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2) Surf's up
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Teenage Rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick is an up-and-coming surfer who is about to enter his first pro competition. Followed by a documentary crew to film his experiences, Cody leaves Antarctica for the warmer climes in order to surf in the Big Z Memorial Surf Championship covered by the SPEN network. His hero, champion surfer Big Z, has been gone for ten years, and Cody wants to win the championship in his memory. On his journey he encounters surfer-dude...
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English
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Using interviews and rare archival footage, this chronicles Lewis's 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, it explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family, and his meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. It also includes interviews with political leaders, colleagues, and...
5) Chef Flynn
Language
English
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Description
While many of his peers were still playing with toys, Flynn McGarry was creating gastronomic delights at home. Flynn loved to prepare elaborate dinners for friends and family and became known as the Teen Chef. He was featured in a New York Times Magazine cover story at age fifteen. Before he was sixteen, he had staged in top restaurants in LA, New York, and Europe. But critics soon emerged who challenged Flynn's rapid ascent in the culinary world,...
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English
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Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope
"The interview sections are fascinating, and scenes of the pope's travels, during which he frequently washes the feet of those who come to him, are moving."--New York Times
"A Man of His Word' honors and celebrates the shock of a man of God who would rather make this life better than hand out empty promises about the next."--Boston Globe
"It is a pleasure...
9) The imposter
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 1994, a thirteen-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive and well thousands of miles away in Spain. He tells a story of kidnap and torture when he returns. While his family is excited to bring him home, all is not quite as it seems. Is the boy really who he claims to be, or is he an imposter giving the family false hope for their child's return?
10) Bastards' Road
Language
English
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Description
Walking 6000 miles, Marine Veteran Jonathan Hancock confronts unprocessed trauma from war. Jon’s insight and humor gives a uniquely positive approach to the post-war topic. A hopeful story of resilience meant to inspire all audiences.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Eyewitness; compelling stories of disaster, told through the eyes of those who were there. A Mine Collapses in Chile, Wildfires burn in Portugal, A Debris Flow crushes a Californian town, Tornadoes rampage across the US, a Ship Sinks in a Hurricane and an Earthquake brings destruction to Nepal. Through forensic analysis, we reveal how these events unfolded.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Captures the Creation week with cutting-edge RealD 3D cinematography and biblical accuracy bringing the first chapter of Genesis to life! Using vivid CG animation, stunning visual effects, epic orchestration, the latest scientific and historical research, and interviews with experts and PhD's [sic], this epic film delivers an incredible, thought-provoking investigation into the hotly debated topic of our origins. In the beginning...God!"--Container....
13) Hiro's table
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Shot over sixteen years, the film follows chef Hiroji Obayashi and his family as they manage their popular LA restaurant located in a strip mall.
14) Anonymous Sister
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When a young woman turns to the camera for refuge, she ends up with a firsthand account of the deadliest manufactured epidemic in U.S. history. This is Jamie Boyle's chronicle of her family's collision with the opioid epidemic.
15) The last waltz
Pub. Date
[2005], 1978.
Language
English
Description
The Band, one of rock's superstar groups, decided to call it quits after sixteen grueling years on the road. The group held this farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day, 1976, at San Francisco's Winterland, the site of their first performance. The performance is interspersed with interview footage.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A feature documentary film exploring the 1980s most recognizable leading man, who challenged Hollywood's very notions of masculinity and redefined what it meant to be the Sexiest Man Alive. Featuring never-before-seen home videos, photographs and original interviews with those who knew Patrick best, including the illustrious costars of his biggest films, this documentary dives beyond his status as a sex symbol to reveal the complexities of an often...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The new film from the creators of 2016: OBAMA'S AMERICA takes America's critics at face value and imagines a world in which she never existed. Today that notion of the essential goodness of America is under attack, replaced by another story in which theft and plunder are seen as the defining features of American history--from the theft of Native American and Mexican lands and the exploitation of African labor to a contemporary foreign policy said...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Marking the centenary of the First World War, internationally renowned director Peter Jackson uses the voices of the veterans combined with original archival footage to bring to life the reality of war on the front line for a whole new generation. Footage has been colorized and transformed with modern production techniques to present never-before-seen detail.
19) Jesus camp
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. Follow these children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they hone their 'prophetic gifts'.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge geometric earthworks and roadways bear witness to complex religious ideas and social networks."--Container insert.
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