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1) 1911
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor, is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, with no expense spared in production and no detail ignored...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Russian
Description
When legendary Russian auteur Aleksei German died in 2013, he left behind this extraordinary final film, a phantasmagoric adaptation of the revered sci-fi novel by the Strugatsky Brothers (authors of the source novel for Tarkovsky's Stalker). Hard to be a God began percolating in German's consciousness in the mid-1960s, and would actively consume him for the last 15 years of his life. He brought the film close enough to completion for his wife and...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The story of Nigeria's home grown film industry, which is gaining recognition as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon. First came Hollywood, then Bollywood and now Nollywood, Nigeria’s booming film industry, which released 2000 feature features in 2006 alone. Where else can you shoot a full-length dramatic film for {dollar}10,000 in 7 days? Until recently little known outside its own country, THIS IS NOLLYWOOD explains why Nigerian video production...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Basil Fawlty is the sharp-tongued, short-fused owner of Fawlty Towers, a hotel plagued by crisis, chaos and bizarre characters. This set collects all 12 episodes of the British comedy, and also includes interviews with the writer and star, John Cleese.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Small town. Big secret. A car accident leads U.S. Marshal Jack Carter into the top-secret Pacific Northwest town of Eureka. For decades, the United States government has relocated the world's geniuses to Eureka, a town where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. This season finds Carter reeling from his dismissal and looking for a new job when catastrophic occurrences pull him back.
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