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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,...
2) Why we fight
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Reflects the sharp divide that exists among the American people on why we are in Iraq. Also asks some pertinent questions about the economic necessities of war.
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When 16 year old Stephanie Daley faces murder charges in connection with the death of her baby, pregnant forensic-psychologist Lydie Crane is tapped to unravel the truth. Stephanie claims to have been unaware of her condition, but as their sessions intensify, Stephanie's state of denial and Lydie's fears regarding her own pregnancy reveal a destiny that intertwines them both.
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Prepárese para dejarlo todo atrás desde Sur y Centro America viajando solo con un vago sentido de dirección y el eco de su familia aún en sus oídos. Prepárese para enfrentarse a la intimidación, corrupción y el peligro en México que eventualmente encontrará en 1,300 millas al norte al tratar de cruzar la frontera y llegar a Estados Unidos.
Follow one man as he leaves behind everything in Central America. With little sense of direction and...
6) Pastime
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In 1957, baseball is at its peak as America's national pastime. For aging minor league player Roy Dean Bream, the love of the game is all that keeps him coming back game after game, season after season. When 17-year-old rookie player tyrone signs onto the team, Roy sees someone with potential to achieve what he never could. An unlikely friendship develops and the two ballplayers will inspire each other to become more than they thought they could.
7) Unzipped
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Using a variety of cinematographic techniques, the personal world of high- profile fashion designer Issac Mizrahi is portrayed as he designs his fall 1994 collection. Features Mizrahi and several famous supermodels.
8) White girl
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Equipped with platinum blond hair and a winning smile, NYC college girl Leah seeks out pleasure in any form. Between getting high with her roommate and snorting lines with her boss, Leah falls for Blue, a young man dealing drugs on her corner. Within days, the two are selling dime bags to her boss and his downtown friends, and living the high life. Summer love crashes to a halt when Blue is arrested and Leah is left with a serious bag of his coke....
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In July 1974, 29-year-old TV host Christine Chubbuck went on air in Sarasota, Florida for her morning talk show "Suncoast Digest" and shot herself on live TV. The incident became a national news story and is rumored to have been the inspiration for Sidney Lumet's Oscar-winning film Network. This film follows a young actress named Kate Lyn Sheil who is hired to potray Chubbuck in a new film.
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It takes a village to make a movie, but when that village is Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and not Hollywood, the results are at times bizarre, comical, and very American. With the help of his mother, his 82-year-old uncle, and a local cast of hilarious weirdos, filmmaker Mark Borchardt fights his way through internal and external roadblocks to achieve his goal to make his movie his way. Spanning over two years of struggle, financial decline, and spiritual...