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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Trying to get the most out of the people you supervise, trying to get them to go that extra mile, isn't easy. But most employees will tell you that what affects their productivity more than anything else is their immediate supervisor. The video, "Would I Work For Me?" demonstrates a supervisor's behavior in realistic situations"”first as a newly appointed supervisor, and then as a more experienced manager who has learned from his mistakes. Viewers...
Author
Publisher
Virgin Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Often cited as the most curious and remarkable figure in horror literature. His work is noted by critics for its display of an exceptionally grotesque imagination and accomplished prose style. The cycle of narratives introduces readers to a freakish community of artists who encounter demonic perils that will engulf their lives!
5) Milk
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former city supervisor,...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Harvey Milk--eloquent, charismatic, and a smart-aleck--was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, but he had not even served a full year in office when he was shot by a homophobic fellow supervisor. Milk's assassination at the age of forty-eight made him the most famous gay man in modern history; twenty years later Time magazine included him on its list of the hundred most influential individuals of the twentieth century. Before...
Publisher
Counterpoint Films [production company]
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Viola Liuzzo, a 39-year-old wife and mother of five, was the only white woman killed during the civil rights movement. Narrated by Stockard Channing, Paola di Florio's powerful and poignant documentary tells Liuzzo's tragic story.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and Wizarding worlds. Hogwarts, once thought to be a safe haven, may no longer be safe. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Harry will have to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses, a critical piece...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Lord Voldemort has returned, but the ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth. They appoint Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good...
12) The Matrix
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999, p2007
Language
English
Description
The day-in, day world is the real world is merely perception. In reality it is a hoax perpetrated by an all-powerful artificial intelligence that control us. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct, and is now fighting for the future of the human race.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Special effects supervisor: also known as the special effects coordinator, the sfx supervisor is the head of the department and designs and directs all the special effects needed on the job. This position requires special skills in pyrotechnics, rigging, engineering and safety. Construction coordinator: The head of the crew responsible for constructing all the sets in a production. Locations manager (LM): The head of the department responsible for...
15) Journey of man
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An odyssey following the stages of human development from birth to maturity, with each stage presented by a Cirque du Soleil act.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Props Master: head of the props department. Responsible for obtaining and providing all items that a performer picks up and uses during a production. --1st assistant director: The person in charge of creating the schedule, running the set and keeping a certain pace during shooting. As the directors right hand, the 1st AD operates as the conduit between the crew and the director. --Script supervisor: The person in charge of making sure that continuity...
17) Chef
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
18) Species
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When a creature genetically engineered through extraterrestrial intelligence escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch assembles an elite team of experts to track it down. The alien is traced to Los Angeles, and initiates a horrific plan, to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work. Traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008], ©2007
Language
English
Description
During Christmas break from school, a seemingly typical teenager discovers that he is anything but ordinary. As the seventh son of a seventh son, Will Stanton is The Seeker - a chosen warrior destined to restore the delicate earthly balance between Light and Dark. Guided by ancient protectors of the Light, young Will must travel through time to gather the hidden signs that hold the ultimate power to protect the world.
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