Jeremy Kagan
Series
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
"America is the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. [A] courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her extraordinary odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf and a hardened drifter. A brilliant, moving tapestry, woven of courage and perseverance"--Container.
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In July 1947, somewhere in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico, a rancher stumbles onto a crash site, and the charred remains of a strange and unidentifiable aircraft. During the next 72 hours, the United States military will seal off the site, remove all evidence, and perpetrate a cover-up. Was it a UFO? From the crash to the cover-up, to the conspiracy of silence, one man will now risk his reputation--his life--to find out the truth.
4) The Sting II
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Gondorff, Hooker and Countess Veronique try to out-sting both Doyle Lonnegan, the notorious gangster previously stung by this group and now out for revenge and profit, and Macalinski, a local racketeer.
5) Shot
Publisher
Great Point Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A gripping drama about three lives irrevocably changed when a gun is accidentally fired on a busy Los Angeles street, the movie unflinchingly explores the consequences of gun violence in America. After an argument with his wife Phoebe, Mark is suddenly felled by a random bullet, and lies bleeding on the pavement with a chest wound. With Phoebe desperately trying to stop the bleeding as Mark fights for his life, they both wait for an ambulance to arrive....
6) The chosen
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Two teenagers at the time of the Normandy invasion in 1944 are friends but they are divided by the same thing that unites them--their faith. Though both are devout Jews, there's a subtle difference. Danny is an Hasidic Jew, brought up to accept faith blindly by his father--an ultra-orthodox rabbi who rejects the 20th century for the special joys of centuries--old tradition. Reuven, on the other hand, has been brought up by his father who is a secular...
7) The chosen
Publisher
Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The story of two teenage boys who become best friends despite huge differences in their upbringing. Danny is the son of an orthodox Hasidic Rabbi. Reuven comes from a progressive Jewish family whose father stands at the forefront of the battle for Israeli statehood. Danny's every moment is devoted to religious study, while Reuven plays jazz piano and is intensely interested in the changing world around him. Their family differences soon force both...
Publisher
Liberation Hall
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
A dozen characters cross paths with former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The focus is on the 1973 war, which Israel almost lost, and how Ms Meir succeeded in getting the armaments she needed from U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
9) Scott Joplin
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The fascinating story about the life of the ragtime great best known for his song, 'The Entertainer'. Joplin began his career touring as a piano player in bordellos around the country. When he is discovered during a piano competition by the famous music publisher John Stark, Joplin turns into an instant success, composing songs so popular that he becomes the first black composer to be allowed to play at the World's Fair. [It] recounts Joplin's determination...