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M	DVD 1678 CORE	check	M [2004], 110 min. A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
M. Butterfly	DVD 3417	check	M. Butterfly [2009], 101 min. A French civil service officer risks and then abandons everything in his life in his obsessive pursuit of a enigmatic Chinese opera diva who harbors a secret.
M.F.K. Fisher : food for thought	DVD 5506	check	M.F.K. Fisher : food for thought 2005, 30 min. Bill Moyers talks with writer M.F.K. Fisher, who treats eating as a social occasion that satisfies a basic human need and provides an aesthetic experience.
Ma nuit chez Maud = My night with Maud	DVD 686	check	Ma nuit chez Maud = My night with Maud c1997, 111 min. The narrator, an engineer and devout Catholic, seeking to find the perfect mate, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Vidal, an old school friend, invites him to visit the seductive, recently divorced Maud, and the narrator ends up staying the night, having philosophical discussions in her bedroom. Next morning the narrator engineers a meeting with Francoise.
Ma vie en rose = My life in pink	DVD 2812	check	Ma vie en rose = My life in pink [1999], 88 min. Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, he believes he was meant to be a little girl and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where he expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation and guilt--as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble.
Maachis	DVD 947	check	Maachis 2000, 159 min. Set against the backdrop of the 1984 riots following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Maachis tells the story of a wronged Punjabi youth who joins a league of terrorists to avenge the injustices of a corrupt political set up.
Maborosi =b Illusion	DVD 179	check	Maborosi =b Illusion [2000], 110 min. Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years before, a beautiful young mother (Makiko Esumi as Yumiko) struggles to come to terms with the sudden loss of her husband. Yumiko remarries and with her young son moves to her new husband's home in a remote village on the wild, untamed Sea of Japan. There, with time, she awakens to find love, understanding, happiness and a sense of peace.
Macbeth	DVD 2167	check	Macbeth 2004, 146 min.
Macbeth	DVD 2086	check	Macbeth [2000 or 2001], 148 min. Driven by ambition and an unscrupulous wife, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and claims the throne for himself. Haunted by ghosts and vexed by witches, he and his wife descend into the depths of madness and paranoia as they crumble beneath the weight of their crimes.
Macbeth	DVD 1503 CORE	check	Macbeth [2002], 140 min. A classic tragedy about the lust for power and its ultimate bloody consequences. Macbeth is a Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is then goaded by his lady into slaying King Duncan in order to assume the throne. He plunges further into murder and moral decay to keep the unsteady crown on his head.
Macbeth	DVD 6528	check	Macbeth [2001], 149 min. Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition, murder, madness and revenge in medieval Scotland as set to music by Giuseppe Verdi.
Macbeth : an opera in four acts after Shakespeare	DVD 3408	check	Macbeth : an opera in four acts after Shakespeare [2005], 1972, 126 min.
Machuca	DVD 3320	check	Machuca [2006], 116 min. In 1973, the Chilean military, under the direction of General Augusto Pinochet and backed by the CIA, overthrew the shaky socialist government of democratically elected President Salvador Allende. The coup led to the murder of 3,000 leftist Allende supporters and the detention of an estimated 250,000 political prisoners. Set against the background of the political instability that led to the crisis, Andrés Wood's Machuca is the moving story of the friendship between two boys from different sides of the social spectrum.
Mad men. Season 1	DVD 5331	check	Mad men. Season 1 [2008], 616 min. In the glamorous and ego-driven world of advertising, everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems. Set in 1960 New York, this series reveals the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue's "Golden Age," where key players make an art of the sell while their private world gets sold. And no one plays the game better than Don Draper, the biggest ad man, and ladies' man, in the business.
Mad men. Season 2	DVD 6325	check	Mad men. Season 2 2009, 611 min. Returning for its second season, the Golden Globe winning series for Best TV Drama continues to blur the lines between truth and lies, perception and reality. Moving in a new direction, can Sterling Cooper keep up? Meanwhile, the private life of Don Draper becomes complicated in a new way. What is the cost of his secret identity?
Mad men. Season 3	DVD 6962	check	Mad men. Season 3 [2010], 611 min. At the office, the firings continue; Don is brought in to save the day on a PR campaign only to have the rug pulled out from under him; Peggy and Paul get stoned while working on an ad campaign; Sally steals money from her grandfather; Don has reservations about a misguided potential client; Betty has hallucinations of her dead father as she delivers her baby; Don and Betty renew their love affair while on a business trip.
Mad or bad? : psychologically assessing criminal competence	DVD 4159	check	Mad or bad? : psychologically assessing criminal competence 2002, 47 min. "Sane or insane? Court verdicts and parole decisions alike often hinge on that single crucial question. This program explores the intricacies of psychiatric evaluation and parole risk assessment with forensic psychologist Jeremy Coid, clinical psychologists, a probation officer, and others"--Container.
Madama Butterfly	DVD 2396	check	Madama Butterfly 1997, 144 min. An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and goes through a ceremony of marriage with her. He then abandons her to return to America while Butterfly waits for his return with their child Trouble. Pinkerton returns with his new American wife and learns that he has a son. The grief-stricken Butterfly kills herself.
Madama Butterfly : Japanese tragedy	DVD 2364	check	Madama Butterfly : Japanese tragedy c2005, 145 min. A heart-rending story about a sweet-natured Japanese girl and the caddish American lieutenant who marries then deserts her.
Madama Butterfly : Japanese tragedy in three parts	DVD 2065	check	Madama Butterfly : Japanese tragedy in three parts c2005, 169 min. Robert Wilson's pure and highly stylized 2003 production enhances the timeless beauty of Puccini's moving Japanese tragedy. Cheryl Barker and Martin Thompson lead the cast along with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.
Madame Bovary	DVD 5976	check	Madame Bovary [2008], 140 min. Bored with her confined life in 19th century France, a woman runs up ruinous debts and has adulterous affairs. When her excessive life catches up with her, she resorts to suicide as her final means of escape.
Madame Brouette	DVD 1526	check	Madame Brouette [2005], 104 min. "Mati is a spunky street vendor and single mother known throughout the village as Madame Brouette, a proud and independent woman who defies the male-centered traditions of her culture with hopes of leading a dignified life. Having escaped form a violent marriage, she dreams of rising above the world of abuse that surrounds her by opening a café. Fate steps in when she meets and falls in love with Naago, a smooth-talking charmer who happens to be a crooked cop. When the neighborhood awakens to the sound of bullets and Naago is found dead, all fingers point to Mati." -- Container
Madame Butterfly	DVD 1418	check	Madame Butterfly [2002], 129 min. An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and marries her, with no intention of ever taking her home to America.
Madame de--	DVD 5197	check	Madame de-- [2008], 100 min. The wife of a 19th century general sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.
Madame Satã	DVD 692	check	Madame Satã [2004], c2002, 99 min. A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos. In turn, bandit, transvestite, proud homosexual, passionate lover, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos, better known as Madame Satã, was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time. Born to slaves in Northern Brazil and sold at the age of 7 by his mother, he battled all sterotypes on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Jailed for 27 of his 76 years, dos Santos was an explosive figure prone to excessive bouts of violence and moments of extreme tenderness the next. His world was filled with extraordinary people and raw desire, where desperate dreams spring from poverty and squalor.
Made in America	DVD 4904	check	Made in America 2007, 83 min. With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this documentary film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles, and offers insight as to how this ongoing tragedy may possibly be resolved.
Made in Asia : fast, cheap, and fair? The global textile market	DVD 6538	check	Made in Asia : fast, cheap, and fair? The global textile market 2008, 45 min. "Most industries exploit the advantages of globalization--specifically low labor costs. Recently, however, major textile manufacturers have come under increasing pressure from fair trade activists and NGOs. This program studies the complex mix of economic forces, corporate policies, and social conditions that go into the production of everyday consumer goods, especially apparel items.... [E]xamines the circumstances under which sports shoes and t-shirts are produced in countries like Indonesia, India, and Turkey."--Container.
Made in China	DVD 5542	check	Made in China [2008], 53 min. Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label "Made in China." This massive dislocation of people may well represent the largest, most rapid migration in human history. The film demonstrates how one generation of Chinese is experiencing the culture shock of an Industrial Revolution which took centuries in the West. It is inevitably both an elegy for a lost way of life and a grassroots view of what could become the most powerful economic power on earth.
Made in India	DVD 2252	check	Made in India [2005], 39 min. "A rural artist paints her autobiography, Bollywood movie icons' images get erased after the weekly run of the film, the national flag flutters on 150 kites, an installation artist paints pop icons on the rolling shutters of shops, religious icons jostle for attention with plastic flowers on the vendor's cart, metaphors of life cycle adorn the mud wall of a home, neighbourhood boys craft the tale of WTC and the sale of toy planes goes up. Symbols of nationalism become a fashionable commodity."--Container.
Made over in America	DVD 6032	check	Made over in America 2007, 65 min. "A thought-provoking picture of how the desire for a better self-image operates within consumer culture, and how this desire is fed by [the] media, the medical makeover industry and society at large"--Container.
Madea goes to jail	DVD 6825	check	Madea goes to jail 2009, 103 min. After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and lands her in jail. A gleeful Joe couldn't be happier at Madea's misfortune. But her eccentric family members, the Browns, rally behind her, lending their special 'country' brand of support. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hardaway is on the fast track to career success. But Hardaway lands a case too personal to handle - defending Candace Washington, a woman he went to college with and who is now a prostitute and former drug addict. Handling the case would be a conflict of interest, so he asks his fiancée and fellow ADA Linda Holmes to fill in on his behalf. When Candace ends up in jail, Madea befriends the young woman, protecting her in a 'motherly' way as only Madea can.
Madeinusa	DVD 6081	check	Madeinusa 2006, 108 min. Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl.
Mademoiselle : Nadia Boulanger	DVD 4494	check	Mademoiselle : Nadia Boulanger 2007, 79 min. In documentary style, Mademoiselle provides a biographical sketch of Nadia Boulanger, a French music teacher, composer, and conductor who influenced a generation of American composers.
Madness of King George	DVD 2688	check	Madness of King George [2001], 100 min. Based on the life of King George III, this is the story of royal intrigue, sexual indiscretions, backstairs plotting and a battle for power between Parliament and the throne, all occurring while the King is being treated for an unknown mental illness.
Madonna : the immaculate collection.	DVD 4902 CORE	check	Madonna : the immaculate collection. [1999?], 60 min. Music videos by singer Madonna.
Mae West : the glamour collection	DVD 4316	check	Mae West : the glamour collection [2006], 417 min. "Night after night": A successful ex-boxer buys a high-class speakeasy and falls for a rich society girls. "I'm no angel": The bold Tira works as a dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. "Goin' to town": Cleo Borden is a former dance hall queen who has become newly rich and falls for and pursues an upper-crust Englishman. "Go west young man": A movie star, stranded in the country, trifles with a young man's affections. "My little chickadee": Rightly suspected of illicit relations with the Masked Bandit, Flower Belle Lee is run out of Little Bend.
Maggie Smith at the BBC	DVD 4016	check	Maggie Smith at the BBC 2008, 2 min.
Magic flute	DVD 3826	check	Magic flute 2007, 160 min. "The tale of Prince Tamino's quest for love, truth and beauty is set in a mysterious forest and features wild, exotic beasts".
Magic of consciousness	DVD 1995	check	Magic of consciousness 2006, 56 min.
Magic Show	DVD 1958	check	Magic Show c2001, 105 min. At the nightclub Chez Manny, a young, new magician, Doug, and his assistant, Cal, are hired as the headline act. Unlike the washed-up, no-talent, villainous Van Zyskind, with his old, clichéd style and his evil magic, Doug is a breath of fresh air, with long hair and casual clothes, but with amazing talent. With the rumor of an important producer coming to see the show, the jealous Van Zyskind is determined not be overshadowed by the young upstart. He plans to steal Doug's secrets and undermine his young rival's confidence. Can Doug keep true to himself and his art and appreciate his gifts despite what the villain plans? The result are certain to be magical.
Magical Mystery Tour	DVD 3403	check	Magical Mystery Tour 1997, 1967, 50 min. The Beatles embark on a psychedelic bus trip through the magical English countryside.
Magnificent Ambersons	DVD 605	check	Magnificent Ambersons [2002], 150 min. Lavish new production made from Welles' original shooting script, allowing audiences to finally see his epic vision of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Booth Tarkington novel fully realized. The haunting story of a wealthy Midwestern family's struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing world at the dawn of the 20th century.
Magnificent seven	DVD 1717 CORE	check	Magnificent seven p2001, 128 min. The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
Magnolia	DVD 343	check	Magnolia [2000], 188 min. Magnolia is a mosaic of American life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history and divine intervention, nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax. Some will seek forgiveness, others escape. Some will mend frayed bonds, others will be exposed.
Maha Kumbh : a mythic confluence	DVD 5445	check	Maha Kumbh : a mythic confluence 2002, 53 min. "Filmed in Allahabad, this captivating program captures the 2001 Maha Kumbh festival, a 43-day event that drew tens of millions of devotees to the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythic Saraswati Rivers to honor the creation story of Hinduism and to pray for release from the cycle reincarnation."--Container.
Mahabharata	DVD 6596	check	Mahabharata 2008, 170 min. The Mahabharata (which can be translated as 'The Poetical History of Humanity') is an epic tale of two sets of cousins: the Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu, the king of Hastinapura, and the Kauravas, the one hundred sons of Pandu's brother, Dhritarashtra. The eldest brother of each set of cousins claims the throne of Hastinapura for himself and a struggle arises between them. At first the kingdom is divided, but, as a result of a rigged gambling match, the eldest of the Pandavas, Yuddhishtira, loses his half, and he and his brothers are forced into exile for thirteen years, after which time they will be given back their kingdom. However, when the eldest of the Kauravas, Duryodhana, refuses to do so the two sets of cousins gather their armies and go to war.
Maid in America	DVD 2021	check	Maid in America 2004, 58 min. "An intimate look into the lives of three Latina immigrants working as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, three of the nearly 100,000 domestic workers living in that city today. Judith hasn't seen her four daughters for the two years since she left Guatemala, but hopes to give them a better future by sending half her income back home. Telma, from El Salvador, has cared for the now six-year-old Mickey since he was a baby, essentially becoming his 'mom' so his mother can keep her career on track. Eva, one of the thousands of college-educated immigrants who have fled Mexico's unstable economy, is attending night school to improve her skills, and views housekeeping as a necessary transition.These women's stories vividly reveal how immigrants are redefining their roles, and underscores the vital role they play in many American households. The issue of worker's rights is introduced in the film through Dynamic Workers, a collective of women who have formed their own business to provide job security and benefits, and Domestic Workers Association, a support organization providing information and advocacy."--www.wmm.com.
Maids	DVD 810	check	Maids [2003], 1974, 94 min. Two Parisian sisters, Solange and Claire, serve as maids to a cruel socialite, but whenever she leaves, the two act out a bizarre, complex role-playing psychodrama of domination and control that feeds their powerful lust for revenge upon the mistress they serve. A mixture of class confrontation, Freudian passion and criminal mischief frames a portrait of two sisters whose hatred and desire twist their tortured lives together into a downward spiral of guilt, degradation and freedom at any cost.
Main hoon na	DVD 1576	check	Main hoon na [2004], 180 min. Major Ram Sharma yearns to see Mission Milaap become a reality, as it may end the long feud between India and Pakistan, but wanted terrorist Raghavan will do anything to prevent this and targets army General Amarjeet Bakshi's daughter Sanjara. In order for Ram to protect Sanjara, he goes back to college posing as a student. But he also has another agenda - fulfilling his martyred father's dying wish. As Ram struggles to carry our his dual missions of love and violence, his only mantra is 'Main Hoon Na!'.
Maine marine worm industry	DVD 1913	check	Maine marine worm industry 2003, 19 min. Shows the process of digging for worms during low tide, washing and packaging them in rockweed, and shipping them by rail and truck. The film includes intertitles and shows the tools used for worming. Additional description at web site: http://oldfilm.org/collectionsdatabase?id=433
Maĭi︠a︡ Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡	DVD 1476	check	Maĭi︠a︡ Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡ [200-?], 70 min. Prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, of the Bolshoi Ballet, is the subject of this documentary. Containing some rare footage of her as a child, it covers the development of her career and shows highlights from some of her greatest roles, including Swan lake, Sleeping beauty, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet, Dying swan, Raymonda, Stone flower, Don Quixote, and other ballets.
