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1) Leaving home
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Leaving home is what most of us do -- eventually. It's different for Renu. Will she fulfill her dreams of leaving her village home to become a teacher in the big city? Most of India's 1.2 billion people live in villages. This documentary is about one of these villages, 100 miles north of Delhi, with prime focus on Renu and her coming-of-age. Leaving Home is about rural life, castes, marriage, weddings, family, motherhood, fatherhood--and change. And,...
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
日本語
Description
Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The founder of Structural Family Therapy, Minuchin has been inspiring therapists for over half a century with his wisdom and insight into what actually helps people change. You've read about him in your textbooks-now here's a chance to get to know the person behind the legend. In this compelling interview, Minuchin sits down with one of his beloved mentees and talks freely about his evolution as a therapist over the past fifty years. He reveals how...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
This film, the first from the Central African Republic, takes us inside the world of the 'pygmies' or more properly BaAka. Le silence de la forêt is a film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A lot of people talk about what could be done to make the world a better place. Moira Kelly doesn’t just talk, she acts. She’s run an AIDS clinic for children in Romania, been house mother at an Aboriginal mission, worked in India with Mother Teresa, nursed crack babies in the Bronx, rescued kids from the firing lines in the brutal Balkans conflict and set up schools for the disadvantaged in Bosnia. She brings those in need of surgery from war...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn from master child therapist Robin Walker why play is not a way to get children to talk about therapeutic issues, but is in fact the primary language of therapy. Play provides the building blocks for a strong therapeutic relationship, while simultaneously helping children develop communication skills, increase self-esteem, and stimulate development. From activities that facilitate the integration of aggression to tips on modeling appropriate...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Have you ever tried to learn another language, only to abandon your efforts due to boredom or frustration? In this highly effective course, we’re pleased to present an approach that turns the tables on the problems so many people face in learning a new language. Experience the fastest and most direct way to get up and running with a beautiful and highly useful language. Learning Spanish: How to Understand and Speak a New Language offers you an exciting...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The seven member Camden family expands as Annie gives birth to twins, Sam and David. But just because of newborns have arrived doesn't mean that the problems of the older children are over. A jealous Ruthie runs away from home, Mary and Lucy rebel against their household duties and Matt is obsessed with stopping the wedding of his ex-girlfriend.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Producers/directors Brian Woods and Kate Blewett uncover the systematic neglect of abandoned babies in Chinese state-run orphanages. They find "dark rooms" where the weakest and least liked children are left to die. These are known as "The Dying Rooms." China's one-child policy has created a race where most families desire boys and therefore parents are forced to abandon their babies. Their unfortunate and tragic lives are left at the mercy of these...
10) We Are Egypt
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Months before 2011's momentous uprising in Egypt many talked of a revolution - but no one knew when that day would come. Going behind the headlines, WE ARE EGYPT - filmed in the 14 months leading up to the Revolution - highlights the years of mounting resentment against the ruling regime. Deeply embedded inside the turmoil, filmmaker Lillie Paquette followed key opposition figures and young democracy activists as they struggled against extraordinary...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Andre "Dre" Johnson has it all...a job as a top ad exec, a beautiful doctor wife, four great kids and a lovely, well-appointed house in the suburbs. And he's not about to let his family forget how they got there. Keeping cultural identity alive is not without its challenges for this man on a mission. With perpetual pushback from clueless coworkers, an outspoken father, and even the wife and kids, Dre's efforts to enlighten are exhausting. Forced to...
12) InRealLife
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As a society we seem to alternate between worship of and panic about the glittering world of the Internet, as a generation of children have grown up with a smart phone in hand, connected to the digital world 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Public discourse seems to revolve around ‘grooming’ and ‘privacy’, two issues that embody the fears and concerns of adults. What is less discussed is what it means to always be on, never alone, and bombarded...
13) July '64
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Summer, 1964: Violence erupted on a hot July night in Rochester, New York. July '64 tells the story of an unrest that altered the course of history in Rochester, and predicted urban unrest throughout the American North. The night of Friday, July 24th, 1964 started off normally enough in Rochester New York, stiflingly hot and humid; but by the next morning no one would look at race relations in the North the same again. July '64 takes a penetrating...
Series
Tyler Perry the play collection volume 2
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Madea goes to jail: Madea's about to be sent to the only place she won't be able to talk her way out of ... jail! This tale of everybody's favorite Southern matriarch overflows with all the heartwarming laughter and down-home wisdom synonymous with the name Madea.
Why did I get married?: During a trip to the picturesque snowcapped mountains in Colorado, eight married college friends have gathered for their annual seven-day reunion. But the cozy mood...
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