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Publisher
Cleopatra
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In 1977 a plane carrying a Southern rock band runs out of gas mid-air, less than one hour from their intended destination. The plane crashes into a dangerous swamp, leaving the few survivors to limp out of the plane seeking help from a nearby farm. Nearly 40 years later, the question still begs 'what really happened'?
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe famine, a potential disaster that many scientists and intellectuals feared only presaged global catastrophes to come, as the world's population outstripped its ability to produce food. In search of a lasting solution, India turned to Norman Borlaug, an unassuming plant breeder from Iowa whose combination of scientific knowledge and raw determination had...
Publisher
Roaring Fire Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Standard format.
Language
English
Description
"A white author is sucked into a road trip through the heart on Native American Country by a Lakota elder and his best friend forcing the author into a deep understanding of contemporary native life."--Web page.
Publisher
HBO Documentary Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Featuring v�erit�e footage and vintage family films, this documentary was shot primarily within the compound where Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher led separate lives but maintained a close relationship.
Publisher
SNI/SI Networks L.L.C
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Barack Obama launched into national consciousness at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and ever since, he's delivered messages of patriotism, unity, and hope through the power of words. Interviews with eminent historians and key figures in his writing process give rare insights into these iconic speeches, as well as the Obama presidency and the man himself.
9) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed., 2-disc DVD collector's set.
Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
10) The King
Publisher
Oscillscope
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Driving a Rolls-Royce once owned by Elvis Presley - with a revolving crew of musicians in the backseat - director Eugene Jarecki embarks on a cross-country road trip to explore how Elvis lost his authenticity as America lost its soul. Nominated for the Golden Eye Award at the 2017 **Cannes Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"Sprawling and brilliant."* - David Ehrlich, ***indieWire*** *"Perceptive, probing and ultimately...
11) Abraham Lincoln
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A three-part documentary event. Abraham Lincoln is a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its greatest crisis. Featuring over seven hours of compelling live-action scripted scenes, interviews with esteemed historians and public figures including President Barack Obama as well as archival materials, and segments acknowledging the invaluable influence of abolitionists-such as Frederick Douglass in seizing the...
12) Genius: Picasso
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"Genius: Picasso is the second season of National Geographic's first fully scripted drama series. Diving into the life and loves of the brilliant Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (Antonio Banderas), this season showcases Picasso's significant and wide-ranging contribution to modern art. Exploring the Spanish expatriate's devotion to his craft, the series also reveals Picasso's relationships with other well-known personalities of the time, including Coco...
14) Reds
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2006, c1981
Edition
Widescreen format; 25th anniversary ed.
Language
English
Description
The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist.
Publisher
Public Media Distribution, L.L.C
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Perhaps no Hollywood Western captured the realities of the dangerous frontier better than True Grit. Explores this time in American history and how Rooster Cogburn and Mattie's encounters with hangings, shootouts, and kidnappings would have been part and parcel with life in the Wild West.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band's intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been brilliantly restored....
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Language
English
Description
After a much-publicized departure from hosting NBC's Tonight Show, O'Brien hit the road with a 32-city music and comedy show to exercise his performing chops and exorcise a few demons. An intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career. It offers a window into the private writers' room and rehearsal halls.
18) Genius: Season 1
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The show offers an extraordinary look into the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. Beyond his groundbreaking theories of relativity, witness Einsteinb2ss struggles to be a good husband and father, and a man of principle during a time of global unrest. A ten-episode journey of discovery guided by Einstein's wit, wisdom and insatiable thirst for knowledge.
Series
All creatures great and small volume 1
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The numerous adventures of a friendly staff at a country veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire.
"Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, James Herriot ... follows his dream to become a vet in the magnificent Yorkshire Dales. He soon discovers that treating the animals is as much about treating their owners, and the Dales' farmers are a tough crowd to please. At Skeldale House James gets to know his newly formed dysfunctional family;...
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