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- Borderland. by Yates, Pamela,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by New Day Films in 2024.There is a war on immigrants. A massive surveillance, militarized and carceral apparatus has been built to capture, imprison and deport millions. But in the shadow of this border-industrial- complex, immigrants are building a rights movement envisioning a future rooted in human connection and the sanctity of life. In BORDERLAND | THE LINE WITHIN a trio of digital humanists, immigrants themselves, dig deep into the hidden apparatus of the border industrial complex, exposing ruthless profiteering from the suffering of fellow humans. In juxtaposition, the stories of immigrant heroines and heroes forge a way forward, intent on building a movement claiming their human rights in the shadow of this behemoth.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; Emigration and immigration.; Prisons.; Mexico.;
- Rosewater [videorecording] / by Bahari, Maziar.Then they came for me.Videorecording.; Bodnia, Kim,1965-; García Bernal, Gael,1978-; Leonidas, Dimitri,1987-; Stewart, Jon,1962-; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
- Gael Garcia Bernal, Dimitri Leonidas, Kim Bodnia.Jon Stewart makes his directorial debut with Rosewater, a drama based on a memoir by the Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari. As the film opens, Bahari returns to his home country in order to report on the 2009 presidential elections there. When the results lead to large public protests, Bahari (Gael Garcia Bernal) videotapes the civil unrest. This brings him to the attention of authorities, who apprehend him and keep him in solitary confinement in hopes of getting him to confess to crimes against Iran. However, his international celebrity leads to help from powerful and unexpected places.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Bahari, Maziar; Feature films.; Journalists; Motion picture producers and directors; Political prisoners; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2015., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
- Rosewater [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Bahari, Maziar.Then they came for me.Videorecording.; Bodnia, Kim,1965-; García Bernal, Gael,1978-; Leonidas, Dimitri,1987-; Stewart, Jon,1962-; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
- Gael Garcia Bernal, Dimitri Leonidas, Kim Bodnia.Jon Stewart makes his directorial debut with Rosewater, a drama based on a memoir by the Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari. As the film opens, Bahari returns to his home country in order to report on the 2009 presidential elections there. When the results lead to large public protests, Bahari (Gael Garcia Bernal) videotapes the civil unrest. This brings him to the attention of authorities, who apprehend him and keep him in solitary confinement in hopes of getting him to confess to crimes against Iran. However, his international celebrity leads to help from powerful and unexpected places.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.
- Subjects: Bahari, Maziar; Feature films.; Journalists; Motion picture producers and directors; Political prisoners; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2015., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
- The next three days [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by RZA(Rapper); Atias, Moran.; Banks, Elizabeth,1974-; Buie, Michael.; Crowe, Russell,1964-; Delbosc, Olivier.; Dennehy, Brian.; Haggis, Paul.; Neeson, Liam.; Nozik, Remy.; Wilde, Olivia.; High 61 Films.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment.; Lionsgate (Firm); Maple Pictures.;
- Music by Danny Elfman ; edited by Jo Francis ; director of photography, Stéphane Fontaine.Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, RZA, Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Michael Buie, Moran Atias, Remy Nozik.Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.BLURAY.
- Subjects: Escapes; Feature films.; Judicial error; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Murder; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women prisoners;
- © c2011., Lions Gate Entertainment ; Distributed by Maple Pictures,
- Attica [videorecording] / by Nelson, Stanley,1951-film director.; Showtime Networks,film distributor.;
- Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, when a violent five-day standoff between mostly black and latino inmates and law enforcement took place.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Historical films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Attica Correctional Facility; Political activists; Prison homicide; Prison riots; Prison violence; Prisoners;
- For private home use only.
- Maze [videorecording] / by Burke, Stephen,film director,screenwriter.; Doolan, Jane,film producer.; McCann, Martin,1983-actor.; Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom,actor.; Ward, Barry,actor.; Lightyear Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Bord Scannán na hÉireann,production company.;
- Director of photography, David Grennan ; production designer, Owen Power ; original music, Stephen Rennicks.Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, Martin Mccann, Eileen Walsh.Based on the incredible true story of the 1983 mass breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from a high-security prison, the film charts how inmate Larry Marley engineered the largest European prison escape since World War II. Up against the most state-of-the-art and secure prison in the whole of Europe (a prison within a prison), Larry must coordinate with inmates across several cellblocks. While scheming his way towards pulling off this feat, Larry forms a close bond with prison warden Gordon Close.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Marley, Larry; Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland); Provisional IRA; Escaped prisoners; Prisons;
- For private home use only.
