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1) Revive us
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Like David running toward Goliath. Or Moses and the Israelites backed against the Red Sea with Pharaoh and his army bearing down on them... just when all hope seems lost, God parts the waters! The giant is defeated! In America, this could be our "Red Sea" moment when it s the darkest just before the dawn, and God splits the sea and we go walking right through! IF WE HAVE EYES TO SEE. Kirk Cameron gathered his most brilliant, insightful, and faithful...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stunning documentary about the life of indigenous people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. There are only two ways to reach this outpost: by helicopter or boat. There's no telephone, running water or medical aid. The locals, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, live according to their own...
3) Charm City
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Delivering a candid portrait of citizens, police, community advocates, and government officials on the frontlines during three years of unparalleled, escalating violence in Baltimore. The film highlights the positive actions undertaken by groups and individuals, who come together to rebuild, heal, and forge a better way forward.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Playing Frisbee in North Korea is the first documentary produced and directed by an African-American female filmmaker from inside North Korea. The idea began at a conference on Korean Re-unification organized by General Colin L. Powell and the Colin Powell Center, where director Savanna Washington was a Graduate Fellow. Through verit ̌footage from inside North Korea, interviews with North Korean refugees, long time aid workers, scholars, and experts...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. A compelling documentary which captures the stories of abandoned and orphaned kids living in India. For one week, David and Shawn stepped into the lives of 25 boys and girls living alongside the railway station in the southern town of Tenali. The stories that emerge reflect the complexity of the issues and the challenge of rescuing kids from a life of begging and addiction.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Story of the Roma, commonly referred to as Gypsies, a people who have been both romanticized and vilified in popular culture. The Roma have endured centuries of intolerance and persecution in Europe, most notably the Holocaust genocide where an estimated 500,000 were murdered. A People Uncounted documents their culturally rich yet often difficult lives, and demonstrates how their present state has been deeply shaped by the tragedies of the past. Filmed...
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
High-spirited heroine Charlotte Heywood returns to the picturesque coastal resort of Sanditon and the companionship of her friend Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else, romance, await Miss Heywood this season?
9) Black mother
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Part film, part baptism, director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, Black Mother channels rebellion and...
10) Bacurau
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A few years from now, Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertô, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in town picking off the inhabitants...
12) The immigrant
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ewa Cybulski and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces...
13) Paris, Texas
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (42 p. ; col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
After having been missing for four years and presumed dead, Travis emerges from the desert near the Texas-Mexico border and collapses at a gas station. His younger brother, Walt, a billboard artist, takes him to Walt's Los Angeles home where Travis' son, Hunter, has lived with Walt and Walt's wife, Anne, since Travis and his wife, Jane, disappeared. Travis reestablishes a relationship with Hunter, finds Jane and brings about a reunion between Jane...
14) The road up
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Four people participate at Cara, a Chicago job-training program, as they seek to make the long journey from rock bottom to stable employment. Throughout, they are guided by their mentor, Mr. Jesse, whose own past drives him to help others.
15) Fear
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Svetla, a strong-willed widow, lives alone in a small Bulgarian village close to the Turkish border. She has recently lost her job as a teacher due to the lack of families with young children. One day, while hunting in a forest, she encounters an African refugee, Bamba, who is trying to reach Germany, and will bring about a dramatic turn in her life. Reluctantly, she offers him hospitality, but day after day, a bond develops as Bamba learns the language...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. An artist/activist dares to shock the world about the environmental impact of its over-consumption by creating a sprawling art museum in the middle of one of the most toxic places on earth, a fiery e-waste dump in Ghana, Africa.
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders...
18) Jaha's promise
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian campaigner against female genital mutilation who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she and 200 million women and girls have undergone globally.
19) Ascension
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nominated for Best Documentary by the Director's Guild, Producer's Guild, Independent Spirit Awards, and Gotham Awards, and winner of Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, this film explores the paradoxical pursuit of wealth and progress in China. Loosely structured around the distinct social and economic classes that divide the nation, this extraordinary documentary follows factory workers, middle class consumers and elites as they chase...
20) Brave girls
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In one of the oldest towns in India, a group of young women are rewriting tradition. The day before her final exam, Apsana runs from her arranged marriage so that she can continue going to school. Samira wants to marry for love, but chooses to listen to her parents. Two months later, her friend, Karishma disappears with her childhood sweetheart. The film follows their journey for self-determination and love.
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