Majesty of Renaissance dance : nido d'amore (The nest of love)	DVD 5953	check	Majesty of Renaissance dance : nido d'amore (The nest of love) 2003, 42 min. Renaissance dance suite: Opening ; Galliard ; Saltarello ; Canary.
Making a difference : great teachers	DVD 1292	check	Making a difference : great teachers 2003, 78 min. "This documentary focuses on three teachers who have made a positive impact - academically or personally - on their students' lives. Selected as a result of an essay contest that asked students to write about the teacher who had most challenged and inspired them, the teachers are shown at work in the classroom, doing what they excel at: teaching and making a difference." -- Container
Making a noise : a Native American musical journey with Robbie Robertson	DVD 4267	check	Making a noise : a Native American musical journey with Robbie Robertson [1999], 1998, 60 min. A documentary featuring Robbie Robertson, musician from the legendary group, The Band, as he returns to his Mohawk roots and to the Six Nations Reservation in Ontario where he spent his childhood summers.
Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 1	DVD 4818	check	Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 1 [2007], 60 min. In this master class, taught by William Pleeth, Kari Jane Docter, student cellist and Peggy Gray, pianist peform the Allegro vivace from Brahms' Sonata in F, op. 99.
Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 2	DVD 4819	check	Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 2 [2007], 60 min. In this master class, taught by William Pleeth, Veronica Freeman, student cellist and Carole Presland, pianist perform the Allegro of Barber's Sonata, op.6.
Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 3	DVD 4820	check	Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 3 [2007], 60 min. In this master class, taught by William Pleeth, Kate Bennett, student cellist and Frances Angell, pianist perform the Adagio-moderato from Elgar's Concerto in E minor, op.85.
Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 4	DVD 4821	check	Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 4 [2007], 60 min. In this master class, taught by William Pleeth, Daisy Gathorne-Hardy, student cellist and Carole Presland, piano perform the Andante-allegro vivace from Beethoven's Sonata in C major, op.102, no.1.
Making of a medieval manuscript / Bernard J. Muir.	DVD 4789	check	Making of a medieval manuscript / Bernard J. Muir. 2008, 45 min. Presents the actual making of a manuscript as it would have been done in the Middle Ages.
Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : best newscast.	DVD 2422 CORE	check	Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : best newscast. 2005, 84 min. Features award-winning stories, production notes, interviews with the winners, and judges' comments from RTDNA's 34th annual Edward R. Murrow awards, which honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. Disc contains the award winners in three categories of spot news: Best small market television; Best large market television; Best netwok television. For each category, the award-winning clip is shown, followed by a segment on the 'story behind the story' which examines how the clip came to be, and voices comment and discussion on what made it a winner. These segments include input be correspondents, anchors, producers, editors, photographers, directors and Murrow Award judges.
Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : sports reporting.	DVD 2421	check	Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : sports reporting. 2005, 36 min. Features award-winning stories, production notes, interviews with the winners, and judges' comments from RTDNA's 34th annual Edward R. Murrow awards, which honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. Disc contains the award winners in three categories of spot news: Best small market television; Best large market television; Best netwok television. For each category, the award-winning clip is shown, followed by a segment on the 'story behind the story' which examines how the clip came to be, and voices comment and discussion on what made it a winner. These segments include input be correspondents, anchors, producers, editors, photographers, directors and Murrow Award judges.
Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : spot news coverage.	DVD 2423	check	Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : spot news coverage. 2005, 43 min. Features award-winning stories, production notes, interviews with the winners, and judges' comments from RTDNA's 34th annual Edward R. Murrow awards, which honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. Disc contains the award winners in three categories of spot news: Best small market television; Best large market television; Best netwok television. For each category, the award-winning clip is shown, followed by a segment on the 'story behind the story' which examines how the clip came to be, and voices comment and discussion on what made it a winner. These segments include input be correspondents, anchors, producers, editors, photographers, directors and Murrow Award judges.
Making of a performance : Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony	DVD 3611	check	Making of a performance : Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony 2004, 1 videodisc : Includes a documentary hosted by the San Francisco Symphony's music director Michael Tilson Thomas, who discusses the drama, pathos, elation, and despair embodied in Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony; the documentary features interviews with musicians as it takes the viewer behind the scenes to experience the preparation that goes into a performance of the piece. Also includes a live performance of the complete Tchaikovsky 4th by the San Francisco Symphony, with Thomas conducting.
Making of the Ring : a documentary	DVD 2475	check	Making of the Ring : a documentary 2005, 53 min. A film about Patrice Chéreau's controversial centenary production of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" produced at Bayreuth 1976-1980. Includes excerpts from rehearsals, performances, and recording sessions interspersed with various commentary. Also includes a brief history of the Bayreuth Festival from its beginnings to the mid-1980s, including archival footage and photographs.
Making of West Side story	DVD 1898	check	Making of West Side story [2005], 88 min. Conducting this work for the first time, Leonard Bernstein rehearses and records West Side story with operatic voices and an excellent pickup orchestra.
Making opera. The creation of Verdi's La forza del destino	DVD 2723	check	Making opera. The creation of Verdi's La forza del destino 2006, 1992, 88 min. Witness two stories: the making of an opera, and the opera itself. This film follows the day-to-day creative process of staging a grand opera during a 21-day rehearsal period and on to the final spectacular production.
Making sense of the sixties	DVD 7027 CORE	check	Making sense of the sixties 2007, 335 min. Examines the meaning behind the events and changes brought about during the 1960s. Explores the political, social, and cultural movements of the decade through the eyes of those who were in the thick of the struggle, those on the sidelines and those who were enraged and confused by what they saw happening.
Making war horse	DVD 6626 CORE	check	Making war horse 2009, 119 min. Turning Michael Morpungo's children's novel into a National Theatre production. Includes behind the scenes with the cast and creative team, see how Handspring Puppet Company brought a lifelike horse to the stage. Includes an extended interview with Michael Morpurgo.
Makropulos case	DVD 4807	check	Makropulos case [2003?], 1995, 95 min. The Makropulos case focuses on the issue of longevity - the pros and cons of living for 337 years, as happens to the mysterious Emilia Marty, the sexually irresistible prima donna who's seen it all and done it all.
Mala educación = Bad education	DVD 3045	check	Mala educación = Bad education 2007, 105 min. Filmmaker Enrique gets a visit from an aspiring actor claiming to be his old school friend Igancio, who has written a story about their traumatic childhood spent at Catholic school. In the story, a drag performer attempts to blackmail a predatory priest by exposing their scandalous past. When Enrique produces a film based on the story, the villainous priest from their school days arrives to tell his own version of the events.
Mala noche = Bad night	DVD 4964	check	Mala noche = Bad night [2007], 78 min. A romantic deadbeat finds he has a crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant. Unfortunately, the man speaks no English and finds him to be undesirable.
Malcolm X	DVD 1322	check	Malcolm X [2005], 202 min. Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader. Malcolm X, the famous African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, as he realises the error of his mistakes. He is later assasinated and dies a Muslim Martyr.
Malcolm X : make it plain	DVD 7007	check	Malcolm X : make it plain [2008?], 141 min. A biographical examination of Malcolm X, which weaves together interviews, archival footage, photographs, and an original score to portray the intellectual journey of a complex man whose ideas still resonate today.
Malcolm X .	DVD 2118	check	Malcolm X . 2002, 14 min. After serving prison time, Malcolm X became a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam and drastically increased its membership. He promoted complete segregation of whites and African-Americans and he was the founding symbol of the Black Militant Movement. Learn what events in his life changed his view on segregation and his religion.
Malice	DVD 556	check	Malice 2000, 47 min. When a serial killer begins murdering female students in a New England town, the college dean becomes involved in the investigation while wondering about the surgeon who has taken a room in his house.
Malls r us Instinct Films ; Point du Jour ; a film by Helene Klodawsky ; produced by Ina Fichman, Luc Martin-Gousset ; written and directed by Helene Klodawsky.	DVD 6428	check	Malls r us Instinct Films ; Point du Jour ; a film by Helene Klodawsky ; produced by Ina Fichman, Luc Martin-Gousset ; written and directed by Helene Klodawsky. 2008, 78 min. Documentary that examines the social significance of shopping malls.
Malory's le morte d'Arthur : anatomy of a legend	DVD 695	check	Malory's le morte d'Arthur : anatomy of a legend 2003, 26 min. P.J.C Field, one of the world's top authorities on Malory; Helen Cooper, editor of the Oxford world's classics edition of Le morte d'Arthur ; and medievalist Kevin J. Harty of La Salle University assess the historical and apocryphal underpinnings of the Arthurian legend. Supported by reenactments, location footage, and works of art, the program examines each section of Malory's famous work.
Malpractice and the measure of human suffering	DVD 1225	check	Malpractice and the measure of human suffering 2003, 23 min. "When it comes to malpractice awards, there will always be those who call them exorbitant and others who call them just. But how exactly do juries calculate a figure for damages? How do they determine what the quality of life - or even life itself - is worth in dollars and cents? This ABC News program introduces viewers to a jury that, after finding a doctor to be negligent, had to then answer questions that most would find unanswerable. Their insights are illuminating." -- Container
Maltese falcon	DVD 800 CORE	check	Maltese falcon [2000], 100 min. Sam Spade is a partner in a San Francisco private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed while tailing a man. The girl who asked him to follow the man turns out not to be who she says she is, and is really involved in something to do with the `Maltese Falcon', a gold-encrusted life-sized statue of a falcon, the only one of its kind, and Sam gets dragged into a quest for the priceless statuette.
Mama Benz : an African market woman	DVD 1104	check	Mama Benz : an African market woman 1992, 48 min. "The colorful markets of Africa are often dominated by strong older women. They control price and determine who can buy their goods. These imperious women rule the market and are treated with deference. Thanks to their business acumen, they have amassed a great deal of wealth which they often spend on material possessions. These women are affectionately referred to as Mama Benz. Why? Because each one has as her trademark a prized possession, a chauffeured Mercedes Benz. This film focuses on one woman who presides over the cloth market in Lomé, Togo. She is a lavishly dressed matron with a fully-staffed mansion who proudly travels the rutted dirt roads in her limousine. Despite her success, Mama Benz has not become too grand for the hurly burly of the marketplace. Everyday she takes her accustomed place in the stall, surrounded by gloriously colored textiles, and haggles with her customers. The other market women look up to her. Perhaps one day they too will attain her success and become a Mama Benz." -- Container
Mamele = little mother	DVD 492	check	Mamele = little mother 2002, 90 min. Molly Picon is Khavtshi, the youngest daughter of a widower, who is left with the responsibility of tending house for a helpless and indifferent family of seven. As such, she becomes their little mother. Filled with that special brand of humor and song that made Molly Picon the undisputed queen of Yiddish musicals.
Mamma roma	DVD 2631	check	Mamma roma [c2004], 110 min. A middle-aged prostitute attempts to extricte herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. She fights to stay out of the clutches of her vicious pimp while trying to save her son from a life of petty crime. Mamma Roma offers an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy.
Man and a woman = Un Homme et une femme	DVD 3684 CORE	check	Man and a woman = Un Homme et une femme 1994, 2003, 103 min. A daredevil race-car driver and a movie script girl meet while visiting their children's boarding school. They soon share a love filled with warmth, humor and truth, and intertwined with the demands of career and parenthood.
Man for all seasons	DVD 4409	check	Man for all seasons [2007], 120 min. Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
Man in the glass booth	DVD 816	check	Man in the glass booth c2003, c1974, 117 min. Millionaire Jewish entrepreneur Arthur Goldman (Schell) rules a financial empire from his Manhattan penthouse. He is given to passionate and capricious ravings on a variety of subjects. His growing paranoia, dismissed by those close to him, is confirmed when he is kidnapped by Israeli agents and brought to trial in Israel for crimes against humanity. Is he Arthur Goldman or is he Adolph Dorf, former SS colonel who headed a Nazi concentration camp? As the trial progresses, Goldman forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt, but also their own.
Man in the gray flannel suit	DVD 5217	check	Man in the gray flannel suit [2005], 152 min. Features Gregory Peck as a haunted New York executive who defies convention and decides his family is more important than his career in this post-war melodrama.
Man in the white suit	DVD 1196	check	Man in the white suit 2002, 85 min. Sir Alec Guinness is Sidney Stratton, an eccentric chemist who invents a fiber that never wrinkles, wears out, or gets dirty. But when mill owners and workers realize this miracle fiber will destroy their industry, Sidney becomes the most hunted man in the nation.
Man on the moon	DVD 19	check	Man on the moon 1999, 119 min. A stunning portrayal of the late Andy Kaufman.
Man on wire	DVD 6049	check	Man on wire [2008], 94 min. "On August 7th, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Center's Twin Towers. After dancing for nearly an hour on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail, before finally being released. This extraordinary documentary incorporates Petit's personal footage to show how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to achieve the artistic crime of the century"--Container.
Man Ray : no limits	DVD 1315	check	Man Ray : no limits c2003, 53 min. "A lifelong friend of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray was always at the forefront of the avant-garde. He experimented with every available medium and invented a number of his own. Best known for his photography, he also excelled in painting, sculpture, and filmmaking. His works pushed the limits of Surrealism and Dadaism -- and broke them. Who was this iconoclast among iconoclasts? This program answers that question through an intimate examination of Man Ray's life, tracing both his artistic evolution and his intense relationships with the many talented and influential men and women in his world." -- Container
Man who copied = Homem que copiava	DVD 1574	check	Man who copied = Homem que copiava [2005], p2003, 123 min. Photocopier operator, André is attracted to Silvia, his neighbor, whom he likes to watch with a telescope. Following her around, he discovers that Sylvia works at an expensive clothing shop. When André falls in love with Sylvia he puts his photocopier to another use and prints money for himself so he can afford to go and shop at her store. Romance and intrigue await him as he learns that counterfeiting and murder are a lethal combination.
Man who knew too much .	DVD 834	check	Man who knew too much . c2000, 120 min. Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife Jo and their son Hank are on a touring holiday of Africa when they meet the mysterious Louis Bernard on a bus. The next day Bernard, a French spy, is murdered in the local marketplace, but before he dies he manages to reveal details of an anarchist plot to assassinate a foreign diplomat in London. Fearing that their plot will be revealed, the assassins kidnap Hank in order to keep the McKenna's silent. Not knowing who they can trust, Ben and Jo are caught up in a nightmare of international espionage and terror.
Man who learned to fall : a film	DVD 3236	check	Man who learned to fall : a film 2004, 77 min. Phil Simmons, a gifted writer and teacher, celebrates the wonder of life even as he is slowly dying of ALS (armyotrophic lateral sclerosis). As his muscles deteriorate and his body becomes increasingly paralyzed, he wrestles joy from heartbreak again and again at each stage of his ongoing losses.
Man who planted trees : a tribute to the extraordinary animator Frédéric Back	DVD 2579	check	Man who planted trees : a tribute to the extraordinary animator Frédéric Back 2002, 300 min. The complete collection of celebrated works by one of the most acclaimed animators of our time, Frédéric Back.
Man who wasn't there	DVD 3439	check	Man who wasn't there [2002], 116 min. In a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Ed Crane, a humble barber, suspects that his wife Doris is having an affair with her boss. When a stranger comes into town hinting that there is a fortune to be made in investing in the new invention of dry cleaning, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make him rich and get him some revenge at the same time. His plan goes horribly awry when he accidentally commits a murder for which Doris is blamed, landing her in jail, and Ed at the mercy of big-city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider.