- Guantanamo diary revisited [videorecording] / by Goetz, John(Film director),film director.; Hopkins, Ben,1969-film director.; Slahi, Mohamedou Ould,on-screen participant.; Cinema Libre Studio,publisher.;
- Mohamedou Ould Slahi.Following his best-selling book, Guantanamo Diary, which describes his decade of imprisonment and torture at Guantanamo Bay, Mohamedou Ould Slahi decides to go find his torturers. Slahi was imprisoned In the aftermath of 9/11 and accused of being part of Al-Queda but never proven guilty. He wants to take revenge, by inviting them for tea and most importantly by forgiving them. They will have different reactions once confronted by him.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation.
- Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Personal narratives.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Slahi, Mohamedou Ould.; Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.; Political prisoners; Prisoners of war; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.;
- For private home use only.
- Get the gringo [videorecording] / by Davey, Bruce,film producer.; Gibson, Mel,actor,screenwriter,film producer.; Grunberg, Adrian,film director,screenwriter.; Norris, Dean,actor.; Perskie, Stacy,screenwriter,film producer.; Stormare, Peter,actor.; Alliance Films,film distributor.; Icon Productions,production company.;
- Music, Antonio Pinto ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; production designer, Bernardo Trujillo ; director of photography, Benoit Debie.Mel Gibson, Peter Stormare, Dean Norris.A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some drug use and sexual material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Criminals; Fugitives from justice; Gangsters; Prisons;
- For private home use only.
- Gotti [videorecording] / by Connolly, Kevin,1974-film director.; DeMeo, William,1969-actor.; Dobbs, Lem,screenwriter.; Emmett, Randall,film producer.; Fiore, Marc,film producer.; Froch, Michael,film producer.; Furla, George,film producer.; Keach, Stacy,actor.; Lofranco, Spencer,actor.; Mulkey, Chris,actor.; Preston, Kelly,actor.; Rossi, Leo,1947-screenwriter,actor.; Taylor-Vince, Pruitt,1960-actor.; Travolta, John,1954-actor.; Walson, Edward,film producer.; Emmett/Furla Oasis Films,production company.; Fiore Films (Firm),production company.; Fyzz Faclity (Firm),production company.; JTP Films (Firm),production company.; MoviePass Ventures (Firm),production company.; Riversdale Films (Firm),production company.; Sunrider Productions (Firm),production company.; Vertical Entertainment (Firm),production company,distributor.; Videoville Showtime.;
- Music, Armando Christian Perez, Jorge Gomez ; editor, Jim Flynn ; director of photography, Michael Barrett.John Travolta, Spencer Lofranco, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Stacy Keach, Chris Mulkey, William Demeo, Leo Rossi, Kelly Preston.Follows infamous crime boss John Gotti's rise to become the 'Teflon Don' of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Spanning three decades and recounted by his son John Jr., it examines Gotti's tumultuous life as he and his wife attempt to hold the family together amongst tragedy and multiple prison sentences.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and pervasive language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Crime films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Gotti, John A.; Gotti, John; Crime; Italian American families; Mafia; Fathers and sons; Mafiosi; Organized crime;
- For private home use only.
- Gotti [videorecording] / by Connolly, Kevin,1974-film director.; DeMeo, William,1969-actor.; Dobbs, Lem,screenwriter.; Emmett, Randall,film producer.; Fiore, Marc,film producer.; Froch, Michael,film producer.; Furla, George,film producer.; Keach, Stacy,actor.; Lofranco, Spencer,actor.; Mulkey, Chris,actor.; Preston, Kelly,actor.; Rossi, Leo,1947-screenwriter,actor.; Taylor-Vince, Pruitt,1960-actor.; Travolta, John,1954-actor.; Walson, Edward,film producer.; Emmett/Furla Oasis Films,production company.; Fiore Films (Firm),production company.; Fyzz Faclity (Firm),production company.; JTP Films (Firm),production company.; MoviePass Ventures (Firm),production company.; Riversdale Films (Firm),production company.; Sunrider Productions (Firm),production company.; Vertical Entertainment (Firm),production company,distributor.; Videoville Showtime.;
- Music, Armando Christian Perez, Jorge Gomez ; editor, Jim Flynn ; director of photography, Michael Barrett.John Travolta, Spencer Lofranco, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Stacy Keach, Chris Mulkey, William Demeo, Leo Rossi, Kelly Preston.Follows infamous crime boss John Gotti's rise to become the 'Teflon Don' of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Spanning three decades and recounted by his son John Jr., it examines Gotti's tumultuous life as he and his wife attempt to hold the family together amongst tragedy and multiple prison sentences.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and pervasive language.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD.
- Subjects: Crime films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Gotti, John A.; Gotti, John; Crime; Italian American families; Mafia; Fathers and sons; Mafiosi; Organized crime;
- For private home use only.
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