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Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This political thriller, set in the final years of the Cold War, recounts the struggles of a young West German woman member of a terrorist group (loosely based on the real Baader-Meinhof gang). When the group disbands, she goes into hiding with an invented identity in East Germany. She struggles with the realities of a Communist state while keeping the distant ideal of socialism.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Publisher
Tartan Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 132 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (12 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 147 p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Taught by acclaimed linguist, author, and Professor John McWhorter of Columbia University, Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage dispels the cloud of confusion that clings to English, giving you a crystal-clear view of why we use it the way we do and where it fits into the diverse languages of the world. After completing these 24 lectures, you will think about how you use English in a new way, listen to others with discernment and fascination,...
6) Francofonia
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the collaboration between two men during World War II that preserved the artwork at the Louvre.
7) The northman
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A viking prince avenges the murder of his father.
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.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two defiant suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The two activists broke from the mainstream women's rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight. Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a chance for love, and colleague Inez Mulholland gives up...
13) 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) Julia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born to great wealth, the fiercely independent Julia devotes her life to political causes, fighting facism in the 1930's. While traveling in Europe, a friend of Julia's is swept into a dangerous world, smuggling money across hostile borders.
17) Dragon Inn
Series
Criterion collection volume 937
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
After he has the minister of defense executed, the Eunuch of the Emperor sends assassins after the man's children, but they are challenged by a mysterious group of fighters who seek justice.
Series
Criterion collection volume 320
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fonda stars as the young lawyer who put his integrity and humor to work for his fellow man.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The life and work of renowned 18th-century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach are traced in this stirring biodrama. Narrated by Bach's wife Anna, the film is mostly comprised of set pieces in which Bach performs many of his works.
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