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Life with Father. by Curtiz, Michael,film director.; Gwenn, Edmund,actor.; Taylor, Elizabeth,actor.; Dunne, Irene,actor.; Powell, William,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Edmund Gwenn, Elizabeth Taylor, Irene Dunne, William PowellOriginally produced by Film Movement in 1947.A financier from New York rules his numerous family, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; Motion Pictures.; Historical drama.;
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Sabotage. by Hitchcock, Alfred,film director.; Tester, Desmond,actor.; Loder, John,actor.; Homolka, Oskar,actor.; Sidney, Sylvia,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Desmond Tester, John Loder, Oskar Homolka, Sylvia SidneyOriginally produced by Film Movement in 1936.A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Motion Pictures.; Crime.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;
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The Notorious Mr. Bout. by Pozdorovkin, Maxim,film director.; Gerber, Tony,film director.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Film Movement in 2014.Examines the life of international arms dealer Viktor Bout as he builds his empire under the shadows of the fall of Communism, as a series of governments willingly look the other way. Contrasting Bout’s personal home movies with the DEA surveillance footage from the sting operation that led to his arrest, this carefully crafted documentary offers an alternative to what was once a clear-cut depiction of character, crime, country and the Constitution.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Biography.; True crime stories.;
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#AnneFrank: Parallel Stories. by Migotto, Anna,film director.; Fedeli, Sabina,film director.; Mirren, Helen,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Helen MirrenOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2019.The Oscar-winning Actress Helen Mirren retraces the life of Anne through the pages of her diary, and that of 5 other women who, as children and adolescents, were also deported to concentration camps but survived the Shoah. Off “the set”, a young girl, talking to her peers using social media, will lead us through Anne Frank’s short life and her feelings. In the documentary we also hear the voices of Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, historian and professor of Jewish studies at various American universities. Produced in collaboration with Anne Frank Fond Basel.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Judaism.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; History.; Holocaust.;
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The Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition. by N., Daniel,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Daniel N. RobinsonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2004.Hegel's Reason in History and other works inspired a transcendentalist movement that spanned Europe, Great Britain, and the United States.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; Philosophy and religion.; History, Ancient.; Instructional films.;
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The Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition. by N., Daniel,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Daniel N. RobinsonOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2004.By the second half of the 19th century, the House of Intellect was divided between two competing perspectives: the growing aesthetic concept of reality and the narrowing scientific view.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; Philosophy and religion.; History, Ancient.; Instructional films.;
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Oil, Water & Climate Resistance. by Haaken, Jan,film director.; Praus, Samantha,film director.; Freestyle Digital Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Freestyle Digital Media in 2023.The first documentary in this two-part series, OIL, WATER & CLIMATE RESISTANCE traces the fight against the expansion of pipelines carrying highly toxic tar sands oil through essential waterways in Minnesota, following movement leaders using direct action and legal strategy to protect the sacred and demand justice.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Foreign study.; Current affairs.;
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New World Order. by Neel, Andrew,film director.; Meyer, Luke,film director.; SeeThink Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by SeeThink Films in 2009.Years before QAnon, Birtherism or the mass shooting at Sandy Hook, conspiracy culture was already on the rise in America. The documentary NEW WORLD ORDER is a behind-the-scenes look at the underground “anti-globalist” movement of the late 2000s. Like a harbinger of the effects conspiracy culture would soon have on the rest of society, the film chronicles a young Alex Jones and other conspiracy theorists on their quests to expose a “massive global conspiracy” that they believe threatens humanity.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Current affairs.;
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Farewell My Concubine. by Kaige, Chen,film director.; You, Ge,actor.; Li, Gong,actor.; Cheung, Leslie,actor.; Fengyi, Zhang,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ge You, Gong Li, Leslie Cheung, Zhang FengyiOriginally produced by Film Movement in 1992.Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the students to instill in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal techniques of this ancient art. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while Xiaolou plays masculine warlords. Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou, who fails to fully reciprocate his affections and marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Queer cinema.; Historical drama.;
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The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.No well-informed observer in the time of Augustus and his successors would have predicted that a world-changing movement would arise in a small, poor, and insignificant region of Palestine. But that is what happened.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Education.; Instructional films.;
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