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121161) Piripkura
Language
Portuguese
Description
"This essential ethnographic film goes deep into the Amazon rainforests of Brazil to find critical proof of an indigenous tribe still dwelling there outside modern society. The rare evidence of their existence presented masterfully in the film serves as perhaps the only legal barrier saving what remains of these rainforests from destruction. This chronicle of an expedition follows the footsteps of two of the three remaining members Piripkura of who...
Publisher
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A collection of materials in varied media and formats about the life of Abraham Lincoln and his accomplishment as politician and president. Includes a resource book with short narrative summaries by historians and extensive background materials (also on CD-ROM), eleven posters of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, and others, including a poster sized timeline of all the major dates and events, eight placards depicting historic figures and images,...
121164) Twelfth night
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Twins who are separated in a shipwreck are forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on OIivia, who falls for Viola but is idolized by Malvolio. Enter Sebastian, who is the spitting image of his twin sister.
Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Visiting a neighborhood ice cream shop, children learn about everyone's favorite ice cream flavors. Mark then teaches everyone how to draw an ice cream cone and a truck. He then takes a journey to the Buddy Dog Human Society, learns how to care for four-legged friends, and teaches viewers how to draw a cat and puppy.
121166) Spanish for kids: 6 volume set
Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Join the language-learning celebration with this entertaining collection of six Spanish-immersion videos that combine live action, animation, and irresistible music!
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Bell Hooks makes a compelling argument for the transformative powers of cultural criticism. She demonstrates how learning to think critically was central to her own self-transformation and how it can play a role in the students' quest for a sense of agency and identity. Includes footage from many films and music videos, and news coverage.
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In 1870, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch publishes "Venus in Furs," an erotic novel revealing the author's desire to be dominated by a woman. After the success of the novel, a woman turns up at his doorstep and offers to take on the role of the dominant woman. He submits to her completely and they get married. Years later, Leopold has remarried and lives a quiet life, far removed from the sexual escapades of his first marriage. This is when he learns that...
121169) Gandhi: soldier of peace
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Modern day kids Annie and Nico go on a magical history tour to find out how modern-day India became the way it is. Much of which is due to one man who practiced peaceful resistance... Gandhi. This man, a tireless defender against oppression, fought all his life for independence from the British colonists who ruled India. He practiced non-violent demonstrations and went on hunger strikes to help bring attention to his cause."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
New Moon Productions
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Valarie Kaur was a 20-year-old college student when she set out across America in the aftermath of 9/11, camera in hand, to document hate violence against her community. From the still-shocked streets of Ground Zero to the desert towns of the American west, her epic journey confronts the forces unleashed in a time of national crisis--racism and religion, fear and forgiveness--until she finds the heart of America ... halfway around the world"--Container....
121171) Minnesota! the modern day Selma
Publisher
BC Entertainment, MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The murder of George Floyd changed society. As protests erupted around the world, one group traveled to Minnesota to stand in solidarity with the families of those impacted by police violence. They reached out to politicians and invited them to grieve with the community, eventually getting so entangled that one was arrested while trying to keep a protester from attacking an officer.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Few NFL teams measure up in terms of quality or personality to the 1985 Chicago Bears. They were dominant on the gridiron, and omnipresent in the media. The documentary will reveal the full story behind this colorful, storied and arguably greatest team in professional football history.
Publisher
Distributed by New Day Films
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Gaining ground, a follow-up to the award-winning documentary Holding Ground (1996), shows how one diverse Boston neighborhood has stemmed the tide against enormous odds. In the midst of the economic meltdown, Gaining Ground explores the innovative, grassroots organizing efforts of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) in Boston. DSNI was created 25 years ago when the community had been devastated by bank redlining, arson-for-profit and...
121175) Neshoba: the price of freedom
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Neshoba: the price of freedom tells the story of a Mississippi town still divided about the meaning of justice, 40 years after the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, an event dramatized in the Oscar-winning film Mississippi Burning. Although Klansmen bragged about what they did in 1964, no one was held accountable until 2005, when the State indicted preacher Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old notorious...
121176) Year of the scab
Series
30 for 30 volume season 3, no. 20
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the NFL strike of 1987 and the success of the Washington Redskins replacement team, whose winning season set up the returning strikers for a Superbowl victory.
Publisher
Neil Tomba Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Listening Road takes you on Pastor Neil Tomba's remarkable 33-day journey cycling 3,000 miles across the United States on a mission to engage and talk, but more importantly, listen to strangers from all walks of life about faith, their stories, and matters of the heart. Throughout this journey, Neil shows that even in a culture of division and antagonism, making genuine connections with others is possible if we are willing to listen with compassion...
121178) The Vietnam war
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The latter half of the 20th century was a turbulent time for Vietnam. This small Southeast Asian country once occupied by France found itself divided after nationalist revolutionaries overthrew the colonial government, splitting the country between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the north and the Republic of Vietnam in the south. Worse still, tensions between the two territories gave way to a decades-long civil conflict that would ensnare...
121179) Imperfect: a story of body image
Author
Publisher
Zuiker Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Dounya Awada is a 24-year-old, devout Muslim, happy, healthy, and very much alive. But just a few years before, she nearly starved to death. Her struggle began when she was six years old. Little Dounya wanted nothing less than to be perfect, like her mother. She pushed herself hard every day, excelling in schoolwork and at home. She had to be the cutest, prettiest, smartest girl in the room. The slightest hint of imperfection led to meltdowns and...
Author
Publisher
Nobrow
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Through Anne Simon's irreverent illustrative comics style and Corinne Maier's witty, researched writing, readers can join the fight against capitalism with Karl Marx, meet the father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, and discover the fundamentals of physics with Albert Einstein. Explore complex scientific, psychological and political ideas in a wryly intelligent graphic novel format!
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