BBC Films
41) The first grader
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A heartwarming and inspiring true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.
42) Iris
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
43) Billy Elliot
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand.
44) Denial
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Deborah Lipstadt speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences.
45) Breathe
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
47) The white crow
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Capturing the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet's most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas leads him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
48) Beyond the gates
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In April 1994 the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda crashes and the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, Christopher, a Catholic priest and Joe Connor, an idealistic English teacher give sanctuary to twenty-five hundred Rwandans survivors in the school, which is under the protection of the UN Belgian force and under siege from the Hutu militia. When the Tutsi refugees are abandoned by the UN, they...
50) Stan & Ollie
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the world's great comedy teams set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shine through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but Stan and Ollie can't quite shake the specter of Laurel and Hardy's past.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A London fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
52) The nest
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rory, an ambitious entrepreneur, and former commodities broker persuades his American wife, Allison, and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the '80s. Sensing an opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison's horses and plans to build a stable. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple has to...
53) Eastern promises
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Anna, a midwife at a North London hospital, finds the diary of a Russian teenager who dies giving birth to a baby, and resolves to find the young girls' relatives in the hopes of providing the orphaned child with a loving family. As Anna follows the clues the diary provides, she finds evidence of a local Russian mob's criminal activities, and meets Nikolai, a formidable mob enforcer. Anna and Nikolai find themselves growing close as the Russian mobsters...
54) In the loop
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Britain's Secretary Of State For International Development Simon Foster states, in the midst of a radio interview, that a war in the Middle East in "unforeseeable," it doesn't follow his government's "line" on events. The problem is that war is not unforeseeable, what with America itching to invade somewhere in the Middle East and the British government loyally following. Unfortunately, Foster suspects nothing about the firestorm to follow. By...
55) Made in Dagenham
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1968, the female workers at the Ford Dagenham car plant, walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. Their actions played a major role in the battle for equal pay, both nationally and internationally.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1158
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 panels : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage's novel. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between...
57) Philomena
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Judi Dench stars in the story of Philomena Lee, mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock and given up for adoption. Nearly 50 years later, Philomena meets Martin Sixsmith, a former BBC reporter looking for his next big story. Together, they embark on a journey to locate her long lost son. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, the unlikely travel companions form a comic and heartwarming friendship. Based on the 2009 investigative book by Martin...
58) Cow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Academy Award winner Andrea Arnold returns with an intimate portrait of one dairy cow's life. The film highlights the beauty and challenges cows face, and their great service to us all.
59) Opal dream
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kellyanne has two of the best friends in the world. The only problem is that nobody sees them but her. When her father leaves them in an opal mine, it's up to Kellyanne's brother to rally the town to find these two imaginary friends.
60) Becoming Jane
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...