Man with the golden gun	DVD 5658	check	Man with the golden gun 2006, 1974, 125 min. Roger Moore returns as Agent 007 and faces off in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with assassin Francisco Scaramanga. Features a wild car chase through Bangkok and Bond's stunning confrontation with an entire martial arts school.
Managing as designing : bringing the art of design to the practice of management. a Telos Production.	DVD 1524	check	Managing as designing : bringing the art of design to the practice of management. a Telos Production. 2003, 1 min. Frank Gehry, Lucy Suchman, Karl Weick and 60 other designers, managers and scholars gathered in Mr. Gehry's recently completed Peter B. Lewis Building to consider how the art of design can inform the practice of management. In addition to managers and social scientists, the group included architects, a choreographer, a musicologist, product and software designers, musicians, and painters. This video explores five ideas that transfer from the world of designers to that of managers: the importance of maintaining multiple models of a design object; the designer's 'thrownness' into a maelstrom of issues, constraints and desires; the role of collaboration in design projects; the need to be comfortable with both liquid and crystal states; the legacies of design that great managers create.
Managing in organizations : empowerment	DVD 775	check	Managing in organizations : empowerment c2003, 24 min. "Empowerment has stood the traditional top-down business model on its head, placing decision-making power in the hands of the rank-and-file employee. Using examples drawn from McDonalds's, Land Rover, HarperCollins Publishers, a telephone banking service, and a natural food wholesaler, this program examines the value of empowerment and explores how it is put into practice in the U.K. Issues such as teamwork, motivation, performance monitoring, and the limits of empowerment are addressed, underscoring the ongoing need to temper managerial control with employee independence in order to achieve a company's strategic goals."--Container
Managing the difficult group	DVD 1313	check	Managing the difficult group c2004, 30 min. "Every teacher has been there - staring in the face of a difficult student or group of students threatening to thwart the progress of the day's lesson. But how can the teacher handle the conflict in a way that benefits everyone? Frustrated back-and-forth shouting between teacher and student should not and does not have to take place in the classroom. This program suggests practical classroom management strategies which are designed to help difficult students learn more successfully. It also examines why some students are disruptive and provides educators with specific techniques to prevent disruptive behavior." -- Container
Managing your weight	DVD 924	check	Managing your weight [2003], c1998, 29 min. "This program examines the role of exercise, dieting, and other weight control strategies in attaining optimal health while skewering fad diets and risky or useless products, which only serve to undermine healthy weight management. Psychosocial factors that distort views on what constitutes a healthy look and weight are also considered, as young adults explore the dynamics of body image and the issues involved in eating disorders." -- Container
Manchurian candidate	DVD 2868	check	Manchurian candidate 2004, 130 min. When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House. Now the Manchurian Global corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out.
Manchurian candidate	DVD 4250	check	Manchurian candidate [2004], 127 min. A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
Mandate : the president and the people	DVD 2596	check	Mandate : the president and the people 2006, 35 min. From George Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, examines the relationship between the presidency, mass media, and public opinion.
Mande music and dance	DVD 3413	check	Mande music and dance 2005, 82 min.
Mandi = Market place	DVD 752	check	Mandi = Market place [c2000], 158 min. Based on a classic Urdu short story 'Aanandi' by Ghulam Abbas, the film deals with a brothel at the heart of a city, in an area that some politicians want for its prime locality. The politicians rally against the brothel and its inhabitants in the name of morality, and soon everyone in the area jumps on the bandwagon. The politicians offer to put up an alternative residence for the prostitutes, only this place is miles away, isolated from the city. The madam of the house has no choice but to comply, but by the end things take a turn for the better.
Mango soufflé	DVD 1357	check	Mango soufflé 2004, 90 min. This drama begins when gay fashion Kamlesh, reeling from a recently ended relationship, invites some friends (of all persuasions) to dinner for a special announcement. The party reaches a boiling point when Kamlesh's sister arrives with her new fiancé -- a man with a big secret. From there, sexual tensions build and skeletons fly out of the closet.
Manhattan	DVD 835 CORE	check	Manhattan 2000, 96 min. Allen portrays Isaac Davis, a successful comedy writer whose wife, having left him for another woman, is now embarking on a book about their failed marriage. Isaac happily consoles himself in the arms of an adoring 17 year-old schoolgirl until he meets someone closer to his own age, who happens to be his best friend's mistress.
Manito .	DVD 6059	check	Manito . 2006, 77 min. Portrays 48 tense hours in the lives of a Latino family in the Washington Heights section of New York City, especially the relationship between two second-generation Dominican brothers.
Mano po = Beyond family	DVD 1354	check	Mano po = Beyond family 2002, 134 min. "A compelling tale of a Chinese-Filipino family's search for identity and place in Philippine history. Told in the context of their struggles amid harsh contemporary realities and the ties that bind them to a land that has been good to them,despite the life-threatening circumstances that have now begun to hover over their lives." -- Container
Manon : Oper in 6 Bildern	DVD 4434	check	Manon : Oper in 6 Bildern 2006, 167 min.
Manon : opéra comique en 5 actes et 6 tableaux	DVD 2442	check	Manon : opéra comique en 5 actes et 6 tableaux 2003, 164 min. The story deals with Chevalier des Grieux's passionate and ill-starred love affair with Manon, to the sorrow of his father, the count. His attempt to rescue her from her dissipated Parisiam life, her back-sliding and eventual downfall.
Manon : opéra-comique en cinq actes et six tableaux	DVD 5958	check	Manon : opéra-comique en cinq actes et six tableaux c2007, 175 min. Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and features Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazon, Samuel Ramey, and the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, with Victor Pablo Perez conducting.
Manon Lescaut	DVD 1965	check	Manon Lescaut 2000, 130 min. The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
Manon Lescaut	DVD 4517	check	Manon Lescaut [2006], 132 min. Puccini's opera about a pair of doomed lovers.
Mansfield Park	DVD 1136	check	Mansfield Park [2000], 112 min. When Fanny Price is sent away to live with her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society but manages to enlighten them as well. At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit.
Mansfield Park	DVD 1135	check	Mansfield Park [2004], 312 min. In 1983, the BBC made this 261-minute miniseries from Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park. Austen explores the well-tread theme of class distinction and the triumph of love, but Fanny Price is an original Austen creation. Fanny, from a large and poor family, is taken into the home of her wealthy uncle and aunt, the stoic Sir Thomas Bertram and the childlike Lady Bertram. Also residing at the posh Bertram mansion are the oldest son, irresponsible Tom, distant Julia, and the kindly Edmund. Snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, Fanny begins her long struggle for acceptance by her shallow relatives who believe wealth automatically means quality.
Manufactured landscapes	DVD 4734	check	Manufactured landscapes [2007], 90 min. Follows photographer Edward Burtynsky, internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature transformed by industry, as he travels through China photographing the effects of that country's massive industrial revolution.
Manufacturing consent : Noam Chomsky and the media	DVD 4218	check	Manufacturing consent : Noam Chomsky and the media 2002, 1992, 167 min. Explores the political life and times of the controversial author, linguist, and radical philosopher Noam Chomsky. Focuses on Chomsky's analysis of the hidden use of ideological manipulation in democratic societies.
Maqbool	DVD 7011	check	Maqbool [2004?], 160 min. An Indianized adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth set against the backdrop of Bombay's mafia world.
Maquila : a tale of two Mexicos	DVD 2709	check	Maquila : a tale of two Mexicos 2000, 54 min. Examines the maquiladoras, U.S.-owned export factories employing inexpensive Mexican labor. Covers the displacement of peasant farmers who migrate to northern border cities such as Juarez and Tiajuana, where they endure dangerous working conditions in the maquilas for very low wages. Also examines the environmental disasters generated by these factories and the unsafe living conditions of the workers, which have resulted in a series of brutal rapes and murders of young women employees. Examines the violent rural confrontations between the Mexican Army and Mayan peasant farmers as part of the government's efforts to suppress the rebellion. Features interviews with workers, factory managers, government officials, army officers, indigenous peasants, and economists.
Maquilapolis = City of factories	DVD 2803	check	Maquilapolis = City of factories 2006, 68 min. Explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's assembly factories and the female laborers who have organized themselves for social action.
Mar adentro = The sea inside	DVD 1800 CORE	check	Mar adentro = The sea inside [2005], 125 min. Life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gift of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramón taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others.
Marcel Duchamp, Iconoclast	DVD 1873	check	Marcel Duchamp, Iconoclast 2003, 27 min. "Clips from an interview filmed the year before Duchamp's death, location footage of significant places from his past, and archival photographs provide additional insights into an enigmatic artist whose every creation displays an intriguing blend of banality and provocation." -- Container.
March of the penguins	DVD 4907	check	March of the penguins [2005], 80 min. In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, one by one in a single file. They will endure freezing temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest conditions on earth, all to find true love.
Marco Polo : opera within an opera	DVD 2890	check	Marco Polo : opera within an opera [2009], 156 min. In 'Marco Polo, an opera within an opera', composer Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorer's travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and physical discovery, a voyage depicting spiritual experiences as well as a geographical expedition. At the same time the work, on a libretto by Paul Griffiths, can be seen as a compositional adventure of the composer himself, unifying the various cultural worlds he occupies: a blend of Western avant garde and Oriental traditions.
Marcus Garvey : look for me in the whirlwind	DVD 6686	check	Marcus Garvey : look for me in the whirlwind 2004, 90 min. Uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant who between 1916 and 1921 built the largest black mass movement in world history. Also features interviews with people who witnessed the Garvey movement first hand.
Mardi Gras : made in China	DVD 1865	check	Mardi Gras : made in China 2005, 72 min. A documentary that explores the production, consumption, and disposal of Mardi Gras beads. Filmed on location in Fuzhou, China and New Orleans, Louisiana, the film follows "The Bead Trail" backwards from the bacchanalia at Mardi Gras to the factories in Fuzhou where the beads are made. When each group is shown images of the other, the cycle of misunderstanding goes a long way in explaining how the commodity chain is kept in place.
Margaret's museum	DVD 2583	check	Margaret's museum 2001, 115 min. Margaret MacNeil likes being an outcast, swearing like a man, shocking people, making it clear she isn't about to become a coal-miner's wife. Margaret falls in love with Neil Currie, who promises to stay out of the mines, but when he loses his job, the mines are the only alternative. When tragedy finally strikes, Margaret surprises the town with a strange act of defiance.
Maria Callas : the Callas conversations	DVD 3661	check	Maria Callas : the Callas conversations 2003, 1 videodisc (119:03) :
Maria Callas : the Callas conversations, volume II	DVD 2189	check	Maria Callas : the Callas conversations, volume II c2007, 1 videodisc (95:01) :
Maria full of grace = Maria, llena eres de gracia	DVD 1359 CORE	check	Maria full of grace = Maria, llena eres de gracia [2004], 101 min. Maria, a poor Colombian teenager, lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia. Desperate to leave a soul-crushing job, she accepts a lucrative offer to transport packets of heroin - which she swallows - to the United States. The ruthless world of international drug trafficking proves to be more than she bargained for as she becomes entangled with both drug cartels and immigration officials. The story builds to a conclusion so powerful it could only be based on a thousand true stories.
Marius and Jeannette = Marius et Jeannette	DVD 2408	check	Marius and Jeannette = Marius et Jeannette 2006, 102 min. "In a small port outside of Marseilles, an animated circle of friends and neighbors join to share in the funny, colorful and off-beat love story of Marius and Jeannette. The vivacious, loud-mouthed Jeannette first meets Marius when he catches her trying to steal paint from the grounds of the cement factory he was hired to guard. Although it's a precarious beginning, the two quickly turn their initial attraction into a budding romance. However, just as their relationship begins to flourish, the warm-hearted Marius retreats with no explanation. Troubled with Marius' mysterious withdrawal, Jeannette's spirited neighbors decide to intervene with hopes of helping the two unlikely lovers save their romance"--Container.
Marjoe	DVD 6418	check	Marjoe 1972, 2001, 2006, 128 min. Marjoe: Filmed before televangelism became a phenomenon, this biography/expose details the rise, fall, and self-exposure of Marjoe Gortner, a one-time child evangelist and church tent preacher. Marjoe would rather have been a rock star-with a different upbringing might have been-but this is as close as he can get. That he manipulates the spiritual passions of his audience is subordinate to the satisfaction of performing and connecting emotionally. Even as he spouts meaningless religious rhetoric, and takes the money of those expecting miracles and salvation, is he not giving the people exactly what they want, performing the spontaneous and charismatic rites of Pentecostal Christianity in a manner that is skillful and respectful of the traditions and expectations of that faith?
Marketing's 4 Ps : the consumer angle	DVD 6512	check	Marketing's 4 Ps : the consumer angle 2009, 25 min. Students learn the traditional four Ps of marketing strategy -- product, place, price and promotion; and more importantly, how a focus consumer is at the core of them all, or should be.
Marketing, sales & service	DVD 6535	check	Marketing, sales & service 2007, 21 min. This program, set in a marketing agency environment, introduces students to professionals in various marketing, sales and service careers. These include account director/senior associate, an account director/partner, an associate creative director, and a managing partner. General background information on the field, including the education needed to excel, is also included.
Marlene Dietrich : the glamour collection.	DVD 1280	check	Marlene Dietrich : the glamour collection. [2006], 441 min. Morocco: a cabaret singer arrives in Morocco and continues her wicked career by enslaving all the men in sight, until she finally falls in love.
Marnie	DVD 16	check	Marnie 2000, 130 min. Marnie, a compulsive thief and liar is caught. Her captor impulsively marries the frigid, disturbed girl in an attempt to discover the reasons for her ongoing anti-social behavior.
Marriage of Figaro : a comic opera in 4 acts	DVD 2395	check	Marriage of Figaro : a comic opera in 4 acts [2004], 185 min. The impending marriage of Figaro to Susanna is threatened by the scheming of Count Almaviva, who desires Susanna for himself, and Marcellina, who wants to marry Figaro herself. All problems are resolved with the help of Countess Almaviva, and the couple are able to marry.
Marsalis on music	DVD 6337	check	Marsalis on music 1995, 52 min. "Wynton puts a fresh spin on music appreciation. His inspired instruction, backed by superb performances and exciting graphics, not only teaches the fundamentals of music but also makes learning fun."--back of container.
Martha .	DVD 3615	check	Martha . 2004, 115 min. "When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror"--Container.
Martha Graham : dance on film	DVD 4205	check	Martha Graham : dance on film 2007, 93 min. A compilation of three works dealing with Martha Graham; all are collaborations with television arts-programming pioneer Nathan Kroll. A Dancer's World (1957), narrated by Graham herself, is a glimpse into her class work and methodology. Appalachian Spring (1958) and Night Journey (1961) are two complete Graham ballets. The first is a celebration of the American pioneer spirit , scored by Aaron Copland, and the second is a powerfully physical rendering of the Oedipus myth. Also included are: Martha Graham: the Dancer Revealed, a 1994 documentary produced for PBS's American Masters series; new interviews with six dancers from the films; excerpts from a 1975 filmed technique demonstration by Graham's company, narrated by Graham; and footage of Graham's company from a 1954 European tour.
Martin Chuzzlewit	DVD 4341	check	Martin Chuzzlewit 2005, 344 min. Who will inherit the riches of wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit? The only person he trusts is his companion and nurse, the young orphan Mary Graham, but she is employed on the understanding that she will not inherit a penny. He has disinherited his grandson, Young Martin, suspicious of the motives of the young man's love for Mary. With such a fortune at stake, the rest of the family closes in like sharks. The obsequious Pecksniff, whit his daughters, Mercy and Charity, attempts to grovel into the old man's good graces, while the wicked Jonas will stop at nothing ... even murder.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : from Montgomery to Memphis : a film	DVD 5343 CORE	check	Martin Luther King, Jr. : from Montgomery to Memphis : a film [20--, 1969], 27 min. Newsreel of actual recordings of U.S. segregation challenges from 1955 with Rosa Parks and the city bus boycott in Montgomery to Memphis. The young Dr. M.L. King is introduced and followed through this time to his national prominence. Themes covered include poverty, equality, and passive resistance. Closes with his last speech, the asassination, and the funeral procession.
