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1) Nowhere Fast
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Angela left Ballybeag to become a media star, she thought she’d never look back. That is, until things didn’t work out the way she expected. Now she’s returning to the tiny Irish village where she grew up – back to the comfort of her mum, the gossip of the locals and the drama of her old friends. With her friendship group about to implode, her luck constantly against her and a new job at the local radio station, will Angela be able to...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
There hasn’t been peace in the Congo for 20 years, the army and the various militias are locked in a constant battle over the country’s precious mineral resources. The fighters on both sides have been profiled often but this documentary looks at a group often thought of as merely victims of the war; women. On both sides there are female combatants. Some are fighting for what they believe in, others because they have nowhere else to go and nothing...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
**Gary Numan** The Godfather of electronic pop music has moved home, lock stock and apparel to embark on a one-way trip to California, in search of a new life in the sun and new challenges in Hollywood. With him go his wife Gemma, daughters; Raven, Persia and Echo and filmmakers Steve Read & Rob Alexander. Numan took the sound of early electronica and fused it with strong images of his on stage alter-egos, to invent something totally unique. Seemingly...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This mockumentary unravels the tale of how Ronin Suiri Tantai made it to Australian screens back in the late 90’s, retitled as TOP KNOT DETECTIVE, and what really happened behind the scenes of this outrageous show. The original Japanese series was legendary in its home country as being a cultural train-wreck, led by its insane writer/director/star, Takashi Takamoto. The rivalry between Takashi and co-star, Haruto Koike, is just the tip of this conspiratorial...
Publisher
Mark Rappaport
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the movies since he was an infant, Chris Olsen appeared in films by some of the best directors of the fifties. Even though he never became a famous child actor, he was in a handful of the most iconic fifties movies. He “retired” at the age of ten. Looking back on his life as a child actor, he tries to find the thread that ties his movies together.
7) Let Me Be Me
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Westphal family learns that their six year old son Kyle is on the Autism spectrum. Fearing they may never develop a real connection to him, they embark on a radical journey in which they compassionately join Kyle in his unique behaviors. Twenty years later, the entire family looks back at Kyle’s path from social isolation to professional clothing designer.
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
The jury finds the three defendants guilty of murder. The prosecutor’s case wins. Isabel Carrasco’s memory becomes increasingly distant in León; no one wants to look back. The three defendants are pinning all of their hopes on the Supreme Court. At the last minute, the filmmakers discover something that was never investigated by the police. A political shadow hangs over the investigation once again.
Publisher
Nelvana International
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Four has to always look after his twin brother Five. But, when Five's behavior includes eating Four's favorite toothpaste and polishing his ankles with Four's favorite toothbrush, Four does the unthinkable and blurts out that he wishes Five had never been born. When Five seemingly disappears, the Monsters think that Five has gone to the hospital to "Give himself back!"
Publisher
Kino Lorber Edu
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked on his Hajj pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion.. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam's crises of religious extremism,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable persona which was so genuine and alluring. Her cinematic contributions produced such classics as Casablanca, Gaslight, and Anastasia. But Ingrid's story goes deeper than the triumphs of her movie career. Her life took sharp turns and led her in directions she never expected. Plagued by the scandal of...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Billie Jean King is the single most important female athlete of the 20th century, winner of 39 Grand Slam titles and a major force in changing and democratizing the cultural landscape. AMERICAN MASTERS looks back to the 12-year-old girl who played tennis on public courts, observed disparity and, as she soared athletically, never stopped trying to remedy inequality. Perhaps best remembered from "The Battle of the Sexes" match vs. Bobby Riggs on Sept....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
White Like Me, based on the work of acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we've entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a fascinating look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After three decades as the colorful bandleader to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen defies nature with a relentless schedule of touring and performing into his nineties. A musical icon traces his groundbreaking career and personal trials underscoring a life of inspiration and obsession. In 2018, at the age of 90, Doc Severinsen is still going strong as he leaves home and sets off on a performance tour. At the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What does it mean to be young, black, male and dare to step out of invisibility? Finding the Gold Within follows six Black men from Akron, Ohio, through their first years of college. Despite their high levels of confidence and critical thinking, the stark reality of being away from their families and communities brings a series of crises. A sister dies in a car accident; a home gets broken into, a brush with the law, racial jokes and provocations...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Meet the Kapsalides - a close-knit family of mum and two daughters who are proud of what they’ve achieved as a sole-parent household.. Helen was born in Australia to a Greek father and Lebanese mother. She met her Greek husband when she was 23 and had two children before she discovered from police that he was a bigamist. Although she divorced him, her daughters Julie and Simone say the family has never said a bad word about their father, who has...
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Remembering Yayayi reflects on a pivotal moment in the history of Pintupi people through a body of archival film...In 1974, filmmaker Ian Dunlop visited Yayayi, a remote community in Central Australia. The Pintupi people had recently moved there to get away from the difficulties of living at the larger permanent government settlement of Papunya. Dunlop had come to Yayayi to follow up on the lives of people he had photographed ten years earlier as...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In Academy Award nominated The Barber of Birmingham, 85 year-old barber and life-long civil rights activist James Armstrong looks back on the early days of the civil rights movement and links those struggles with a previously unimaginable dream -- the election of the first African-American president. Armstrong was the proud proprietor of Armstrong's Barbershop, a cultural and political hub in Birmingham, Alabama, for more than 50 years. In his...
19) Sex: female
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Sex: female, five dozen American women representing a rich variety of ages, ethnic groups, and economic backgrounds go public with some of their innermost secrets. A 76 year old grandmother talks about how she manages sex with her 77 year old boyfriend three times a week, no Viagra needed. A sexy single mother says "when I do need sex, I get the man out of the drawer. He's not going to complain, he's not going to give me any trouble. He's just...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
World renowned scientist, Dr. Jeremy Jackson, tells Sanjayan the oceans are in trouble, that a rise of slime is coming. But Sanjayan goes in search of a very different future. He travels to one of the remotest reefs on earth. The sheer number of sharks in this place doesn't make any sense - the mass of predators is greater than prey. It seems like a paradox. But when you understand it, you see how our oceans can be more productive than we could ever...
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