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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Leaving the continent of Africa, the second place for resistance was aboard the slave ships as they departed for the Caribbean. Although we have limited historical records, this episode explores the suicides, runaways, and revolts on slave ships, as well as the efforts made by Europeans to control the enslaved.
Author
Series
Mankind Decoded volume 12
Language
English
Description
No prizes for second place! In this episode, we learn how being the fastest enabled empires to be born and capitalism to thrive.
Author
Series
Wildfire volume 2
Language
English
Description
On the heels of her dramatic second place finish in the Sandpiper Race, Kris is offered an opportunity to star in a commercial with Wildfire, which unexpectedly thrusts Kris and Junior together.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
The tragic story of seven British soldiers who, trapped behind Japanese lines, are so concerned with arguing out their own destinies that the enemy has to take second place. When they capture a lone Japanese scout and argue over his fate as well, the film shows with a terrible truth that in war there can be no second chances. Nominated for Best British Film at the **BAFTA Awards**.
Author
Series
Big History volume 16
Language
English
Description
At critical moments in history, our second place metal was the most important metal on Earth. Big History reveals how silver's place in our minds was determined by the heat of exploding stars, and how this one metal saved democracy.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Leaving the continent of Africa, the second place for resistance was aboard the slave ships as they departed for the Caribbean. Although we have limited historical records, this episode explores the suicides, runaways, and revolts on slave ships, as well as the efforts made by Europeans to control the enslaved.
Publisher
Maria Farinha Filmes
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
There is a market where childhood may be traded in for anything of lesser value. Everybody knows about it, but it appears to be something easy to ignore. Brazil takes second place on a world ranking of childhood sexual exploitation cases. In an urgent investigation, journalist and Youtuber, Jout Jout; TV show host, Luciano Huck; doctor and author Dráuzio Varella and Gail Dines, professor in sociology at Wheelock College join forces with people who...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As Asian economies boom and their governments grapple with claims for democracy and human rights, women have begun to play a key role in reshaping the traditionally male dominated culture of southeast Asia and Indonesia is no exception. Women have often held second place in Indonesia. They have been valued as wives and mothers, but denied the educational and legal opportunities offered to men. As workers, they have suffered from sexual discrimination....
10) Life Itself
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive producer Martin Scorsese (The Departed) present LIFE ITSELF, a documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert – a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful, and transcendent.. Based on his bestselling memoir of the same name, LIFE ITSELF explores the legacy of Roger Ebert’s life, from his Pulitzer...
11) Hannah Arendt
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In the award-winning HANNAH ARENDT, the sublime Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta for a brilliant new biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt’s reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker—controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils—introduced her now-famous concept of the “Banality of Evil.” Using footage from the...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training is the comic and poignant second-in-the-series of adventures with the pint-sized sandlot ballplayers initiated with the smash success, The Bad News Bears. The picture picks up the Bears' career a year after their infamous second-place finish in the North Valley League. Faced with a chance to play the Houston Toros for a shot at the Hapenese champs, they devise a way to get Texas to play at the famed Astrodome....
13) Melancholia
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed filmmaker Lars von Trier grapples with his own experiences with depression to this dark sci-fi drama and Palme d'Or nominee. Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of Justine’s sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships...
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
Français
Description
A champion mountain bike racer named Laurie hesitates at the start gate, and the two seconds lost cost her the race--and her place on the team. Forced into retirement, she is delighted to discover a job as a bike messenger. By chance, she meets Lorenzo, a cantankerous Italian bike shop owner and former champion himself. Their mutual love and appreciation of cycling draw them together in spite of initial clashes. One night, they decide to face each...
Language
English
Formats
Description
50 million people in the U.S. - one in four children - don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two kids; Rosie,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Station Inspector Brock witnesses a robbery. When he fails to report one of the culprits, he starts experiencing flashbacks of his earlier failure to take a stand against Nazi persecutions. The second track was screened at The Museum of Modern Art in 2005 as part of the film series Rebels with a cause: the cinema of East Germany. It is the only East German film to explore the theme of former Nazis leading normal lives in the GDR, something authorities...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This program covers the important topic of heat engines and the second law of thermodynamics in Physics. We begin by discussing the theory, which involves how useful work can be done by engines which use expansion or hot gases to move a piston. The entire lesson is taught by working example problems beginning with the easier ones and gradually progressing to the harder problems. Emphasis is placed on giving students confidence in their skills by gradual...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In a society where materialism reigns, what is the real secret to happiness? Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Karslake (For the Bible Tells Me So) tells the unforgettable stories of five regular folks – a boy, a college student, a thirty-something and two seniors – whose lives went from ordinary to extraordinary based on one simple decision: to engage. Each chose action over apathy, and in the process, each one has had a significant and lasting...
19) Second to None
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Frederick Butterfield has always been runner up to his twin brother Herman. When Herman, the older by a mere minute, becomes the world’s oldest man, Frederick finally sees an opportunity to take first place. Frederick will stop at nothing to claim the top spot in the most inventive way possible, but what ensues are a series of bungled hikinks and misadventures. Winner of Best Animation at the **Austin Film Festival**, **Savannah Film Festival**,...
Series
Publisher
DistriMax, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
Zico es el jefe de la banda de ladrones más respetada de la ciudad. Sus robos son perfectos, sin heridos, ni balas, y no dejan rastro alguno. Con el último trabajo, él y su hermana Angélica esperan irse del país e iniciar una nueva vida. Para ello Zico planifica un robo que debe suceder en tres minutos exactos.
Zico is the boss of the most respected gang of thieves in the city. Their heists are always perfect, no wounded people, no bullets fired,...
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