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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2016
Language
English
Description
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor, and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change.
2) Cow
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Andrea Arnold’s first documentary immerses the audience in life on a dairy farm in rural England through the eyes of Luma, a cow. Empathetic and nearly wordless, the film opens during calving season and captures a world of animal existence that is ordered around service to humans.
3) Black Widow
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Natasha Romanoff--aka Black Widow--confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger." - From container.
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Skipper and his penguin pals have their hands full solving a whole bunch of problems, including a pigeon's planned attack on the visiting zoo commissioner, sightings of a flying orca, combating a poison dart frog, and the unstoppable growth of a green blob called Jiggles. Episodes include: In the Line of Doody; Skorca!; Jiggles; Untouchable; Cat's Cradle; Out of the Groove; and more.
9) Roots
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
c2005, p1977
Language
English
Description
Kunte Kinte, an African hunter, is kidnapped from his native Gambia and brought as a slave to colonial America. The story follows him and his descendants through several generations of slavery to the family's post-Civil War independence on their own farm. Adapted from Alex Haley's bestselling book, stars Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton, Cecily Tyson, John Amos, Leslie Uggams and Ed Asner.
13) Candyman
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From the chilling imagination of Clive Barker, the original Candyman has become a cult-favorite amonst horror fans. The gut-wrenching thriller follows a graduate student whose research summons the spirit of the dead! When Helen Lyle hears about Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt a notorious housing project, she braves the gang-ridden area to visit the site. Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can't really exist...until he...
14) Ghostbusters 2
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A band of parapsychologists who specialize in ridding Manhattan of bizarre apparitions are back to fight another supernatural force that's been building up under New York City.
15) The Martian
Language
English
Description
During a manned mission to Mars, American astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind by his crew. But Watney is still alive, and he must now find a way to contact Earth--and survive on a barren planet with meager supplies--in the hope that an international team of scientists can devise a near-impossible plan to bring him home! -- Adapted from container.
17) Cats
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper reimagines Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-shattering musical. Starring James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introducing Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward. With a world-class cast of dancers showcasing styles from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap, this film reimagines the stage musical for a new generation....
19) The rider
Author
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After a tragic riding accident, young cowboy Brady (Brady Jandreau), once a rising star on the rodeo circuit, is warned that his competition days are over. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: riding and competing. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man...
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Explores various aspects of mathematics to illustrate how mathematical ideas have been part of developments in science, technology, and culture throughout time and around the world, covering topics such as the invention of the concepts of zero and infinity and efforts to describe a body in motion through calculus.
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