MPI Home Video (Firm)
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"The fabulous 60s takes a kaleidoscopic look back at this most turbulent of decades, ten tumultuous years that began in hope with man's exploration of space and the youngest elec[t]ed President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy-- and ended in a welter of Cold War intrigue, political assassination, civil unrest, student demonstration and US involvement in another war in a country known as Vietnam."--Container.
2) Samsara
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, it explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
While high up in the mountains, a group of climbers finds an eight-year-old girl who is terrified, dehydrated, and unable to speak a word of English. Alison, the leader of the group, convinces the others to help her rescue the girl. But when they attempt to bring her to safety they become involved in a kidnapping plot and soon must fight for their lives.
Series
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"I have a dream" contains King's entire inspirational speech in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. This video also includes a newsreel and documentary footage from the 1963 march plus footage from the rally on the twentieth anniversary of the original march.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This documentary examines the chain of events that led to the devastating destruction in South Asia and explores the impact of relief efforts in the region. It explains the science of tsunamis and looks back at other catastrophic natural disasters.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are on an all-expenses-paid trip for the Observer. Their tough assignment is to drive through beautiful Italian country, eat lavishly, and stay in exquisite small hotels, all so that one or the other can write high-toned culinary drivel for the paper.
12) GMO OMG
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers. How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice? And perhaps the ultimate question, which Seifert tests himself: is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we can't gain back? These and other questions take Seifert on a journey from his family's table to Haiti, Paris, Norway, and the lobby of...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
September 1941. On the Eastern Front of World War II, Kostya and his fellow Russian cadets are tasked with evacuating thousands of civilians out of war-torn Leningrad, to safety aboard Barge 752. While Kostya's commander initially worries that the barge may be too outdated to safely sail across Lake Ladoga, the evacuation is completed, even allowing Kostya time to smuggle his fiancé, Nastya, aboard the barge to join him on the journey.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"The three gables": A woman calls for an investigation after she is offered a lot of money to sell her estate. "The dying detective": A woman is convinced that her cousin is putting her family in jeopardy. "The golden pince-nez": Scotland Yard is troubled with a murder investigation and no promising leads. "The red circle": Holmes and Watson are called upon by the landlady of a rooming house who is afraid one of her tenants is up to no good. "The...
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
[disc 1]. Paying the price. "Rendered homeless by his own carelessness by burning his house down, Frost takes on a kidnapping case. A 24-hour operation at the victim's flat leads to escalating demands from the kidnapper and even Frost finds it difficult to keep cool under the pressure."--Container.
[disc 2]. Fun times for swingers. "Frost gets a rude introduction into the world of male escorts when a naked woman throws herself from the roof of Denton...
17) The ledge
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Gavin is on the ledge. Hollis, who just learned that he is not the biological father of his children, has the task of talking Gavin down. Gavin reveals his deep-rooted conflict with his fundamentalist Christian neighbor Joe, whose theological opposition to Gavin was intensified by Gavin's gay roommate and later by Joe's wife's infidelity. The negotiations take a dramatic turn when Hollis learns that Gavin has a deadline, and his life is not the only...
18) Ali & Nino
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on the famed love story, a Muslim and Christian couple defy their parents and marry, but their bond is soon put to the test by the arrival of WWI.
19) The wave: Welle
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Deutsch
Description
During project week, a popular and unorthodox high school teacher, in an attempt to stir up his lethargic students, devises an experiment that will explain what totalitarianism is and how it works. What begins with harmless notions about discipline and community builds into a real movement: the Wave. The teacher decides to break off the experiment. But it may be too late; the Wave has taken on a life of its own and is out of control.
20) Citizen Koch
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this searing exposé on the state of democracy in America and the fracturing of the Republican Party, directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin follow the money behind the rise of the Tea Party. Alternately terrifying and funny, this documentary is an essential and powerful portrait of our political times.