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2) Wah-wah
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of actor/director Richard E. Grant's life during the 1960s, when Swaziland was becoming independent of Great Britain. Told through the eyes of a 12-year-old child.
3) The Congress
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004 1988]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this elegant, penetrating and moving portrait of the United States Congress, filmmaker Ken Burns profiles an American institution whose ideals and actions affect us all. Narrated by David McCullough, the program employs historic film footage and interviews with insiders" including David Broker, Alistair Cooke and Cokie Roberts to detail the personalities, events and issues that have animated Congress' first 200 years."--Publisher's website.
4) Pol Pot
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
A biography of Pol Pot, former prime minister of Cambodia.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In 1959, Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba. He has been one of the most controversial figures in the world ever since. This chronicles the Cuban leader's ability to maintain control through ongoing tumult in his country, and in his dealings with the United States and the rest of the world.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
It reveals the historical premises of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, its current political backstage and its dangerous potential for the world. The speakers of the highest rank, president of Russia Vladimir Putin and ex-president of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych, interviewed by the filmmaker Oliver Stone, share their thoughts about the reasons of the conflict and ways to solve it.
10) No escape
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
How far will one man go to protect the ones he cares about most in the world? An intense international thriller, centers on an American businessman as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A searing account of the horrific events that began on January 7, 2015, when two brothers, members of Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen, stormed into the Paris offices of the satiric weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Killing eleven people and injuring eleven others before also killing a French police officer outside, this documentary recalls the horror of the attacks, as well as the courage and resilience of police and Parisian citizens...
12) Rosewater
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who relentlessly interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
15) 9/11
Publisher
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"In this companion edition, San Francisco Bay Area architect, Richard Gage, AIA provides a series of abridged versions of the 2-hour Research edition. These stunning multimedia presentations deliver the myth-shattering scientific forensic evidence of the explosive controlled demolition of all 3 world Trade Center high-rises on 9/11." -- container.
16) RFK
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"RFK, a new biography of Robert Kennedy ... takes as its theme lines from Aeschylus that Kennedy could recite from memory: "He who learns must suffer." RFK is a tragedy in two acts. In part one: The garish sun, Robert Kennedy devotes himself to his glamorous brother John, suppressing his own ambitions for the sake of the Kennedy name. In part two: The awful grace of God, after an assassin's bullet takes his brother's life, RFK is bereft, not only...
17) El Cid
Series
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[1961]
Language
English
Description
Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand...
Publisher
Revolver Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady is the first major documentary to look back on the development and impact of this remarkable woman, whom commentators of both the political left and right agree changed the face of 20th Century politics forever.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
In the rural heartland of Syria's countryside, the bloody uprising against President Bashar Al Assad has taken a terrifying turn. In this highly charged documentary, award-winning filmmaker Olly Lambert lives on both sides of Syria's sectarian frontline, witnessing the devastating effect of a religious feud that, regardless of the outcome of the war, is shaping Syria's future.
Publisher
California Language Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
Español
Description
This film is based on the examination given by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for United States citizenship. It presents the structure of our government at all levels. It also provides a sensitive look at our historical struggle for freedom and independence.
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