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Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
A re-edited version of Joris Postema's Stop Filming Us, Vivuya and Twahirwa's film takes a closer look at the imbalance of power inherited from colonialism and its consequences on the representation of the DRC, cinematic and otherwise. The idea to produce this new version arose from discussions within Postema's film about whether a Western director is capable of capturing an image and narrative of the DRC shared by its citizens. It was then suggested...
2) Contagion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a woman returns to the U.S. from a business trip to Hong Kong, bringing a deadly virus with her, virologists from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization race to find a cure before it wipes out humanity.
Publisher
National Geographic Television
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"With the help of the Crittercam, an ultra-cool spy camera, kids see life through the wild eyes of bears, seals, sea turtles, and other amazing creatures. Featuring a fun, interactive format and awesome undercover filmmaking, Wild Detectives turns kids into super-sleuths and opens them to a world of animal discovery." -- Container
7) True grit
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fourteen-year-old girls enlists the help of a U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger to hunt down her father's killer.
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Thai
Description
Kham grew up with elephants in Thailand. To him elephants are majestic creatures, bred for peace, but prepared for war. When an evil Asian gang kidnap a bull and baby elephant during a festival, they are smuggled into Sydney, Australia. Kham must travel to a foreign land, and unravel a conspiracy that will reach into the highest levels of Australian law and business circles. With only his Muy Thai fighting techniques, and a disgraced Thai-descent...
10) Duck, you sucker
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Juan Miranda is a cigar-chomping, salt-of-the-earth peasant with a Robin Hood heart. John Mallory is a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary who has fled to Mexico to practice his skills. Together, they're a devilishly volatile mix of anti-establishment philosophies and violent tendencies as they attempt to liberate political prisoners, defend their compatriots against a well-equipped militia, and risk their lives on a train filled with explosives....
11) Gossamer Folds
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes our biological families aren’t the ones who teach us to be open-hearted, kind and the best versions of ourselves.
12) Men of honor
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Divorced New Yorkers Felix and Oscar live together despite their opposing personalities. As Oscar works hard to keep roommate Felix out of his life, Felix works even harder to involve Oscar in his. This season, Felix ropes Oscar into dancing in a ballet, appearing in an opera, and even starring in a movie. Also, numerous flashbacks give us a peek into their early lives, including Oscar as a young slob.
15) Houdini
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Before David Blaine and David Copperfield, there was one man whose name was synonymous with being the master of illusion and escape - Harry Houdini. It follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions...
17) Hocus pocus
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After 300 years, three sister witches are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it us up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
At the Dawn of Man, a group of hominids encounters a mysterious black monolith that is alien to their surroundings. A hominid discovers the first weapon, using a bone to kill prey. The bone is tossed in the air and it's a 21st century spacecraft hovering over the Earth, skipping ahead millions of years in technological development only to imply that man hasn't advanced very far at all psychologically. U.S. scientist Dr. Heywood Floyd travels to the...
19) Bicycle thief
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c19998
Language
Italiano
Description
Simple story of an unemployed man and his family living in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters and signs, work requiring a bicycle on which to get around. When his bicycle is stolen the father and his son are forced to steal one in desperation and are caught. This version includes the original U.S. theatrical trailer.
Publisher
PBS DIstribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It is a rare look at the over four-decade intimate relationship Ken Burns has with his America and beloved community of Walpole, NH, and the importance that a "sense of place" and belonging has in one's life. That the essential American fabric of patriotism and goodness are woven through each of us, and often, the road less traveled is a good decision.