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24) Rhinoceros
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceri. These are not ordinary rhinoceroses, but people who have been victims of "rhinoceritis." Or is it something else entirely?
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When Dina starts at a new school, she is tasked with completing a video project with popular girl Chelsea. Dina thinks tracking down a famous former student of her school will be her ticket to success, but Chelsea also wants to find this celebrity for her own reasons, leaving Dina to wonder what's going on.
30) Underdog
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Description
After an accident in the lab of the maniacal Dr. Barsinister, an ordinary beagle named Shoeshine finds he has some unimaginable powers, along with the ability to speak. Underdog vows to protect the citizens of Capitol City, and one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebred.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
In February of 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which forced more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans and people of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast, to be forced from their homes and moved inland to ten various camps. One of the camps was called Camp Amache and is located in southeastern Colorado. For three years, Japanese-Americans and people of Japanese ancestry were confined at Camp Amache behind barbed...
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The first documentary to explore the American family photo album through the eyes of black photographers, Through a Lens Darkly probes the recesses of American history to discover images that have been suppressed, forgotten and lost. From slavery to the present, these extraordinary images unveil a world confronting the difficult edges of citizenship and what it means to be human. Inspired by Deborah Willis's book Reflections in Black and featuring...
35) Truman
Pub. Date
1999
Description
President Truman led the nation through the end of World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, the struggle for civil rights and the creation of the United Nations. This is his remarkable story.
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the doctors, Katherine offers him a lift home however their car gets stuck and they have to spend the night in an empty cabin nearby. They talk and bond, but afterwards seem to have difficulty beginning a relationship.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
In Texas to investigate Chupacabra sightings for their internet program, Discover Cryptids, Gabe and the rest of the crew find themselves caught between Chupacabra supporters who hope that tourism will save their town, and a vet who believes in coyotes with mange.
39) Row your boat
Pub. Date
2005
Description
After Jamey Meadows gets out of jail, he gets a job as a census taker, and meets and falls in love with Chun Hua, a woman with her own troubles. Will the fight for love conquer all?
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolph Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
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