Julia Elliott
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Language
English
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Description
"At an obscure South Carolina nursing home, a lost world reemerges as a disabled elderly woman undergoes newfangled brain-restoration procedures and begins to explore her environment with the assistance of strap-on robot legs. At a deluxe medical spa on a nameless Caribbean island, a middle-aged woman hopes to revitalize her fading youth with grotesque rejuvenating therapies that combine cutting-edge medical technologies with holistic approaches and...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Down on his luck and still pining for his ex-wife, South Carolina taxidermist Romie Futch spends his evenings drunkenly surfing the Internet before passing out on his couch. In a last-ditch attempt to pay his mortgage, he replies to an ad and becomes a research subject in an experiment conducted by the Center for Cybernetic Neuroscience in Atlanta, Georgia.
4) The Trees
Author
Language
English
Description
The Trees documents the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza in New York City. The film examines our fundamental need for healing and rebirth after tragedy, and the fundamental role that nature plays in our journey toward solace.
5) Windhorse
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
Mandingo
Description
Three young Tibetan children witness their grandfather's murder at the hands of the Chinese and grow up to learn the many ways the Chinese government exerts its influence on their lives.
Publisher
Thirteen/WNET New York
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Explores the issues before the court from the aftermath of the Civil War through the 1930s. This was a period of unprecedented economic growth as the nation industrialized, but was also a time of unregulated work conditions - the court found itself squarely in the middle of what was almost class warfare.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Over the course of two years, producer June Cross documents the story of the extended family of 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge, an African-American family with deep roots in New Orleans, as they struggled to rebuild their homes and their lives after Hurricane Katrina.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A nation of liberties: "Focuses on the Court's reaction to state and federal legislation on Bill of Rights freedoms, with special attention to the explosion of civil rights cases from the early 1940s to the present" -- Set container.
A new kind of justice: "Explores the issues before the Court from the aftermath of the Civil War through the 1930s. This was a period of unprecedented economic growth as the nation industrialized but was also a time...
