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61) Dodesukaden
Series
Criterion collection volume 465
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
Follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. As desperate as their circumstances may seem, each of them, including the homeless father and son who dream of a home; the young woman hiding from the abuse she receives from her uncle; and a young boy who dreams of being a trolley conductor, find reasons to carry on.
62) Frost/Nixon
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
63) A mighty heart
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jewish-American journalist, Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan in January of 2002. The violent act became an international scandal as the group that claimed responsibility for the crime demanded the liberation of prisoners from the American detainee prison in Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. The American government does not give in to the terrorists' demands. Mariane travels to Pakistan and is alone, searching for the most important person in her life....
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
In eighteenth-century France a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses by the Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The unforgettable true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most controversial scandals of recent times: the organized deportation of innocent children from the UK to Australia, where they were thought to be lost in the system forever. Against overwhelming odds, and with little regard for her own safety, Humphreys reunited thousands of families and brought worldwide attention to a corrupt system and an extraordinary...
66) Brute force
Series
Criterion collection volume 383
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
English
Description
Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, it builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom and asks the question of who society's real brutes are.
Publisher
City Lights Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Second-disc collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Luis, a homosexual, and Valentin, a political prisoner are mismatched cell mates in a South American prison. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. Eventually, the two men come to understand and respect one another.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxii, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The twenty-first century has brought unprecedented evidence of the prevalence of sexual abuse and assault. As the world begins to recognize the depraved and hypocritical actions of people (chiefly men) in power, people are raising their voices against a culture that has allow this behavior to continue. The prose and poems in this gender-inclusive collection address the physical and psychological trauma of sexual assault from a variety of perspectives...
Author
Publisher
Tim Duggan Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map, portrait ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum, the nonfiction imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor, abused hundreds of young athletes for almost three decades. How did he get away with it for so long? How did the survivors finally stop him and bring him to justice? And how can we protect the vulnerable in our own families, churches, and communities? Denhollander reveals her full story for the first time, detailing her journey from an idealistic young gymnast to a strong and determined woman who...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 337 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries imprisoned black women faced wrenching forms of gendered racial terror and heinous structures of economic exploitation. Exposed to violence and rape, subjugated on chain gangs and as convict laborers, and forced to serve additional time as domestic workers before they were allowed their freedom, black women faced a pitiless system of violence, terror, and debasement. Drawing upon black feminist...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The first book to integrate shame research into a single overarching theory. Why are some kids magnets for bullying? Why do gay teens commit suicide four times as frequently as "straight" teens? Why do we have more men and women in prison than any other country in the world? Why are school shootings and acts of domestic terrorism on the rise? What could possibly be the theme that ties all of these questions together, which provides a window into so...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Barr and Murphy tell the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others -- for over a quarter century. They reveal the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him. When warnings were raised, self-serving leaders chose to protect their organizations' reputations over the well-being of young people. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
xii, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The legend of Madame Delphine Lalaurie, a wealthy society matron, has haunted the city of New Orleans for nearly two hundred years. When fire destroyed part of her home in 1834, the public was outraged to learn that behind closed doors Lalaurie routinely bound, starved, and tortured her slaves. Forced to flee the city, her guilt was unquestioned, and tales of her actions have become increasingly fanciful and grotesque over the decades. Even today,...
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