ; produced by Joshua Colover
The Blue Ridge Parkway: America's favorite journey is the theatrical visitor's center documentary produced for the National Park Service. Winding through majestic mountains, idyllic farmlands, and distinct communities of the Southern Appalachians, the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches for almost 500 miles through Virginia and North Carolina. Through the use of breathtaking aerial photography, remarkable storytelling, and authentic regional music, The Blue Ridge Parkway--America's Favorite Journey captures the distinct history, exceptional beauty, and unique culture of the Blue Ridge.
F217.B6 C25 2017
Available in our Blount County campus library.
Box of moonlight / Lakeshore Entertainment ; a Lemon Sky production ; produced by Marcus Viscidi, Thomas A. Bliss ; written & directed by Tom DiCillo
"When a business trip ends abruptly, distressed middle-aged electrical engineer Al Fountain (John Turturro) decides to seek out a lake that harbors happy childhood memories. There he meets The Kid (Sam Rockwell), a free spirit whose quirky backwoods existence runs contrary to Fountain's tightly wound manner, forcing him to live more loosely and be receptive to new adventures, including the arrival of the pretty Dupre sisters, Floatie (Catherine Keener) and Purlene (Lisa Blount)."
PN1995.9.C55 B69 1997
I called him Morgan / Kasper Collin Produktion presents ; in co-production with SVT and Film Va¨st ; a film by Kasper Collin ; director, screenwriter and producer, Kasper Collin
In February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This feature documentary by filmmaker Kasper Collin is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together.
ML419.M68 I3 2017
Also available on Swank Digital Campus.
Spotlight / Open Road Films presents in association with Participant Media and First Look Media an Anonymous Content and Rocklin/Faust ; directed by Thomas McCarthy ; written by Thomas McCarthy & Josh Singer
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson (Michael Keaton), reporters Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Matt Carroll (Brian d'Arcy James) and Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.
PN1997.2 .S66 2016
Available in our Division Street campus library.
Galileo's battle for the heavens / a Nova production by Green Umbrella, Ltd for WGBH/Boston in association with Channel 4 ; written and produced by David Axelrod ; directed by Peter Jones
Dramatization of Galileo Galilei's life, including his scientific achievements and his defense of his controversial theory that the earth revolves around the sun. Also includes how letters from his illegitimate daughter, Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, have shed new light on Galileo's discoveries and his trial for heresy.
QB36.G2 G35 2006
Cloud Atlas / Warner Bros. Pictures ... [et al.] ; produced by Stefan Arndt, Grant Hill, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Alex Boden ; written for the screen and directed by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski
Actors take on multiple roles in an epic that spans five centuries. An attorney harbors a fleeing slave on a voyage from the Pacific Islands in 1849; a poor composer in pre-World War II Britain struggles to finish his magnum opus before a past act catches up with him; a genetically engineered worker in 2144 feels the forbidden stirring of human consciousness -- and so on. As souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time.
PN1997.2 .C56 2013
Also available to read: Hardin Valley, 2nd floor PR6063.I785 C58 2012
The founder / Faliro House Productions ; a Filmnation Entertainment/The Combine production ; a film by John Lee Hancock ; produced by Don Handfield, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Ryder ; written by Robert Siegel ; directed by John Lee Hancock
The true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. Writer Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) details how Kroc maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
PN1995.9.B55 F68 2017
Available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library.
