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1) Mary Kom
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Hindi
Description
Queen of the Indian boxing ring. The winner of five World Championships and an Olympic Bronze. Born to parents who were landless agricultural labor in the state of Manipur in northeast India, Mary's story is one of relentless struggle and unflagging passion for the sport of boxing. A childhood of hard labor prepared her body for the sport just as well as any fitness training might have. Her own will and aggression carried her through the minefield...
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"He lived during a time of great conflict and war--but he is most famous for fighting battles with a pen rather than a sword. In Thomas Jefferson, kids will examine the life of the statesman who wrote one of the world's greatest documents--the Declaration of Independence--and, in turn, helped form the very country we live in today. From his days in colonial Virginia to his role as President of the United States, kids will discover Jefferson's many...
3) Great circle
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Take part in the journey as Michael Wood leads a colorful trek across 20,000 miles of history-rich terrain, bringing to life the creation of an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India.
"****...one of the best historical documentaries...research is excellent...Highly recommended. Editor's Choice."--Video Librarian
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Language
English
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Season Two continues to follow Jenny and the other midwives as they deal with all the problems the neighborhood of Poplar has to throw at them. A fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death and a community on the brink of huge social change, Call the Midwife offers a gripping insight into a way of life that is so drastically different from how we live now.
Series
Pub. Date
[2003, 1958]
Language
English
Description
The true story of English parlour maid Gladys Aylward who dreamt of becoming a missionary and journeyed to China and opened an inn for tired, hungry mule drivers crossing desolate mountain trails. Gradually overcoming the Chinese's hostility, she wins the heart of a Eurasian colonel and converts a powerful mandarin to Christianity. But her greatest feat is achieved during the Japanese invasion, when she leads one hundred homeless children to safety...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg team up to become underground watchdogs of the very powerful. They create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society, and...
9) Sacagawea
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"One of our country's greatest Americans was a Native American! Discover Sacagawea, the young woman who joined America's legendary explorers, Lewis & Clark, on a world-famous expedition through the American West. Serving as a translator and sometimes even as a guide, Sacagawea's skills in finding food often saved the group from starvation. Kids will discover that throughout this famed expedition, the tremendous courage and bravery Sacagawea demonstrated...
10) Susan B. Anthony
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that not too long ago, many Americans didn't have the right to vote? If you were a woman living in the United States before the early 1900s, it would have been illegal for you to cast a ballot--and doing so could have landed you in jail! One great American fought long and hard for the right for all of us to vote, and in Susan B. Anthony, kids will get an up-close look at the life of this pioneering voice in the struggle for equal rights....
11) Cesar Chavez
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Cesar Chavez overcame huge obstacles, including extreme poverty and the prejudice that he experienced as a Hispanic American and a migrant farmer, to achieve his goal of helping to organize the first successful union for America's farm workers. As a union activist, he promoted the use of nonviolent strikes, boycotts and protests to help farm workers obtain better pay and working conditions, and forever changed the relationship between farm owners...
12) Unplanned
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abby Johnson becomes the youngest clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood, then a life-changing experience turns her into an anti-abortion activist.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
On the fast track and ready to taste the success of corporate America, John Crowley walks away from it all in hopes of finding a cure for two of his fatally ill children. With his wife Aileen by his side, he teams up with brilliant, but unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill, and together they form a company to develop a life-saving drug. But just when it appears that a solution may be found, the relationship between the men is tested and...
14) The Iceman
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, The Iceman follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than one hundred men. Appearing to be living the American dream as a devoted husband and father, in reality Kuklinski was a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession.
15) Creation
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Gives viewers a unique inside look at Charles Darwin, his family, and his love for his deeply religious wife, as he is torn between faith and science. Darwin struggles to finish his legendary book, On the Origin of Species, which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
16) A quiet passion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
The story of poet Emily Dickinson, whose genius, wit, intellectual independence, and pathos only came to be recognized after her death.
17) Buck
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses, and people, with his understanding, compassion and...
20) Brian's song
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
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