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"An innovative dramatic film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning story of Martha Ballard, a midwife and mother living in the wilds of Maine during the chaotic decades following the American Revolution. In a sparsely written diary, Ballard recorded her daily struggle against poverty, disease, domestic abuse and social turmoil. Two hundred years later, her world is painstakingly recreated by a historian seeking to understand eighteenth century America...
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Presents the life stories of eleven different deaf persons who grew up and lived in the Chicago area. The project is in a question/answer format but structured so that the deaf presenters is allowed leeway in presenting his/her life story. Recommended for advanced receptive skill building interpreting practice.
5) Pelé
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Pele. A name known around the world, a sports legend who changed soccer forever, and a national hero who carried the hopes and dreams of a country on his back. But before he was an icon, he was a kid from the slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil, so poor that he couldn't afford a real soccer ball.
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"That night I just remember running. No time to catch your breath, just running, because you want to be gone from the village before the sun comes up." -Avishai Mekonen, 400 MILES TO FREEDOM. In 1984, the Beta Israel, a secluded 2,500-year-old community of observant Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains, fled a dictatorship and began a secret and dangerous journey of escape. Co-director Avishai Mekonen, then 10 years old, was among them. In this...
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The Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges that each season brings. The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, this story follows a full Cherokee year of celebrations and experiences.
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Leaving behind his Boston childhood, Benjamin Franklin reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire and a new life with his wife Deborah. Turning to science, Franklin gains worldwide fame from his lightning rod and experiments in electricity. After entering politics, he spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his own family starts to come apart.
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A documentary that showcases life in the Executive Residence. It is designed as an educational tool in teaching Tennessee history, especially in the 5th and 8th grades. In 1949 the state of Tennessee purchased the Wills Mansion as a home for its governors. Eight governors and their families have lived here. The documentary has a sectiion on each of these 8 governors.
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Werner Herzog and Andre Singer's riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three never before seen interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world's greatest living politician. Now 88 and battling illness, the visionary Gorbachev, the former General Secretary of the U.S.S.R, is still gently but resolutely pushing towards his goals.
14) Pocahontas
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Animated biography of Pocahontas, the native American princess who saved the English settlers at Jamestown.
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It investigates the origins and authenticity of a tintype discovered in 2010 that appears to feature an image of the legendary outlaw. If authenticated, the photograph could set a new record for the sale of an extremely rare and highly-prized collectible. Using modern methods and time period recreations, this special pieces together a mystery more than 130 years in the making, the story of one of the first media bad-boys who was once the most hunted...
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They are the voices behind the greatest rock, pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now, in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and more.
18) Center Stage
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Ruan Ling-yu (Maggie Cheung) is riding high in her acting career when the press decides to take her down a notch or two, bitterly criticizing her for an affair with a married man.
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DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century, an enduring icon whose influence changed the face of fashion, beauty, art, publishing and culture forever. During her fifty year reign as the "Empress of Fashion," she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie O and coined some of fashion's most eloquent proverbs such as "the bikini is the biggest thing since the...
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REMEMBERING LEONARD NIMOY is a loving and very personal tribute to the life and career of Leonard Nimoy, the prolific actor and director who is best known for playing Spock in Star Trek. Produced and directed by his daughter Julie and son-in-law David Knight, the film reveals stories from his childhood growing up in Boston in the 1930s and 1940s, anecdotes from his early career in Hollywood, and a snapshot of Nimoy's big break-out role on the popular...
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