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2) Blind chance
Series
Criterion collection volume 772
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Polish
Description
A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland. The movie dramatizes Witek's journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government.
3) No
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
In 1988, the president/dictator of Chile, Augosto Pinochet, was forced to hold a plebiscite (an election forced by the new constitution of Chile). The country was given the opportunity to approve or deny Pinochet another eight years as the president. Those running the campaign to oust Pinochet approached an ad executive named Rene Saavedra to help run their campaign. Saavedra became the leader of the campaign to set Chile free and depose the despot...
4) Citizenship, interactive DVD: Vietnamesea bilingual overview of United States history and government
Publisher
California Language Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
Vietnamese
Description
This film is based on the examination given by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for United States citizenship. It presents the structure of our government at all levels. It also provides a sensitive look at our historical struggle for freedom and independence.
Series
Criterion collection volume 61
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
The Pythons satirize religion, capital punishment, revolutionary politics, terrorism, graffiti, science fiction, and a host of other topics through the story of Brian, a first-century Judean.
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work, a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage, follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives.
11) The iron lady
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
Publisher
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"San Francisco Bay Area architect Richard Gage (AIA) provides the myth-shattering scientific forensic evidence of the explosive controlled demolition of all 3 WTC high-rise buildings on September 11, 2001"--Container.
13) The ghost writer
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
14) The war room
Series
Criterion collection volume 602
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012], 1993
Language
English
Description
The 1992 presidential election was a triumph not only for Bill Clinton but also for the new breed of strategists who guided him to the White House and changed the face of politics in the process. For this thrilling, behind-closed-doors account of that campaign, the filmmakers closely followed the brainstorming and bull sessions of Clinton's crack team of consultants. Fleet-footed and entertaining, this is a vivid document of a political moment whose...
15) President
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A young and charismatic leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election.
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution and The Bill of Rights represent much more than the words used by America's Founding Fathers to define a fragile, nascent country. They're the living, breathing realization of America's democratic ideal, the bedrock of a society that its people have built over nearly two-and-a-half centuries, and they provide a blueprint that is, was and will be a template for democracy around the world.To celebrate...
17) Beyond Rangoon
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A young San Francisco widow is swept into a political uprising in Burma after her sister reluctantly drags her on a tour of southeast Asia.
18) The Revolution
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
From the roots of the rebellion and the signing of the Declaration of Independence to victory on the battlefield at Yorktown and the adoption of the United States Constitution, this program tells the remarkable story of this important era in history. Venturing beyond the conventional list of generals and politicians, The History Channel introduces the full range of individuals who helped shape this great conflict, including some of the war's most...
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