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1 week ago | videolibrarian.com | Cyndi Elliot |Caroline Madden

Imagine spending the last days of your life with an incurable disease. It’s not a matter of whether it will snatch your life, but when. You only have a few months to live. Linda’s Last Trip documents such a story. The film is about 63-year-old Linda Ann Patchett, diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Adam films Linda as she courageously lives through her last months and comes to terms with her terminal condition. Family support stands out. She spends her last days playing and talking to her grandsons.

1 week ago | videolibrarian.com | Sue-Ellen Beauregard

Even those unfamiliar with Harold Washington will be enlightened by this invigorating documentary that delves deep into the political journey of the trailblazing 51st mayor of Chicago. After six-term mayor Richard J. Daley died in 1976, Michael A. Bilandic took over until he was defeated by Jane Byrne in 1979.

1 week ago | videolibrarian.com | Cyndi Elliot |Caroline Madden

Yves Robert’s My Father’s Glory is an adaptation of Marcel Pagnol’s novel, which has the same title. The biography film is in the sequel that includes another film, “My Mother’s Castle,” also authored by Marcel. Both films are memoirs of Marcel’s childhood. My Father’s Glory tells the story of a little boy, Marcel, born in a village in southern France and raised in Marseilles, who looks up to his father. The film’s setting is before the First World War. It’s packed with moments of warmth and charm.

Jan 7, 2025 | videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall

Alternate versions of history have provided writers, producers, actors, and more a chance to flex their creative muscles for decades. Various “what-if?” scenarios have inspired pieces like The Man in the High Castle, Watchmen, and various others have been set in worlds where major historical events happened differently. A Symphony for a Common Man is a documentary. Yet the alternate history that could have happened had its pivotal figure had his way is truly, truly staggering.

Jan 7, 2025 | videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall

The world of quantum mechanics is explored in the fascinating documentary Project Q. The University of Sydney’s James Der Derian takes this complex field and discusses how it is intertwined with our world today. You don’t need to be a scientist to enjoy what’s going on here. The film begins with a focal event in the history of quantum mechanics: the 1927 Solvang Conference in Belgium.