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1) To be Takei
Publisher
Starz Media
Pub. Date
p2014.
Language
English
Description
The legendary George Takei has blazed his own trail while conquering new frontiers with a beaming trademark grin. Take a hilarious, entertaining, and moving look at the many roles played by eclectic 77-year-old actor/activist George Takei. The film offers unprecedented access to the daily life of George and his husband/business partner, Brad Takei, and chronicles his fascinating personal journey from Japanese American internment camp to his iconic...
2) Annihilation
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A film that explores how a small group of people in Madrid laid the groundwork for catching a dictator 25 years after his rise to power, making him the first to be humbled by the international justice system since the Nuremberg Trials. When Pinochet finally returned to Chile, he faced 200 accusations of his crimes, this time in Chilean courts. In January 2001, Pinochet was placed under house arrest, and the Chilean justice system finally started to...
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Deep in Tanzania's Gombe National Park, where Jane Goodall began her pioneering work, epic and startling dramas worthy of Shakespeare are lived out by chimpanzees and gorillas. In a kingdom where 'royal' families rule with tolerance and battle fiercely, seethe with resentment and love tenderly, power players endlessly jockey for position in the quest for the throne.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
p2014.
Language
English
Description
In an era where the American Dream seems to have faded into a dark new dawn, filmmakers Dinesh D'Souza and John Sullivan ponder what may have become of the world if the U.S. had never come into being. By creating an alternate history in which British forces kill General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War, the filmmakers lay the groundwork for a thought-provoking meditation on the crucial role of the United States on the world...
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable story of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis's meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor to conquering the world and performing at London's famed O2 Arena. Hear it from the boys themselves and see through their own eyes what it's...
7) 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...
11) Good hair
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact African American's activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.
12) The Post
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
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