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- Hollywood Park : a memoir / by Jollett, Mikel,author.;
"Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country's most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story of fierce love and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the emergence of a uniquely gifted writer. We were never young. We were just too afraid of ourselves. No one told us who we were or what we were or where all our parents went. They would arrive like ghosts, visiting us for a morning, an afternoon. They would sit with us or walk around the grounds, to laugh or cry or toss us in the air while we screamed. Then they'd disappear again, for weeks, for months, for years, leaving us alone with our memories and dreams, our questions and confusion. So begins Hollywood Park, Mikel Jollett's remarkable memoir. His story opens in an experimental commune in California, which later morphed into the Church of Synanon, one of the country's most infamous and dangerous cults. Per the leader's mandate, all children, including Jollett and his older brother, were separated from their parents when they were six months old, and handed over to the cult's "School." After spending years in what was essentially an orphanage, Mikel escaped the cult one morning with his mother and older brother. But in many ways, life outside Synanon was even harder and more erratic. In his raw, poetic and powerful voice, Jollett portrays a childhood filled with abject poverty, trauma, emotional abuse, delinquency and the lure of drugs and alcohol. Raised by a clinically depressed mother, tormented by his angry older brother, subjected to the unpredictability of troubled step-fathers and longing for contact with his father, a former heroin addict and ex-con, Jollett slowly, often painfully, builds a life that leads him to Stanford University and, eventually, to finding his voice as a writer and musician. Hollywood Park is told at first through the limited perspective of a child, and then broadens as Jollett begins to understand the world around him. Although Mikel Jollett's story is filled with heartbreak, it is ultimately an unforgettable portrayal of love at its fiercest and most loyal"--- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Jollett, Mikel; Synanon (Foundation); Rock musicians;
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- Hero [videorecording]. by Leung, Tony; Cheung, Maggie; Zhang, Ziyi; Li, Jet;
Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Jet Li.DVD.CHVRS rating: PG.Hero is the story of the First Emperor of China, who is on the brink of winning a war torn land during the dawn of the Qin dynasty over 2000 years ago. Three opponents are determined to kill the King, and one loyal subject stands in their way.- Subjects: Action.; Foreign.;
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- Mangal Pandey: The Rising. by Mehta, Ketan,film director.; Khan, Aamir,actor.; Patel, Ameesha,actor.; Mukerji, Rani,actor.; Stephens, Toby,actor.; NH Studioz (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Aamir Khan, Ameesha Patel, Rani Mukerji, Toby StephensOriginally produced by NH Studioz in 2005.It is the year 1857. The British are plundering the resources of their Indian subjects, who have reached their breaking point. Soldier Mangal Pandey (Aamir Khan) leads an uprising against India's imperialist occupiers -- events the British call a mutiny and the Indians call a war for independence. Throughout the violent events, Mangal maintains a friendship with Capt. William Gordon (Toby Stephens), who sympathizes with India's subjugated citizens and obeys his conscience.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Historical drama.;
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- Godard Cinema. by Leuthy, Cyril,film director.; Godard, Jean-Luc,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jean-Luc GodardOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2023.Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol for the era’s progressive and anti-war youth. Sixty-two years and 140 films later, Godard is among the most renowned artists of all time, taught in every film school yet still shrouded in mystery. One of the founders of the French New Wave, political agitator, revolutionary misanthrope, film theorist and critic, the list of his descriptors goes on and on. GODARD CINEMA offers an opportunity for film lovers to look back at his career and the subjects and themes that obsessed him, while paying tribute to the ineffable essence of the most revered French director of all time.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.;
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- El vengador del 30-06 [Spanish] [1 DVD - 90 min.] / by Duran, Fernando,film director.; Almada, Fernando,actor.; Russek, Jorge,actor.; Chagoyan, Rosa Gloria,actor.; Garcia, Eleazar,actor.; Peluffo, Ana Luisa,actor.; Laguna Films.;
Fernando Almada, Jorge Russek, Rosa Gloria Chagoyan, Eleazar Garcia "Chelelo", Ana Luisa Peluffo.While hunting in the mountains, Pancho Treviño is shot by some bandits who mistake him for someone else. VENGADOR DEL 30-60 revolves around Pancho's attempts to find appropriate revenge.MPAA rating: Not rated, contains mature subject matter.DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.- Subjects: Foreign films.; Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Films for people with visual disabilities.; Revenge; Mistaken identity;
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