Martín (Hache)	DVD 3378	check	Martín (Hache) [2006], 134 min. Martin is a film director who lives in Madrid and cannot reconnect with his past or his son in Argentina. Martin (Hache) is 19, and seems to be interested only in rock music and drugs. After a nearly fatal drug overdose his mother sends him to his father, who lives with his new much younger lover Alicia and gay actor friend Dante.
Marty	DVD 4263	check	Marty [2001], 90 min. Marty is the story of a 34-year-old Bronx butcher who fears that he will never find love, but at a Saturday night dance he meets a lonely schoolteacher with similar fears.
Marvin's room	DVD 342	check	Marvin's room [1999], 98 min. A disfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another.
Marx Brothers. Silver screen collection	DVD 4180	check	Marx Brothers. Silver screen collection [2004], 405 min. "Duck soup": To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president. "Horse feathers": Professor Quincy Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College. "Monkey business": While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters. "Animal crackers": Captain Spaulding, the noted explorer, returns from Africa and attends a gala party held by Mrs. Rittenhouse. "The cocoanuts": Mr. Hammer runs a bankrupt hotel in Florida, where he will try anything to make money.
Mary Ainsworth : attachment and the growth of love	DVD 1666	check	Mary Ainsworth : attachment and the growth of love c2005, 38 min. Using wonderfully evocative visuals from Mary Ainsworth's copious observations of mothers and babies in Uganda and in Baltimore, and newly shot footage of the laboratory procedure she created, The Strange Situation, this production introduces students to the insights of attachment theory. The patterns Mary Ainsworth found in the relationships of babies and their caregivers and the consequences of these patterns are illustrated along with assessments of attachment later in life, such as Main's Adult Attachment Inventory.
Mary Poppins	DVD 1746	check	Mary Poppins [2004], 139 min. After a banker's children lose their nanny due to her frustration with them, a change in the wind blows in a magical nanny who matches the children's qualifications, but not those of their very proper father. As Mary Poppins helps the children magically explore the world around them, their father grows increasingly disapproving of her methods, and he must eventually deal with his own distance from his children.
Mary Silliman's war	DVD 6019 CORE	check	Mary Silliman's war 2003, 94 min. Based on the memoir and letters of Mary Silliman, this film depicts the struggle during the American Revolutionary War, of Fairfield, Conn., a town deeply and bitterly divided over independence. After the kidnapping and imprisonment of her husband by the British, Mary Silliman managed to secure her husband's freedom while still handling domestic affairs and coping with the war.
Masai today : changing traditions	DVD 1074	check	Masai today : changing traditions c2004, 53 min. "Swahili or English? Extended or nuclear family? Cattle or camel herding? For the proud, pastoral Masai tribe of Africa, Western culture's advance brings decisions in every area of an ancient lifestyle. Filmed over the course of seven years, this program follows one family as it contends with the challenges of modernity facing the Masai people as a whole. Through interviews and an extremely detailed depiction of Masai daily life, the program explores changing gender relations, language and identity, tribal leadership and family structure, and the influence of education." -- Container
Masai women	DVD 4001 CORE	check	Masai women 2003, 52 min. An ethnographic view of Masai culture and society, focusing on the preparation of young Masai girls for marriage and life in their society. Probes, through a candid interview with an older woman, the feelings of the Masai women about polygamy and their inability to own property.
Masculin feminin : 15 faits précis = Masculine, Feminine: In 15 Acts	DVD 2687	check	Masculin feminin : 15 faits précis = Masculine, Feminine: In 15 Acts [2005], 105 min. French new wave icon Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as Paul, an idealistic would-be intellectual struggling to forge a relationship with adorable pop star Madeleine (real-life ye-ye girl Chantal Goya).
MASH	DVD 1389	check	MASH [2001], 116 min. The personnel of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea develop a lunatic lifestyle to cope with the military bureaucracy and the horrors of war.
Mask of Satan	DVD 989	check	Mask of Satan c1999, 87 min. A woman executed as a witch by the Inquisition returns from the grave to seek gruesome revenge on the descendants of those who caused her death.
Maskarade	DVD 4578	check	Maskarade 2007, 1 videodisc :
Masque of the red death ; The premature burial.	DVD 2817	check	Masque of the red death ; The premature burial. [2002], 169 min. Side A. The masque of the red death. The evil Prince Prospero is a devil worshipper and a tyrannical ruler. Anyone who stands against him is sentenced to death. Two men dare to denounce the Prince and are imprisoned. A beautiful woman pleads for their release, but is captured by the Prince for his own pleasures. The two prisoners are brought to the Prince at his "Masque Ball" for public torture. But there is one uninvited guest standing in the shadows waiting for the right moment to strike. Side B. The premature burial. In a dark, deserted graveyard a mad doctor and two young medical students watch as workmen labor to exhume the body of someone thought to be buried alive. The discovery triggers an unexplainable reaction in Guy Carrell, one of the young students whose ancestors met their untimely deaths in strange and unusual ways and Guy is worried that he may be next.
Mass media in society	DVD 6381	check	Mass media in society 2002, 1997, 28 min. Academic and industry experts examine the globalization of information exchange, the way in which it has altered the social distance between nations and individuals, and the future of mass media. In the U.S., viewers watch an average of 4.5 hours per day of television, willingly lending their eyes and ears to advertisers. However, the 1990s have seen a growing fragmentation of America into demographically segmented audiences, driven by niche programming and narrow-interest advertising. The enthusiasm for interactive communication is growing, spurred on by the desire for news and entertainment tailored and delivered on demand and the possibilities of one-to-one marketing.
Master and commander : the far side of the world	DVD 1095	check	Master and commander : the far side of the world [2004], 138 min. During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the scientist. He is the captain's friend and confidant, the two frequently playing violin and cello duets together.
Master conductors : a history of the school band movement-- as told by those who were there	DVD 1129	check	Master conductors : a history of the school band movement-- as told by those who were there 2008, 53 min. First hand personal accounts, recollections and experiences from the early days of the school band movement as told by Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli.
Master conductors : a legacy of wisdom	DVD 2929	check	Master conductors : a legacy of wisdom 2007, 76 min. "This DVD is the perfect window into the minds of three of the greatest wind conductors of all time: Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli, compiled from archival footage taken at the University of North Texas"--container.
Master conductors : Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel with Tim Lautzenheiser.	DVD 4515	check	Master conductors : Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel with Tim Lautzenheiser. 2007, 03 min. "An up-close look at the life and music making of legendary conductor Arnald D. Gabriel you won't soon forget."--Container.
Master conductors : reflections on life and the podium : Dr. Harry Begian with Tim Lautzenheiser	DVD 1128	check	Master conductors : reflections on life and the podium : Dr. Harry Begian with Tim Lautzenheiser 2009, 134 min. "This one-on-one conversation between legendary conductor Harry Begian and Tim Lautzenheiser is an insightful portrait into the experiences and life of one of the most important wind band conductors of the 20th century. From his childhood through his careers conducting at Cass Technical High School, Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and then succeeding Mark Hindsley at the University of Illinois, Dr. Begian's passion for excellence infused every aspect of his life. At the same time, Dr. Begian exhibited a remarkable humility and hunger to simply make great music. Recorded in Dr. Begian's home in Alpena, Michigan, this DVD beautifully captures the remarkable spirit of the American wind band, and will be an inspiration for anyone who seeks to make great music. -- Container.
Master conductors : the art of the march : a study in history, interpretation, performance practice, style	DVD 5680	check	Master conductors : the art of the march : a study in history, interpretation, performance practice, style [2008], 2007, 130 min. "Rare and historic footage of legendary conductors Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli shows them working with ensembles in the rehearsal room and providing perspectives on interpretation, style, and performance practice."--Container.
Master lessons with Zakhar Bron	DVD 4292	check	Master lessons with Zakhar Bron 2005, 1 videodisc : Renowned violinist and pedagogue Zakhar Bron conducts a master class with a student, Leonid Baranoff, playing Oskar Rieding's Violin concerto in B minor, op. 35.
Master lessons with Zakhar Bron. Romance for violin and orchestra in G major, opus 40	DVD 4293	check	Master lessons with Zakhar Bron. Romance for violin and orchestra in G major, opus 40 2007, 1 videodisc : Renowned violinist and pedagogue Zakhar Bron conducts a master class with student, Semjon Klimashevsky, playing Ludwig van Beethoven's Romance for violin and orchestra in G major, opus 40.
Master of the killer ants	DVD 6817	check	Master of the killer ants [2008], 54 min. In the Mandaras Mountains of northern Cameroon live the Mofu, an ancient tribe that shares its homes and crops with insects in a mutual balance of survival. But a terrible drought hits the region and a legion of termites invade their huts and granaries. To drive them out, the Mofu shaman calls for help from Jaglavak, a ferocious red army ant protected by a thick carapace and armed with pincers that cut, tear and slice through anything in its path.
Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 1	DVD 3769	check	Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 1 [2005?], 37 min. Master class by Josef Gingold, former concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 2	DVD 3770	check	Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 2 [2005?], 34 min. Master class by Josef Gingold, former concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 3	DVD 3771	check	Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 3 [2005?], 34 min. Master class by Josef Gingold, former concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 4	DVD 3772	check	Master teacher series : Josef Gingold. Volume 4 [2005?], 37 min. Private lessons by Josef Gingold, former concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 1	DVD 130	check	Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 1 c2000, 1 videodisc : A collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists.
Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 2	DVD 3189	check	Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 2 2000, 1 videodisc : A collection of award-winning animated short films made by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists between 1969 and 1978.
Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 3	DVD 3190	check	Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 3 2000, 140 min. A collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists made between 1979 and 1985.
Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 4	DVD 3191	check	Masters of Russian animation. Vol. 4 2000, 1 videodisc : A collection of award-winning animated short films by Russia's world-renowned directors and artists.
Matador =Bullfighter	DVD 3048	check	Matador =Bullfighter 2007, 106 min. The story of a retired torero and a beautiful lawyer who both need death as an aphrodisiac. The lovers are brought together when a young bullfighting student confesses to a string of murders.
Matchstick man : György Kurtág ; The seventh door : Peter Eötvös	DVD 4959	check	Matchstick man : György Kurtág ; The seventh door : Peter Eötvös 2006, 137 min. "The matchstick man is an atmospheric profile affording a perceptive and illuminating glimpse into György Kurtag's world. He is seen teaching and working with musicians - including his wife Márta, Adrienne Csengery or Claudio Abbado conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Other contributors to the program include the pianist Zoltán Kocsis, composers, György Ligeti, András Szöllösy, Lászlo Vidovsky and Zoltán Jeney, as well as students of Kurtág."--Container.
Matewan	DVD 7067	check	Matewan [2002], 135 min. A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's.
Mathematics in early childhood education : designing curriculum to meet standards with evidence-based practices	DVD 6657	check	Mathematics in early childhood education : designing curriculum to meet standards with evidence-based practices 2008, 68 min.
Matrimonio segreto	DVD 2339	check	Matrimonio segreto 2001, 153 min. The opera tells of the attempts of Geronimo, a wealthly citizen of Bologna, to marry off his daughter Elisetta to an English milord, Count Robinson. The latter prefers Geronimo's other daughter Carolina who is secretly married to Paolino, a young lawyer and business associate of Geronimo. Geronimo's sister Fidalma, who rules the household, is herself in love with Paolino. Carolina and Paolina plan an elopment, and after a bedroom scene of mistaken identites, all ends happily with the Count agreeing to marry Elisetta.
Matter of time .	DVD 4023	check	Matter of time . 2005, 104 min. A two-part documentary, originally produced for Israeli television, that tells the story of of North African Jews during World War II through archival and new footage and stills, interviews with surviving eyewitnesses and historians, and computer-generated animation. The question is raised whether the "final solution" would have been carried out on the Jews of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco had the war continued and their experience of the Holocaust, including the deportation of some Libyan Jews to Bergen Belsen, is recognized and examined.
Matters of race	DVD 638	check	Matters of race c2003, 240 min. "Using the personal writings of several leading American authors, and the voices and stories of Americans young and old from New York to Los Angeles, Honolulu, Hawaii to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, "Matters of race" explores the complex demands of the country's rapidly changing multiracial and multicultural society and shows how American citizens imagine the new America of the 21st century"--Container.
Max Fleischer's famous Out of the inkwell	DVD 5860	check	Max Fleischer's famous Out of the inkwell 2003, 210 min. One of the most prominent developers of American animation was Max Fleischer, whose career was well established a decade before the initial efforts of Walt Disney. Fleischer's experiments led to the development of the Rotoscope technique in 1914, which resulted in the first lifelike animation prodiced after the initial works of Winsor McCay. Fleischer's combination of animation and live action resulted in the 'out of the inkwell' series produced from 1919 to 1929.
Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Adagio and fugue from Sonata no. 1 for solo violin	DVD 3787	check	Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Adagio and fugue from Sonata no. 1 for solo violin 2007, 48 min. "In this masterclass he works on the first two movements from Bach's first sonata for solo violin." --container.
Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Tzigane	DVD 6041	check	Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Tzigane 2008, 49 min.
Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto in D minor, op. 47	DVD 3861	check	Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto in D minor, op. 47 2007, 52 min.
Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto no. 1, op. 77. Third movement, passagaglia	DVD 3815	check	Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto no. 1, op. 77. Third movement, passagaglia 2008, 48 min. "In this masterclass he works on the passacaglia, the great third movement of Shostakovich's first violin concerto" --container.
Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto no. 3 in G major K 216 (extract)	DVD 3786	check	Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto no. 3 in G major K 216 (extract) 2007, 48 min. "In this masterclass he works on the first movement of Mozart's third violin concerto" --container.
Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto. First movement	DVD 3783	check	Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin concerto. First movement 2007, 58 min. "In this masterclass he works on the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin concerto" --container.
Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin sonata in A minor, op. 23. First movement	DVD 3784	check	Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London : Violin sonata in A minor, op. 23. First movement 2007, 58 min. "In this masterclass he works on the first movement of Beethoven's Violin sonata no. 4 in A minor" --container.
May justice be done	DVD 4331	check	May justice be done 2007, 53 min. By any standard Argentina was a very rich country until the 1970s, with competitive industries, modern agriculture, and a prosperous middle class. By 2001, 21 out of 36 million people were living below the poverty level, and formerly eradicated diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy reemerged. "May Justice Be Done" goes into the streets of Argentina, tracing the roots of the crisis in scholarly detail, back to the irresponsible lending policies of the international lending financial institutions.
Maya Deren : experimental films	DVD 218 CORE	check	Maya Deren : experimental films 2002, 76 min. The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films. Examples of Maya Deren's work evoke and exemplify the American avant-garde film movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
Maya Lin : a strong clear vision	DVD 5387	check	Maya Lin : a strong clear vision [2003], 83 min. Reveals the origins of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and tells the story of its 21 year old creator, a Yale architecture student. Lin's plan was selected from over 1,000 different designs. And what began as one of the country's most bitterly disputed monuments became one of the world's most inspirational and frequently visited memorials.
Mayor of Casterbridge	DVD 553	check	Mayor of Casterbridge 2003, 200 min. Destitute and drunken, Michael Henchard is an itinerant farmhand who, in a moment of alcohol-fueled desperation while at a country fair, sells his wife and daughter to a sailor. Decades after his fateful decision of that day, Henchard has become the well-respected, wealthy mayor of a prosperous town and the owner of a granary. He is offered a chance at redemption when his wife reappears with her daughter, but the reunion's promise is soon tarnished by a web of jealousy, deceit, and wounded pride. He, his long-lost wife and daughter, his one-time lover and a young man who finds himself involved, will all become intertwined in a tragic, moving, but somehow uplifting story.
