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1) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Language
English
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Description
On May 1st, 2009, Amy Jordan, a New York City-based former professional dancer crossed the street and was hit and ran over by a 15 ton NYC Express. Her immediate thought was, “Am I ever going to dance again?” Her second thought was, “ If I survive the night, there will be a Victory Dance!”
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
It tells the life and love story of Argentina's most famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart. Relaying their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, their story of love, hatred and passion is transformed into unforgettable tango-choreographies.
5) Hilma
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Exploring Hilma af Klint's enigmatic life, now recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. She defied convention to live a free life as an artist in a time when women could not even vote.
Publisher
Distributed by R-Squared Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As one of the rising talents of amateur boxing, Howard Winstone, the boy from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, was fast making a name for himself with his knock out right hand. A long professional fighting career surely beckoned. Then disaster strikes. An industrial accident results in Howard losing three fingers on his right hand. Through sheer determination, and despite only being able to make a fist with one hand, Howard develops a dynamic new style and...
8) The diplomat
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
David Holbrooke attempts the seemingly insurmountable: capturing the legacy of his larger-than-life father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, while traveling across the globe to reveal an inside view of U.S. foreign policy. Holbrooke's career spanned fifty years of American foreign policy. The documentary takes viewers behind the scenes of high stakes diplomacy where peace is waged and wars are ended, including in Vietnam, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan....
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The true story of love and redemption, this film is about what happened to singer/songwriter Donnie Emerson and his family when the album he and his brother recorded as teens was rediscovered after thirty years of obscurity and was suddenly hailed by music critics as a lost masterpiece. While the album's rediscovery brings hopes of second chances, it also brings long-buried emotions as Donnie, his wife Nancy, brother Joe, and father Don Sr. come to...
10) Only in theaters
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
There has been a Laemmle in the movie business since there's been a movie business. This is the story of a beloved Arthouse Cinema chain in Los Angeles with an astounding legacy. Over four generations, Laemmle's have dedicated themselves to supporting, innovating, and elevating the art of filmmaking. Popularizing independent films, documentary films, and their filmmakers, the LaemmleTheatres' impact on Hollywood and world cinema cannot be overstated....
11) Why she smiles
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The true, inspirational story of 34-year old Jamie Sorum, who is battling Huntington's Disease. Huntington's Disease is a rare, fatal neurological disease with symptoms being described as having ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all simultaneously. There is no cure. The film brings awareness to the necessity of a cure, and highlights Jamie's unfaltering ability to face each day with hope, joy, and surpassing bravery.
12) Misbehaviour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The sensational true story of the Women's Liberation Movement's disruption of the 1970 Miss World pageant, an event watched by more than 100 million viewers, and which made headlines around the world. Not only that, when order was restored, the first woman of color was crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
According to The Gospel of Mark, Jesus is a heroic man of action, an exorcist, healer, and miracle worker - the Son of God who keeps his identity secret. This film presents the story of Jesus using the biblical text as it was written following word-for-word The Gospel of Mark in a viewer's choice of narration selecting ether the New International Version or the King James Version.
14) Bright Lights
Publisher
HBO Documentary Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Featuring vérité footage and vintage family films, this documentary was shot primarily within the compound where Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher led separate lives but maintained a close relationship.
16) Armstrong
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Dramatic, moving and insightful, this documentary tells the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in rural Ohio, through aerial combat in Korea, to his first steps on the Moon, and the unwanted celebrity status that ensued.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950's America, it would be decades before Ms. Tan would come to fully understand how her mother's self-destructive tendencies were rooted in watching her own mother kill herself after being forced into the former marital system of concubinage. This painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. An interweaving of archival imagery, artful animation and live performance...
Publisher
Universal Music Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Three documentary films on two DVDs exploring the rise, music, personality and presence of the man to be crowned The King of Rock 'n' Roll. Center Stage captures Elvis Presley's undeniable physical appeal and unrivaled artistic brilliance. The Man And The Music offers glimpses into Presley's private life and the difficult realities of his unprecedentedfame. From The Waist Up, narrated by U2's Bono, follows Presley's remarkable trajectory to stardom....
19) Elvis
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Publisher
Tribeca Film
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping. A loving portrait of the man in the yellow suit, features extraordinary footage of Spinney's earliest collaborations with Jim Henson as it traces his journey from bullied child to childhood icon.
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