Kim Roberts
Author
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The site of a thriving literary tradition, Washington, DC, has been the home to many of our nation's most acclaimed writers. From the city's founding to the beginnings of modernism, literary luminaries including Walt Whitman, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Henry Adams, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston have lived and worked at their craft in our nation's capital ... Part walking tour, part anthology, [this book] is organized into...
2) Food, Inc
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
℗2009.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Explores the U.S. commercial food industry, examining corporate control of supply and market. The film seeks to demonstrate how the incentive for corporate profit can overwhelm consumer health needs, as well as the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and the environment. Reveals various details of food ingredients and additives, and how contemporary mass production methods of food affects U.S. culture.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provided is an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life. Included are featurettes,...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, the film takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities, yet have the aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A truly inspiring story of one ordinary family's extraordinary journey. An orphaned boy named Tomas is adopted by Maire O'Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept Tomas as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery, illuminating how rainbows can shine around, and within,...
6) Civic duty
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Terry Allen loses his job in the wake of 9/11, his world is flipped upside-down. Terrified of another attack, assaulted by heightened threat levels and enraged by complacent citizens, Terry's worst nightmare comes true when a man who appears to be of middle eastern decent moves in next door. His new neighbor's suspicious activities lead Terry to believe he's uncovered a terroritst conspiracy.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director Kirby Dick, and Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer Amy Ziering comes a startling expose of sexual assault on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. Weaving together cinema verite footage and fist person testimonies, the film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders who were there, revealing the incredible chain of events that brought America to the brink of nuclear disaster.
Publisher
Rekab Sudskany, L.C
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Tomás world changes when Maire O'Donnell brings him home from an Irish orphanage. She shows him all the love this world has to offer but when tragedy jeopardizes the adoption, Tomás must use lessons learned from Maire to win the heart of his potential father"--from container.
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Hope and heartache comes to light in the acclaimed docu-series. Distinguished clinical psychologist Dr. Orna Guralnik combines empathy with insight to guide a new group of couples facing a diverse set of issues. Together they take on the difficult challenge of confronting their deepest individual fears and talk candidly about what has brought them to these crossroads and where to go from here.
11) Unrest
Publisher
Unrest Film
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Brea is a Harvard PhD student about to marry the love of her life when suddenly her body starts failing her. Hoping to shed light on her strange symptoms, Brea grabs a camera and films the darkest moments as she is derailed by M.E. (commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), a mysterious illness some still believe is "all in your head." Brea's wonderfully honest portrayal asks us to rethink the stigma around a disease that affects millions...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Heidi seems the proverbial "all-American girl" from small-town Pulaski, Tennessee. But she was born Mai Thi Hiep in Danang, Vietnam, the daughter of an American serviceman and a Vietnamese woman. At the war's end, her mother, hearing rumors that racially mixed children would be persecuted, place the 7-year-old girl on an "Operation Babylift" plane to the United States. Twenty-two years later mother and daughter are miraculously reunited in Danang....
13) Partition
Publisher
Distributed by Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Even in a land ravaged by fear and intolerance, the seeds of love can still take root and blossom. It is 1947 amidst the chaos and bloodshed unleashed when India and Pakistan are split into separate states. Sikh and former soldier Gian risks everything to save Naseem, a young Muslim woman, from a violent mob. Soon, love builds a bridge between their two worlds, healing the wounds in both their hearts. But how long can their joy last when religious...
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"After years of living under her mother's excessive Christmas obsession, Noelle swore off Christmas and started a new chapter in her life by moving to the city to focus on her career. Becoming a workaholic, her boss forces her to take a break to go home and enjoy the holiday season. Since her mother passed away a year ago, Noelle sees it as an opportunity to finally pack up her mother's belongings and sell the house. Returning home, Noelle abruptly...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"From the makers of The Invisible War comes a startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. Weaving together vérité footage and first person testimonies, the film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue -- despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath -- both their education...