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Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Does the most widely used weed killer in the world cause cancer? Into the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company follows the story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemical giant Monsanto (now Bayer, which bought the company in 2018), the manufacturer of the weed killer, Roundup. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate...
3) Ever deadly
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout her ground-breaking career, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq has always had an intimate relationship with the Nuna--the Land--a living, breathing organism present in her improvised performances. Hers is a voice that, according to the New York Times," demands full attention, whether she's whispering in her softest register or howling at the sky." Ever Deadly weaves together intimate concert footage of Tagaq alongside moving personal reflections,...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Olympic hopeful Jill Kinmont, who was paralyzed in a skiing accident while competing in a pre-Olympic competition in the 1950's. Left paralyzed from the neck down, she overcame self-pity and helplessness to become a teacher on a Paiute reservation.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
What do you do with a pitcher whose dominance has helped his team claim two world-championship banners? If the pitcher is burly lefty George Herman Ruth, you banish him from the mound, put a bat in his hand and watch him clout one record-setting home run after another. William Bendix suits up in Yankee flannels as the renowned pitcher-turned-outfielder and Sultan of Swat in a movie that mixes fact, fiction and more fiction in a way that makes it a...
6) The blind
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1960s South and shot on location in Louisiana, THE BLIND shares never-before-revealed aspects of Phil Robertson's life as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction, and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place. "It was important to us that the film be real," said Willie Robertson, Phil's son. "The transformation of Phil proves that anyone can change and that there is always hope."
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Shakur rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The documentary tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), the theoretical physicist who led the effort to build the first atomic bomb, tested in July 1945 at the Trinity site in New Mexico. When theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer became director of the Manhattan Project, he brought with him a love of poetry, philosophy, and Eastern religion. In the years following Trinity, the classified maiden test of a prototype atomic bomb,...
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