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2) One October
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A lyrical time capsule that offers a window into the shifting heart of New York City. Filmed entirely in October of 2008, a time when gentrification was rapidly displacing the working and middle classes, Wall Street was plummeting, and Senator Obama was making his first presidential bid. The story begins with Clay Pigeon, an intrepid radio host who takes to the streets of New York City to talk to everyday citizens who are facing the uncertainty of...
4) Accepted
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
T.M. Landry, an unconventional prep school in Louisiana, receives national attention for sending its graduates to elite universities. When an explosive New York Times exposé rocks the school, students face uncertain futures and must decide for themselves what they are willing to do to be accepted.
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Man on the Bus is a moving story about love, lies and loss. Eve always thought there was something not quite right about her family. She had wild ideas about being an Australian implant into her holocaust family. Over a decade of searching for the truth, she makes a remarkable discovery that changes her life forever.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In today's uncertain world, what is the meaning of home? Over four years, filmmaker Alan Govenar talked to over 60 people around the globe about the evolving ways we think about one of our most basic needs — from a student in Buenos Aires to a homeless couple living in a makeshift tent in the wods, a hot dog vendor in New York City to an artist in Nairobi. As global crises have left millions both bound to and displaced from their habitats, LOOKING...
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Confronted with vast stretches of abandoned buildings, the highest arson rate in the country, and a budget crisis of epic proportions, the brave men and women of Detroit’s Fire Department risk everything to try and make a difference for the place they call home. Ten years in the making, this documentary follows Detroit through impoverishment, decimation, and regeneration, as a community comes together to revive a city on its knees.
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic began a new era of uncertainty. One person, Veyd, is still standing albeit with the aid of crutches, observing the chaos of past and present from his effective incarceration. Being physically vulnerable, Veyd has been ‘shielded', totally isolated, in suburban London for the previous six months. He will continue to be so - imprisoned indefinitely, or at least until it is safe for him to leave which won't be anytime soon. Somehow,...
9) Peace Boat
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Meet the youth ambassadors on the front lines of climate change. They’re boarding Peace Boat to raise awareness about how global warming affects their countries.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most popularly read, adapted, anthologized, and incorporated primer on sociology ever written for modern readers Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger lays the groundwork for a clear understanding of sociology in his straightforward introduction to the field, much loved by students, professors, and general readers. Berger aligns sociology in the humanist tradition-revealing its relationship to the humanities and philosophy-and establishes...
11) Auction
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Gonzalez, Texas, a cattle auction of old-timers from the community come weekly to bid on cattle and see each other. In a time when farmland is being developed on and old time ranchers our dying out, this small cattle auction continues. The town of Gonzalez, Texas is not what it used to be, Main street is desolate, the population is shrinking, but the culture and history live on through story and communal gathering at this once...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Guanglin is a blind boy in China who displays great skill at the ancient board game called Go, in which two players place black and white pieces on a grid in an attempt to dominate their opponent. Raised by a single father with limited means, Guanglin faces deep societal prejudice against the blind.
14) Miss Amazing
Publisher
TVF
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Every year over 140 hopeful young girls and women from across America come together for one very special event: The National Miss Amazing Pageant, for girls with physical or learning disabilities. Join 17-year old Abigail Manery as she prepares for and travels to the national finals in Chicago and eagerly awaits not only the chance to compete for a crown and trophy, but also the opportunity to find what she has been looking for her whole life: a real...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Migration is frequently a multi-generational experience for families; not an individual choice or the particular economic decision of a single family, but rather a collective practice, repeated again and again by both individuals and communities. THE TIME OF THE FIREFLIES portrays this interconnected history through the narrative of Miguel and his family, questioning long-held misconceptions about immigration, as well as to the political and economic...
16) Not Just a Name
Publisher
University of Southern California Cinematic Arts
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This documentary explores the stigma and racial bias experienced by African Americans with unique sounding names as well as the historical origin of these names.
17) Facing Suicide
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
FACING SUICIDE combines the poignant personal stories of people impacted by suicide with profiles of scientists at the forefront of research to reveal new insights into one of America’s most pressing mental health crises. Shining a light on this difficult topic can destigmatize suicide while revealing that there is help as well as hope for those at risk and their loved ones.
18) Forgetting Dad
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
One week after a mild car accident, a 45-year-old man suffers total amnesia. He embarks upon a new life with a new wife far away from his family. Sixteen years later, his oldest son returns with a camera to find out why his father’s memory never returned.
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Catherine Keener, LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals, people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. The film shows how their descent into society’s basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing criminalization of homeless people while exposing the draconian changes...
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