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Secrets of State / by Palmer, Matthew,1966-;
Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Argus Systems' consultant Sam Trainor stumbles across an intelligence anomaly that could potentially stoke the simmering conflict between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals that have already fought multiple wars. And Sam's new employer could be up to its neck in it.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Government consultants;
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War in Ukraine : making sense of a senseless conflict / by Benjamin, Medea,1952-author.; Davies, Nicolas J. S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Ukraine Conflict, 2014-;
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Beast. by Covarrubias, Hugo,film director.; Miyu Distribution (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Miyu Distribution in 2021.Based on true events, BEAST explores the life of a secret police agent during the military dictatorship in Chile. Her relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations reveals a grim fracture of her mind and of the country.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Short films.;
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Hakkunde. by Asurf, Oluseyi,film director.; Donga, Frank,actor.; Booth, Maryam,actor.; Sadau, Rahama,actor.; Gravel Road Africa (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Frank Donga, Maryam Booth, Rahama SadauOriginally produced by Gravel Road Africa in 2017.An intriguing story of a young graduate who battles everything on his journey to self discovery and actualization.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
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Away Bus. by Asamoah, Kofi,film director.; Sedufia, Peter,film director.; Anang, Adjetey,actor.; Boadi, Akwasi,actor.; Annan, Toosweet,actor.; Gravel Road Africa (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Adjetey Anang, Akwasi Boadi, Toosweet AnnanOriginally produced by Gravel Road Africa in 2019.Two sisters need to raise money to save their dying mother. All attempts to help fail, so they decide to do the unthinkable -- a highway bus robbery. While it turns out to be a successful robbery, the unthinkable happens. Leaving the sisters to make quick decisions, can they still save their mother's life, after all?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
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Dancer in the Dark. by von Trier, Lars,film director.; , Björk,actor.; Deneuve, Catherine,actor.; Morse, David,actor.; Grey, Joel,actor.; Stormare, Peter,actor.; Skarsgard, Stellan,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Joel Grey, Peter Stormare, Stellan SkarsgardOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 2000.Director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) delivers a provocative mix of drama and musical theater in this acclaimed movie that won 2000 **Cannes Film Festival** Best Picture and Best Actress honors (for lead actress Björk). Rural factory worker Selma (Björk) is a single mother losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. To protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma saves money to get him an operation. At night, Selma escapes into a world where “nothing dreadful ever happens,” rehearsing a production of The Sound of Music with her best friend (Catherine Deneuve). But when a neighbor (David Morse) betrays her trust, Selma’s life unravels – and the lines between reality and fantasy blur. Peter Stormare and Joel Grey also star in this trailblazing concoction that will make you cry at the same time it makes your heart sing.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Crime.; Foreign films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.;
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Great state : China and the world / by Brook, Timothy,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the thirteenth century, and despite the passing of one Imperial dynasty to the next, has maintained them for the eight centuries since. China remained China through the Ming, the Qing, the Republic, the Occupation, and Communism. But despite the desires of some of the most powerful people in the Great State through the ages, China has never been alone in the world. It has had to contend with invaders as well as foreign traders and imperialists. Its rulers for the majority of the last eight centuries have not been Chinese. China became a mega-state not by conquering others, Timothy Brook contends, but rather by being conquered by others and then claiming right of succession to the empires of those Great States. What the Mongols and Manchu ruling families wrought, the Chinese ruling families of the Ming, the Republic, and the People's Republic, have perpetuated. Yet a contemporary Chinese idea of a 'fatherland' that is, and always has been, completely and naturally Chinese persists. Brook argues that China, like everywhere, is the outcome of history, and like every state, rests on its capacities to conquer and suppress. In The Great State, Brook examines China's relationship with the world at large for the first time, from the Yuan through to the present, by following the stories of ordinary and extraordinary people navigating the spaces where China met, and continues to meet, the world.
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Suzhou River. by Lou, Ye,film director.; Jia, Hongsheng,actor.; Zhou, Xun,actor.; Hua, Zhongkai,actor.; Strand Releasing (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hongsheng Jia, Xun Zhou, Zhongkai HuaOriginally produced by Strand Releasing in 2000.Along the banks of the Suzhou River, Mardar falls in love with a beautiful young woman named Moudan. When he tries to kidnap her in order to demand ransom money from her rich father, she escapes him, jumping in to the river and disappearing forever. Mardar serves a three-year jail sentence for his attempted crime. Upon his release, he meets a woman who looks exactly like Moudan, named MeiMei.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.;
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Buddha Mountain. by Li, Yu,film director.; Fan, Bingbing,actor.; Bo-lin, Chen,actor.; Chang, Sylvia,actor.; Cheng Cheng Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bingbing Fan, Chen Bo-lin, Sylvia ChangOriginally produced by Cheng Cheng Films in 2010.Director's CutThree youngsters lost in the countryside wait at a railway station called “Buddha Mountain” for a train without knowing if any will ever come. Alienated by society and their families, they move together into the home of a retired Peking opera performer. The carefree tenants and rigid landlady expose not only their conflicting lifestyles but also everyone’s painful past. This reunion of China’s prominent female filmmaker Li Yu and the iconic star Fan Bingbing after 'Lost in Beijing' is graced by Taiwan’s cinematic treasure Sylvia Chang. With an exuberant and haunting story, she inquires how individuals reconstruct their inner selves facing impermanence in all forms.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.;
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Banel & Adama. by Sy, Ramata-Toulaye,film director.; Racine, Binta,actor.; Mane, Khady,actor.; Diallo, Mamadou,actor.; Sow, Moussa,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Binta Racine Sy, Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Moussa SowOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2024.Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama soon accept the role of chief. The two lovers have their own plans… until something in the air changes. The rains do not come, the cattle begin to die, the men leave. The curse weighs on Adama's sense of duty, and the chasm between them drives Banel into a feverish, mystical chaos.A rare debut feature that premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and Senegal's official submission to the 96th Academy Awards®, BANEL & ADAMA is a lush and lyrical West African dreamscape, a tragic romance that soars to the heights of longing and descends deep into the realm of myth as it sets its protagonists' perfect everlasting love on a collision course with their community’s traditions.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.;
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