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Marcel the shell with shoes on [videorecording] / by Finkelstein, Shari,actor.; Fleischer-Camp, Dean,film director.; Gabler, Joe,actor.; Hottle, Blake,actor.; Painter, Samuel,actor.; Rossellini, Isabella,voice actor.; Slate, Jenny,1982-voice actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Isabella Rossellini, Joe Gabler, Shari Finkelstein, Samuel Painter, Blake Hottle.Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's films.; Clay animation films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Families; Shells; Short films;
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Food is my teacher [videorecording] / by Soma, Tammara,screenwriter,film director,on-screen participant,film producer.; Yanchyk, Brandy,screenwriter,film director,film producer.; McIntyre Media,film distributor.;
Tammara Soma, Cease Wyss.In Tammara's first documentary, Food is My Teacher, she delves into the pains of the past, including her own harrowing experience dealing with an eating disorder, to showcase how food can heal communities, body and spirit. This is Tammara's first experience in creating a documentary. She co-wrote and co-directed Food is My Teacher with award-winning filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk, who also produced the film. They travelled across Alberta and British Columbia on a quest to learn how food is healing within different communities.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Eating disorders; Food; Food industry and trade; Food security; Food habits; Food;
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Life and nothing more [videorecording] / by Bleechington, Andrew,actor.; Méndez Esparza, Antonio,film director.; Williams, Regina,actor.; Williams, Robert,actor.; Grasshopper Film (Firm),publisher.;
Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams.Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Mňdez Esparza follows-up his debut drama Aqu y̕ all ẁith another sensitive portrait of a struggling family. Stressed by her job in a diner, single mother Regina is raising her two children in northern Florida. When her fourteen-year-old son Andrew has another brush with the law, she worries he will wind up in prison like his father. Mendez Esparza employs documentary-style realism in this snapshot of race, class and the bonds of family in contemporary America.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; African American families; Juvenile delinquents; Mothers and sons; Single mothers;
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Much Ado About Dying. by Chambers, Simon,film director.; First Run Features (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2022.When the filmmaker Simon Chambers receives a call from his elderly gay uncle – “I think I may be dying!” – he takes it as a summons. For five years, he cares for eccentric Uncle David, a retired actor living alone in a cluttered, mouse-infested London house – through all his performative exuberance (constantly acting out passages of King Lear) and anarchic charisma (swinging from boisterous humor to short temper), as various people (including a sexy young hustler) possibly take advantage of him.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Documentary films.; LGBTQ.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Death.;
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Weed & Wine. by Richman Cohen, Rebecca,film director.; Cargo Film & Releasing (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Cargo Film & Releasing in 2020.Kev and his son Cona are descendants of outlaws who labored to make themselves legal purveyors of sun-grown, craft cannabis in Humboldt County, California. In the south of France, Hélène and her son Aurélien produce renowned, biodynamic wines on a vineyard that they’ve fought for centuries to keep in their family. In this sumptuous and moving film, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen parallels the profound joys and deep uncertainties of two farming families as they fight to protect their legacy, their craft, and their land.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Food industry and trade.; Instructional films.; Agriculture.; Computer science.; Documentary films.; California.; Farmers.; France.; Wine and wine making.; Marijuana.;
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Eureka [videorecording] / by Alonso, Lisandro,screenwriter,film director.; Clifford, Alaina,actor.; LaPointe, Sadie,actor.; Mastroianni, Chiara,1972-actor.; Mortensen, Viggo,1958-actor.; Caamaño, Martín,1980-screenwriter.; Casas, Fabián,1965-screenwriter.; Film Movement (Firm),film distributor.;
Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni, Alaina Clifford, Sadie Lapointe.Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation before finally landing in the jungles of 1970s Brazil. As the triptych unfolds, each temporal and spatial shift provokes metaphysical questions about colonial influence on native peoples and the ever-present tensions between indigeneity and the Western world.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Indigenous peoples; Man-woman relationships; Indigenous people; Abduction; Kidnapping victims; Fathers and daughters; Indigenous peoples;
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Poor things [videorecording] / by Dafoe, Willem,actor.; Guiney, Ed,film producer.; Lanthimos, Yorgos,1973-film director,film producer.; Lowe, Andrew(Producer),film producer.; McNamara, Tony(Director),screenwriter.; Ruffalo, Mark,actor.; Stone, Emma,1988-actor,film producer.; Youssef, Ramy,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Gray, Alasdair.Poor things.; 20th Century Studios,production company.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley.From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for strong and pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity, disturbing material, gore, and language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Romantic comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Brain; Drowning; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Man-woman relationships; Physicians; Scientists;
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Candyman [videorecording] / by Abdul-Mateen, Yahya,II,1986-actor.; Domingo, Colman,actor.; Kaminsky, Kyle,actor.; Parris, Teyonah,actor.; Peele, Jordan,1979-film producer,screenwriter.; Spence, Rebecca(Actress),actor.; Stewart-Jarrett, Nathan,1985-actor.; Todd, Tony,1952-actor.; Williams, Vanessa,1963-actor.; Universal Studios, Inc.,film distributor.;
Yahya Abdul-Mateen Ii, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams, Rebecca Spence, Tony Todd.Oscar® winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleash a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Slasher Films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cabrini-Green Homes (Chicago, Ill.); Good and evil; Serial murderers; Supernatural;
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Sex, Drugs and String Quartets. by Thackrah, Carla,film director.; Ronin Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Ronin Films in 2003.The Landau String Quartet comes together to rehearse. Each player has travelled a very different path to become a musician. In this dramatised documentary, the musicians reveal the story of that journey. In their own words, they talk of abusive teachers, loss of innocence, seductions, fear and attempts to escape the pressure of discipline. The filmmaker, Carla Thackrah, herself a professional musician, comments: “I’ve always been fascinated by the strong psychological correspondence between a musicians’ self-definition and their instrument. This film is essentially a dramatised documentary around this theme.”Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; Psychology.; Documentary films.; Artists.;
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Lurkers / by Tan, Sandi,author.;
"In a suburban LA neighborhood, a group of neighbors keep wary distance and at times collide, propelled by loneliness, desire, fury, and sorrow. Precocious Korean American sisters Mira and Rosemary find their world rocked by a suicide; a charismatic and creepy drama teacher grooms his students; an aging gay horror novelist fights loneliness; and a white mother and her adopted Vietnamese daughter deal with lifelong anger issues. Spanning decades, and bringing together a diverse and interlocking group of stories, Lurkers is a Los Angeles masterpiece, showing Sandi Tan's fiction to be as formidable and exciting as her filmmaking"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Neighbors;
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