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1) Cursed films
Publisher
Shudder Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A five-part documentary series which explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood's notoriously 'cursed' horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary among film fans and filmmakers alike. Were these films really cursed, as many believe, or just the victims of bad luck and bizarre circumstances?
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live. Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks Siberian Yupik. His mythical story, about a man who goes out in search of a reindeer thief is an ungipaghaq, a tale that has been passed down unchanged through generations and believed to be based in truth.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Gujarati
Description
The Goddess Shaktima is the most popular goddess in the region of Saurashtra known as Jhalavad. This documentary presents the story of Shaktima as performed by the tradictional muslim Bhavai troupe led by Amrit Kalu Rudatala of Kankavati village.
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Kagome, Inuyasha, and their friends continue their quest to Japan to vanquish the evil demon Nakaku. On their way they meet Koga from the wolf-demon tribe; monkey sprites full of magic and mischief; and an old lady with possible exorcism skills.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001].
Language
English
Description
King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.
The quest for the Holy Grail by King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is retold in the inimitable Python fashion.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"National Geographic takes a deep dive into the 'cult' of Mary worship, delving into the world of devotees of the Virgin Mary and how she is experienced in the modern world. It is a journey into the heart of both historical and modern-day Mary devotion, and an exploration of her manifestation in various cultures"--Container.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Stoney says he has dumb luck. His grandfather was the doctor on the island in Ireland where the legendary maker of documentary film, Robert Flaherty, shot his film Man of Aran. So Stoney's film, exploring the effects Flaherty's film had on the island and its people, is digging into his own roots as an individual while simultaneously studying the work of his intellectual mentor as a producer of nonfiction films.Robert Flaherty's 1934 classic Man of...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Sounds of Love and Sorrow lets the eerie sounds of the Paiwan flutes including the nose flute, which legend says imitates the call of the deadly hundred-pace snake, mix in with the recollections of tribal elders and traditional tales to present a rich background of Paiwan life in Taiwan.
13) Serpent Mother
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Serpent Mother is about devotion to the Goddess of Snakes and the importance of divine female power in West Bengal Indian life. The film's focus is the Jhapan Festival, the great celebration of snakes.
Publisher
Venevision International Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
"Victor, [is] a prestigious and successful businessman, obsessed by the legend that an Indian woman told him in his childhood. [He] knows that this tale he heard in his childhood and that haunted him throughout his life was the premonition of his own death."--Container sleeve.
"Victor, un exitoso y prestigiado empresario, vive obsesionado por la leyenda que una mujer indígena le relató en su infancia. Acquel relato que escuchó en su infancia y...
18) Singing Pictures
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
For generations, Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal, India have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The Patuas tell the stories of Muslim saints (pirs and fakirs) as well as Hindu Gods and Goddesses, and offer devotion to saints at Muslim shrines.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse's Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175km west of Alice Springs. This significant dreaming site for Western Arrernte people is steeped in mystery and tragedy. The story of its creation and the events that occurred there are narrated to the camera by Aunty Mavis Malbunka, one of the traditional story-tellers for the place. Legend says that while stars danced in the Milky Way, a child...
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