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Publisher
Art21,Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Meet diverse contemporary artists through revealing profiles that take viewers behind the scenes into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, sources of inspiration and creative processes.
Publisher
Art 21, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Go behind the scenes to meet today's most fascinating contemporary artists in Season Three of the Emmy-nominated ART:21--ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY documentary series. Unparalleled in access to today's young artists, this unique series takes viewers into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration. The four one-hour programs present 18 artists working...
5) Breakthrough
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Based on the inspirational true story of one mother's unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith's adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John's recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific prediction. A reminder that faith and love can create a mountain...
6) 12 strong
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
7) United 93
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Fact-based story about the 40 passengers and crew aboard San Francisco bound flight United 93, who sat down as strangers and found the courage to stand up as one. This hijacked flight was the fourth terrorist attack plane on September 11, 2001. As a result of a delay on takeoff, the passengers on the flight, are behind the carefully scheduled planned attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Once hijacked, the passengers and crew are able...
Publisher
Vanguard Cinema
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Children of God" explores the life of the children who live beside the Baghmati River in Nepal on the sacred grounds of a Hindu temple in Katmandu. Undeterred by the daily funeral ceremonies; they rob the corpses for food and dive into the river to grab coins used as funeral offerings. The film exposes the social conditions of the suppressed Nepalese people through the plight of their children, where reverence for the old and dead far outweighs the...
Publisher
Blue Wood Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
American Indians and government officials at Pine Ridge, South Dakota--located in the poorest county in the United States--discuss the poverty, racism, domestic violence, child abuse, inadequate health care, and drug and alcohol problems that besiege the community, exploring how the Native Americans there are choosing to embrace their Lakota culture and determine their own destiny in the face of these enormous challenges.
13) Borgen: Season 1
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Danish
Description
Borgen explores the insular world of high-stakes Danish politics and the press corps that covers it in instantaneous, relentless news cycles. Birgitte Nyborg, the idealistic head of the moderate party, becomes prime minister of Denmark through a political fluke and has to quickly learn the ways of power. She's an altruistic public servant in an old boys' club and must master the art of the deal overnight, manage her image and perform the impossible...
14) Too big to fail
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the financial crisis of 2008 as Wall Street executives negotiate with high level government officials to avoid bankruptcy.
15) Why we fight
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Combining personal stories and interviews the documentary examines the ties between the military, corporations, and the government regarding the United States military expansion, and the effects of wars and interventions.
16) Borgen: Season 2
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Danish
Description
In this second season of Denmark's blockbuster political drama, viewers continue to follow the country's first female Prime Minister, Birgitte Nyborg, her cynical spin doctor, Kasper Juul, the ambitious journalist, Katrine Fn̜smark and her more seasoned colleague, Hanne Holm. Birgitte has been Denmark's Prime Minister for two years - years that have taken their toll on her private life. She must now balance her role as PM with that of divorced single...
Publisher
Provident Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Featuring teaching, worship, prayer, and discussion, these films challenge believers to faithfully lead the way.
In this special two-DVD package, Kirk Cameron provides a double-dose of encouragement - along with some of his wisest friends.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An eccentric French shopkeeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the Palestinian segregation wall in the West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be...
20) Borgen: Season 3
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Danish
Description
A Danish political TV series drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how that power changes the prime minister.
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