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Great Courses volume 22
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English
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The 20th century can be seen as the "mass" century - mass production, mass market, and mass destruction. Add to the list mass entertainment, exemplified by the rise of Hollywood and the film industry. Track the development of motion pictures - and the inventions that made them possible.
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Great Courses volume 16
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English
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Motion pictures revolutionized people's view of the world. Survey early movie culture, along with the contributions of Thomas Edison, Georges Méliès, and others, then see how the medium became "weaponized" by Bolsheviks in Russia and Nazis in Germany.
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Natalie Morgan is the host of a popular podcast, Holiday Love, which shares true stories of holiday romance with its listeners. While to the outside world and her listeners everywhere see Natalie is an expert on romance, she’s never truly experienced a romance of her own. As Natalie prepares to embark on a promotional tour for her new book, she stops back home to spend Christmas with her family where she unexpectedly begins to experience her own...
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Born in New Orleans, Mahalia began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement. Her recording of the song “Move on Up a Little Higher” sold millions of copies, skyrocketing her to international fame and gave her the opportunity to perform at diverse settings including in front of a racially integrated audience at the prestigious Carnegie...
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After falling off the roof at a New Year's party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, falls in love… and soon finds that sometimes in life, you just need a little change.
6) Trailer War
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Unleashed from the vaults of the Alamo Drafthouse, a meticulous selection of the best, strangest and most amazing coming attraction trailers in the world! Most have never been available in any home format, and all are presented for the first time in high definition.
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The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story. A lavish, exciting and heart-warming celebration of dance, of music, and of life. Based upon the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.
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Korean War Remembered volume 2
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English
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Covering the entirety of the action, from the first shots fired on June 25, 1950 to the signing of the armistice on July 27, 1953 this film pulls from a huge collection of war footage to explain the history of the Korean conflict.
9) Pixies
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Joe Beck has lost the love of his life thanks to a Pixie's curse and he now needs to figure out how to get his girl back, learn more about the mysterious Pixies, and undo a bad deed he did long ago.
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"Fractal: Stories Across the Gender Spectrum is a collection of 4 Transgender and Gender Queer Documentary Shorts that explores the wide spectrum of experiences often left out of the traditional narrative. From a successful trans woman running her own salon in New Orleans to a collective experimental video essay road film; the collection expands on the joys, struggles and honest conversations within the community"--Container.
A fine girl: A Fine...
11) Invisible Valley
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Invisible Valley weaves together the disparate stories of undocumented farmworkers, wealthy snowbirds, and music festival-goers over the course of a year in California's Coachella Valley. In exploring the Valley's history as well its imperiled future, this riveting documentary uncovers an imminent environmental and social crisis, and the looming consequences for the people who call it home.
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Horse Talk volume 1
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English
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Motion picture star and Oscar winning actor, Morgan Freeman, pays a visit to the Horse Talk stables to talk about his favorite animal.
14) Koyaanisqatsi
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English
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A motion picture essay which takes a revealing and shocking look at modern life and its imbalances. The first film in a trilogy which was followed by Powaqatsi.
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Doris Day Show volume 8
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English
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When a handsome movie star invites Doris to the premiere of his new motion picture, she tries to make the date and umpire son Billy's baseball game at the same time.
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100 Years of Horror volume 12
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English
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More than just the Devil (although The Prince of Darkness has certainly figured into quite a few motion pictures), demons have been a mainstay of horror films since the silent days.
18) Faust
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Silent
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A tale of the battle between good and evil, in which Faust sells his soul to Mephistopheles. From the play by Johann Wolfgang Goeth. Score compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
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American Restoration volume 3
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English
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Rick and his guys get an eye full when a 100-year-old mutoscope comes into the shop. Can they comfortably crank out a motion picture masterpiece, or will this restoration be a flippin' formula for a major flop?
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American Motor Stories volume 9
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English
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The Television Motion Picture Car Club is a group of passionate car lovers who all work in the entertainment industry. Today we get to meet Paula Murphy - Miss STP, TV Tommy Ivo and the grandfather of the Pontiac GTO.