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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A reopening of one of the most confounding crime mysteries of all time as a team of expert investigators employs state-of-the-art forensic and behavioral science techniques in an effort to determine what really happened to Charles Lindbergh's baby, and why.
4) Joan of Arc
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1996
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Joan of Arc who leads the battle to protect the French city of Orleans from the English invaders and is later kidnapped and burned at the stake by the English.
6) Ray
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Ray is the triumphant and remarkable story of one of America's true musical geniuses, Ray Charles.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Nick Morgan has it all: a loving family, a beautiful home and a successful law practice in Los Angeles. His estranged brother Conrad has nothing but a backpack. When Conrad shows up for a surprise visit, all he wants to do in town is go to the infamous Manson Family murder sites. Reluctantly, Nick joins him and ends up on a road trip that leads the brothers into the modern-day world of Charles Manson.
8) Factotum
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing.
9) Ray
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Levins are a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey in an Alternate America during WWII, observing the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism.
11) New Worlds
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follows four young people, on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, during the 1680s.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The world according to Lucy! She's crabby, she's bossy, and she'll give advice for only five cents! It's all about life with Lucy in this collection of animated shorts straight from the source: Charles Schulz's beloved comic strips. Whether she's tormenting Charlie Brown, trying to get her brother Linus to give up his blanket or pining over her unrequited love, Schroeder, Lucy always has an opinion, and it's probably wise to agree
13) 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.
14) King Charles III
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the Tony-nominated stage play, this is an examination of contemporary Britain, part political thriller, part family drama. After the Queen's death, Prince Charles finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to signed into law, resulting in a constitutional and political crisis.
15) Helter skelter
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the August 1969 Tate/LaBianca murders, as chronicled in the bestselling book by Vincent Bugliosi. Almost 35 years ago Manson's followers, at his instruction, brutally massacred seven people over two consecutive nights in L.A.
16) Charles Anolik
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
19) Kinsey
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Language
English
Description
Kinsey is a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. His 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male irrevocably changed American culture. Bonus features included.
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