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Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In Tibet: History, Culture, and Religion, Professor Constance Kassor, will show you the real, multi-dimensional Tibet and its people who live on the 'Roof of the World,' the highest and largest plateau on Earth. In 24 fascinating lectures, you will learn how Tibet's history was shaped by kings and kingdoms, power struggles, religion, traditions, and wars and peace. Today, geopolitical struggles, modernism, and the exile of its religious leaders form...
1122) The lion in winter
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Behind the great stone walls of an English castle, the world's most powerful empire is in crisis. Three sons struggle to win their father's favor and his crown. King Henry II and his queen, Eleanor, engage in a battle of royal wits that pits elder son Richard against his brothers John and Geoffrey. At the same time, the cunning King Philip of France takes advantage of the internal fracturing in his bid to destroy their kingdom
1123) The souls of black girls
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Souls of Black Girls is a provocative news documentary that takes a critical look at media images--how they are instituted, established and controlled. The documentary also examines the relationship between the historical and existing media images of women of color and raises the question of whether they may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images"--Soulsofblackgirls.com...
1125) Dexter: The final season
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Season eight begins six months after LaGuerta's murder, and Dexter is still managing life as a dad, brother, and serial killer. As Deb struggles to deal with the consequences of her actions, a mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering firsthand information on Dexter's past.
1126) Unlikely
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the US less than 50% of students who start college ever finish, making America's college completion rates among the worst in the world. Now there are more than 35 million Americans who started college but never finished, leaving them saddled with debt and behind their peers in earning power. This film, set in the cities of Akron, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles, highlights inequalities in higher education, investigating the barriers students face...
1127) Arthur's treasure hunt
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Arthur's treasure hunt: Arthur wants to look for buried treasure, but he is not allowed to dig in the backyard. The chips are down: D.W. eats a green potato chip and resolves to live her life to the fullest when she hears that they are poisonous. Revenge of the chip: How can D.W. get her mom to stop talking about the green potato chip?
1131) Drylongso
Series
Criterion collection volume 1190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith's Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland art student Pica attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship and experiencing love, heartbreak,...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
America's favorite serial killer has gone from freewheeling bachelor to responsible husband and doting dad. Maintaining an average-guy facade while satisfying his need to kill has never been easy. But now, with wife and kids in tow, Dexter's got more to lose than ever, as he gets drawn into a deadly game with a killer every bit as dangerous and conflicted as he is.
1133) 5 films of faith
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973): A look at the early years of Francis of Assisi, who abandoned a life of wealth and comfort to seek a spiritual union with the world.
King David (1985): The story of the king of Israel who took on Goliath.
Samson and Delilah (1949): Journey through time to a gloriously extravagant Biblical setting of lust, violence, and betrayal in this meticulously restored Oscar-winning classic from legendary filmmaker Cecil B....
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about racial segregation and how the landmark case of Brown vs. Board of Education led to integration and civil rights. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video combined with on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
1135) 5 fun family films
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte's web: Fern is a young farm girl who rescues the runt pig, Wilbur, from certain death, but it's Wilbur's friendship with the spider Charlotte which turns him into a tourist attraction and makes him more valuable to Fern's father.
Rango: A kooky pet chameleon accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has...
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael emerge from NYC sewers to rescue the city and their ninja mentor Splinter -- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: There's a shocking secret and a lot of danger behind Shredder's attempt to defeat the Turtles in an oozing adventure -- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Turtles travel in time back to ancient Japan to free the people of the land from an evil emperor -- TMNT: A mysterious...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Peter Rabbit 2: While Bea conducts negotiations with her publisher regarding the next installment of her books based on Peter Rabbit and his friends, Peter Rabbit is having an adventure in the big city,
Peter Rabbit: A cheeky, carrot-loving rabbit not only steals from Mr. McGregor's garden, but the heart of the beautiful next-door neighbor that McGregor admires.
Publisher
Syndicado
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov, a man who single-handedly averted a fullscale nuclear world war, but now struggles to get his life back on track ... before it is too late. An epic and grand Cold War thriller that sends shivers down your spine and shows us just how close we came to apocalypse ... and it's not over yet! With a new Cold War rising and thousands of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert, we still live under the same catastrophic...
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