Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the local newspaper finds an audience, and his experiences in the town begin to change his life.
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Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In his vivid and thought-provoking filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry gives an unprecedented access to America's busiest emergency department at Los Angeles County Hospital. Amidst real life-and-death situations, McGarry follows a dedicated team of charismatic young doctors-in-training as they wrestle with both their ideals and the realities of saving lives in a complex and overburdened system.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In profiling Chinese adoptees in contemporary America, this deeply moving documentary illustrates that even the most specific of experiences can be universally relatable. Of the roughly 80,000 girls who have been adopted from China since 1989, the film follows four teenagers: Haley, Jenna, Ann, and Fang. These four American teens reveal a heartbreaking sense of self-awareness as they attempt to answer the uniquely human question, 'Who am I?' They...
Publisher
[Distributed by] Bullfrog Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Set in Oakland, a city with a deep history of social justice movements, We are the Radical Monarchs documents the Radical Monarchs - an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of color, aged 8-13. Its members earn badges for completing units on social justice including being an LGBTQ ally, the environment, and disability justice"-- Back of case.