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BullyGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 02/12/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 99 mins Released By: Anchor Bay/Starz At a point in time when bullying in America has reached epidemic proportions, Emmy-winning director Lee Hirsch invites viewers to spend a year in the lives of students and parents who contend with public torment and humiliation on a daily basis. By following the young victims from the classroom to their living rooms, we are given an intimate glimpse into the effects bullying has on their families and their developing sense of self-worth. Meanwhile, parents, administrators, and other students struggle to find a workable solution to the problem that will never go away unless we all stand up and face it eye to eye. … more less -
Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the PantherGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 03/10/2009 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 73 mins Released By: Lions Gate Home Entertainment The Ultimate Avengers are back in this sequel based on the comic book THE ULTIMATES. Captain America once again heads up a team of superheroes, including the Hulk, Wasp, Giant-Man, Thor, and Iron-Man, to battle alien invasion. This time the story unfolds in Africa, and our heroes are aided by another superhero, the Black Panther. … more less -
Searching for Sugar ManGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/22/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 87 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Two South African music lovers embark on a mission to uncover the fate of an obscure, 1970s-era U.S. rocker whose debut album became a surprise hit in their home country, and uncover a shocking secret along the way. Sixto Diaz Rodriguez had the kind of musical career that every aspiring rock star fears -- lauded by critics but ignored by the public, he released two albums before unceremoniously disappearing from the spotlight. But while sales of Rodriguez's debut CD COLD FACT fell flat in the U.S., overseas in Australia and South Africa, the fans couldn't get enough. In apartheid-torn South Africa in particular, COLD FACT became something of an anti-establishment classic, eventually going platinum. Later, rumors began to swirl that Rodriguez had suffered a horrible death. When Rodriguez's second album COMING FROM REALITY makes it's belated debut in South Africa, a pair of devoted fans take it upon themselves to uncover the facts surrounding the mysterious musician, and get the surprise of a lifetime while attempting to track the profits from his record sales. … more less -
Ultimate Avengers: The MovieGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 02/21/2006 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2005 Run Time: 71 mins Released By: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Cast: Olivia d'Abo, Grey DeLisle, Michael Massee, Justin Gross, James K. Ward Based on the comic book THE ULTIMATES, this animated feature is flush with heroes and excitement, as Captain America rises from oblivion to save the world once more from self-destruction. Aiding him is a team of diverse heroes of near-unstoppable power, including the Hulk, Wasp, Giant Man, Thor, and Iron Man. … more less -
Inside JobGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 03/08/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 109 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Producer/director Charles Ferguson (NO END IN SIGHT) speaks at length with journalists, politicians, and financial insiders in order to offer a clearer picture of the economic meltdown that hit America starting in 2008. Academy Award winner Matt Damon narrates this unflinching look at the deep-rooted corruption that has left millions of middle-class Americans jobless and homeless as the major corporations get bailed out while paying millions in bonuses. … more less -
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American HealthcareGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 02/26/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 99 mins Released By: Lionsgate Filmmakers Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke put America's broken health-care system under the microscope in this documentary highlighting the ongoing struggle for reform through personal stories of struggle, as well as interviews with noted physicians and politicians. With health-care costs on the rise and prevention measures at an all-time low, Heineman and Froemke question why the powers-that-be continue to maintain a dysfunctional status quo that favors profit over patient care, and explore the reform methods being proposed in Washington, D.C. … more less -
Runaway SlaveGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/15/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 111 mins Released By: Gaiam International Filmmaker Pritchett Cotton explores the controversial theory that American blacks were never truly released from the shackles of slavery, but instead offered the illusion of freedom by a government that methodically used financial and social constraints to prevent them from advancing within the context of the culture of the U.S. Host Rev. C.L. Bryant contrasts the social and political climates of early-21st century America against the mood of the country at the time of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s while traveling across the country interviewing politicians and leaders, who comment about the concept of a "new underground railroad" that reveals the depths of the government's deception of the people. … more less -
RizeGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 10/25/2005 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2005 Run Time: 84 mins Released By: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Famed photographer David LaChapelle gets behind a different kind of lens for RIZE, his feature film debut. LaChapelle heads to Los Angeles to make his mark in the cinematic world, shooting a documentary about a style of hip-hop dance called "krumping." Dividing his time between the personal lives of the dancers and some spectacular on-screen demonstrations courtesy of the cream of the krumpers, LaChapelle's bright, vivacious photographic style makes an impressive translation to the big screen. Central to LaChapelle's film is Tommy "The Clown" Johnson. In the wake of the 1992 L.A. riots, Tommy performed as a traveling clown act for children's parties. Unable to satisfy the enormous demand for his act, Tommy set up a small clown-recruiting business which flourished under his tutelage. As the 21st century dawned, Tommy noticed his younger recruits had worked a unique and highly agile dance routine into their act, and krumping was born. LaChapelle slowly unravels the ties that bind Tommy and his cohorts throughout the movie; broken homes, domestic violence, and other horrors have cast an irrepressibly dark shadow over the dancers lives. RIZE illustrates how krumping offers a cathartic release from these personal demons, and as the dancers cavort and gyrate for the cameras, it feels like their tortured souls are literally trying to escape from their bodies. In fact, krumping has become so successful that many of the dancers have turned their back on the shadowy gang activities that formerly offered them a highly dangerous outlet for their pent-up frustrations. As the dancers perform a jaw-dropping array of moves, a deliriously infectious mixture of fun, intensity, and jubilant release pours from the screen. Playing out like a west-coast relative to fellow 2005 film, the New York-based MAD HOT BALLROOM, LaChapelle's movie gloriously demonstrates the healing powers of dance. … more less -
Fog of War, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 05/11/2004 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2003 Run Time: 106 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Robert S. McNamara Documentarian Errol Morris directs THE FOG OF WAR, a captivating look at Robert S. McNamara, who served as the Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The movie does not exclusively focus on this part of McNamara's career, however, and instead gives a broad overview of the man he was, his multitude of roles--a Harvard Business School graduate, a Colonel in the Air Force during WWII, president of Ford Motor Company--and his opinions on a variety of historical topics. Inspired by two books written by McNamara--IN RETROSPECT (1995) and WILSON'S GHOST (2001)--Morris gives McNamara a forum to talk about the decisions he made and the influence he had during his career. At the age of 85, McNamara has gained necessary perspective to do just that. Sharp as a tack, loaded with charisma, and generally fascinating, McNamara easily carries the film with his revealing interviews. Meanwhile, Morris's use of archival footage--along with maps and other effective visual aids--add context to McNamara's commentary, and Philip Glass's ominous, pulsing score gives the film's important subject matter the gravity it deserves. … more less -
Into the AbyssGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 04/10/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 107 mins Released By: MPI Home Video … more less -
MoliereGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/22/2008 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2007 Run Time: 121 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier Moliere, the French 17th century playwright behind THE MISANTHROPE and TARTUFFE, gets his SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE treatment in this entertaining romantic comedy-drama. Director Laurent Tirard paints a romantic portrait of the artist as a young man that's a deft mix of fact and fiction, involving wealthy buffoon Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini) who enlists Moliere's help to woo the icy Marquise Celimene (SWIMMING POOL's Ludivigne Sagnier). Jourdain's neglected wife (Laura Morante) regards Moliere's presence in their manor with suspicion (he's posing as a religious scholar). The callow Moliere finds himself drawn to Madame, despite her doubts, and she to him, especially when he helps her in aiding the forbidden romance of her daughter. Backed by a robust orchestral score, sumptuous period detail, and plenty of pratfall-suffused romantic entanglements (lifted from Moliere's plays), the movie bravely steps outside its dramatic outline to become a moving meditation on the meaning of love as selflessness, in the best French tradition of intellectual and romantic discourse. Romain Duris (THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED) is endearingly mangy as Moliere, but it's Morante who scores highest, playing yet another in Gallic cinema's many celebrated sexy, intelligent older women. It's in French with English subtitles. … more less -
Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part HarmonyGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 06/22/2004 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2003 Run Time: 103 mins Released By: Artisan Entertainment With an uplifting mood that celebrates the victory of black South Africans who fought against Apartheid, AMANDLA shows how music and song played an essential role in the fight for freedom. The film focuses on the important spiritual sustenance that freedom music played in the long road to a free South Africa. … more less -