Mayor of the Sunset Strip	DVD 6451	check	Mayor of the Sunset Strip [2004], 2003, 91 min. When Rodney was a teenager his mother just dropped him off at the home of Connie Stevens and left him. Eventually he landed his first show-business job as a double for Davey Jones on "The Monkeys". Rodney ended up using his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene and is lauded for his good taste and good nature. Rodney is perhaps the least-known celebrity in Hollywood, though somehow every celebrity seems to know him.
Mazeppa : opera in three acts	DVD 4354	check	Mazeppa : opera in three acts 2004, 174 min.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller	DVD 1408	check	McCabe & Mrs. Miller [2002], 121 min. Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. Shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to help McCabe run his business and the whorehouse thrives. McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. Soon, however, the mining deposits in the town attract the attention of a major corporation, which wants to buy out McCabe along with the rest. His decision has major repercussions for him, Mrs. Miller, and the town.
McLibel : two people who wouldn't say sorry	DVD 3086	check	McLibel : two people who wouldn't say sorry 2005, 137 min. Two Greenpeace activists were among a goup who distributed a leaflet outlining the wrong doings on varous fronts by McDonald's Corporation. Instead of appologizing as required under British law they fought them in court with a minimal budget and no staff costing McDonald's millions of pounds in court costs.
McLuhan's wake	DVD 1220	check	McLuhan's wake 2003, 111 min. We all live in Marshall McLuhan's wake. Fascinated by the role technology played in transforming our lives, one of the 20th century's most famous intellectuals realized with stunning accuracy the impact the digital age would have on our social, spiritual, economic and ideological selves. 'The global village' and 'the medium is the message' are among the most quoted phrases of our time. Now, twenty years after his death, in the midst of the Internet, virtual and wired technologies, McLuhan's Wake explores the enduring hold of McLuhan's message. Blending all forms of media, including animation and special effects, this DVD features narration by performance artist Laurie Anderson and commentary by scholars Eric McLuhan, Neil Postman, Lewis Lapham and journalist Patrick Watson.
Me and you and everyone we know	DVD 4732	check	Me and you and everyone we know 2005, 92 min. A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
Mean girls	DVD 2913	check	Mean girls 2004, 96 min. When a young girl who has lived in Africa and been home-schooled moves to New York, she must enter a public high school. Survival of the fittest takes on a whole new meaning when she falls for the ex-boyfriend of the most popular girl in school.
Mean streets	DVD 1022 CORE	check	Mean streets 2004, 112 min) The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighborhood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future.
Mean world syndrome : media violence & the cultivation of fear	DVD 6539	check	Mean world syndrome : media violence & the cultivation of fear 2010, 75 min. "For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these debates have descended into simplistic battles between those who claim that media messages directly cause violence and those who argue that activists exaggerate the impact of media exposure altogether. The Mean World Syndrome, based on the groundbreaking work of media scholar George Gerbner, urges us to think about media effects in more nuanced ways. Ranging from Hollywood movies and prime-time dramas to reality programming and the local news, the film examines how media violence forms a pervasive cultural environment that cultivates in heavy viewers, especially, a heightened state of insecurity, exaggerated perceptions of risk and danger, and a fear-driven propensity for hard-line political solutions to social problems. A provocative and accessible introduction to cultivation analysis, media effects research, and the subject of media influence and media violence more generally"--Container.
Meaning in abstract art	DVD 4360	check	Meaning in abstract art 2002, 2001, 30 min. Using Carl Andre's works as a springboard, this program suggests approaches to finding the meaning in abstract art while examining the historical forces that propelled a century of artistic modernism.
Meaning of food	DVD 5001	check	Meaning of food 2005, 180 min. So many cultural and religious celebrations center on food, but how did this come to be? Discover the rich and varied history of American dining in this three-episode series.
Measure for measure	DVD 2078	check	Measure for measure [2000 or 2001], 145 min. Cruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. Angelo revives an old law against fornication and sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, Claudio's betrothed. Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads for his life and Angelo offers to spare him in exchange for her virginity. Angelo's corruption and severity are punished when the Duke reveals that he has witnessed it all.
Measure of all things : Greek art and the human figure	DVD 3574	check	Measure of all things : Greek art and the human figure 2005, 24 min. Considers the cultural transformations that began in the fifth century BC as Greek art discarded religious functions and moved toward human-centered concerns.
Measurement and the search for relationships	DVD 6409	check	Measurement and the search for relationships 2009, 20 min. Beginning with the observation that the physical world can be described by mathematical relationships, this program then uses case studies to show how an experiment can be designed to test the effect of two independent variables and how mathematical formulae can be derived from experimental measurements.
Measurements of physical activity	DVD 5978	check	Measurements of physical activity 2006, 29 min. This program illustrates the key principles outlined by the National Physical Activity Guidelines introduced by the Australian Government in 1999. It offers a comprehensive and objective approach to various methods of measuring physical activity.
Meat fight	DVD 4162	check	Meat fight 2005, 14 min. "In the absence of hierarchies and institutionalized authority, leadership among the !Kung derives from talent and experience. It is excercised spontaneously and informally in the mediation of conflicts. In this film, an argument arises between two bands when an antelope killed by a hunter from one band is found and distributed by a man from another band. The film illustrated the role of the leaders in !Kung society and the ability of the !Kung to settle disputes without violence and without formal political organization." -- Container.
Mechanized eye : experiments in technique and form.	DVD 2588	check	Mechanized eye : experiments in technique and form. c2005, 161 min. "The dynamic qualities of motion pictures are explored by cameramen and filmmakers through novel experiments in technique and form"--Container.
Medea	DVD 2203	check	Medea [2004], 1982, 87 min. The Kennedy Center production of Euripides' great classic about a woman driven by emotion beyond the brink of rationality.
Medea	DVD 3238	check	Medea 2002, 110 min. Based on Euripides' classic tragedy of a proud woman betrayed by the man she loves.
Medea : tragedy in three acts	DVD 2367	check	Medea : tragedy in three acts c2005, 136 min. Cherubini's opera based on the Medea legend. Medea, a sorceress and murderess in Greek legend, helps Jason gain the Golden Fleece and flees with him to Corinth, where she murders Jason's wife and children and then flees to Athens.
Media	DVD 2029	check	Media 2003, 68 min. A collection of ten short films and videos of director Zbigniew Rybczynski, originally produced between 1972 and 1990.
Media & human rights	DVD 2620	check	Media & human rights 1996, 27 min. First segment: This segment examines the question is there a "right to know?" through an in-depth look at the media's shrinking coverage of international news and its impact on human rights. Concludes with a discussion with controversial media analyst Noam Chomsky.
Media relations : what to do when the news is you!	DVD 6392	check	Media relations : what to do when the news is you! 2006, 30 min. Shows how to deal with the media in crisis situations.
Media That Matters Film Festival 3	DVD 1878 CORE	check	Media That Matters Film Festival 3 2004, 75 min. Fifteen short films from the 3rd Media That Matters Film Festival. The festival celebrates films, videos, and new media that inspire people to speak out and take action for social change. The goal of the festival is not simply to showcase films and new media projects that bring important social, political and environmental topics to the forefront, but to encourage the use of these films as a springboard for discussion and even more importantly, for action.
Media That Matters Film Festival 4	DVD 1877 CORE	check	Media That Matters Film Festival 4 2004, 87 min. Sixteen short films from the 4th Media That Matters Film Festival. The festival celebrates films, videos, and new media that inspire people to speak out and take action for social change. The goal of the festival is not simply to showcase films and new media projects that bring important social, political and environmental topics to the forefront, but to encourage the use of these films as a springboard for discussion and even more importantly, for action.
Media That Matters Film Festival 5	DVD 1876	check	Media That Matters Film Festival 5 2005, 105 min. Welcome to MediaRights' fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival, launched June 1st, 2005. Our jury has chosen 16 innovative shorts on the burning topics of today: Civic engagement, Justice, Sustainability and more.
Media That Matters Film Festival 6	DVD 2036	check	Media That Matters Film Festival 6 2006, 116 min. Presents sixteen short films from the 6th Media That Matters Film Festival produced by independent and youth filmmakers from around the country. The festival celebrates films, videos, and new media that focuses on contemporary social problems and offers solutions. Designed to encourage the use of these films as a springboard for discussion and even more importantly, for action.
Media That Matters Film Festival 7	DVD 4217	check	Media That Matters Film Festival 7 2007, 138 min. Presents sixteen short films from the 7th Media That Matters Film Festival produced by independent and youth filmmakers from around the country. The festival celebrates films, videos, and new media that focuses on contemporary social problems and offers solutions. Designed to encourage the use of these films as a springboard for discussion and even more importantly, for action.
Media That Matters Film Festival 8	DVD 5886	check	Media That Matters Film Festival 8 2007, 128 min. Presents twelve short films from the 8th Media That Matters Film Festival produced by independent and youth filmmakers from around the country. The festival celebrates films, videos, and new media that focuses on contemporary social problems and offers solutions. Designed to encourage the use of these films as a springboard for discussion and even more importantly, for action.
Medieval conflict : faith and reason : a personal view by James Burke	DVD 5962 CORE	check	Medieval conflict : faith and reason : a personal view by James Burke 2004, 53 min. When Europeans invaded Moorish Spain in the 11th century, they discovered libraries, universities, optics, mechanics, and natural philosophy, as well as table manners and dessert. The rediscovery of classical knowledge leads to the founding of universities and the overthrow of Augustinian beliefs by those of Aristotle.
Mediterraneo	DVD 7065	check	Mediterraneo [200-?], 87 min. In 1941, a small group of misfit Italian soldiers is sent to a tiny Greek island in the Agean for four months of lookout duty. Their relief ship is torpedoed and their radio destroyed. As they lose all touch with the world outside, they are absorbed into the life of the idyllic island.
Medium	DVD 1423	check	Medium [2002], 80 min. Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances.
Medium : a music drama	DVD 2109	check	Medium : a music drama 2004, 59 min. Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances.
Medium cool	DVD 4251 CORE	check	Medium cool 2001, 110 min. Set in 1968 in Chicago at the time of the Democratic National Convention, this is the story of a TV cameraman and his involvement with the realities of hate and hypocrisy he finds in his filming.
Meet Corliss Archer	DVD 1921	check	Meet Corliss Archer 2004, 108 min. Four episodes about teenager Corliss Archer, her boyfriend Dexter and her unwitting parents, Harry and Janet.
Meet me in St. Louis	DVD 1131	check	Meet me in St. Louis 2004, 113 min. St. Louis 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. 17-year old Esther has fallen in love with John, the boy next door who has just moved in. He however, barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transfered to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the St. Louis Fair.
Meet the Fockers	DVD 1612	check	Meet the Fockers 2005, 116 min. When Pam and Greg get their parents together it turns into one disaster after another. The hippie Fockers are the direct opposite of the uptight Byrneses. With one pitfall after the next, the film takes awkward in-law experiences to new heights.
Meeting at midnight	DVD 1688	check	Meeting at midnight [2004], 65 min. Charlie Chan investigates a group of spiritualists, illusionists and hypnotists in this puzzling case where a string of apparent suicides - and one murder - occurs during a terrifying seance.
Meeting people is easy : a film by Grant Lee about Radiohead	DVD 6585	check	Meeting people is easy : a film by Grant Lee about Radiohead 1998, 95 min. Documentary of the pop band, Radiohead. Contains footage of performances, rehearsals and recording sessions.
Meeting two queens	DVD 4836	check	Meeting two queens c1991, 14 min. In this witty, luminous tape Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich star in the roles of their lives --cast as lovers by Chilean video artist Barriga. Queen Christina meets the Scarlet Empress; Anna Karenina and Blonde Venus transcend tragedy. This beguiling tape links the queens of the silver screen through motifs such as the cigarette and a circuitry of meaningful gazes and gestures. Clips from their signature roles are remounted in silent film style vignettes to tell a burgeoning tale of desire and destiny.
Mefistofele	DVD 1963	check	Mefistofele [200-?], 159 min. A post-modern production of Arrigo Boito's treatment of the Faust legend, faithful to Goethe's original conception.
Meglio gioventù = The best of youth	DVD 3683	check	Meglio gioventù = The best of youth [2006], 368 min. Divided by politics but bonded by blood, Italian brothers Nicola and Matteo find their paths intersecting through some of the most tumultuous events in recent history. Produced for Italian television, but never broadcast; released theatrically instead.
Meistersinger von Nürnberg	DVD 4433	check	Meistersinger von Nürnberg [2004], 292 min.
Meistersinger von Nürnberg	DVD 4375	check	Meistersinger von Nürnberg 2006, 267 min.
Meistersinger von Nürnberg : Oper in drei Aufzügen = opera in threee acts	DVD 4915	check	Meistersinger von Nürnberg : Oper in drei Aufzügen = opera in threee acts [2004], 1995, 266 min. This is the only comedy among the serious and heavily symbolic works of Richard Wagner. From the Deutsche Oper Berlin 1995, conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos. Cast: Wolfgang Brendel, Gosta Winbergh, and Eva Johanson.
Meistersinger von Nürnberg : opera in three acts	DVD 283	check	Meistersinger von Nürnberg : opera in three acts [2000?], 150 min. Set in picturesque sixteenth century Nurnberg, the plot revolves around a singing contest, organized by the Guild of Mastersingers and the prize promised by a goldsmith, Veit Pogner - his daughter Eva's hand in marriage. Hans Sachs, an historical German composer, cobbler, and philosopher gradually becomes accepted as the hero of the whole drama.
Meistersinger von Nürnberg [videorecording : [Oper] in drei Aufzugen / Richard Wagner ; Inzenierung und Bühnenbild, Wolfgang Wagner ; Bildregie, Horant H. Hohlfeld ; eine produktion von Unitel.	DVD 4806	check	Meistersinger von Nürnberg [videorecording : [Oper] in drei Aufzugen / Richard Wagner ; Inzenierung und Bühnenbild, Wolfgang Wagner ; Bildregie, Horant H. Hohlfeld ; eine produktion von Unitel. 2007, 274 min.
Melanoma : winning the battle against skin cancer	DVD 1057 CORE	check	Melanoma : winning the battle against skin cancer c2003, 17 min. This year, 38,000 people will contract melanoma; 7,300 of them will die. This program examines the problem from its roots in overexposure to the sun, to up-to-the-minute treatments that prevent recurrence. Two experts, Dr. Sewa Legha of the University of Texas Medical Center and Dr. Darrel Riger of New York University Medical Center, discuss melanoma's warning signs, the importance of early detection, and prevention. Various examples of melanoma and other types of skin cancers are provided through excellent photography. Interleukin, interferon, and chemotherapy treatments are discussed. -- (from the producer)
Memento	DVD 280 CORE	check	Memento [2002], 113 min. An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder. Now he is out to catch his wife's murderer, whose identity he cannot ever know for sure. The more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the more he sinks deeper into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises.
Memento	DVD 280	check	Memento [2001], 113 min. An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder. Now he is out to catch his wife's murderer, whose identity he cannot ever know for sure. The more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the more he sinks deeper into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises.
Memento mori : Yŏgo koedam	DVD 1637	check	Memento mori : Yŏgo koedam 2005, 98 min. Min-Ah discovers a shared diary and is soon fascinated to learn that two people she thought to be very close friends have, in fact, begun a forbidden romance at her school. She finds herself unable to tear her eyes away from the literally page-turning high drama of her classmates' lives, and the allure of the secret diary begins to take over. When one of the diary's writers is found dead from an apparent suicide, rumors spread, and Ming-Ah begins to feel a strange presence. The once-tranquil school is transformed into a place of morbid terror, as if the words written in the diary, 'memento mori' (remember the dead), have come to life.
Memoirs of a geisha	DVD 5371	check	Memoirs of a geisha [2007], 145 min. In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic graces and social skills a geisha must master. As a renowned geisha, she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. With the onslaught of World War II, Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed.
Memorias del subdesarrollo = Memories of underdevelopment	DVD 2409 CORE	check	Memorias del subdesarrollo = Memories of underdevelopment 2008, 94 min. A bourgeois property owner decides to stay in Cuba after the revolution and must examine his life and values in a new social and policital milieu.
