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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Reverend Charles Dismas Clark is a man of the cloth who fights a never-ending battle to give ex-convicts a chance for a better life. His efforts are jeopardized, however, when a young parolee becomes caught in a tragic, horrifying conflict"--Container.
2) Nanny
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant, takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City. Separated from her son and casually exploited by her employers, Aisha finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage, one that could either destroy or empower her.
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From her childhood in Yugoslavia to the Nobel Peace Prize, when called to serve by God, she responded like no other in modern times. Mother Teresa's phenomenal labors on behalf of the poor, unwanted and needy earned her the name the Saint of the Gutters. For over 50 years, Mother Teresa dedicated herself to the poorest of the poor. The order she founded the Missionaries of Charity grew to encompass over 3,000 members working in 25 countries. She earned...
Publisher
Pilgrim Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Buddhist Monk Lobsang Phuntsok was trained under His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 2006, he left behind a life as a spiritual teacher in the United States to create Jhamtse Gatsal, a community in the foothills of the Himalayas that rescues and cares for orphaned and neglected children. This film focuses on Lobsang and the community's newest arrival, a five-year-old girl named Tashi Drolma.
5) Fire at sea
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 pages)
Language
Italiano
Description
Lampedusa is a once peaceful Mediterranean island that has become a major entry point for African refugees into Europe. There, we meet Samuele, a 12-year-old boy who lives simply, climbing rocks by the shore and playing with his slingshot. Yet nearby we also witness thousands of men, women, and children trying to survive the crossing from Africa in boats that are too small for such a journey.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (378 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 pages)
Language
Italiano
Description
Fire at sea: Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
Below sea level: During a five year period an Italian filmmaker documents the world of down-on-their-luck individuals who live in a Californian desert trying to get by one day at a time. None of them has more than a vehicle, a dog and some clothes.
Boatman: Captures life and death on the Ganges River in India.
Sacro GRA: Gianfranco Rosi,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Deep blue sea: Scientists in the middle of the ocean are genetically engineering sharks for medicinal purposes. But when something goes horribly wrong, the sharks escape, and they have a taste for blood.
Long kiss goodnight: A schoolteacher learns that she was once a lethal assassin for the CIA, and teams up with a wise-cracking detective to uncover her past before a hi-tech army of corrupt government renegades kills them both.
Snakes on a plane:...
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