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1) Joyland
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Urdu
Description
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes smitten with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
2) Alex & Emma
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Alex is an author whose writer's block and gambling debts have landed him in trouble. In order to get the loan sharks off his back, he must finish his novel in 30 days or end up dead. To help him complete his manuscript, he hires stenographer, Emma. As Alex begins to dictate his tale of a romantic love triangle, Emma challenges his ideas at every turn. Her unsolicited, yet intriguing input, begins to inadvertently influence Alex and his story and...
3) Imaginary
Publisher
Lions Gate
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From Blumhouse comes a chilling tale of childhood and repressed memories of the past. After Jessica moves back into her childhood home in Louisiana with her family, the reappearance of an imaginary friend from her youth sets in motion a threatening scavenger hunt with Jessica's stepdaughter, Alice. As Jessica's memories begin to surface, aided by cryptic stories from an elderly neighbor about a portal to the spirit world, she realizes the imaginary...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"...[T]he mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee" --Container.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
One Hand Don't Clap captures the vibrant story of calypso and soca with the dynamic Grandmaster Lord Kitchener, who made the music a hit in London, and Calypso Rose, the first woman to shine in a male arena. Leading audiences from New York recording studios to the awesome magic of Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago, the film reflects the legacy of a vast West Indian population. The many generations in One Hand Don't Clap trace the evolution of a musical...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Tragedy ignites a group of teens to find a legendary landmark hidden in the wilderness. Together, they navigate the adventure while confronting the darkness within themselves. Channeling teen classics like The Goonies and The Breakfast Club, the story wrestles with depression, anxiety, doubt, and identity. What Rhymes with Reason sparks a fun and emotional tale of hope for the whole family.
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Demon Mineral can be considered an anti-Western, flipping the classical cinematic paradigm by centering the voices and experiences of the Diné community to explore the legacy of uranium mining in Diné Bikeyah, the sacred homelands of the Navajo where over 500 unremediated mines are scattered across an area the size of West Virginia. In the span of just four generations entire ways of living have been lost or severely compromised, as mining has contaminated...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Barack Obama moves to Chicago in 1985, in part, because of a man he'd never met: Harold Washington. An epic story of American politics,, race, and triumph against all odds, that chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign, and enduring legacy of Chicago's first Black mayor. In one of the dirtiest political campaigns in American history, in a city rife with corruption and discrimination, Harold Washington took on the machine and won. Following...
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
中文
Description
Gu Wentong, a food critic facing a mid-life crisis, drifts through the local eateries of a vibrant Beijing with his young, female photographer Oyang whom he harbors an unspoken attraction. With his divorc ̌at hand and handling a 6-year-old daughter, he's being pressured to correct an estranged relationship with his father who he hasn't spoken to in decades. Looking for a new perspective on life while reconsidering his failings as a father, a son,...
Publisher
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Dying for Chocolate: A Colorado caterer and single mom, Goldy Berry teams with detective Tom Schultz to identify the ingredients that led to the mysterious death of her friend - and ends up discovering a hidden recipe for murder. Grilling Season: Caterer Goldy Berry reunites with Detective Tom Schultz when a realtor is murdered. As they uncover personal and professional rivalries, they realize the culprit is closer than expected. Fatal Vows: In the...
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by an article in the July 1964 edition of Desert Magazine, about a bigfoot-type creature they dubbed "The Abominable Sandman of Borrego," paranormal podcasters Derek Hayes and David Flora embark on a journey to the deserts of Southern California to discover what mysteries the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park has to offer. After collecting numerous reports of encounters with cryptids, ghosts, and UFOs in the area, the pair set out to visit...
Publisher
Deskpop Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The True Story of the Barrymores is the story of 3 generations of actors who, from the birth of cinema to the advent of social networking, left their mark on the entertainment industry. It is also the story of a cursed generation and a legacy that will be saved in the early 80s by the cry of a 7-year-old girl. Her name is Drew Barrymore.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris's iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World's Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it?
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A historical documentary film that explores how over 100,000 brave young women made the unusual decision to travel west to work as waitresses along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad opening the doors of the West to women. The Harvey Girls, as they were called, opened up the doors of both the American West and the workplace to women. "Opportunity Bound" features rare interviews with the few remaining Harvey Girls and the award-winning author...
Publisher
Darkstar Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Silver Haze: Franky lives as a nurse with her large family in an East London borough. She is obsessed with revenge, and a need to assign guilt for a traumatic event in her past that left her emotionally and physically scarred. Franky is unable to build meaningful relationships, but everything changes when she meets Florence, a patient at the hospital. After a homophobic incident, they leave London for the coast and move in with Florence's family,...
16) Trenque Lauquen
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Español
Description
The search for a missing woman unspools in two unexpectedly interconnected parts in Laura Citarella's playful new feature. The missing woman is Laura (Laura Paredes), a biologist cataloging plant species in and around the Argentinean city of Trenque Lauquen. The men searching for her: Rafael, her boyfriend, and Ezequiel, a coworker who has come to mean more to her in recent days. But in order to uncover the truth of Laura's disappearance, a profusion...
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The year is 1861. As President Lincoln calls for 75,000 men to join the Union Army, the nation teeters on the brink of The Civil War. Meanwhile, a more covert battle waged by the Underground Railroad has been raging for decades. Station master William Hanby helps runaway slaves reach freedom. The risk doubles when a bounty hunter shows up determined to make money by capturing escapees and returning them to their masters.
18) Social business
Publisher
Galloping Films
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Social business is one that uses business to solve social problems. Equity holders may gradually recoup their investments, costs and profits without taking dividends. Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Professor Yunus' lecture shows how this works across the business spectrum, including multinational companies, very small enterprises and even a circus company in Cambodia. In English and French with forced English and French subtitles.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A musical documentary about composer Charles Fox, known for Killing Me Softly with His Song; I Got a Name; and Ready to Take a Chance Again. The film follows Fox from LA to Paris and Havana as he and a group of world class musicians play phenomenal live music.
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Bloodlines of the slave trade examines the lives of two people whose only connection is a genetic link to John Armfield, one of the most notorious slave traders of the 1830s. Rodney Williams, who is Black, and Susanna Grannis, who is white, each trace their ancestry back to Armfield, detailing the diverging paths their lineages took. While their relationship to this past is fundamentally different, and they never meet in the film, they both share...
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