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Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
This Golden Globe and Emmy nominee is a glorious telling of Dickens' tale of passion, intrigue, and revolution.. Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES comes to magnificent life in a lavish adaptation of the literary classic set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. Chris Sarandon (THE PRINCESS BRIDE, FRIGHT NIGHT) takes on a dual role as French aristocrat Charles Darnay and London lawyer Sydney Carton – both of whom are in love with the...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Jericho and Anau are two of the world's oldest cities, and their stories have much to tell us about the scope of human history. Begin the course by examining what made these cities successful, and how they differed from each other. This starting point will introduce the concept and key themes of Big History.
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
August 1963. Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire, England. Fifteen men pull off "The Great Train Robbery,"netting today’s equivalent of almost 70 million dollars. THAT WE ALL KNOW. We’ve read the books, seen the TV specials. We’ve heard Ronnie Biggs and Bruce Reynolds reel off their usual spiel. We think we know the full story by now. But the truth is, we’ve never heard the actual INSIDE STORY because no one’s ever learned the identity of the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Las Vegas...Sin City...There is no place like it on earth. The adult playground in the Sun... The country s greatest resort city... the gambling capital of the world...A place of casinos...Home of the famous, and infamous Strip. It is a city where for the right price every kind of entertainment is available for everyone and anyone at any time... It is a city that never sleeps. But it is also a uniquely American city...A Western city ... A desert city....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A fantasy tale about a young Zulu who leaves his village to go to the city, falls in love with the new music he hears there, and returns home to form a Zulu jazz band. The South African production and distribution company African Films followed up the success of Zonk! with Song of Africa. This is a fantasy tale about a young Zulu who leaves his village to go to the city, falls in love with the new music he hears there, and returns home to form a Zulu...
10) After Stonewall
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun. After Stonewall, the sequel to Before Stonewall, chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. It captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Tale of Ruin (1978) analyzes the issues involved in the acquisition and usage of raw materials in our market oriented society. The film features photography of seldom seen U.S. strip mining operations and open pit mines. Such large scale mining, here and abroad, has led to poverty for the workers and environmental destruction for many areas around the world. The film shows how reliance on foreign oil and mineral resouces underlies much of US foreign...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Holding Ground is at once a cautionary tale of urban policies gone wrong and a message of hope for all American cities. In 1985, African-American, Latino, Cape Verdean, and European-American residents in Roxbury, MA united to revitalize their community. The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative went on to gain national recognition as residents fought to close down illegal dumps, gain unprecedented control of land from City Hall and create a comprehensive...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by the literature and ideas of the radical right, parked a Ryder truck with a five-ton fertilizer bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City. Moments later, 168 people were killed and 675 were injured in the blast. This documentary traces the events — including the deadly encounters between American citizens and law enforcement at Ruby Ridge and Waco...
14) Manila
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Tagalog
Description
Piolo Pascual portrays two characters in this fractured tale of darkness and light, exposing the seedy underbelly of the city that surrounds him. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for the Free Spirit Award at the **Warsaw International Film Festival.** *"Moody black-and-white realism, with a dash of genre thriller..." - Jonathan Romney, **ScreenDaily***
15) Kisses
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Two young kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the **Film Independent Spirit Award**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*A darkling, modern-day fairy tale and lyrical coming-of-age story, Irish filmmaker Lance Daly's 2008 film "KISSES" is a small gem.*" - James Verniere, **Boston Herald**...
16) Atlantic City
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
In this **Oscar**-nominated romantic thriller, Atlantic City has been revitalized with the legalization of gambling. But the new industry also brings unsettling changes for its citizens. One of these citizens is Lou (Burt Lancaster), a longtime mob flunkey and bodyguard/boyfriend to aging beauty queen Grace (Kate Reid). Lou's romantic interests begin to waver when he meets Sally (Susan Sarandon), a young casino croupier, after she unwillingly gets...
17) The bridge
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, this is the definitive story of how a giant steel arch resembling a coat hanger became one of world's most recognised structures and an engineering triumph. Massive, majestic and breathtaking, the bridge was the greatest engineering challenge of its day anywhere on earth. Nothing like it had ever been attempted in Australia. It not only altered the life of a city forever, it became a symbol...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Satirical, critical, talented - William Hogarth was one of the most original British artists of the 18th Century. The son of a poor schoolmaster made a name for himself as a portraitist and became best known for his satirical etchings. In strange and graphic tales, such as A Harlot's Progress, he denounced the social and political injustices of his time. Often pirated, Hogarth fought for the first image copyright law. Together with illustrators and...
19) Dark City
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
What if you woke one morning to realize that every memory, every emotion, every fact you believed true about your life had been manufactured by someone else and placed in your mind? In this fascinating and provocative science fiction tale, John Murdoch—wanted for a series of brutal murders—realizes that everything he believes about himself is a lie. Murdoch's bittersweet childhood, his love for his estranged wife and the hideous series of murders...
20) Old Town Girls
Publisher
Cheng Cheng Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true incident, Shen Yu's debut OLD TOWN GIRLS tells a tale about how an unsustained economic boom desolates working-class communities and familial relations. Tempted by living a new life as a professional dancer in big cities, Qu Ting bid farewell to her marriage in a decaying rust bell town, leaving behind her infant daughter Shui Qing, who’s been alienated by her dad’s new family since. Never felt equally loveable as her peers,...
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