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Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Upon being sent to live with her aunt in the small town of Doverville, 12-year-old Emma O'Conner finds herself in the middle of a 'dog-fight' with the Mayor and town dogcatcher. In order to strike down their "no-dogs" law, Emma must bring together a group of schoolmates, grown-ups and adorable dogs of all shapes and sizes.
2) Loving
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the powerful true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, On the Basis of Sex depicts a then-struggling attorney and new mother facing adversity in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a ground-breaking case, she knows the outcome could alter the courts' view of gender discrimination. Stronger together, Ruth teams up with her husband, Martin Ginsburg, to fight the case that catapults her into one of the most important public figures...
4) Call Jane
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...
6) Roe v. Wade
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history. It is a compelling and deeper look into the parties involved on both sides of this landmark decision.
7) Capernaum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
8) Toxic beauty
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Reveals the truth about harmful health consequences of chemicals found in everyday cosmetics and beauty products, the huge corporations that knowingly use them and the lack of governmental regulations to protect consumers. Each morning people spritz and slather themselves in over 100 different chemicals, yet the cosmetics and personal care industry in North America is not required to prove an ingredient is safe for human health before it is on the...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Chuck and Larry are the pride of their fire station. Two guy's guys always side-by-side and willing to do anything for each other. Widower Larry wants just one thing, to protect his kids. His buddy Chuck also wants on thing, to enjoy the single life. Grateful Chuck owes Larry for saving his life in a fire, and Larry calls in his marker when civic red tape prevents him from naming his own two kids as his life insurance beneficiaries. All that Chuck...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Profiles Adam Lanza, the young man responsible for the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. Alaine Griffin and Josh Kovner, two reporters from the Hartford Courant, interview various acquaintances of Lanza's to gain insight into the causes of the tragedy. Includes an additional segment, featuring the Courant's Matthew Kauffman, in which U.S. gun laws are discussed, using the Newtown massacre as a focal point....
12) The vaccine war
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
" ... lays bare the science of vaccine safety and examines the increasingly bitter debate between the public health establishment and a formidable populist coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists who are armed with the latest social media tools ... and are determined to resist pressure from the medical and public health establishments to vaccinate, despite established scientific consensus about vaccine safety."--Frontline website....
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When three bodies are discovered in Big Horn County, Montana, an area known as "the most dangerous place in the country" for Native American women, local authorities first ignore each death before ruling them accidental, leaving the victims' loved ones to deal both with their loss and the indifference of local law enforcement. As sorrow turns to outrage, however, a vibrant and fearless movement is formed to search for the truth and bring attention...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"These three 20- minute videos examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution. The second describes the protection of individual rights by highlighting the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, affirming the right to an attorney. The last explores the separation of powers by examining the Supreme Court case of Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to take over...
Language
English
Description
Documents the trend of unlabeled genetically-modified foods which have become increasingly prevalent in grocery stores. Unravels the complex web of market and political forces that are changing the nature of what we eat. Explores organic and sustainable agriculture as alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Upon being sent to live with her aunt in the small town of Doverville, 12-year-old Emma O'Conner finds herself in the middle of a 'dog-fight' with the Mayor and town dogcatcher. In order to strike down their "no-dogs" law, Emma must bring together a group of schoolmates, grown-ups and adorable dogs of all shapes and sizes.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Upon being sent to live with her aunt in the small town of Doverville, 12-year-old Emma O'Conner finds herself in the middle of a 'dog-fight' with the Mayor and town dogcatcher. In order to strike down their "no-dogs" law, Emma must bring together a group of schoolmates, grown-ups and adorable dogs of all shapes and sizes.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Fast-talking, foul-mouthed, used-car liquidator Don Ready and his disorderly crew descend upon a small town to save a struggling auto dealership from bankruptcy by revving up the sales and moving out the cars at the Fourth of July sale. Ready soon discovers that he will have to rely on more than his crafty skills to make the weekend a success when he unexpectedly falls for the owner's daughter.
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