Men in black	DVD 1249	check	Men in black [2002], 98 min. In present-day America, Tommy Lee Jones plays Agent Kay, a member of an organization that has been keeping track of extra-terrestrial aliens on Earth for over 40 years. When Kay finds himself in need of a new partner, a brash NYPD detective, James Edwards (Will Smith) fills the position, becoming Agent Jay. Armed with space-age technology (which Jay barely understands) and their razor-sharp wits, Jay and Kay investigate a newcomer (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) who is bad news for Earth.
Men of honor	DVD 2001	check	Men of honor 2001, 128 min. The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible.
Men who stare at goats	DVD 7017	check	Men who stare at goats 2010, 94 min. Reporter Bob Wilton is trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails. He gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. With unparalleled psychic powers, they can read the enemy's thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat by simply staring at it. Now, the founder of the unit has gone missing and the trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends.
Men's work : fraternity brothers stopping violence against women	DVD 3511	check	Men's work : fraternity brothers stopping violence against women 1998, 50 min. Fraternity students discussed the school violences against women and what they must do to reduce them.
Menace II society	DVD 20	check	Menace II society 1997, 104 min. A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Mendelssohn : gala concert from the Gewandhaus Leipzig.	DVD 2058	check	Mendelssohn : gala concert from the Gewandhaus Leipzig. [2001?], 82 min. "A gala concert in the Leipzig Gewandhaus was dedicated to the life's work of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Kurt Masur, long the Head Conductor of the famous Gewandhaus Orchestra, delved into the works of his most important predecessor. The concert titled 'Mendelssohn in Leipzig' not only compiled Mendelssohn's most beautiful and important compositions, but also a canon of works that are all closely bound up with the city of Leipzig and its Gewandhaus Orchestra, those written for it and first performed by it." -- accompanying guide
Mental disorders	DVD 4136	check	Mental disorders [200-?], 30 min. Presents two case studies: Alison, who has depression, and Karen, who has anxiety disorder. The video explains, illustrates, and anyalzes three psychological perspectives on mental disorders: mental disorder as a disease of the body, mental disorder as a disease of the mind, and mental disorder as a social construction.
Mentoring : guiding, coaching, and sustaining beginning teachers	DVD 3768	check	Mentoring : guiding, coaching, and sustaining beginning teachers 2006, 53 min.
Merchant of Venice	DVD 2095	check	Merchant of Venice [2000 or 2001], 157 min. Blending tragedy and comedy, this play presents contrasts and ambiguities, the complexities of which lie in the character Shylock, its captivating villain. Is he a villain, a buffoon, or tragic hero?
Merchants of cool	DVD 5357 CORE	check	Merchants of cool [2003], 60 min. "Frontline journeys into the world of the marketers of popular culture to teenagers. They spend their days sifting through reams of market research data. They conduct endless surveys and focus groups. They comb the streets, the schools, and the malls, hot on the trail of the 'next big thing' that will snare the attention of their prey, a market segment worth an estimated $300 billion a year. They are the merchants of cool: the creators and sellers of popular culture, who have made teens the hottest consumer demographic in America."--Http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline.
Merci pour le chocolat = Nightcap	DVD 3113	check	Merci pour le chocolat = Nightcap [2003], 2000, 97 min. Mika is the couture-attired, oh-so-perfect head of a company that makes Swiss chocolate. Andre is her suave concert-pianist husband whose first wife died years ago in a mysterious car acident. How is it then that Andre's teenage son has no musical talent, while the stunning Jeanne, who shares his birthday, is already a world-class pianist? And why does Mika insist that everyone sip the hot chocolate she prepares each evening?
Mergers and acquisitions .	DVD 3881	check	Mergers and acquisitions . 2004, 29 min.
Merry war	DVD 7057	check	Merry war 1998, 101 min. Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Merry widow	DVD 1969	check	Merry widow c2003, 188 min.
Merry wives of Windsor	DVD 2091	check	Merry wives of Windsor [2000 or 2001], 167 min. Sir John Falstaff, knowing that Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page control the money in their respective households, decides to seduce them, but they learn of his scheme and resolve to make a fool of him. A comic series of disguises and misadventures follows. This program views the Merry wives of Windsor as Shakespeare's attack on middle class propriety and hypocrisy. He challenges the belief that fidelity is mere lip service and a result of arranged, loveless marriages.
Merton : a film biography	DVD 3829 CORE	check	Merton : a film biography 1984, 120 min.
Mesopotamia : I have conquered the river	DVD 6674	check	Mesopotamia : I have conquered the river [2005], 2001, 59 min. Literally "the land between the rivers," Mesopotamia was host to some of the worlds earliest and most powerful civilizations. Shot on location, this program seeks to understand how the Sumerian city-states, cradled by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, built a vibrant agricultural economy and why, after centuries, the wheat crop suddenly failed.
Message	DVD 2455	check	Message 2005, 178 min. The dramatic story of Mohammed, the prophet who founded Islam.
Messenger	DVD 6952	check	Messenger 2010, 112 min. Partnered with hard-line officer Tony Stone, Sgt. Will Montgomery is a battle-scarred war hero home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. He faces this formidable mission while seeking comfort and healing back on the home front when he falls for the wife of a fallen soldier.
Metallica : S&M	DVD 4519	check	Metallica : S&M 2000, 2 videodiscs : A rare and ground breaking performance with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with Michael Kamen conducting.
Metallica : some kind of monster	DVD 7019	check	Metallica : some kind of monster [2005], 142 min. An intensely intimate look at one of the biggest hard rock/heavy metal bands of all time, with over 90 million albums sold. Takes you inside the studio, the counseling sessions the band went through together and the difficult process of finding a new band member.
Metropolis	DVD 257	check	Metropolis 2002, 124 min. The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Metropolitan	DVD 353	check	Metropolitan [2006], 99 min. When a group of young sophisticated high society friends in New York take in a new member with more humble origins, they begin to learn what life is like outside their sheltered world.
Metropolitan Opera centennial gala	DVD 6521	check	Metropolitan Opera centennial gala 2009, 231 min. In celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Metropolitan opera, 100 singers, 7 conductors, the Met Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet performed in two separate programs on October 22, 1983.
Mexican spitfire RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; screenplay, Joseph A. Fields and Charles E. Roberts ; story, Joseph A. Fields ; producer, Cliff Reid ; director, Leslie Goodwins.	DVD 3381	check	Mexican spitfire RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; screenplay, Joseph A. Fields and Charles E. Roberts ; story, Joseph A. Fields ; producer, Cliff Reid ; director, Leslie Goodwins. 2006, 67 min. Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
Mexico trilogy	DVD 6496	check	Mexico trilogy 2005, 3 videodiscs : A trio of stories about a traveling musician known as "El Mariachi" who seeks revenge for the death of his friends and family.
Mexico, the frozen revolution : the films of Raymundo Gleyzer	DVD 5457	check	Mexico, the frozen revolution : the films of Raymundo Gleyzer [2007], 360 min.
Mépris = Contempt	DVD 950	check	Mépris = Contempt 2002, 104 min. On Capri, an Italian crew makes a German film of Homer's Odyssey; Fritz Lang directs with American money. Prokosch, the producer, with his sneer and red Alfa, holds art films in contempt and hires writer Javal to help Lang commercialize the picture. Against this backdrop, Javal's marriage to Camille, a young former typist, disintegrates. It opens with the couple talking in bed, she asking assurance that he finds her attractive. Later that day he introduces her to Prokosch, and, unawares, blunders unforgivably. The rest of the film portrays her, in their apartment and in public, expressing her hurt and change of heart and his slow grasp of the source of her contempt.
Michael Clayton	DVD 6010	check	Michael Clayton 2008, 120 min. Michael Clayton is an in-house fixer at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of the law firm Kenner, Bach, & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder, Marty Bach. Burned out with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture, and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class-action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.
Michael Snow	DVD 6802	check	Michael Snow 2007, 74 min. "In March 1977, Michael Snow appeared on Screening Room. He discussed and screened excepts from his film Rameau's nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen." -- Container.
Mickey Mouse in black and white : the classic collection.	DVD 4922 CORE	check	Mickey Mouse in black and white : the classic collection. [2002], 16 min. Animated short films featuring Mickey Mouse originally released 1928-1935.
Mickey Mouse in black and white. Volume two, 1928-1935.	DVD 4886 CORE	check	Mickey Mouse in black and white. Volume two, 1928-1935. [2004], 334 min. In this final volume, the homage to Mickey's early career is completed with these shorts. From 1928's "The Barn Dance" to his very last black-and-white short, 1935's "Mickey's Kangaroo," his colorful antics in a black-and-white world propelled him to super-stardom. The Mickey craze touched everybody and everything.
Mickey Mouse in living color : a collection of color adventures	DVD 4918 CORE	check	Mickey Mouse in living color : a collection of color adventures [2001], 37 min. A compilation of classic color Mickey Mouse cartoons first issued 1935 to 1938. Includes Mickey's first color film "Parade of Award Nominees" originally created for the 1932 Academy Awards.
Mickey Mouse monopoly	DVD 5822 CORE	check	Mickey Mouse monopoly 2002, 52 min. This program takes a close and critical look at the world Disney films create and reaches disturbing conclusions about the values propagated under the guise of innocence and fun.
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland collection .	DVD 5688	check	Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland collection . [2007], 433 min. Babes in arms: When vaudeville-famous parents meet financial trouble, their son gathers up his stage friends and puts on a show to raise money. All appears well until a hurricane hits before opening night.
Micro-parasites : invisible death	DVD 4154	check	Micro-parasites : invisible death 2006, 50 min. "Stronger and more mobile than ever, humankind's oldest enemies, lethal micro-parasites, may very well be threatening the survival of the human race. Some were believed to have been eradicated from the industrialized world, only to reappear in drug-resistant strains. Others, previously known only to remote regions of the planet, are turning up anywhere an infected traveler can fly to. This program examines recent outbreaks of parasitic or parasite-borne illnesses, including SARS, West Nile virus, Ebola, tuberculosis, and bubonic plague."--Container.
Middle Ages	DVD 2174	check	Middle Ages 1997, 25 min. This program traces the evolution of Europe during the Middle Ages from a group of loosely tied kingdoms to a prosperous community of nations. Topics include the role of the Church, development of the feudal system, the rise of the nobility, the Crusades, formation of the German Hanseatic League, the effects of the plague, the growth of trade guilds, the discovery of printing, the urbanization of the peasantry, and the rise of science.
Middle childhood : cognitive and language development	DVD 1312	check	Middle childhood : cognitive and language development c1997, 29 min. "During middle childhood there is a change in the way children think. This maturing intellectual capacity is explained by two theories: Piagetian and information processing. As cognitive ability increases, so too does the child's command and understanding of language. Mastery of the language includes speaking, reading and writing. Schools have important functions in supporting the cognitive and language development of school-age children. Schools are expected to educate children, to assimilate those children who may have differences from the norm and to evaluate all children." -- from workbook
Middle Eastern dance.	DVD 2570	check	Middle Eastern dance. c1996, 60 min. Interviews with dancers, and performances and discussion explore the history and development of Middle Eastern dancing. The guests begin by noting the different terms used for their dance form: belly, Arabic, Oriental, or Middle Eastern dancing. Cheri Berens discusses its history and development, illustrated by footage of Taheyya Karioka, an Egyptian dance star of the 1950s. Anita-Cristina Calcaterra discusses The Goddess Dancing, a company that presents performances, classes and activities focusing on women's empowerment. Konuralp Oz discusses belly dancing in his native Turkey, where it is not considered a man's art form. Lorraine Lafata discusses leading workshops that help women draw upon the transformative powers of the dance form. Each guest introduces a video excerpt of himself/herself dancing. also known as belly, Arabic, or Oriental dancing.
Middle sexes : redefining he and she	DVD 5783	check	Middle sexes : redefining he and she 2006, 75 min. "This program explores the lives of those who do not conform to rigid gender concepts and examines changes in brain science that are shedding light on grey areas between male and female."--Container.
Midnight cowboy	DVD 4221	check	Midnight cowboy 1998], 113 min. A Texas "cowboy" takes a bus to New York in search of lonely, rich women who will pay for his sexual services, but spends a hard winter helping a con man.
Midnight express	DVD 5630	check	Midnight express [20088], 121 min. An American is busted trying to smuggle hashish into Turkey and is sentenced to life in prison.
Midnight in the garden of good and evil	DVD 6559	check	Midnight in the garden of good and evil 1998, 155 min. When the affable host of an elegant Christmas party shoots a man to death, his friends discover secrets that make them less eager to help with his courtroom defense.
Midsummer night's dream	DVD 2092	check	Midsummer night's dream [2000 or 2001], 112 min. Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs, the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily.
Midsummer night's dream	DVD 2451	check	Midsummer night's dream [2004], 156 min. Glyndebourne's production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is pure magic. Starring James Bowman, Ileana Cotrubas, Curt Appelgren, with music by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink. The opera follows the adventures of four lovers and a group of näive rustics who, in a wood on a moonstruck midsummer nignt, fall foul of Oberon and Tytania, the quarelling king and queen of the fairies.
Midsummer night's dream	DVD 5729	check	Midsummer night's dream [2007], 143 min. Love is blind, fickle and true. Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged to Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get the boy from her by using some magic. Lysander and Hermina meet in the forest. Helena and Demetrius are there as well. There are actors practicing a play for the upcoming wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit more confused.
Midsummer night's dream = Le songe d'une nuit d'été : opéra en trois actes = Ein Sommernachtstraum : Oper in drei Akten	DVD 2105	check	Midsummer night's dream = Le songe d'une nuit d'été : opéra en trois actes = Ein Sommernachtstraum : Oper in drei Akten c2005, 157 min. Follows the adventures of four lovers and a group of naive rustics, who, in a wood on a moonstruck midsummer night, fall foul of Oberon and Tytania, the quarreling King and Queen of the Fairies.
Midsummer night's sex comedy	DVD 4539	check	Midsummer night's sex comedy [2001], 88 min. Three loving couples meet in a quiet country get-together, but everyone seems to be loving the wrong person.
Midwife's tale	DVD 4392	check	Midwife's tale [2005], 88 min. The life of Martha Ballard, a frontier midwife in Maine, is reconstructed through her diary. She lived through the economic boom and bust, and political and social turmoil of the decades following the American Revolution.
Mifune .	DVD 681 CORE	check	Mifune . 2000, 1 videodisc : Kresten is enjoying life as a successful businessman and a newlywed (he's just married the boss' daughter). But when he receives a phone call informing him of his father's untimely passing, his comfortable new life is thrown into turmoil. He's kept his poor, small-town past a secret from his new wife and her family and must sneak away to settle family business before his cover is blown. Life on his family's farm proves anything but simple. Caring for his simple-minded, UFO-obsesses brother and falling in love with the new housekeeper, a call-girl on the run, forces him to re-examine his new life.
Mighty heart	DVD 3471	check	Mighty heart 2007, 108 min. "After her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, is kidnapped by terrorists, Mariane [Pearl] heads a desperate search for clues in a frantic race against time to locate" him -- Container.
Mighty wind	DVD 4608	check	Mighty wind 2003, 92 min. In this mock-documentary, three folk groups from the 60's--Mitch and Mickey, the Folksmen, and the New Main Street Singers--reunite for a memorial concert in New York City following the death of a legendary folk manager.
Mikado	DVD 2725	check	Mikado 2003, 122 min. Escaping from a distasteful marriage, Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, arrives in the town of Titipu - disguised as a musician. He has chosen Titipu because a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he has fallen in love, lives in the town. A desire to marry Yum-Yum, however, is not enough. Nanki-Poo has to contend with her guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who has every intention of marrying Yum-Yum, himself. Problems are compounded when the Mikado, accompanied by Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, also arrive in the hitherto peaceful town of Titipu.
Milagro beanfield war	DVD 5555	check	Milagro beanfield war [2005], 118 min. A small Mexican village threatened by development and how a single act of rebellion rekindles its pride and strength of spirit.
Mildred Pierce	DVD 328	check	Mildred Pierce 2003, 111 min. Mildred Pierce is a woman who will do anything to satisfy the demands of her spoiled daughter Veda, including divorce, opening her own business, and possibly murder.
Miles Davis : the cool sound of jazz	DVD 3165	check	Miles Davis : the cool sound of jazz [2004?], 26 min. "Legendary figures at the height of their creativity appear here...."--Container.
Mili	DVD 843	check	Mili [2002?], 1 videodisc : Mili is a happy-going girl who struggles with a deadly disease yet is always smiling and making those around her feel happy. Into her life comes a very disturbed - an alcoholic - and judged to be the son of a murderer. He is viewed as a criminal and people are afraid of him. Mili brings love into his life, and for once, he learns to open up and love back.
