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Documentary traces the worldwide economic collapse to a 1971 secret memo entitled Attack on American Free Enterprise System. Written over 40 years ago by the future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, at the behest of the US Chamber of Commerce, the 6-page memo, a free-market utopian treatise, called for a money fueled big business makeover of government through corporate control of media, academia, pulpit, arts and sciences and destruction of organized...
683) Black wings
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A documentary on the first African American aviators, examining the achievements of Bessie Coleman, William Powell, James Herman Banning, Thomas C. Allen, and Marlon Green.
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A video picture book that presents a heartwarming homage to Mister Rogers, following his story through childhood and celebrating him while also encouraging viewers to carry on his legacy of kindness. Includes additional biographical information as well as author and illustrator notes.
687) I am MLK Jr
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English
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Explores the life and career of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.
Following his journey across the mountaintops and valleys while capturing the Civil Rights Movement at large, the film provides intimate, firsthand insights on Dr. King, exploring moments of personal challenge and elation, and an ongoing movement that is as important today as when Dr. King first shone a light on the plight of his fellow African Americans.
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In Al Otro Lado the fantasy of the "American dream" and the economic crisis that drives thousands across the border looking for work has landed Magdiel at an impossible crossroads in his life. A fourth-generation fisherman with aspirations for a home of his own, a car and an education for his younger sister, he must pick a road if he is to realize his goals--to become a drug trafficker like many of his friends, or to cross the border illegally to...
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A Spanish DVD introducing 60 words and phrases in different themes. The teacher interacts with real children in beautifully filmed high-definition video. Experience a wide range of emotions with Little Pim from happiness and love to sad faces, mad faces, and everything in-between.
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In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery by marking the day enslaved people in Texas learned that they were free. Why did President Joe Biden declare Juneteenth a federal holiday? How is it celebrated? What is the history of the holiday? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples and exciting video that reinforce important...
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A Spanish DVD introducing another 180 words and phrases in different themes. The animated teacher interacts with real children in beautifully filmed high-definition video. Once kids learn to count to ten they want to do it again and again. Join Little Pim and friends as they count all sorts of fun objects from ladybugs to lollipops to dancing feet.
693) Walkout
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English
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Based on a true story, the film describes how L.A.'s public schools treat Mexican-American students in 1968, with a mixture of negligence, apathy, and occasional cruelty. Graduation rates are low, students caught speaking Spanish in class are paddled on the spot, they are denied access to bathrooms at lunch. Paula Crisostomo is smart and gets good grades, but when she attends a student leadership conference at a wealthy Westside facility, she begins...