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1) Part One
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
A dangerous rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. From revolution in Iran, reaction by Saudi Arabia, and wars in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iraq, how religion and power politics drive perpetual conflict.
2) Part Two
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
Part two of a special series about how two rivals have plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. While Iran extends its power from Iraq into Syria and Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is making a stand in Yemen, with deadly consequences for the region.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In Blackout in Puerto Rico, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the humanitarian and economic crisis in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. The film examines how the federal response, Wall Street, and years of neglect have left the island struggling to survive.
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Hand-crafted with passion and animated with an obsessive attention to detail, these six stop-motion projects represent some of the most innovative directors working in short films, music videos, and advertising. Curated by the editors of Stash Magazine.
8) They Are We
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
THEY ARE WE tells the story of the Ganga-Longoba and the village their ancestor called home. It is the story of how a family separated by the slave trade can reunite through the shared heritage of music and dance.
9) South
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Chantal Akerman's SOUTH explores the aftereffects of a racially motivated killing that revealed the intense hate that still lies just beneath the surface of American society. Patient interviews reveal the thoughts and emotions of the local townspeople. Akerman's access to their lives, including being allowed to film Byrd's funeral, allows her to tell the tale in a pensive and beautiful fashion.
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
BLACK IS THE COLOR highlights key moments in the history of African-American visual art, from Edmonia Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of contemporary artists such as Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Both comprehensive and lively, BLACK IS THE COLOR is a much-needed survey of great work by artists whose contributions were neglected by the mainstream art world for far too long.
Publisher
Miyu Distribution
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
At the time of the attack of the Mongols, a young musician and the love of his life are separated from each other. Fifty years later, the musician is summoned to perform at the castle of the Mongols where his beloved is being held. **Intended to have no dialogue and considered a silent film.**
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME, German filmmaker Thomas Heise shares the stories of three generations of his family, tracing the contours of the major historical uphevals that afflicted Germany in the 20th century. Uncovering journal entries, photographs and contemporary footage, Heise creates a poetic meditation on individual and collective history.
Publisher
Vision Maker Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
RETURN features charismatic Roxanne Swentzell from Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico whose efforts to reclaim ancient foodways are echoed across the continent by Tlingit, Muckleshoot, Oglala Sioux, Menominee, and Seneca women. At its heart this film is about empowering people to overcome their current circumstances through eating as their ancestors did - nutritiously and locally. RETURN offers an approach to confronting the diabetes epidemic now rampant...
Publisher
Vision Maker Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Four Native American veterans reflect on their experiences in the military during the divisive Vietnam War and how their communities helped them carry their warrior legacy proudly. From the Marine Corps to the Navy to the US Army, veterans Valerie Barber, Art Owen, Sandy White Hawk, Vince Beyl, and civilian eyapaha (announcer) Jerry Dearly recall their memories of one of the most controversial wars in United States history. Even as they struggled...
15) Sexy Baby
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
These days, sex doesn't just sell, it saturates our culture. In the age of runaway social media and "sexting," raunchy rap songs on pop radio and hardcore pornography at the click of a mouse—what's it like to be a woman? A girl? A teenage boy? Their parents? In this feature documentary, the directors follow a trio of characters to reveal the toll all this titillation is taking on America and forces viewers to get comfortable having the uncomfortable...
16) The Squad
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Meet THE SQUAD: four fearless women of color under fifty elected in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections. They are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. Get to know The Squad in this hard-hitting new political documentary.
Author
Language
English
Description
Peter Thorn had lived quite a boring life with his younger sister and miser of a father. Never once had he imagined that in another world (realm), he would be the legendary Master of Death. It wasn't till he had passed through the portal of Arizona Mills that he had learned that there was another life waiting for him. The world which his mother must have wanted him to find. With his new friends, Anastasia and Cole, and his sister Jennifer, Peter yearns...
19) Inhabitants
Author
Language
English
Description
Scientists claim Earth is a planet.
Scientists are wrong.
As quakes threaten to tear Earth apart, small divots appear around the globe. Brandon's geologist parents think they know how to stop them. Unfortunately, their theory comes from Brandon's dad, a diehard conspiracy theorist who may have watched one too many online "documnetaries" in his spare time. But this time his hunch is right. The shadows of the Grand Canyon hold more than...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The wind can be a subtle thing until Jerric gets a hold of it.
He lives for the rush of a swirling tornado and blowing away anything that gets in his path. When encased in wind, Jerric feels invincible. He's addicted to the sense of power it gives him.
Jerric is a talented shifter, too talented. His winds have the signs of originating from the north, which worries his parents. Jerric secretly hopes so. He wants the northern wind god to offer him...