Militainment, Inc. : militarism and pop culture	DVD 5426	check	Militainment, Inc. : militarism and pop culture 2007, 124 min. "Militainment, Inc. offers a fascinating, disturbing, and timely glimpse into the militarization of American popular culture, examining how U.S. news coverage has come to resemble Hollywood film, video games, and 'reality television' in its glamorization of war. Mobilizing an astonishing range of media examples -- from news anchors' idolatry of military machinery to the impact of government propaganda on war reporting -- the film asks: How has war taken its place in the culture as an entertainment spectacle? And how does presenting war as entertainment affect the ability of citizens to evaluate the necessity and real human costs of military action? The film is broken down into nine sections, each between 10 and 20 minutes in length, allowing for in-depth classroom analysis and discussion of individual elements of this wide-ranging phenomenon."--Container.
Milk	DVD 6011	check	Milk [2009], 129 min. His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977. His election makes him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the inspiring true story of Harvey Milk.
Milking & scratching hand-made films	DVD 3876	check	Milking & scratching hand-made films 2005, 99 min. Leche: experimental, black and white, anecdotal documentary film was hand processed in buckets and hung to dry on the clothesline. It examines details of the lives of one family living on an isolated ranch in Central Mexico.
Millennium : tribal wisdom and the modern world	DVD 6244	check	Millennium : tribal wisdom and the modern world [2006?], 120 min. Host David Maybury-Lewis journeys worldwide to capture the wisdom of tribal peoples before it and they are all gone, and finds that our survival may depend upon finding new ways to express the values of wisdom, compassion, and family held by them.
Millennium mambo	DVD 1527	check	Millennium mambo 2004, 2001, 105 min. "Working as a hostess in a trendy bar, a young beauty finds herself mercilessly torn betwen two men: Hao-hao, her neurotic and jealous live-in boyfriend, and Jack, the mysterious and enterprising gangster who may be her undoing ... [C]hronicles the fleeting, finite blooming of a young woman." -- Container
Million dollar baby	DVD 4322	check	Million dollar baby 2005, 2004, 132 min. Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
Million Dollar Hotel	DVD 6738	check	Million Dollar Hotel [2001], 1999, 121 min. In a downtown fleabag hotel, a media mogul's son has died and FBI agent Skinner (Gibson) has been brought in to find the murderer among the hotel's guests.
Mind's big bang ; What about God?.	DVD 4271	check	Mind's big bang ; What about God?. 2001, 120 min. In The mind's big bang: Between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago, something happened that triggered a creative, technological and social explosion, allowing humans to dominate the planet. What forces may have contributed to the emergence of the modern human mind? In What about God?: Of all the species on earth, only humans try to explain who they are and how they came to be. Encounter real stories of people struggling to find a balance between religion and science, realms that play very different roles in assigning order to the universe and a purpose to life.
MindCandy. Volume 2, Amigo demos	DVD 5537	check	MindCandy. Volume 2, Amigo demos 2006, 188 min. Explores the world of creative real-time animated music videos made by talented programmers, artists and musicians from the Amigo demo scene. It showcases 30 of these demos, and includes a featurette which explains the history and culture of demo making.
Minority report	DVD 145	check	Minority report c2002, 144 min. Washington, D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of the Pre-crime unit is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours to discover who set him up - or he'll fall victim to the 'perfect' system he helped create..
Miracle	DVD 1347	check	Miracle c2004, 136 min. Based on the true story of the most famous team in the history of American sports: the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Follow from the team's selection process to the ultimate victory over Finland for the gold.
Miracle at St. Anna	DVD 7079	check	Miracle at St. Anna [2009], 160 min. August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. One of the men will risk his life to save an Italian boy who lives in the city where the Waffen-SS have massacred most of the citizens of the town in retaliation for Italian partisan activity. A sculpted head from the Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence is a focal point.
Miracle of life	DVD 4782	check	Miracle of life 2004, 60 min. Shows the actual conception and development of a baby. Looks inside the male and female reproductive organs to show the formation of sperm and the passage of a fertilized egg through the fallopian tube. Uses a microscope to observe DNA, chromosomes, and other minute body details building up to the moment of birth.
Miracle on 34th Street	DVD 5744	check	Miracle on 34th Street [2006], 96 min. The real Santa is hired by Macy's to play the department store's Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is.
Miracle planet	DVD 3114	check	Miracle planet 2005, 10 min. A five-part series recounting the earth's 4 billion-year evolution and the origin and evolution of life.
Miracle worker	DVD 1987	check	Miracle worker 2001, 106 min. A dramatization of the story about the struggle of a Boston teacher, Annie Sullivan, to communicate with and teach the deaf, blind, and mute child, Helen Keller.
Mirror = Zerkalo	DVD 560 CORE	check	Mirror = Zerkalo 2000, 106 min. Tarkovsky's looking glass is not merely cracked but shattered and we see the jagged, jumbled reflections of its shards, images of Tarkovsky's childhood mixed with fragments of his adult life--a child's wartime exile, a mother's experience with political terror, the breakup of a marriage, life in a country home--all intermingled with slow-motion dream sequences and poetic chunks of stark newsreels.
Misery	DVD 5554	check	Misery 2000?], 108 min. After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.
Misérables	DVD 293	check	Misérables [1998], 147 min. Brings together a company of over 250 performers, featuring many of the stars who have appeared in the musical worldwide.
Misfits	DVD 4841	check	Misfits 2001, 125 min. Following her divorce, a lonely young woman befriends a couple of down-on-their-luck cowboys. Both men desire her, but she longs for only one, who represents for her the freedom she's never had. Teaming up with a weather-beaten rodeo rider, the foursome goes into the mountains on a quest for rare and elusive wild horses. There they come to realize that, for all their differences, they share fundamentally similar needs and desires.
Misma luna = Under the same moon	DVD 2325	check	Misma luna = Under the same moon [2008], 110 min. Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while Rosario's mother cares for Carlitos in Mexico. Mother and son face daunting challenges and obstacles to reunite, but are sustained by their constant hope of finally being together again.
Miss Navajo	DVD 4311	check	Miss Navajo c2007, 60 min. This film reveals the inner beauty of the young women who compete in this celebration of womanhood. Not only must contestants exhibit poise and grace as those in typical pageants, they must also answer tough questions in Navajo and demonstrate proficiency in skills essential to daily tribal life: fry-bread making, rug weaving and sheep butchering. Miss Navajo follows the path of 21-year old Crystal Frazier, a not-so-fluent Navajo speaker and self-professed introvert, as she undertakes the challenges of the pageant.
Miss Pettigrew lives for a day	DVD 5395	check	Miss Pettigrew lives for a day [2008], 92 min. When Miss Pettigrew stumbles upon the chance to become the new "social secretary" to glamorous high-society singer and actress Delysia Lafosse, she seizes the opportunity despite being totally out of her element. Swept up into the glamorous whirl of high society, it's all Miss Pettigrew can do to keep up with Delysia as she juggle sher loved life and career in the "delightful champagne cocktail of a comedy!"
Miss Potter	DVD 3576	check	Miss Potter 2007, 93 min. The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
Missing	DVD 5547	check	Missing [2004], 123 min. Critically acclaimed political drama about a father's search for his missing son in Latin America.
Missing lives : disappearances and impunity in the North Caucasus	DVD 5561	check	Missing lives : disappearances and impunity in the North Caucasus 2007, 14 min. Counter-terrorism operations" conducted by Russian military and security forces since 1999 have resulted in the enforced disappearances of thousands of people who remain missing. MISSING LIVES addresses the culture of impunity surrounding these abductions and the damage done in the lives of people whose loved have vanished. The video provides insight into the struggle of relatives trying to break through the system of lawlessness to seek information and redress for the crimes of enforced disappearances, torture, and extra-judicial killings.
Mission	DVD 6187	check	Mission [2003], 125 min. An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.
Mission Kashmir	DVD 1596	check	Mission Kashmir [2002], 157 min. When a young boy is orphaned during a violent attack on his home by state police hunting a rebel, he is adopted by the officer of the raid and his loving wife whose son has just died in a freak accident. His dream life with his new parents is shattered when he discovers that the man he calls father was the task force leader responsible for murdering his parents. Fleeing Kashmir, the boy grows up under the tutelage of Hilal Kohistani, a brutal militant leader dedicated to a jihad seeking the independence of Kashmir. After ten years he returns home as Hilal's instrument of destruction on a mission of annihilation, revolution and revenge.
Mission: impossible 2	DVD 883	check	Mission: impossible 2 c2000, 123 min. IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) partners up with Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton) to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world. Before the mission is complete, they'll traverse the globe and have to choose between everything they love, and everything they believe in.
Mississippi burning	DVD 4398	check	Mississippi burning [2001], 127 min. Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town.
Mississippi masala	DVD 1333	check	Mississippi masala c2003, 118 min. In this exotic and erotic interracial love story, an African American businessman falls for a beautiful Indian immigrant, only to encounter shock and outrage from both families.
Mississippi mermaid = Sirène du Mississippi	DVD 7088	check	Mississippi mermaid = Sirène du Mississippi 2001, 123 min. The mail-order bride is a mystery. Her appearance doesn't match the photo she sent, her likes and dislikes aren't those described in her letters. By the time the lonely businessman husband discovers who she is, it is too late, and he will even kill to keep her.
Mister Johnson	DVD 2979	check	Mister Johnson 2002, 97 min. Funny and sometimes poignant look at the struggle between men of the British Empire and African villagers.
Mistress of spices	DVD 5924	check	Mistress of spices 2007, 95 min. Tilo is an immigrant from India, and a shopkeeper, who is also the "Mistress of Spices." The spices which she gives to her customers help them to satisfy their needs and desires. Her life changes when she falls in love with Doug, an American man.
Mitridate re di Ponto : opera seria in three acts	DVD 2505	check	Mitridate re di Ponto : opera seria in three acts c2006, 124 min. The story is built around the historical character of Mithridates VI Eupator (c. 132-63 BC), King of Pontus, a Hellenic kingdom on the southern shores of the Black Sea. Much of his reign was spent in fighting the growing power of Rome in Asia Minor. The action of the opera is set in the port of Nymphaea in the Crimea, and takes place after Mithridates' final defeat by the Roman general Pompey in 66 BC.
Mitridate, rè di Ponto : opera seria in three acts	DVD 299	check	Mitridate, rè di Ponto : opera seria in three acts 1993, 177 min. Mitridate (132-63 BC) was Rome's most dangerous opponent in Anatolia and was King of Pontus, a kingdom bordering the southern shore of the Black Sea (now part of Turkey). Mitridate gathered support against the oppressive Roman rule liberating many Greek cities and by 88 BC, he had taken over vast areas of Greece and Asia Minor. It took three bloody wars for Roman armies to thwart his domination of the East. Mozart's early masterpiece, written when he was only 14 years old, takes place at the end of Mitridate's life (63 BC) in the Crimean port of Nymphaeum. Mitirdate has just suffered his third crushing defeat by the Romans and has fled, leaving his future wife, Aspasia, in the protection of his two sons, Farnace and Sifare.
Mixtape : the Jim Finn & Arthur Jones mixtape DVD.	DVD 2600	check	Mixtape : the Jim Finn & Arthur Jones mixtape DVD. 2006, 51 min. A collection of experimental shorts and animation from Chicago filmmakers Jim Finn and Arthur Jones included in their 2005 "Monster Loteria" tour of the United States.
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek : a legend across three centuries	DVD 1323	check	Mme. Chiang Kai-shek : a legend across three centuries c2004, 100 min. As the most powerful first lady of China, Soong Mei-ling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was considered by some as a charming and forceful lobbyist for China and by others as an arrogant propagandist for her husband's corrupt and incompetent government. In this insightful program - the first and only documentary on Madame Chiang Kai-shek's legendary life - Public Television Service, Taiwan, presents recently declassified historical documents and rare archival footage, as well as in-depth interviews with historians, journalists, former aides, nurses, and family members of Mme. Chiang. Part one tells her compelling story up to the ousting of the Chinese Nationalist government; part two carries the drama forward through the second half of her remarkable life, ending with her death at the age of 106.
Mo li hua kai = Jasmine women	DVD 3013	check	Mo li hua kai = Jasmine women [2006], 130 min. The story of three generations of women from the same Shanghai, China family: mother (1930's), daughter (1950's) and granddaughter (1980's).
Moartea domnului Lǎzǎrescu = Death of Mr. Lazarescu	DVD 3227 CORE	check	Moartea domnului Lǎzǎrescu = Death of Mr. Lazarescu 2006, 153 min. A 60-ish widower, living alone with his cats, feels sick enough one evening to call an ambulance. This is the beginning of his Dantesque odyssey deep into the bowels of a big city medical establishment as Mr. Lazarescu and his paramedic search for medical care/
Mobyplay : the DVD.	DVD 382	check	Mobyplay : the DVD. 2001, 1 videodisc :
Modern heroes, modern slaves	DVD 3617	check	Modern heroes, modern slaves 1997, 45 min. Shows the human and sometimes tragic side of the overseas contract worker from the Philippines, where each day, thousands of women leave to seek work as domestics in more prosperous places.
Modern meat	DVD 4948	check	Modern meat 2002, 55 min. "A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control found that a single fast-food hamburger contained beef from more than 100 cows. In the last few decades, American meat production has become a highly mechanized and centralized industry, bringing about significant changes not only in the way meat is produced but also in the way Americans eat. These changes have forced the U.S.Department of Agriculture to institute a new meat inspection process, which gives far greater control to the powerful meat industry. In this program, FRONTLINE investigates the modern meat industry and the safety of our current meat supply"-- container.
Modern times	DVD 1008 CORE	check	Modern times [2003], 87 min. A devastating satire on the effects of mass production on the lives of factory workers. Shows Charlie as a factory worker, jailbird, night watchman, and a singing waiter. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but voices emanate from TV sets and radios.
Modular moves	DVD 2955	check	Modular moves 2004, 75 min. Motion graphics presented in slow moving, purely visual tracks that can play at random or loop. Contains kinetic designs influenced by geometric and organic forms.
Mogambo	DVD 5712	check	Mogambo [2006], 116 min. Clark Gable portrays Victor, a safari guide, in this remake of Gable's 1932 Red Dust. Ava Gardner plays tough-hided, vulnerable Eloise, and Grace Kelly is the prim anthropologist's wife who catches Victor's roving eye.
Mohabbatein = Love stories	DVD 842	check	Mohabbatein = Love stories [2001], 216 min. Mohabbatein is a film that portrays the battle between love and fear...a battle between two stubborn men and their opposing beliefs. Raj Aryan who stands for love and would go to any lengths for it, and Narayan Shankar who stands for discipline and fear and believes that love leads to pain and weakness. It is also the story of three young men and women who must learn to follow their hearts against many odds. It is the outcome of their love stories that will decide what will finally triumph... Love or Fear
Mohawk girls	DVD 4668	check	Mohawk girls [2005?], 53 min) Life on the rez has never been easy, and for girls at the beginning of the 21st century, some issues seem further from resolution than ever. Mohawk Girls captures the lives of three exuberant and insightful Mohawk teenagers as they face their future. The unwritten rules of their close-knit community decree that those who move away risk their credibility, or worse, their rights as Mohawks. Those who stay give up the possibilities offered by the "outside world." A decade ago, filmmaker Tracey Deer faced the same questions. Now she returns to document two critical years in the lives of these young women, as they tackle the same issues of identity, culture, and family she faced earlier.
Mojados : through the night = Wetbacks : through the night	DVD 3756	check	Mojados : through the night = Wetbacks : through the night [2005], 70 min. Filmed over the course of ten days, this follows four men into the world of illegal border-crossing from Mexico to the United States. Guapo, Oso, Tigre, Viejo take the 120 mile cross-desert journey that has been traveled innumerable times by nameless immigrants who - like these four from Michoacan, Mexico - all had a simple dream for a better life. Fighting dehydration and exhaustion while evading the U.S. Border Patrol through sub-zero temperature darkness of night, filled with barbed wire, brutal storms and the ever-present confrontation with death, they endure unimaginable hardship that is the reality for tens of thousands of illegals who have made this similar journey.
Molecular biology	DVD 4104	check	Molecular biology 2004, 42 min. "This program shows the various types of gene reproduction and examines the gene responsible for blood clotting. The production of coded proteins is clearly demonstrated. The processes of gel filtration, protein sequence analysis, isolation of mRNA, DNA synthesis and reporduction, production and screening of a DNA bank, and hybridization, along with other demonstrations, are re-created through highly sophisticated computer animation."

