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Author
Language
English
Description
Beat Poet Neal Cassady is pulled between two women, Mary (Gretchen Mol), a teen temptress and Joan (Forlani), his first true love. Based on a letter written by Cassady to his friend, author Jack Kerouac, this beautifully photographed film is about the choices people make and how they alter the course of one's life.
Author
Series
Committed volume 4
Language
English
Description
After Tracy gets a part in an experimental school play, Joe and Liz disagree about how to best encourage her new-found interest in acting. Joe finds a surprising ally in his mother-in-law Frances. Bob sleeps.
Author
Series
Committed volume 12
Language
English
Description
After a career day at school, Zelda and Tracy discover that going to college costs money. The discovery that the Larsen's don't have any money sends the family into a cost-saving fury. Bob sleeps.
Author
Series
Committed volume 10
Language
English
Description
Liz discovers that Zelda's Girl Tracker cookie drive is not only controlled by the mob, but that the cookies are made by her company. Liz threatens to expose the ring while the local mob boss threatens to cut off their cable. Bob sleeps.
Author
Series
Committed volume 13
Language
English
Description
Liz questions her attractiveness when Joe is picked to judge "The Miss Downloadable" beauty contest. At work, Val suggests a makeover from her chic hairdresser, which results in a "bad hair year" for Liz. Bob sleeps.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Fueled by raw talent and driven by dreams of glory, a dozen dead-enders from Dublin's gritty North Side share a passion for soul music that takes their band on a wild rollercoaster ride from the streets to superstardom! Includes 4 hours of extras.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
He's baaack! Sheldon is retrieved from his soul-searching cross-country train trip (older but no wiser) and that means the gang's all here to spread another year's cheer as TV's most attended laugh seminar. Enroll in this comic curriculum to explore Leonard's minor surgery becoming a major catastrophe from his roommate, Howard's obsession over his mom's relationship with retailer-turned-caretaker Stuart, and the peculiar results of Penny's technique...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"New York City's Deputy Mayor, Mike Flaherty [is] the slick support system to newly announced Senatorial candidate Mayor Randall Winston. But with a Senate seat on the line and a city to run, Mike is forced to hire a campaign manager to help lighten the load."--Container.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Eva is a newlywed with a successful career as a top marriage counselor, a hot husband, and the answers to everything. But when she finds out that her parents are getting a divorce, and her hubby has neglected to mention his first wife, Eva's perfect world begins to crumble. Is true love little more that a fairy tale or is marriage really just an institution for the committed?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Transforming energy is a documentary about the hope of alternative energy as a solution to the problems of global warming and the end of cheap oil and gas. It takes us into the lives, the passion, the commitment and the hard work of the people who are on the ground now, working to create a new energy paradigm.
12) Road to Mercy
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This film documents Canada’s journey into the furthest ethical frontier – a place where doctors are allowed to take a life and society must decide on the circumstances under which they can. Through the stories of patients who seek medically assisted death and the committed physicians who agree to help them, the film chronicles Canada’s first legal doctor-assisted deaths and peers into the extreme boundaries of this practice. “*Powerful, provocative,...
13) Swing
Author
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of "The Full Monty" and "The Commitments," SWING is the heartwarming story of working class friends who break free from their bleak Liverpool lives to follow their dreams and launch a swing band. Starring worldwide singing sensation Lisa Stansfield, Hugo Speer and Clarence Clemons from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
On December 2, 1980 lay missioner Jean Donovan and three American nuns were brutally murdered by members of El Salvador’s security force. This "sensitive, marvelously constructed film"(Catholic New York) chronicles Jean’s life, from her affluent childhood in Connecticut, to her decision to volunteer with the Maryknolls in El Salvador, to her tragic death. An award-winning classic for the ages, Roses in December is both an eloquent memorial to...
Author
Series
Sonic Underground volume 5
Language
English
Description
Sleet and Dingo plan to collect the taxes owed to Robotnik from the Duke of Velcronia but keep it for themselves. To avoid the wrath of Robotnik, Sleet and Dingo infiltrate the Underground to corral Manic and friends to the commit the crime and take the blame. The scheme is moving along well for the evil duo until they are caught on tape by Max, Manic's friend, who stops the devious Sleet and Dingo enabling the Duke keep his money.
16) Dede
Author
Language
Georgian
Description
Based on true events that took place at the outset of the Georgian Civil War, Dede takes place in the high mountainous community of Svaneti, where there live a people far removed from the modern world. A purely patriarchal society that revolves around forced marriages, pride and tradition dictate the code of daily life. Dina is a young woman promised by her draconian grandfather to David, one of the soldiers returning from the war. Once a marriage...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Mullen explores the evolution of encounter groups beginning with the first groups created by Synanon founder Chuck Dederich in the 1950s. Mullen discusses the essential elements of these first groups including honesty, authenticity and mutual self-help-elements that are still core to encounter groups today. He highlights that although the brutal confrontational style of the first groups have softened, the commitment to hold oneself and other accountable...
Publisher
Humanity Rising
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1992, Dr. Jim Withers began doing night rounds on the streets of Pittsburgh, offering medical assistance and support to the homeless. Fifteen years later, the organization he founded, Operation Safety Net, is a pioneering model in a growing movement to provide healthcare to the homeless. Dr. Withers and his team navigate riverbanks, bridges, and alleyways to bring medical help and social justice to those who have fallen through the cracks of society....
19) Unrepresented
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
We all know Washington is broken. Our federal government's spending, regulations and tax breaks are deeply corrupted in favor of the special interests that lobby it. Fed up with the status quo, Americans keep electing people who pledge to change it, to no avail. Why? With expert testimony from high-ranking officials, UNREPRESENTED reveals that what is stopping the Federal government from enacting popular reforms is the corrupt way it is financed....
Author
Language
English
Description
This feature documentary follows a small group of LGBTI+ activists in Tbilisi, Georgia, as they attempt to conduct the first Pride march in the country. They face overwhelming opposition from far-right groups, the government, and the Georgian Orthodox Church, which has led to a history of attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community, often inciting rallies of thousands of violent counter-protestors. With membership of the European Union, and anti-Russian sentiment...
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