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1) Maleficent
Series
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A soaring epic of honor, greed, betrayal and love from award-winning director Jean-Jacques Annaud. After years of bloody conflict, the leaders of two rival kingdoms reluctantly agree to end the fighting. But when oil is discovered between their territories, the war is re-ignited. Now it is up to their children-young lovers who have married in hopes of bringing the families together-to find a way to end the violence and bring peace to the land.
4) Chi-Raq
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago's Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.
5) Appaloosa
Language
English
Formats
Description
1880s, the American West. Randall Bragg is a rich landowner who is wanted for murdering the town marshal. Lawman Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless town from the murderous rancher. Their efforts become complicated and their friendship is tested when a young widow arrives in town.
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the entire VeggieTales cast have put together shows to help revive Mr. Nessar's dilapidated theater. The Veggies have received letters from the VeggieTales Fan Club asking about how to be joyful even when you don't get what you want, how to truly love and how to get along on a team. Bob wants to make shows to help the kids, but there always seems to be some sort of calamity before the cutain goes up. Every show...
7) The journey
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland. Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of Michael Apted's "7 Up" series, the award-winning "My So-Called Enemy" has been praised as "moving, powerful, intelligent and brave‚" (The Nation) and "a mesmerizing, eye-opening film that shows the true power of friendship and empathy to conquer political boundaries." (Teen Voices). Spanning seven years, "My So-Called Enemy" follows six Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls committed to justice and mutual understanding after participating...
9) Broken arrow
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The year is 1870, and former Union soldier Tom Jeffords is recruited to remove a tribe of Apache warriors from a U.S. Mail delivery route by any means necessary. Jeffords chooses peace instead of more killings and decides to learn the Apache way of life. He agrees to a peace treaty with Apache chief Cochise and marries a beautiful Native American woman. Tragedy strikes after the settlers break the peace treaty, but now it's Cochise trying to stop...
10) Volunteers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Lawrence Bourne III escapes the bookies to whom he owes $28,000 by swapping places with a friend and going to Thailand with the Peace Corps.
11) Silent night
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A German mother and her son seek refuge in a cabin during WWII. When her house is invaded by three American soldiers and three German soldiers, she convinces them to keep the peace on Christmas and share dinner.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Morgan Freeman takes viewers on a global journey to meet with people from different cultures whose lives are shaped in surprising ways, and to explore themes that unite us all. At a time when global events seem to be driving cultures apart, this series aims to reveal the common humanity that lies inside each one of us. Each episode explores a single fundamental force or topic: freedom, peace, love, social division, power, and rebellion."--Container....
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Roni Hirshenzon is a 60-year-old Israeli man who has suffered as much as any parent can imagine. Both of his sons are dead. Each died at the age of 19 as a direct result of the conflict in the region. Putting hatred and anger aside, Roni co-founded the Parents Circle, a support group for bereaved families, Israelis and Palestinians together. Another Side of Peace follows Roni's efforts to reach reconciliation and to come to terms with the deaths of...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas star as larger-than-life heroes in this classic Western epic directed by John Sturges. Frontier lawman Wyatt Earp (Lancaster) joins his three brothers in their feud against the villainous Clanton gang, a local clan of cattle thieves in Tombstone, Arizona. When Earp defends the sickly gambler John "Doc" Holliday (Douglas) and puts a stop to the Clanton's lawlessness, the ruthless outlaws seek revenge and murder one of...
16) Peaceful warrior
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams is changed when he meets a mysterious stranger named Socrates who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. The gymnast suffers a serious injury, but with the help of Socrates and an elusive young woman, he discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind before he can become a peaceful warrior and find his destiny.
17) Wyatt Earp
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
As a young man, Wyatt Earp was a caricature of the Western lawman, spending his days drinking in saloons, gambling, and visiting brothels. He gained notoriety as the legendary gunman in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, but shortly after his death in 1929, distressed Americans down on their luck transformed Wyatt Earp into a folk hero.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
A revisionist perspective on Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer rewrites the history of colonialism from the point of view of the colonized. Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek ba Kobhio provides a fascinating revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Noble Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. This film begins to rewrite the history of colonialism from the point of view of the colonized. Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné is not,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country, Damien abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom in Ireland in 1920. As the Irish freedom fighters' bold tactics bring the British to a breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and families who fought side by side find themselves pitted...
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