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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This compelling documentary reveals life behind the cloistered walls of a 150-year-old monastery, as it follows the twelve elderly nuns preparing to face the outside world for the first time in their adult lives. Breaking Silence: The Story of the Sisters at Desales Heights examines the effects on the members of this unusual community as they respond to pressures from the world around them. A rare and intimate insight into a way of life that may soon...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Waiting to Inhale examines the heated debate over marijuana and its use as medicine in the United States. Twelve states have passed legislation to protect patients who use medical marijuana. Yet, opponents claim the medical argument is just a smokescreen for a different agenda-- to legalize marijuana for recreation and profit. What claims are being made, and what are the stakes? Waiting to Inhale takes viewers inside the lives of patients who have...
3) Sátántangó
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Hungarian
Description
One of the greatest achievements in recent art house cinema and a seminal work of “slow cinema,” SÁTÁNTANGÓ (SATAN'S TANGO) , based on the book by László Krasznahorkai, follows members of a small, defunct agricultural collective living in a post-apocalyptic landscape after the fall of Communism who, on the heels of a large financial windfall, set out to leave their village. As a few of the villagers secretly conspire to take off with all...
4) Princess
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
עברית
Formats
Description
In this bold, stunning film, 12-year-old Adar and her stepfather push their role-playing games into dangerous territory while her workaholic mother is away from home. As Adar attempts to delicately maneuver between the tempestuous and fiery relationships at home, she meets Alan -- a dreamy boy who keenly resembles her -- and brings him into the family. Alan leads Adar through a dark journey between childhood and adolescence, reality and fantasy, which...
5) Hugo
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: "What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?" Jason had a very simple relationship with his impossibly wealthy Grandfather, Howard "Red"...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rating: R.
The Purge : In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity, including murder, becomes legal. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes.
The Purge : Anarchy : The New Founders of America invite you to celebrate your annual right to Purge....
Publisher
BayView Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Greek
Description
In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates' careless summer days of riding his bike and tantalizing the local residents come to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
Publisher
Kultur Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Leonard Bernstein earned glory as a composer, conductor, and pianist (classical and jazz), but nothing gave him more pleasure than the joy of teaching. He presented the unique blend of spoken words and music. He is an intensely interactive teacher, getting his audience to sing, springing a quiz full of trick questions. He can take the most abstruse subject and present them to a young audience with clarity, without condescension, and with a clear sense...
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