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Publisher
ThinkFilm
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
Publisher
Belzberg Films
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Language
Romanian
Description
Follows the hand-to-mouth existence of five Bucharest street kids. Their drug use, homelessness, and poverty are representative of the problems of thousands of other Romanian orphans and runaways. Romanian with English subtitles.
3) War dance
Publisher
Thinkfilm, LLC
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Dominic, Rose, and Nancy are three children whose families have been torn apart, their homes destroyed, their innocence lost, and who currently reside in a displaced persons camp in Patongo. These children attend a school where they can momentarily forget the brutal realities of their lives, as they participate in music, song and dance. When they are invited to compete in an annual music and dance festival in their nation's capitol, their historic...
4) Spellbound
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As one of America's most beloved children's show hosts, Mr. Rogers remains one of the most iconic television figures for families worldwide. This documentary takes a closer look at the person behind the show, persona, and personality that helped define what it meant to be a good person and be a part of a healthy community. Through his children's show, Mr. Rogers would go on to inspire a generation by not skirting real world issues, confronting issues...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The astonishing true story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of nineteen, that they are identical triplets, separated at birth and adopted to different parents. The trio's joyous reunion in 1980 catapults them to fame but it also sets in motion a chain of events that unearths an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond their own lives, a secret that goes to the very heart of all human behavior.
7) Planet earth
Publisher
Discovery Education
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Language
English
Description
Explores the importance of the sun to life on Earth; examines how different animals--including polar bears, penguins, and Amur leopards--adapt to the changing seasons; and discusses the relationships between predators, prey, and their habitats. Includes teacher's guide with objectives, activities, and writing prompts.
8) Fed up
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right'...
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