E1 Entertainment (Firm)
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This captivating documentary series takes an in-depth look at the Second World War through the eyes of those who lived through it: the soldiers, the victims, and the political and military leaders. Using archival footage, most of it previously unseen and now colorized, this series provides an intimate and breath-taking examination of history's most devastating war.
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by the best-selling books, this charming series follows the adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare and his father, Big Nutbrown Hare, reminding us that there is no greater love than that between a parent and child. In these seven fun-filled episodes, Little Nutbrown Hare goes about exploring the meadow and playing with his friends, all while learning valuable lessons of friendship.
3) Watermark
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following their success with Manufactured Landscapes, photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunite to explore the ways in which humanity has shaped, manipulated and depleted one of its most vital and compromised resources: water.
4) Red trees
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
Traces a family's journey as one of only twelve Jewish families to survive the Nazi occupation of Prague during World War II. Marina Willer's exploration of today's refugee crisis, mirrored in the story of her own family. It is a story that circles between Europe and Latin America; just one example of the cultural and racial richness of a world in which migration is a fact of life. Marina is a designer, film maker and partner at an internationally...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After being let go from his job on an ostrich farm a man leaves his small village to find work in the big city. As a motorcycle taxi driver, he soon becomes consumed with his passengers' lives, and is swept up in a world of greed. Now it is up to his family back home to help restore his caring and generous nature.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For 18 months, award-winning director Scott Hicks followed the legendary composer Philip Glass across three continents, creating a remarkable portrait of one of the greatest artists of all time. Allowed unprecedented access to Glass's working process and long time collaborators, Hicks provides a unique glimpse into the composer's life.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
RAF Flight Lieutenant Toby Jugg is wounded during the war and confined to a wheelchair. He arrives at a remote mansion in Wales to recuperate. While recovering he begins to suffer from terrible nightmares and visions. Toby finds that he can't trust the hospital staff and psychologists, especially once other patients begin to die.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Power, money and blood: these are the values that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the "system," the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a "normal" life. Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel world, and one that is deeply rooted in reality.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (273 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Starting in 1999, Claude Lanzmann made several films that could be considered satellites of SHOAH, comprised of interviews conducted in the 1970s that didn't make it into the final, monumental work. In the last years of the late director's life, he decided to devote a film to four women from four different areas of Eastern Europe with four different destinies, each finding herself improbably alive after war's end: Ruth Elias from Ostravia, Czechoslovakia;...
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
B.J.'s luck runs out when his partner loses half of their ranch to con man Shea. The gambler and B.J. quickly become rivals and feud over everything, including the beautiful Liz Calhoun. But when the ranch is threatened by bandits, the two must work together or risk losing everything.
15) Deli man
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Description
A documentary looking at the world of the delicatessan, the creation of Jewish immigrants as a way of preserving ethnic culinary traditions in the New World. Profiles Ziggy Gruber, co-owner of Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessan Restaurant in Houston and third-generation deli man, as well as other deli owners and aficionados in the U.S. and Canada.
16) Defending Santa
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A small-town sheriff responds to a broken down vehicle on Christmas Eve. He stumbles upon a man asleep in the woods who claims to be Santa. Complications arise when Santa is put on trial for a trial he did not commit, and the sheriff and Santa's court appointed attorney fall in love.
17) Tokyo sonata
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Story of a contemporary Japanese family torn apart after its patriarch unexpectedly loses his job. Ashamed, he keeps this a secret, but as he grows more despondent, his family resorts to drastic measures to break away from their fractured lives.
18) Blue bayou
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
20) The woman king
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.