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Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dazzling, worthy tribute to Vonnegut and a compelling introduction for the uninitiated. The feature documentary - the first of its kind on Vonnegut - is a deep, immersive dive into the author’s upbringing and his creative output. It spans his childhood in Indianapolis, his experience as a Prisoner of War in World War II, his marriage, family, and divorce, his early careers as a publicist for General Electric and a car salesman, and his long years...
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"With over four million cases of visual impairment, it has one of the highest rates of blindness in Africa. But one man is fighting to change that. Witness the incredible true story of Dr. Samuel Bora, the only ophthalmologist for three million people in rural Ethiopia. Dedicating his life to serving the poor in his country, he performs up to 60 free cataract surgeries a day for those who would otherwise be forgotten. Step into the OR and experience...
3) Trekkies
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From stalwart Starfleet jurors to a minion of miniature-golfing Klingons, a docu-comedy takes a hilariously breezy and off-kilter look at the Star Trek phantom menace.
Publisher
Eagle Hill Films and Gambt Pictures Limited
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban spies sent undercover to the US in the 1990s. From their recruitment, training, and eventual capture on US soil; this film peers into a secret world of false identities, love affairs, and betrayal.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of the Best Documentary at the Harlem International Film Festival 2021 and Best Documentary Feature at the National Black Film Festival 2021. Mamie Lang Kirkland was seven years old when she fled Ellisville, Mississippi in 1915 with her mother and siblings as her father and his friend, John Hartfield, escaped an approaching lynch mob. John Hartfield returned to Mississippi in 1919 and was killed in one of the most horrific lynchings of the...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The iconic Mister Kelly's illuminated legendary Chicago's Rush Street, and the entire country, by launching talents like Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart, Bette Midler, and Steve Martin. It's visionary owners George and Oscar Marienthal smashed color and gender barriers to put unknown, controversial voices on stage and transform entertainment. Now, with the club long gone, and its star talent reaching its golden years, George's son David...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Other than scale, what is the difference between a pirate and the vast armies of an emperor? Were the men who famously traversed the Atlantic actually heroic explorers, or were they pirates? In The Real History of Pirates, you'll look at world history from a new point of view, realizing much of what you've learned before should be viewed through a more accurate, post-imperialistic filter.
Publisher
Victory Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The multiple award-winning documentary about a decorated German soldier who became an American patriot. Peter Ertel grippingly recounts his extraordinary personal odyssey as only he could tell it - with unprecedented candor, insight and raw emotion. ... Featuring rare archival footage - much of which has never been shown before - The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel is an unforgettable lesson in humanity, borne out of history's most inhuman era"--Container...
11) Elvis on tour
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co./Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Documentary featuring Elvis Presley's 1972 comeback concerts, as well as montages from Elvis's early career.
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using the eponymous 1978 bestselling book as its frame, THE MEANING OF HITLER is a provocative interrogation of our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism set against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of antisemitism and the weaponization of history itself. Shot in nine countries, the film traces Hitler’s movements, his rise to power and the scenes of his crimes as historians and writers, including Deborah...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The oldest Black Greek letter sorority was founded on the campus of Howard University, and boasts nearly 300,000 members across 50 states and 55 nations. Follow the sisterhood's history from 1908 to member Kamala Harris being elected vice president.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As a sci-fi obsessed woman living in near isolation, Beverly Glenn-Copeland wrote and self-released Keyboard Fantasies in Huntsville, Ontario back in 1986. Recorded in an Atari-powered home studio, the cassette featured seven tracks of a curious folk-electronica hybrid, a sound realized far before its time. Three decades later the musician, now Glenn Copeland, began to receive emails from people across the world, thanking him for the music they'd...
Series
Criterion collection volume 828
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Swedish
Description
Director Stig Björkman allows us unprecedented access to Ingrid Bergman's world, culling from the most personal of archival materials: letters, diary entries, photographs, and Super eight and sixteen mm footage Bergman herself shot, and following her from youth to tumultuous married life and motherhood. Intimate and artful, this lovingly assembled portrait, narrated by actor Alicia Vikander, provides luminous insight into the life and career of an...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Director Morgan Neville offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Polish
Description
Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo in Poland, saved nearly 300 Jews during the Second World War. This is a poignant documentary that is an extraordinary true story about the humanitarian spirit, as exemplified by two people who, with enormous personal risk to themselves, faced the most challenging circumstances with bravery and decency. In 1965, Jan and Antonina Zabinski were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Forty people between the ages of 75 and 100 share their thoughts on what is meant by the phrase "a life well lived", touching upon such topics as perseverence, the resilience of the human spirit, and staying positive when faced with life's greatest challenges.
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