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1) Great circle
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
Publisher
Sky Merchants
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A legendary musician, and a performer at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards was born on a plantation, hopped trains playing guitar around the country at age 16, and became an early pioneer of the musical phenomenon known as the blues. Featuring interviews with Edwards, B.B. King, and other Blues greats, presented here is a biographical journey that is as much the story of the man as it is about the music that he helped...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
5) Ali
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political...
6) Unplanned
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abby Johnson becomes the youngest clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood, then a life-changing experience turns her into an anti-abortion activist.
7) Suzi Q
Publisher
Utopia Select, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Story of trailblazing American rock singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro, who helped redefine the role of women in rock 'n' roll when she broke out in 1973.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how she overcame outmoded ballet culture stereotypes and near career-ending injuries to become one of the most revered dancers of her generation.
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world. Yung Chang's This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action--feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. The process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the...
Publisher
Shout! Factory LLC
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"For 65 years, Mel Brooks has made people laugh all over the world. A celebrated director, actor, producer, composer and writer, Brooks is one of only 11 people in history to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. With this unique, first of its kind collection, fans of this gifted entertainer will fall joyfully down a rabbit hole into a wonderland of television appearances, short films, documentaries, tributes, songs and genuine rarities."--Container....
15) Saint Francis
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Language
Italiano
Description
A dramatization of the life of St. Francis of Assisi, who renounced nobility in order to live among the poor and found a monastic order.
16) Gilbert
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Gilbert Gottfried rose to fame in the 1980s thanks to his brash stand-up act and personality. Now, after decades of flying solo in both his work and in his personal life, Gilbert has shockingly reinvented himself as a family man.
17) I am woman
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The inspiring story of singer Helen Reddy, who wrote and sang the song that became the anthem for the women's movement in the 1970s.
18) Super Frenchie
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It provides a thrilling and intimate look at the life of a professional skier and BASE jumper Matthias Giraud, who stops at nothing to pursue his passion for adventure. The film follows Matthias as he dares to execute ever more dangerous stunts while simultaneously falling in love and starting a family. The story takes a turn when Matthias suffers a catastrophic crash just days before the birth of his first child. After miraculously surviving, Matthias...
19) The king
Publisher
Oscillscope
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
20) Maria by Callas
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The definitive portrait of one of history's most extraordinarily talented women. Go beyond Callas, the original diva, and meet Maria, the woman who longed for a normal life. Told through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances, and TV interviews, it is the first film to tell the life story of the legendary Greek-American opera singer completely in her own words with never-before-seen footage.
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