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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker David Grubin follows United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2002 as he flew to Afghanistan to encourage reconstruction efforts, to Norway to accept the Nobel Prize, and to East Timor to declare its independence, and even when the Secretary-General travels to Sesame Street to teach conflict resolution. Includes interviews with Kofi Annan and others.
2) Ex machina
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Caleb, a 24-year-old coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava, and Nathan...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
Series
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Frontline traces John O'Neill's awareness of the threat against America by Islamic fundamentalists. An FBI agent, he was no longer with the agency on September 11. He had taken a job as director of security at the World Trade Center, where he died.
5) Black gold
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"After oil, coffee is the most actively traded commodity in the world with $80 billion in retail sales. But for every $3 cup of coffee, a coffee farmer receives only 3 cents. Most of the money goes to the middlemen, especially the four giant conglomerates which control the coffee market. Tracing the path of the coffee consumed each day to the farmers who produce the beans, Black Gold asks us to 'wake up and smell the coffee', to face the unjust conditions...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In England in 1940, shipyard worker Joe Maddison felt depressed and past his prime because he was too old to serve in World War II. Shocked when his wife leaves him for a sailor, Joe and his friend Harry decide they need a new challenge and volunteer to join the Home Guard which is headed by local pharmacist Mr. Simpson. This decision will lead Joe on a journey of self-discovery, involving lessons in friendship, bravery, and love.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on the popular British series of the same name, the American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at the Scranton, Pa. office of the Dunder Mifflin paper supply company via a documentary film crew's cameras. Features earnest, but clueless, regional manager Michael Scott, who believes himself an exceptional boss, and his office staff, who tolerate Michael's inappropriate behavior only because he...
10) Scotland, Pa
Publisher
Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Fast food and ambition make up a daily special of murder and mystery 70's style.
Publisher
Edify Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Elizabeth leaves her comfortable life in the city to move to a frontier town, she finds new purpose and love.
"Inspired by the award winning author Janette Oke (the Love Comes Softly series) comes more heartwarming and romantic adventures in the When Calls the Heart Year 10 edition. The journey continues with new stories of love, hope, courage, and faith on the Canadian frontier. Following the life of the beloved school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sing me a murder: The charity event, bookstore owner Sam Kinsey is hosting for a once famous rock group turns sour when their promoter is found murdered in his hotel room. Sam and Philby dig up the deadly secrets that bring a whole new meaning to Top Ten hit.
Mystery weekend: Bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey plays detective and solves a murder during a mystery author weekend.
Snapshot: Bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey plays detective and solves a...
13) The Lucy Show
Series
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Lucille Ball's character on The Lucy Show was a newly widowed secretary named Lucy Carmichael, who worked for a branch of the First National Bank located in Danfield, CT. Her irritable supervisor Mr. Barnsdahl was replaced in 1963 with a new, and equally irritable boss, Theodore J. Mooney. Lucy played her well-known and well-loved character, Lucy from the I love Lucy show.
14) The last Templar
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
An archaeologist discovers that a missing ancient decoder is linked to the Knights Templar, and together with the help of a FBI agent, tries to find the stolen artifact before it falls into the wrong hands.
17) Daddy day care
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When two fathers find themselves out of work, they decide to start a day care center. When their business starts to take off, the head of a competing prestigious childrens academy tries, with hilarious results, to put them out of business.
18) Renfield
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Renfield is the tortured aide to history's most narcissistic boss, Dracula. Renfield is forced to procure his master's prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there's a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Join WKRP's hilarious staff--program director Andy Travis, deejays Dr. Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap, neurotic newsman Les Nessman, sultry receptionist Jennifer Marlowe and the rest--both on and off the air as they take their floundering station from hard times to hard rock.
20) Shanghai calling
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Ambitious New York attorney Sam is transferred to Shanghai on assignment, partially because he's Chinese-American. A fish-out-of-water, he stumbles into a legal mess that could spell the end of his career. With help from a beautiful relocation specialist, a well-connected foreign businessman, a clever but unassuming journalist, and a street-smart assistant, Sam might just save his job, discover romance, and learn to appreciate the many wonders Shanghai...