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Girl Rising. by Wilcha, Chris,film director.; Smith, Gareth,film director.; Lee, Jenny,film director.; E., Richard,film director.; Cineverse (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Cineverse in 2013.Girls around the world - striving beyond circumstance, pushing past limits. Their dreams, their voices, their remarkable stories - captured in an unforgettable feature film about the strength of the human spirit - and the power of education.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; Education.; Gender identity.; Educational films.; Current affairs.;
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The Champagne Safari. by Ungar, George,film director.; Feore, Colm,actor.; Hemblen, David,actor.; First Run Features (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Colm Feore, David HemblenOriginally produced by First Run Features in 1995.A fascinating documentary about an eccentric French millionaire's outlandish expedition through Canada's Rocky Mountain wilderness in 1934. Using never-before-seen archival footage and eyewitness testimony, the film unraveled the puzzle behind the mysterious Charles Bedaux. Was he just an eccentric crackpot, or was he really a member of a dark international elite, whose fortunes were tied to the Nazi plot for world domination?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; History.; Biography.;
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Great Bear Rainforest. by McAllister, Ian,film director.; Griffith, Marc,film director.; Jorgensen, Rebekah,film director.; Cromwell, James,actor.; Reynolds, Ryan,actor.; Filmhub, Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
James Cromwell, Ryan ReynoldsOriginally produced by Filmhub, Inc. in 2019.Journey to a land of grizzlies, coastal wolves, sea otters and the all-white spirit bear — the rarest bear on earth — in the film GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST. Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth. Found on Canada’s remote Pacific coast, it is the last intact temperate rainforest in the world—a place protected by the region’s indigenous people for millennia.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Zoology.; Environmental sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Canada.; Alaska.;
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Planet Dinosaur 2D. by Paterson, Nigel,film director.; Hurt, John,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
John HurtOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2011.PLANET DINOSAUR brings to life monsters that are stranger and scarier than anything you've ever seen in the movies - monsters we never knew existed until a few years ago… More species of dinosaur have been discovered in the last decade than in the 200 years before that. With China less secretive, and with more knowledge about the Arctic, the Antarctic and the Sahara, palaeontologists now know that dinosaurs ruled the planet for more than 250 million years, that they spread to every corner of the globe, and that they evolved in more monstrous and bizarre ways than we could ever have imagined.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Biology.; Environmental sciences.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Nature.; Documentary television programs.; Paleontology.;
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The Secret Lives of Big Cats. by Dohrn, Martin,film director.; Dohrn, Martin,actor.; Curiosity Stream (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Martin DohrnOriginally produced by Curiosity Stream in 2019.The 7 big cats are some of the most powerful predators on Earth. But at the same time, these majestic creatures are shy and affectionate, with other qualities we never knew. Technology is giving us the tools to see them in more detail than ever, to learn the intricacies of their lives. Travel to some of the most dangerous and remote locations on the planet — where big cats reign and nature is at its most savage. Each episode highlights the individual stories of one of the seven species — Lion, tiger, cheetah, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, and puma. See their extraordinary, intimate natural behavior recorded with new high-tech night vision systems and super-slow-motion cameras. These are the incredible and unexpected stories of the world’s most charismatic predators: the big cats.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Zoology.; Environmental sciences.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Cats.; Nature.; Documentary television programs.;
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The Equalizer [videorecording] / by Bennett, Haley,1989-; Csokas, Marton,1966-; Csokas, Marton,1966-; Fuqua, Antoine.; Gregson-Williams, Harry.; Harbour, David,1975-; Leo, Melissa.; Meunier, David,1973-; Moretz, Chloë,1997-; Pullman, Bill.; Washington, Denzel,1954-; Columbia Pictures.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Camera, Mauro Fiore ; editor, John Refoua ; music, Harry Gregson-Williams.Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Meunier, Melissa Leo, Bill Pullman, Marton Csokas, David Harbour, Haley Bennett.McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by; he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Gangsters; Helping behavior; Justice; Revenge; Special forces (Military science);
© c2014., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
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The Loving Generation. by Schwartz, Lacey,film director.; Mandefro, Mehret,film director.; Topic Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Topic Studios in 2018.The 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia overturned all laws forbidding interracial marriage. The Loving Generation tells the story of how a generation of Americans born to one black and one white parent experience race and identity in a divided United States.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Ethnicity.;
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Passing: A Family in Black & White. by Cloud, Robin,film director.; Topic Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Topic Studios in 2019.For decades, African American comedian and filmmaker Robin Cloud had heard tales about the “Nebraska cousins,” a branch of her family that moved away from the East Coast to pass for white in the rural Midwest. In this six-part series, Cloud attempts to find and understand the motives of the relatives who left everything and everyone else behind, and documents how their progeny grapple with the revelation that they aren’t who they thought they were.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Ethnicity.;
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Be With You. by Lee, Jang-Hoon,film director.; Chang-Seok, Ko,actor.; Seo-joon, Park,actor.; Ji-Seob, So,actor.; Ye-jin, Son,actor.; ODK Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ko Chang-Seok, Park Seo-joon, So Ji-Seob, Son Ye-jinOriginally produced by ODK Media in 2018.Soo-ah, before passing away, makes an unbelievable promise to her husband, Woo-jin, to return to him in one year on a rainy day. Miraculously, she keeps the promise and reappears before her husband and son but with all her memories gone. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Romance.; Science fiction.; Fantasy fiction.;
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The Russian Woodpecker. by Gracia, Chad,film director.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2015.A thrilling, award-winning investigation into whether the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown was an inside job. Director Chad Gracia follows the unforgettably eccentric artist Fedor Alexandrovich, who reveals to the world an enormous secret Soviet weapon that stands in the shadow of Chernobyl, which Kremlinologists in the 1980s thought might be a giant mind-control device. But what Fedor discovers is much more sinister. Secret police start appearing and one of the crew members is shot by a sniper, as revolution, paranoia and terror engulf the crew. This Sundance Grand Jury winner and darling of critics worldwide pushes the boundaries of the documentary form while telling a crucial story about the deadly dance between Ukraine and Russia.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Environmental sciences.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.;
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