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Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"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 "journalism." As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for...
Publisher
Capitol
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based on the first part of the Beatles' career, the period in which they toured and captured the world's acclaim. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr formed their band in 1962, stormed Europe in 1963, and in 1964 they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever, and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording...
Publisher
Reality Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The golden age of arcades may have been in the 80s, but decades later arcades are back and bigger than ever in the arcade bar. It's Cheers for nerds, a place where every body knows your game. "Token Taverns" takes a boozy look into 3 arcade bars and their owners over 2 years as they try to thrive and survive through a global pandemic.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Vast, wild, and untouched, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is where some of the world's greatest wildlife spectacles unfold. Situated in the northeast corner of Alaska, this refuge has long protected survivors of the Ice Age that still roam a frozen wilderness.
Publisher
Dark Star
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.
7) Augmented
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In Augmented, Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs, shares his personal journey. At age 17, Herr’s legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices. Now, Herr is teaming up with an injured climber and a surgeon at a leading Boston hospital to test a...
Publisher
Playaway View
Pub. Date
©2011.
Language
English
Description
Tigers of the snow: Travels into the field with the Russian-American scientific team to document the natural history and behavior of the Siberian tiger in its native environment.
In search of the jaguar: Top wildlife biologist and renowned conservationist Dr. Alan Rabinowitz has battled to save the third largest cat in the world, the mysterious and misunderstood jaguar. Dr. Rabinowitz has become a leading force in wildlife conservation throughout...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Hindi
Description
A fearless group of journalists maintain India's only women-led news outlet. All from the Dalit caste, the women of Khabar Lahariya prepare to transition the newspaper from print to digital while fighting for marginalized voices in the world's largest democracy. The film chronicles the astonishing determination of these reporters as they redefine what it means to be powerful.
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
©2008.
Language
English
Description
This one-hour Iowa Public Television documentary takes a look back at girls' 6-on-6 basketball and what it meant to generations of young women who played it. One of the most acclaimed sports in Iowa history, 6-on-6 was especially popular in small towns. It was there that young women became queens of the court, where communities rallied behind their daughters, and where school leaders -- mostly male -- fought for girls' equality. Like nowhere else...
12) Ascension
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Nominated for Best Documentary by the Director's Guild, Producer's Guild, Independent Spirit Awards, and Gotham Awards, and winner of Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, this film explores the paradoxical pursuit of wealth and progress in China. Loosely structured around the distinct social and economic classes that divide the nation, this extraordinary documentary follows factory workers, middle class consumers and elites as they chase...
14) Spector
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter between charismatic actress Lana Clarkson and legendary music producer Phil Spector ended in a fatal shooting that forever warped his legacy. How could one of the most important figures in 20th-century pop music also be a monster? This four-part docuseries peels back the layers of one of Hollywood's most tragic crimes to paint a more human portrait of Lana Clarkson and the deeply disturbed man convicted of her murder.
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Director Alex Winter explores the ascension and acceleration of YouTube; a video-sharing website that started with humble origins and has gone on to change how we experience the world. With exclusive access to some of YouTube's biggest stars; the film presents an eye-opening and troubling look at the platform now so powerfully embedded in our lives.
Series
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Meet creatures beyond your imagining in two undersea sagas pulsing with sea serpents, multiarmed beasts, magnificent kelp forests and jellyfish named for a Gorgon. In the Emmy Award winning The Blue Planet: Seas of Life and its jawdropping successor, Blue Planet II, cutting-edge breakthroughs in science and technology open your eyes to deep blue worlds, amazing sea life, and animal behaviors you've never seen before. Filmed on two circumglobal photo...
18) American horses
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
American horses are icons. Each breed has a unique story to tell, and each story is a deep part of the American experience. Grounded in historical moments, charismatic people, and singular places, the program takes viewers on a journey tracing the emergence of these remarkable horses.
19) After Braveheart
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The untold story of how the Scottish army tried to drive the English out of Ireland 700 years ago is told in this docudrama.
Pub. Date
©2018
Language
English
Description
"Human bones at a depth of 165 feet... leather book binding found even deeper... and a mysterious medieval cross connecting Oak Island to the ancient order of the Knights Templar! Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina return in Season 5 of HISTORY's hit reality series as the search to find the answers to the 222-year-old treasure mystery reaches an all-time high. The quest for the original Money Pit intensifies as the Oak Island team utilises advanced technology...
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