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1) Edvard Munch
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (21 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
A biography of Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch and the effect his upbringing in Norway had on his work and whose raw, modern work The Scream shocked the bourgeois world.
2) The founder
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
3) Anthropoid
Formats
Description
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the code name for the secret Czechoslovakian mission to assassinate Nazi SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution to the Jewish question, was the Reich's third in command and the leader of Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia.
"At its best the film evokes the palpable terror of a city where uniformed thugs could arrest or kill anyone at any time with...
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the Prague Spring, that brief flowering of freedom that preceded the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Vojtech Jasny directed this impassioned account of his country's tragic relationship with the Soviet Union. Follows the inhabitants of a small Moravian village in the twenty years after Nazi occupation, through to communist rule.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian...
7) The northman
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A viking prince avenges the murder of his father.
8) Boat people
Series
Criterion collection volume 1113
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
After the communist takeover of Vietnam, a Japanese journalist revisits Vietnam to report on the life of its people after the war.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
11) Becket
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?
12) Cold Mountain
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
13) The clay bird
Publisher
bNew Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set against the backdrop of Pakistan during the turbulent 1960s, a family is ripped apart by religious beliefs and civil war. A young boy from Bangladesh is sent away by his Muslim father to a Madrasah. He struggles to adapt to a harsh monastic life.
14) Lost illusions
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
When an aspiring poet joins a cynical team of journalists in nineteenth-century Paris, he agrees to write positive reviews for bribes, and finds success at the expense of his conscience.
16) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
18) Apocalypto
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Description
De Mel Gibson, director de La Pasión de Cristo y de la película ganadora del Oscar Corazón Valiente (Mejor Director y Mejor Película en 1995), llega la emocionante historia épica Apocalypto. Esta intensa aventura de acción te transportará hasta una antigua civilización mesoamericana en la que vivirás una experiencia como ninguna otra. En el caso de la misteriosa cultura Maya, el joven "Garra de Jaguar" es capturado y llevado a la gran ciudad...
Series
Criterion collection volume 978
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
The lives of two very different women in 1970s France intertwine as the women's movement progresses.
20) Call Jane
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...
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