Benda BililiGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 04/03/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 85 mins Released By: National Geographic Home Video Benda Bilili is a musical group from Kinshasa, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; it's a city mired in poverty and dotted with shantytown communities, and Benda Bilili reflects the difficult circumstances of the people who live there. Benda Bilili was founded by three homeless men who struggle with the aftereffects of polio and play instruments they either scavenged from the trash or built themselves from cast-off materials. However, despite their dire circumstances, the musicians of Benda Bilili possess a genuine and remarkable talent, and performing a fusion of rumba, rhythm and blues and hip-hop, they've earned an international reputation that's helped take them out of the slums and into concert halls throughout Europe. Filmmakers Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tullaye discovered the group, financed their first album and followed them on their long road towards a better life as professional musicians; BENDA BILILI! is a documentary that offers a look into the group's hardscrabble past and more hopeful present, focusing on group founder Leon "Papa Ricky" Likabu and their thirteen-year-old singer Roger Landu. BENDA BILILI was an official selection at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. … more less -
Eyes of Tammy Faye, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 07/22/2003 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2000 Run Time: 80 mins Released By: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Cast: Tammy Faye Bakker, Jerry Falwell, Jim Bakker In this quirky documentary, codirectors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato catch up with the infamous Tammy Faye Messner (formerly Tammy Faye Bakker) 12 years after the Jim Bakker embezzlement scandal and the collapse of the PTL (Praise the Lord) network. The Bakkers launched PTL back in 1974 and within a short time found themselves at the head of a vast televangelist empire raking in millions of dollars in member contributions. When Jim's affair with Jessica Hahn came to light, the couple was ousted from the network by Jerry Falwell. Jim ended up going to prison for fraud, and Tammy found herself alone, grappling with cancer, the aftereffects of her addiction to prescription drugs, and estrangement from her family. Abruptly removed from the public eye and virtually forgotten, Tammy Faye has since attempted several as yet unfruitful media comebacks, which are documented here. Of course, there's also the more frivolous side to Tammy's story, such as some hilarious early TV appearances involving singing hand puppets and revealing background information on her obsession with mascara. The film (narrated by drag icon RuPaul Charles) is a campy yet ultimately loving portrait of Tammy Faye, who comes across as surprisingly sympathetic, a cheerful and irrepressible survivor of many calamities. … more less -
Last Days, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/07/2003 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 1998 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video A powerful Holocaust documentary that uses actual testimonials from survivors to recreate the horrors and tragedies that occurred during Hitler's reign. Haunting, inspiring, and brutal. Winner of the Academy Award for "Best Documentary." … more less -
Greatest Movie Ever Sold, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 08/23/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 87 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Ben Silverman, Donald Trump Director Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME, 30 DAYS) examines the increased proliferation of branding in every aspect of our lives while attempting to persuade big-name brands to sponsor his irreverent exposé. Companies love to push their products, and it seems like everywhere we go, someone is trying to sell us something. But have you ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors at some of the biggest advertising agencies in the world? In this eye-opening documentary, viewers follow Spurlock as he convinces a variety of high-profile sponsors to let him pitch their products as "The Greatest," while still maintaining complete control over his creative vision -- an arrangement that's become increasingly rare in the high-stakes entertainment industry. … more less -
Project NimGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 02/07/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 93 mins Released By: Lionsgate … more less -
September Issue, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 02/23/2010 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Lionsgate Cast: Anna Wintour Vogue has been the most powerful and best-respected fashion magazine in the world for decades, and each year the journal devotes a fall issue to the designs and designers that the editors feel will be influential in the coming year. The September 2007 issue of Vogue, that year's annual Fall Fashion issue, became the biggest single issue in the magazine's long history, and filmmaker R.J. Cutler was given unprecedented access to Vogue's creative team as the issue was being prepared. THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE is a documentary which focuses on Vogue editor Anna Wintour as she visits the annual Fashion Week shows, accepts or dismisses the latest creations of the biggest names in fashion, works with the models, photographers, and writers who help bring her vision to the page, and labors with her staff to determine what the world's fashionistas will be wearing for the next 12 months. THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE received its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, where it received an award for excellence in documentary cinematography. … more less