DVD List

M

M. Butterfly

M.F.K. Fisher : food for thought

Ma nuit chez Maud = My night with Maud

Ma vie en rose = My life in pink

Maachis

Maborosi =b Illusion

Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth : an opera in four acts after Shakespeare

Machuca

Mad men. Season 1

Mad men. Season 2

Mad men. Season 3

Mad or bad? : psychologically assessing criminal competence

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly : Japanese tragedy

Madama Butterfly : Japanese tragedy in three parts

Madame Bovary

Madame Brouette

Madame Butterfly

Madame de--

Madame Satã

Made in America

Made in Asia : fast, cheap, and fair? The global textile market

Made in China

Made in India

Made over in America

Madea goes to jail

Madeinusa

Mademoiselle : Nadia Boulanger

Madness of King George

Madonna : the immaculate collection.

Mae West : the glamour collection

Maggie Smith at the BBC

Magic flute

Magic of consciousness

Magic Show

Magical Mystery Tour

Magnificent Ambersons

Magnificent seven

Magnolia

Maha Kumbh : a mythic confluence

Mahabharata

Maid in America

Maids

Main hoon na

Maine marine worm industry

Maĭi︠a︡ Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡

Majesty of Renaissance dance : nido d'amore (The nest of love)

Making a difference : great teachers

Making a noise : a Native American musical journey with Robbie Robertson

Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 1

Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 2

Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 3

Making music with William Pleeth. Volume 4

Making of a medieval manuscript / Bernard J. Muir.

Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : best newscast.

Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : sports reporting.

Making of a Murrow : strategies for award-winning broadcast journalism : spot news coverage.

Making of a performance : Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony

Making of the Ring : a documentary

Making of West Side story

Making opera. The creation of Verdi's La forza del destino

Making sense of the sixties

Making war horse

Makropulos case

Mala educación = Bad education

Mala noche = Bad night

Malcolm X

Malcolm X : make it plain

Malcolm X .

Malice

Malls r us Instinct Films ; Point du Jour ; a film by Helene Klodawsky ; produced by Ina Fichman, Luc Martin-Gousset ; written and directed by Helene Klodawsky.

Malory's le morte d'Arthur : anatomy of a legend

Malpractice and the measure of human suffering

Maltese falcon