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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
America the Beautiful is one of the most popular patriotic songs in the United States of America. Based on the original lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates, MY AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL is a modern day take on the classic tune. This catchy sing-along celebrates diversity, unity, freedom and the greatest ideals of the American dream.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
"A warped wonder of a movie about a cannibalistic serial killer's awkward teenage years-it takes twisted to areas few have investigated."--Rolling Stone.
"This film is sensitively wrought. It's credible in its evocation of mid-'70s suburbia. The acting is excellent throughout, and Ross Lynch in the role of Dahmer elicits genuine sympathy for an increasingly lost but not yet monstrous soul."--New...
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Latin American icon Ruben Blades was at the center of the New York Salsa revolution in the 1970's. His socially charged lyrics and explosive rhythms brought Salsa music to an international audience. Blades has won 17 Grammys, acted in Hollywood, earned a law degree from Harvard and even run for President of his native Panama. Critically acclaimed director Abner Benaim takes us on a journey through Ruben's 50 year career, revealing that Ruben still...
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by James Earl Jones, this hour long documentary, produced by Refocus Digital Media, LLC, chronicles the rich history of Black baseball and examines the re-integration of the game. There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues documents these athletes struggles and achievements. The film features interviews with baseball Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, James 'Cool Papa' Bell, Buck Leonard, Judy Johnson, Monte Irvin...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Liberia: An Uncivil War provides an in-depth case study of one of the many brutal civil wars which have sprung up like wild fires across Africa. It is an exciting example of war-time journalism - white knuckles reporting with bullets ricocheting just feet from the camera placed in a historical context stretching back nearly two hundred years. Liberia can uniquely claim to be 'made in America' and has always looked to the U.S. in its times of crisis....
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came to the US in 1966. Told to keep her true identity a secret from her new American family, this eight-year-old girl quickly forgot she was ever anyone else. But why had her identity been switched? And who was the real Cha Jung Hee? IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE is the search to find the answers. It follows acclaimed filmmaker Deann...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In my paintings I'm not inventing; my ideas come from constantly investigating how things look."- ElIsworth Kelly Ellsworth Kelly is widely regarded as one of the most important abstract painters, sculptors and printmakers working today. Kelly insists on the connection between abstraction and nature from which he extrapolates forms and colors. Since the beginning of his career, Kelly's emphasis on pure form and color and his impulse to suppress gesture...
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
In February 1971, one month after the revelations of the My Lai massacre, a public inquiry into war crimes committed by American forces in Vietnam was held at a Howard Johnson motel in Detroit. The Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization launched the "Winter Soldier Investigation," wherein over 125 veterans spoke of atrocities they had witnessed and committed. Though the event was attended by press, almost nothing was reported to the American...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bo Bartlett painted for many years under the watchful eye of one of America's greatest artists, Andrew Wyeth. A protege of Wyeth, Bo shared a passion and understanding about painting that bonded him to Andrew in a truly unique way. Though Andrew would never have taken any credit for Bo's artistic accomplishments, his mentorship was a constant inspiration to Bo. So moved by Bo's critical eye, Betsy Wyeth asked him to produce a documentary on her husband,...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the period from the departure of Charles Taylor to the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first African woman head of state, that presents the difficulties of rehabilitating a nation destroyed by war. Liberia: A Fragile Peace is a perfect follow-up to Liberia: An Uncivil War, picking up the Liberian saga in October 2003, with the departure of the despotic Charles Taylor, the arrival of interim President Gyude Bryant and the deployment...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The fifth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie's fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which is unwittingly marching towards Revolution, and Jamie must now defend the home they have built together at Fraser's Ridge while Claire seeks to put her own skills and medical expertise to use in keeping her family together...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Winner, best foreign feature, the 2005 Sundance Film Festival The Hero (O Heroi) is the story of Angola, a nation torn apart by forty years of uninterrupted war, and now trying imperfectly but courageously to piece itself back together. It is also the story of a city, Luanda, like so many in the Third World, trying to absorb the millions of people displaced by civil strife and global economic change. After a thirteen year national liberation struggle...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The film tells the story of a young indigenous Peruvian man who has lived his entire life, but for a few brief months, in a small farming village in the mountains above the Sacred Valley. Like everyone in his community, he has been raised as a farmer. And like many, he has been instilled with the belief that life in the city would be better than the life he leads. When Feliciano was young, his father would tell him, You are not going to be like...
14) February One
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
February One: Organization of American Historians Erik Barnouw Award Honorable Mention Recipient In one remarkable day, four college freshmen changed the course of American history. February One tells the inspiring story surrounding the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins that revitalized the Civil Rights Movement and set an example of student militancy for the coming decade. This moving film shows how a small group of determined individuals can...
Language
English
Formats
Description
With fame, fortune and fans galore, silent screen idol Don Lockwood thought he had it all. But one look at aspiring actress Kathy Seldon, and he knew exactly what he was missing. Now he's swinging from lampposts, singing in the raindrops and ready for love. With talking pictures on the rise, Don sets out to make musical with the woman of his dreams, but one thing stands in his way, his jealous co-star who wants Don - and the leading role - all to...
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lola is determined to make Charlie's birthday party the best birthday party ever. The problem is that Lola's idea of a good party is fairy cakes, dancing and pink things, whereas Charlie prefers monsters, green blobs and things that go squidge. Lola can't help but hijack Charlie's party and Charlie is none too pleased-- until a few of his monster friends gobble up the fairy cakes.
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
From sea to shining sea, this musical tribute carries you across 3,000 miles of imagery and song, on a journey that lets your eyes, ears, and heart experience America. Gaze in wonder and appreciation at our landscapes and landmarks. Hear the music that says "American the beautiful, America the United, " in so many different ways.
19) Little Bird
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history. Through this epic journey of connection and self-discovery, Bezhig Little Bird begins to find her lost family and put the pieces of her fragmented past back together"--
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Professor Chaos is back, Stan meets his future self, Cartman makes a memorable appearance on daytime television, Bebe's newfound womanhood threatens to destroy society and America's favorite gerbil, Lemmiwinks, is introduced. For these four foul-mouthed young boys in South Park, Colorado it's all a part of growing up.
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