Parallel Film Productions
1) Albert Nobbs
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
3) Brooklyn
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
4) Intermission
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Description
In the suburbs of Dublin, more than a dozen strangers find their paths colliding in sometimes violent, sometimes absurd ways.
5) Neverland
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A wondrous prequel chronicling the origins of some of the most memorable characters of the timeless classic, Peter Pan. Follow Peter and his gang of misfits as they are mysteriously transported into a parallel world overrun by ruthless pirates, magical tree spirits and the deceitful man who will someday become the infamous Captain Hook"--Container.
6) Marlowe
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he's determined to bring to light.
7) The vote
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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100 Years of the 19th Amendment
Resources for Young People
Women's History Month 2023 - Adult
Women's Suffrage and Voting Rights
Resources for Young People
Women's History Month 2023 - Adult
Women's Suffrage and Voting Rights
Description
One hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, it tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in US history.
8) The padre
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Hellbent on justice, retired US Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a small-time con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town, only to be thrown off course by a scrappy sixteen-year-old local girl intent on reuniting with her little sister in the US.
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the natural world and passion for writing with personal strife....
10) Amongst women
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1950s rural Ireland, this is the searingly truthful story of embittered ex-IRA soldier Michael Moran, a brutal, domineering patriarch. Widowed and desperate to keep his family together, he succeeds only in driving his children from him.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For 191 years, the Supreme Court of the United States was populated only by men. When President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news. Time Magazine's cover proclaimed, 'Justice at Last,' and she received unanimous Senate approval.
12) Mary Shelley
Language
English
Formats
Description
The real-life story of Mary Shelley, and the creation of her immortal monster, is nearly as fantastical as her fiction. Raised by a renowned philosopher father in eighteenth-century London, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is a teenage dreamer determined to make her mark on the world, when she meets the dashing and brilliant poet Percy Shelley. So begins a torrid, bohemian love affair marked by both passion and personal tragedy that will transform Mary...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A moving story of Lilly, a child abandoned in Africa. Forced to flee Ethiopia for England when civil war breaks, she befriends Amina, an Ethiopian refugee who has fled the same war. They begin a mission to reunite people with their families"--Container.
14) Treasure Island
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can successfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.
15) Maudie
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the unlikely romance between Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis and reclusive fishmonger Everett Lewis.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the eugenics movement in the U.S., tracing its evolution from a force for human progress through the study of genetics to an anti-humanistic campaign for state-sponsored sterilization and the closing of the country's borders to peoples believed by some to be genetically inferior.
17) Gift of the Magi
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
With the holidays just around the corner, struggling newlyweds Jim and Della Young are challenged to get each other the perfect gift. Determined to make each of their respective wishes come true, they make a secret sacrifice. But a series of misunderstandings soon undermine their respective schemes, and fate itself will play a hand in their loving design.
18) Byzantium
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Two female vampires wreak havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside community. Introverted Eleanor and the outgoing Clara both carry secrets from deep in their shared past-all 200 years of it. Shacked up in the seedy Byzantium Hotel, they scheme to keep their secrets from unsuspecting new victims in this seductive, stylish new take on the vampire genre.
19) The escapist
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Frank Perry is a tough lifer determined to bust out of a London penitentiary to see his terminally ill daughter before she dies. But first he'll have to assemble a hardcore crew, battle the brutal prison kingpin, and pull off one of the most daring and suspenseful escapes in movie history.
20) Triage
Publisher
National Entertainment Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After a traumatic near-death experience in Kurdistan, Mark, a battle-scarred war photographer, returns home without his friend and colleague David. As Mark struggles to recover, he reveals the shocking truth behind David's disappearance.