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- Incorrigible [videorecording] : a film about Velma Demerson / by Lee, Karin,1960-film director.; McIntyre Media,film distributor.;
Gemini award winning filmmaker Karin Lee tells the heartbreaking and poignant story of Velma Demerson who was arrested under the Ontario Female Refuges Act (1897-1964) and incarcerated for falling in love with a Chinese man in 1938 at the age of 18 in Toronto, Canada. Pregnant and without legal counsel, Velma was sentenced to one year in prison where she was tortured by the prison's eugenicist doctor who attempted to abort her child. 60 years later Velma attempted to sue the Ontario provincial government for wrongful incarceration. She and paralegal activist Harry Kopyto worked to solve the puzzle of how to sue the government for a case which was past the limitation period. Velma was finally vindicated and won her case in 2003 at the age of 83. This is the story of an ordinary young woman who did nothing wrong, except to fall in love with a man of a different race. It is a story of how institutional racism ruined the lives of two young people in love and destroyed the possibility of their having a happy and healthy family. Most important, it is the inspirational story of a woman who fought back for decades to get justice and won. Velma never stopped trying to get justice for all the women arrested under the Female Refuges Act, and actively lobbied the government, until her death in 2019, to apologize to all women who were wrongly incarcerated. The message in this film to these women and their families is that "they did nothing wrong and it's not their fault."E.DVD.- Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Demerson, Velma, 1920-2019.; Interracial dating; Race discrimination; Racism; Women prisoners;
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- The ambassador's daughter / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
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- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920); Germans; Man-woman relationships; Young women;
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- Edison / by Morris, Edmund,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. A Dewey Diva Pick.- Subjects: Biographies.; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.; Electrical engineers; Inventors;
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- The Battle: Roar to Victory. by Shin-Yeon, Won,film director.; Ikeuchi, Hiroyuki,actor.; Woo-jin, Jo,actor.; Kitamura, Kazuki,actor.; Jun-Yeol, Ryu,actor.; Hae-jin, Yoo,actor.; ODK Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Jo Woo-jin, Kazuki Kitamura, Ryu Jun-Yeol, Yoo Hae-jinOriginally produced by ODK Media in 2019.Based on a historic battle in 1920, the movie depicts the victory of the Chosun Independence Army overcoming the inferiority of their firepower and defeating the Japanese Army. In Manchuria, the Japanese government sends elite troops with modern firepower to chase the Independence Army, destroying villages of Korean immigrants. Hwang Hae-cheol's squad is to deliver their weapons to the Army. They meet another troop led by Lee Jang-ha, and Hae-cheol suggests they fall back behind the primary battle, but Jang-ha wants to fight against the Japanese Army.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Historical drama.; Action and adventure films.;
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