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Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
" Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism starts a conversation about her grandmother's experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan-and the bond that the two form as she helps Dadi tell her story. When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lamar dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but when his grandfather is killed in a racist act of violence, Lamar becomes determined to honor his legacy by documenting the fight for justice.
''A powerful contemporary novel about an aspiring 12-year-old filmmaker whose world is turned upside down when his grandfather is slain in a senseless and racist act of violence. From the author of the award-winning memoir, Defiant: Growing Up in the...
Publisher
Refuel Productions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Directed by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Louie Psihoyos and executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic, and Chris Paul, this documentary tells the story of James Wilks, elite Special Forces trainer and The Ultimate Fighter winner, as he travels the world on a quest to uncover the optimal diet for human performance. What Wilks discovers permanently changes his understanding of food...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Arabic
Description
"This riveting documentary by filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania uses an audacious formal conceit to tell the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Attempting to answer the question of how and why the Tunisian woman's two eldest were radicalized, Ben Hania reveals a complex history. We watch as the family relives key events in their lives with help from professional actors standing in for the missing girls. Winner of the Best Documentary award...
Publisher
MAF Doc LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories of the pilots of Mission Aviation Fellowship, who help missionaries and churches take the gospel to the most isolated and inaccessible places on earth.
The documentary explores stories of faith, calling, and adventure by weaving together the true stories of Mission Aviation Fellowship pilots, past and present, who strive to take the gospel to the most isolated and inaccessible places on earth. Take flight with MAF on a journey to...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Women's professional softball has spent decades fighting for survival, forcing the best players in the world to choose between their livelihood and their dreams. This is the story of one woman and her team who sacrifice it all and refuse to let those dreams slip away.
As women's pro softball fights for survival, the world's best players must choose: make a living or follow a dream. Burn the Ships is the story of one woman's refusal to let those dreams...
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From the frigid suburbs of Buffalo NY to his early years living and busking on the streets of San Francisco, to formative experiences with punk band The Nerves and L.A. power pop legends The Plimsouls, to his decades-long, Grammy-nominated solo career, walk a million miles in the shoes of one of America's last great troubadours.
Publisher
Yonilizer Productions
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Presented is a tender, vibrant portrait that breaks the surface of the troubled and brilliant world of one of the greatest authors of all time. Burroughs was one of the first writers to break the boundaries of queer and drug cultures in the '50s. His novel Naked Lunch is one of the most recognized and respected literary works of the 20th century and has influenced generations of artists. Bonus features include deleted scenes, home movies, Naked Lunch...
11) The fog of war
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Director Errol Morris interviews Robert S. McNamara, one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. The former Secretary of Defense (under JFK and LBJ) offers his insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War.
Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height...
12) Ruminations
Publisher
NuReality Productions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
'Who in the Hell is Rumi Missabu?' Find out as we follow the wild life of a counter-culture and drag icon who woul'd eventually become known as Rumi Missabu. A founding member of the radical queer performance group, The Cockettes, Rumi leaves Hollywood a trained child actor and dives headfirst into the LSD fueled hippie culture of San Francisco. The lifestyle and brief brush with celebrity leads to Rumi burning out and disappearing off the grid for...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As powerful and riveting as a John Le Carre thriller, The Man Nobody Knew uncovers the hidden life of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby. The consummate American soldier-spy, Colby took on the government's dirtiest assignments without question, until the day he defied presidential orders and revealed to Congress the CIA's 'family jewels' - their darkest, deepest secrets. Told by his son Carl Colby, William Colby's story unmasks the lies, truths,...
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Featuring interviews with patients, doctors, scientists, and influential politicians who are speaking out for the very first time about the dangers of aluminum in vaccines, this groundbreaking documentary calls in to question the public health policies around vaccine ingredients and safety testing, expanding the discussion beyond mercury, and the failure of health agencies globally to respond to the known neurotoxic effects of this powerful vaccine...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1164
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New York's 1960s underground culture, the Velvet Underground redefined music with its at once raw and exalted blend of experimentation and art-damaged rock and roll. In his kaleidoscopic documentary The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes vividly evokes the band's incandescent world: the creative origins of the twin visionaries Lou Reed and John Cale, Andy Warhol's...
Publisher
Miramax / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Following Madonna during her controversial 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, nearly 30 years after Madonna's first single debuted, comes this tantalizing documentary following the one-and-only 'Queen of Pop,'
Following Madonna during her controversial 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, nearly 30 years after Madonna's first single debuted, comes this tantalizing documentary following the one-and-only 'Queen of Pop.'
17) Trump card
Publisher
America2020 Film LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker, scholar, and New York Times best selling author Dinesh D’Souza, it is an expose of the socialism, corruption, and gangsterization that now define the Democratic Party. Whether it is the creeping socialism of Joe Biden or the overt socialism of Bernie Sanders, the film reveals what is unique about modern socialism, who is behind it, why it's evil, and how we can work together with President Trump...
18) The war room
Series
Criterion collection volume 602
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Takes a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's team of strategists during the 1992 presidential campaign.
The 1992 presidential election was a triumph not only for Bill Clinton but also for the new breed of strategists who guided him to the White House and changed the face of politics in the process. For this thrilling, behind-closed-doors account of that campaign, the filmmakers closely followed the brainstorming and bull sessions of Clinton's...
19) Immediate family
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Documentary follows the lives and work of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era.
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 2
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On a quest to become someone's favorite Ali-O'Connor, ten-year-old middle child Marina enlists Boom, her new neighbor, to help make a documentary about her, but when things do not go according to plan, Marina begins to wonder if she will ever feel like she belongs.
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