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16841) Ballettguttene
Language
Norwegian
Description
A documentary that follows, over four years, the struggles, set-backs and accomplishments of three friends and hopeful future dance stars: Lukas, Syvert, and Torgeir.
16842) Invitation to dance
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English
Description
At age 23, Simi Linton was injured while hitchhiking to Washington to protest the war in Vietnam.
Series
30 for 30 volume no. 24-25
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English
Description
Four days in October: "When the night of October 16, 2004 came to a merciful end, the Curse of the Bambino was alive and well as the New York Yankees extended their ALCS lead to three games to none over the Boston Red Sox. But the cold October winds of change began to blow and over four consecutive days and nights, this determined Red Sox team miraculously won four straight games to overcome the inevitability of their destiny".--Container.
Once brothers:...
16844) Sentimental reflections: Series nineteen, Edition one,America's heritage in story, scenery & song
Language
English
Description
This quarterly video magazine highlights stories about various aspects of American life. Every episode features unique places, people, and music, all selected to foster a feeling of nostalgia toward the parts of life often forgotten. Facing hardships at every turn was formidable for women in the 18th century frontier and re-enactors at Fort Boonesborough State Park in Kentucky demonstrate how formidable life was in the Cover Story. Spring beauty is...
16845) Elena
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English
Description
Filmmaker Petra Costa presents a medidation on her sister Elena Andrada, who moved to New York from Brazil when Costa was seven to become an actress, where she fell into a state of depression and ended her own life, a mystery that Costa reconstructs with home movies, newspaper clippings, diary entries, and letters.
16846) Tomorrow we disappear
Language
Hindi
Description
When their land is sold to developers, the magicians, acrobats, and puppeteers of Kathputli, a hand-built artist colony hidden away in the alleyways of Delhi since the 1970s, must find a way to unite or splinter apart forever. Filmed from 2011 to 2014, this documentray chronicles the last days of of Kathputli, focusing on Puran the Puppeteer, Rahman the Magician, and Maya the Acrobat as they approach their looming eviction.
Since the 1970s New Delhi's...
16847) Tar Creek
Language
English
Description
"This environmental documentary examines the Tar Creek Superfund Site, a stretch of Oklahoma heartland that has long been profoundly damaged by zinc and lead mining. The piece looks back as far as 100 years into Tar Creek's history (when the U.S. government removed Native Americans from the land), and traces the many offenses that have been committed against the area and its people over the past century" -- Carly Wray, All Movie Guide
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English
Description
This quarterly video magazine highlights stories about various aspects of American life. Every episode features unique places, people, and music, all selected to foster a feeling of nostalgia toward the parts of life often forgotten. In the Cover Story, Apples may be the reason for the annual Apple Jack Festival in Nebraska City, Nebraska, but the event also celebrates a chance to brag about being the birthplace of Arbor Day. In Clarkesville, Indiana,...
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English
Description
This documentary shows how Harold Ross, a high school dropout and miner's son from Colorado, started the sophisticated New Yorker magazine in 1925 by masterfully capturing the Jazz Age spirit, Broadway glamour and ultra-dry wit. Incorporating a rich array of film clips from the 20s and 30s -- speakeasies, jazz bands, rising skyscrapers -- this film reflects a dazzling Manhattan evoking an image of a metropolis that still glitters. Includes interviews...
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English
Description
"Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray is an intimate portrait of the groundbreaking artist Elizabeth Murray. This film explores the relationship between Murray's family life and career, and reconsiders her place in contemporary art history. Verité footage, home videos and excerpts from her journals, voiced by Meryl Streep, tell of Murray's internal struggles and incredible ambition. Exclusive interviews with art world luminaries provide the historical...
16851) Radioman
Language
English
Description
The story of Craig Castalso, better known as Radioman for the stereo boombox worn around his neck. This New York film set mascot overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his name.
16852) 15 to life: Kenneth's story
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English
Description
In 2000, Kenneth Young received four life without parole sentences. He was 15 years old. 15 to life is the story of a child condemned to die in prison, seeking a second chance in one of the most punitive justice systems in the world. For over a decade, Kenneth believed he would die behind bars, now a U.S. Supreme Court decision could set him free. 15 to life follows Young's struggle for redemption, revealing a justice system with thousands of young...
16853) Let there be light
Series
Language
English
Description
A documentary filmed at an Army hospital which records actual treatment of World War II veterans suffering from neuropsychiatric conditions, commonly referred to as "shell shock" and "battle fatigue, " as a result of their battle experiences. Treatment methods include hypnosis, narcotherapy and psychiatric therapy. In 1946, just before its first public showing, the film was confiscated by the policy group of Army Public Relations. It wasn't made available...
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English
Description
The story of a courageous group of Alabama students and teachers who, along with other activists, fought a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. Standing in their way: a century of Jim Crow, a resistant and segregationist state, and a federal government slow to fully embrace equality. By organizing and marching bravely in the face of intimidation, violence, arrest and even murder, these change-makers achieved...
16855) American war generals
Language
English
Description
Reveals many never-before-heard stories and opinions from the legendary leaders of the modern U.S. Army. Their accounts reveal the big changes that have transformed the U.S. military from the first troops to enter Vietnam to the last combat troops to exit Afghanistan, explaining the critical personal experiences that shaped their lives and the way they approached modern warfare.
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English
Description
This quarterly video magazine highlights stories about various aspects of American life. Every episode features unique places, people, and music, all selected to foster a feeling of nostalgia toward the parts of life often forgotten. The solemn ceremony at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis is the summer edition cover story with a presentation at nearby Fort Snelling of a Timeline of the American Military. Scenic America takes in the 2000...
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English
Description
"For 70 years, on 70 acres stood a Chicago public housing community known as Cabrini Green. Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago's most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality and poverty, Cabrini's high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods. 70 acres in Chicago documents this upheaval,...
16858) 100 years
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English
Description
"When Elouise Cobell, a petit Blackfeet warrior from Montana, started asking questions about missing money from government managed Indian Trust accounts, she never imagined that one day she would be taking on the world's most powerful government. But what she discovered as the Treasurer of her tribe was a trail of fraud and corruption leading all the way from Montana to Washington DC. "100 Years" is the story of her 30-year fight for justice for 300,000...
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English
Description
Legend of Razorback: A boy is lured by a bright red bicycle and enters into a mysterious barber's web, unaware of the magic that awaits him. Stormy night: In this animated story, a little girl and her dog brave a long, blustery night alone in her room in their house on a hill, looking within and asking questions about life and death. Blackwater elegy: The death of a close friend threatens the fishing hole haven of J.T. and Hollis, in their 70's....
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English
Description
After Newtown, guns in America: An unprecedented exploration of America's enduring relationship with firearms. Traces the evolution of guns in America, their inextricable link to violence, and the clash of cultures that reflect competing visions of national identity.
Marijuana nation: Hear revealing interviews with law enforcement, growers, scientists and everyday users who offer unique insight into the medical marijuana phenomenon.
A place at the...
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