Washoe County Library System

Nine animated shorts from around the world. A cat and a mouse carry on a dysfunctional relationship in a futuristic landscape. A Chinese monk sets out on foot with a tiger during the Tang dynasty and happens upon the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two blue-collar workers dissect the meaning of normal life as the world crumbles around them. A box of matches succumb to the appeal of a cigarette. Four people recount their various encounters with an unforgettable...

Features Charlie in seven of his best short films.

Presents silent comedies that haven't been re-released in eighty years, including Keaton's film debut, "The Butcher Boy."

Collection of classic and award-winning animated short films from the Disney studios.

This collection of nine enchanting silent films offers a nostalgic view into the Yuletide pleasures of the early 1900s. Evoking the Victorian charm of Currier and Ives prints, these picturesque comedies and tender dramas were produced as cinematic Christmas cards offered to moviegoers of the silent era.

Three films explore controversial men and the visions to which they are passionately devoted. An Unreasonable Man looks at the career of Ralph Nader, a political figure responsible for numerous consumer protection acts. Robinson Crusader introduces Keith Robinson, one of two brothers who own the remote Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau and fight to protect its sovereignty. Paul Conrad : Drawing Fire features the three-time Pulitzer prize-winning political...

"Before Mickey, there was Oswald, the floppy-eared star of Walt Disney's first cartoon series. Disney created a bounty of legendary and rarely seen Oswald cartoons between 1927 and 1928 presented in this definitive collection of shorts."--Container.

11 directors from different countries and cultures. 11 visions of the tragic events that occurred in New York City on September 11th 2001. 11 points of view committing their subjective conscience. Complete freedom of expression. Reflecting on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in short films lasting 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame each. In subject matter, they range from the very personal, to an oscillation between didacticism and relativism,...

Three films explore the human capacity for creative thinking and solving problems. The future we will create provides a tour of the world-renowned TED Conference, a meeting of visionaries from around the world to discuss and propose solutions to some of the world's most serious problems. Challenges is an excerpt from the documentary film "Nobelity" featuring an interview with Rick Smalley (Nobel Prize in chemistry, 2006) about the world energy crisis...

Pauline the Hen's efforts to lay eggs result in unusual eggs in the image of whatever she was looking at while concentrating. A windfall for her Easter egg selling owner, her ability produces a bigger surprise when the eggs begin to hatch!