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When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
2) True colors
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Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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225 pages ; 22 cm
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In the positivity-focused town of Serenity, Minnesota, twelve-year-old Mackenzie Werner, who can visually display her emotions as colorful haze, finds her perfect world challenged when a documentary maker arrives and the town's true emotions are exposed for everyone to see.
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter—her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call (3z(Bjournalism.(3y(B As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha...
4) Las Leonas
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Distrib Films US
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"In the outskirts of Rome, six teams compete in the women's soccer championship, the Las Leonas Trophy. All recent immigrants to Italy the majority from South America the participants work busy lives as caregivers and house cleaners throughout the city. Las Leonas follows the daily struggles, dreams, and frustrations of these women; each with their own story of emigration and family history, but united by a shared passion for soccer. Amidst the pressures...
5) Gospel
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
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2 DVDs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., GOSPEL explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. But, while musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom. It is a message that resounds from the pulput to the choir lofts on any given Sunday - one of the good news...
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2024.
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Lamar can’t wait to start his filmmaking career like his idol Spike Lee. And leave behind his small town of Morton, Louisiana. But for now, Lamar has to learn how to be a filmmaker while getting to know his grandfather. When Gramps talks about his activism and Black history, Lamar doesn’t think much about it. Times have changed since the old Civil Rights days! Right? He has a white friend named Jeff who wants to be a filmmaker, too,...
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Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
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309 pages ; 22 cm
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"Riley Jo is a teenager who knows what she wants. Born and raised in Bentonville, Arkansas, this Korean American girl has her sights set on being a musician. So when her parents are surprisingly cool about her attending the prestigious Los Angeles–based arts-focused boarding school her senior year of high school, she jumps at the chance. This is her moment to make her indie rock dreams a reality! Things at Carlmont Academy start out strong:...
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2024].
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1 DVD (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Malaria is one of humanity's oldest and most devastating plagues. In many parts of the world, it remains an ever-present scourge that sickens or kills millions of people each year. What if it could finally be defeated? Now, scientists may be on the verge of a breakthrough with a promising new vaccine.
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Criterion collection volume 1210
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 Blu-ray (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
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"Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN--an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses--with an intimate journey through Goldin's life, from her rebellious adolescence and immersion in New York City's thriving underground arts scene to her personal experiences of addiction and...
11) Immediate Family
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
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"Explores the iconic work of four session musicians who helped create the sounds and the hits of the singer-songwriting era"--
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 DVD (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family's ancestry. Follow one family's quest to discover their lost history and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery. Join filmmaker Byron Hurt at his extended family reunion as they celebrate the joy of family in the African diaspora and discover new details of their history that they thought were lost forever." --container
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follow Dr. Anthony Fauci as he grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and his 50-year career as the Nation's leading public health advocate. Witness a rarely seen side of the physician, husband, and father as he confronts political backlash, a new administration, and questions of the future.
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Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Between 1968 and 1972, NASA successfully sent 24 men where no human beings had been before or since. The final mission, Apollo 17, flew in December 1972 and closed the final chapter in NASAs triumphant Apollo Program. Using spectacular NASA high-definition archive footage, mission audio, and rare astronaut interviews, this is a unique documentary film that comprehensively chronicles one of the greatest moments in mankind's history. Uninterrupted...
15) Lynch/Oz
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Janus Films, The Criterion Channel
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
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The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's filmography from his early short "The Alphabet" to his television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and communicates with that legendary fantasy? In turn, what do Lynch's films have to say about the enduring resonance...
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