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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
1966, drought and an exploding population confronted India with the imminent threat of a severe famine, a potential disaster that many scientists and intellectuals feared only presaged global catastrophes to come, as the world's population outstripped its ability to produce food. In search of a lasting solution, India turned to Norman Borlaug, an unassuming plant breeder from Iowa whose combination of scientific knowledge and raw determination had...
23) Love fraud
Publisher
Showtime Networks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The four-part docu-series follows the search for Richard Scott Smith, who used the internet and his dubious charms to prey upon unsuspecting women looking for love. The story unravels in real time as Smith's victims band together to seek sweet revenge.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court on her side.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling Little House series.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The story explores the life and work of one of the most loved, influential, and well-known artists, Johannes Vermeer. Images from his paintings have become part of our collective imagination and are instantly recognizable. In the new feature documentary, French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Cottet adopts an imaginative and sensitive approach to his subject, focusing on not only his work, but also his family life, including his conversion to Catholicism.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 68
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smuggle children out and place them in safe homes, farms and convents. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the first Harry Potter book, this documentary visits the real-life magical history behind J.K. Rowling's beloved classics. With footage from the British Library's exhibition and exclusive access to a priceless collection of artefacts, take a tour around the mesmerizing journey creating this global phenomenon. Includes interviews with J.K. Rowling herself as she examines the most exciting items on display....
30) Gifted hands
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, who overcame problems in school and obstacles in life to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon. His lifelong journey led him to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, a bestselling author, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Includes behind-the-scenes, and featurettes.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Recount the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Tesla's suprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings.
33) Being Serena
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This 5-part HBO Sports documentary series is an exclusive, behind-the-scenes portrait of tennis icon Serena Williams -- both on and off the court. Being Serena gives viewers unprecedented access to the superstar during her pregnancy, new motherhood and marriage, and records her journey to regain supremacy on the court. Each half-hour episode delves into her landmark career, her family life and her expanding role as businesswoman in the worlds of...
Publisher
Wild Surmise Productions, Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb, have worked together to create some of the greatest non-fiction books in history. Now 86, Caro is determined to complete the final volume of his masterwork, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson"; Gottlieb, 91, wants to edit it. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities, and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Bing Crosby was one of the most popular and influential multi-media stars of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert Trachtenberg, this film explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a personality far more complex than the image the public had only thought they'd known.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An Emmy-winning anthology series that dramatizes the fascinating stories of the world's most brilliant innovators, exploring their extraordinary achievements along with their volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships. The third season will explore Aretha Franklin's musical genius and incomparable career, as well as the immeasurable impact and lasting influence she has had on music and culture around the world. Grammy Award winner Franklin...
38) Quiz
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a simplistic, "question and answer" quiz show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", goes on the air in the UK. the nation is gripped. As the show's ratings grow, so does Diana Ingram's desire to be in the hotseat with the chance of winning the biggest cash prize in history. When her husband Charles, an eccentric army man, makes it onto the show, he causes a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning 1 million.
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in her own Words tells the improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn't get a job despite graduating first in her law school class in a tie and making Law Review at Harvard and Columbia Law Schools, became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. It also reveals both the public and private sides of a resilient, resourceful woman who has survived the hostility of the profoundly male universe of government and law...
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