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Publisher
[Passion River Films]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn how Kansas transformed from an outpost of radicalism to a bastion of hardcore conservatism. Unforgettable characters and their stories shed new light on the nation's political divide. Checking in with a varied group of Kansans a few years later provides an often-surprising look at how they're feeling in the wake of two George W. Bush terms and a failed economy.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Michael Dobbs' best-selling novel about a man who schemes and backstabs his way to the top until he is standing on a pile of broken promises, betrayals, and the bodies of those who oppose him.
3) Razzia
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
In the searing and mesmerizing drama, five Moroccans from different social and religious strata are pushed to the fringe by their extremist government. Spanning three decades and several storylines, director Nabil Ayouch weaves an intricate tale of lost loves, forbidden desires, and fragile dreams in modern day Morocco.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
Publisher
Watchmaker Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Extreme low frequency edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary meditation on the nature of democratic progress in the United States, a one-of-a-kind documentary journeys from the gravesites to the public markers that document the people and incidents that make up over 400 years of struggle against economic oppression.
8) Indochine
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Extended international version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner Éliane, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference after having a child by French officer Jean-Baptiste, Éliane's...
Publisher
EPF Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Greek
Description
A documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them. Filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores life on the streets through the eyes of the dogs and people's experience. Shot on location in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, the documentary is about how Greece has become the stray dogs of Europe, and how the dogs have become a symbol of hope for the people and for the anti-austerity movement.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (364 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The lives and legacies of the 43 leaders of the United States. Based on the book To the Best of My Ability, The Presidents features insight from journalists, scholars, and politicians, as well as rare and unseen photographs and footage.
11) The Congress
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In this elegant, penetrating and moving portrait of the United States Congress, filmmaker Ken Burns profiles an American institution whose ideals and actions affect us all. Narrated by David McCullough, the program employs historic film footage and interviews with insiders" including David Broker, Alistair Cooke and Cokie Roberts to detail the personalities, events and issues that have animated Congress' first 200 years."--Publisher's website.
Publisher
Revolver Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first major documentary to look back on the development and impact of this remarkable woman, whom commentators of both the political left and right agree changed the face of 20th Century politics forever.
13) No escape
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
How far will one man go to protect the ones he cares about most in the world? An intense international thriller, centers on an American businessman as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
14) Bananas
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Woody Allen's humor is at his wild and bizarre best in this story of a "weird-gadget" tester who, after being jilted by his girlfriend (Louise Lasser), ends up as president of a tiny country where absurdity reigns.
15) Secret state
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A British deputy prime minister is thrown into a world of political machinations and conspiracy he never knew existed.
16) Lions for lambs
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen format (2.40:first).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The intersecting stories of an idealistic professor, two American soldiers in Afghanistan, an ambitious Congressman, and a skeptical journalist.
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution and The Bill of Rights represent much more than the words used by America's Founding Fathers to define a fragile, nascent country. They're the living, breathing realization of America's democratic ideal, the bedrock of a society that its people have built over nearly two-and-a-half centuries, and they provide a blueprint that is, was and will be a template for democracy around the world.To celebrate...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For weeks, the world's eyes have been fixed on the tens of thousands of refugees fleeing war-torn Syria for Europe. But what is life like for those left behind?
Series
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (62 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of Marof Achkar, the filmmaker's father, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. Film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A whole new generation of patriots can be inspired by the memorable songs that explain how our government is set up and how the electoral process works. Plus, keep track of the actual voting results in all 50 states.
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