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With unerring curiousity and sensitivity, director Philbert portrays the difficulties and joys of being deaf, offering vivid portraits of people of all ages coping with and surmounting their challenges.
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Set during the 1954 American-led military coup to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz, this coming-of-age tale follows a young boy, Neto (Oscar Javier Almengor), who dreams of one day flying in a hot air balloon. After the U.S. military arrives in the country, he watches as his family and friends are negatively affected. First, his father loses his job, and then the whole family is forced to leave the city, which culminates in the death of one of their own.
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Sisto, Jeremy, 1974-
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Dreamscape Media, LLC, c1994.
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DVD
UPC
810071446542
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Hughes, Allen.
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Hollywood Pictures Home Video, [between 1990-1999?]
Format
DVD
ISBN
9781558908390
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Olin, Ken.
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Walt Disney Home Video ; [Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video], [1995?]
Format
DVD
ISBN
9780788801273
UPC
786936169751
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A series of three programs dealing with issues of Australian identity, including: Land of the long weekend, Populate or perish, Sheep's back. The series is produced by Film Australia's National Interest Program, with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Executive Producer: Sharon Connolly. Producer: Susan Ardill. Director: Peter Butt, Sue Brooks, Susan Ardill.
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An East Village Latina performance artist winds up in jail with some other riot girls.
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Young Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
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Weaving together interviews, official photos and documents, home movies, and archival film, this 90-minute film explores the complex social and political factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust. The story of Kurt Klein, who struggled with State Department red tape to free his parents from Europe, represents America's reaction to European Jews clamoring for rescue.
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Death is real, it comes without warning and it cannot be escaped. An ancient source of strength and guidance, The Tibetan book of the dead remains an essential teaching originating in the spiritual cultures of the Himalayas. Narrated by Leonard Cohen, this enlightening two-part series explores the sacred text and boldly visualizes the afterlife according to its profound wisdom.
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Joan the Maid: The Prisons," the second part of Rivette's diptych, brought leading lady Bonnaire a César Award nomination for her powerful performance, as she plays out windows in the final two years of Joan's life, from the battlefield victory, to prison life, to the stake.
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In the first installment of his ambitious yet restrained two-part study, director and co-screenwriter Rivette surveys the revelatory period where Joan met with royalty, joined the army, and led the French into battle against the English. As Joan, Sandrine Bonnaire gets at the reality behind the legend, showing the matter-of-fact courage of a teenage girl.
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