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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The story of what happened to Mission Hill is the story of many of America's older ethnic neighborhoods. Seventy years ago, Mission Hill was an Irish neighborhood of homes and small stores in which people lived near their schools, their church, and their shopping area. But between 1940 and 1980 it changed: thousands of units of public housing were built and decayed there. Nearby hospitals expanded, displacing people from their homes. Developers and...
2) Putty Hill
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore, PUTTY HILL is the second feature from celebrated young filmmaker Matt Porterfield (*Sollers Point, I Used to Be Darker*). At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative...
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Meet six ordinary people with extraordinary lives. A married couple falling in love again after 40 years, two fighting sisters reunited by fate, a taxi driver with an unexpected friendship, and a wife and her lover all have their lives intertwine.
5) The automat
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Automat recounts the lost history of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, which served affordable food to millions of New Yorkers and Philadelphians for more than a century. Founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart in 1888, it revolutionized the nation₂s restaurant scene with technology that captured the public's imagination like nothing else the customer put nickels into slots, and little windows opened to reveal the customer's pick,...
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
One year after Dave and Gemma moved in next door to Calvin and his wife, Tina, Dave is eager to take on a bigger role in the festivities, and prove how much a part of the community he's become. But Calvin's eye-opening reaction makes it clear that while the relationship between the two families has grown, the friendship between Calvin and Dave still has a way to go.
7) Last call
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A real estate developer returns to his old Philly neighborhood and must decide to raze or resurrect the family bar.
8) High-rise
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Laing is the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
9) The sandlot
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sandlot: In the early 1960s newcomer Scotty Smalls becomes part of a sandlot baseball team whose members share adventures, first kisses, and encounters with the dreaded beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence.
The sandlot 2: Ten years after the original story a new team tries to retrieve an irreplaceable model rocket that lands in Mr. Mertle's backyard behind left field.
The sandlot: heading home: An arrogant pro baseball player...
10) Deck the halls
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Two neighbors in a small New England town go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Series
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Daniel's school is putting on a show, and everyone is performing their special talents: Daniel sings, Katerina Kittycat twirls and dances, Prince Wednesday does silly magic tricks, and Miss Elaina puts on a puppet show. But what makes O the Owl special? Daniel helps O realize that he is special in his own way!
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Daniel and his family love spending time outside in their neighborhood. Daniel learns about swimming safely at the beach and visits the Enchanted Garden to pick strawberries. When a windstorm makes a mess of the neighborhood playground, Daniel and his friends work together to clean up.
13) The Hamiltons
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Hamiltons seem to be the picture-perfect American family. They are hardworking community members: giving to their local charities, attending town hall meetings and always respectful of their neighbors-- except for the fact that they usually end up killing them.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
First aired in December of 1960, Coronation Street has become the phenomenon that would become the world's longest running continual drama. Forty two years and 5,500 episodes later, this program is still the most watched television program in Britain. Includes the first five episodes of the series.
15) High-rise
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Laing is the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
Publisher
Zipporah Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Frederick Wiseman's 40th documentary IN JACKSON HEIGHTS is about the racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, New York. The subject of the film is the daily life of the people in this community--their businesses, community centers, religions, and political, cultural and social lives--and the conflict between maintaining ties to traditions of the countries of origin and the need to learn and adapt to American ways...
17) Vivarium
Publisher
Saban Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A couple's search for a dream home plunges them into a terrifying nightmare after they are trapped in a mysterious, labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.
Publisher
Heartland Film Festival Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
An inside look at the emotional and spiritual struggles and joys of an extraordinary priest called to serve in one of Philadelphia's toughest neighborhoods. Faced with gangs, proverty, drugs and an often felt feeling of hopelessness, Father Mac, is a tireless crusader, handing out food to the poor, interceding with colleges on behalf of promising students, and occasionally bailing out neighborhood kids from night court.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood with these grrr-ific episodes selected by fans! Watch classics such as 'The Baby Is Here' and 'Daniel Visits the Doctor,' and newer favorites like Daniel's New Friend Max. Plus, enjoy ten more fun stories, including Time for Daniel; Daniel Visits School; and many others!
20) Kurbaan
Publisher
UTV Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Hindi
Description
Avantika is a teacher who leaves New York to come home after her father has a heart attack. There, she meets Ehsaan and soon, love blossoms. Avantika is asked to come back to New York to teach fall semester. Avantika and Ehsaan get married and move to the States. They buy a house in an Indian neighborhood. Their conservative Muslim neighbors invite them to dinner. The next morning, Salma, a dinner guest, comes over to see Avantika. Salma tells her...
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