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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
Nasser-Ali Khan appears to care more about his career than his family, but there is more to him than just the surface. After his beloved violin breaks, he sets out to replace it with his son's help. But when he cannot replace the instrument, he decides that the only solution to his sorrow is death. As he lies in bed waiting to die, his wife provides him with delicacies, such as chicken and plums, to help him find a reason to live again. Along the...
Publisher
First Run/Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and times of the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic "A People's History of the United States." Features archival materials, interviews with Zinn as well as colleagues and friends including Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Alice Walker.
3) Sin
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone) is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb. The artist's loyalty is tested when Leo X, of the rival Medici...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Paul Butterfield learned the blues from the Chicago masters and is considered to be the greatest blues harmonica player of all time. His interracial blues band, with its rock edge, struck a chord with rock audiences of the 160s and beyond.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
A journey inside the world of a legend of modern art and an icon of feminism. Onscreen, the nonagenarian Louise Bourgeois is magnetic, mercurial and emotionally raw. An uncompromising artist whose life and work are imbued with her ongoing obsession with the mysteries of childhood. Her process is on full display in this intimate documentary, which features the artist in her studio and with her installations, shedding light on her intentions and inspirations....
7) Harriet
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America2s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
8) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
The life story of legendary R&B singer Aretha Franklin.
9) Till
Publisher
Orion Releasing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie2s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother2s ability to change the world.
10) Sergeant York
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Appears on these lists
World War I Collection Spotlight - American Experience
World War I Collection Spotlight - Classics
World War I Collection Spotlight - Films
World War I Collection Spotlight - Classics
World War I Collection Spotlight - Films
Description
Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.
11) Chariots of fire
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Harold Abrahams, Eric Liddell, and the team of athletic competitors who brought victory to Britain in the 1924 Olympics.
12) The Red Baron
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
World War I Collection Spotlight - Films
World War I Collection Spotlight - The Fight on Water and in the Air
World War I Collection Spotlight - The Fight on Water and in the Air
Description
Europe, 1916: Baron Manfred von Richthofen is a crack pilot of the German aerial combat forces, a legend in his own time, a hero at home, and a man both feared and respected by the enemy. Von Richthofen and his fellow officers see their duels in the sky as tactical, almost sportsmanlike, challenges. But, when he falls in love with Kate, she opens his eyes to the fact that there is more to war than dogfights and he becomes aware of his role in the...
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