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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
One of the most interesting events in the animal kingdom is bird migration by flight. What are the physics of bird flight? Why have some of the world’s most interesting birds, like penguins and ostriches, lost the ability to fly? Do wings serve a purpose other than flight? Find out here.
Publisher
Checkerboard Film Foundation
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), the most important sculptor of the first half of the 20th century, has been a fascinating and enduring influence on a generation of contemporary American artists. Insights into Brancusi’s legacy are presented by Carl Andre, Lynda Benglis, Ellsworth Kelly, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, and Joel Shapiro. Film locations include the recreated Brancusi studio at the Centre Pompidou, the PMA’s Brancusi gallery, and...
Publisher
Unity Productions Foundation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This gently funny film follows Monem Salam as he enrolls in an open-minded flying school. Monem is the son of a Pakistani commercial pilot. His wife Iman’s family is Palestinian and although initially dubious about the marriage, now accepts the cultural differences. With three young children, Iman is happy to find time to cultivate her inner domestic diva. Monem’s “green” decision to commute by scooter only heightens his likeability. These...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
From the exhilarating and perilous days of early flight, to the present, where travel on commercial flights all over the world is as common as travel by motorcar, this program looks at the beginnings of flight, with innovators such as Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo DaVinci coming up with new ways to give man wings, and chronicles the invention of hot air balloons, Zeppelins, box kites, and of course the story of the most influential inventors of all...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
You’ll discover how the same scientists who’ve revealed why our minds are so easy to hack have also made perhaps the most important discovery of the 21st century: how each us can make our own lives and those of our family, friends, and entire society work better.
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The adventure of a lifetime: 2 amateur daredevils fly microlight aircraft ('motorbikes with wings') 4000kms, across 4 Aussie deserts. Journey deep into the outback's spiritual heart and discover Earth’s oldest living culture: Aboriginal Australia.
27) Santiago, Italia
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
In the early seventies, the world was watching as Chile democratically elected Socialist leader Salvador Allende. His political ideals and aspirations—among them providing education for all children and distributing land to the nation’s workers—terrified the country’s right-wing, as well as the U.S., who helped orchestrate a military coup that replaced him with dictator Augusto Pinochet.
28) Submergence
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling film from visionary director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire), James (James McAvoy) is a British agent and Danny (Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander) is a scientist working on a deep-sea diving project. A wild love affair develops even though their jobs, and their individual dangerous missions, are destined to separate them.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
Baya Benmahmoud, a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: Make love, not war to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results - until she meets Arthur Martin, a Jewish middle aged, middle-of-the road scientist. Bound by common tragic family histories (the Algerian War and Holocaust under Vichy), the duo improbably falls in love. Amid...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Some genuinely wild women take center stage in Paris Poirier's vivacious and historical documentary about Maud's, the longest-running lesbian bar in the United States. This venerable San Francisco establishment opened in 1966, when lesbians were still very much in the closet. Maud's flourished throughout the '70s and '80s, enjoying an international reputation as a meeting place for lesbians and their friends, only to be shut down in 1989 as a result...
31) Blackbird
Publisher
University of Southern California Cinematic Arts
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A young woman is torn between two worlds: her day job cleaning planes and her dream of becoming a pilot. When she takes steps to pursue aviation, she is met with resistance, and must fight against the odds to get her wings.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
This eye-opening documentary tells the story of the inhabitants of Seattle's International District, a unique neighborhood where Chinese, Japanese and Filipino Americans have come together as a political and social force. Archival photographs, oral interviews and period music link the past to the present. From 19th century pioneer Chin Gee Hee, a self-made millionaire and labor contractor, to Wing Luke, the first Chinese American elected to public...
33) The anger
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
La rabbia attempts to show how the right wing and the left wing viewed the societal changes in the 1950s and 60s. Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giovannino Guareschi explore topics such as racism, the Middle East, Cuba, Stalinism, the Atomic bomb, and the death of Marilyn Monroe from diametrically opposite sides of the political spectrum, so it is no wonder why the U.S. government was afraid of this film. Pasolini and Guareschi, two of the most important...
35) The Final Master
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A Wing Chun master has to defeat 8 martial arts schools to open his own school, yet he has become a chess piece to the local power dynamics.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Rehearsal for a Sicilian tragedy, actor John Turturro (Barton Fink, Do the right thing) takes audiences on a haunting, intimate journey to his maternal homeland of Sicily. There, while exploring the island's vanishing traditions, he is taken under the wing of one of the puppet theater's few remaining practitioners, Mimmo Cuticchio, who instructs him in the distinctively Sicilian art of puppetry. Filmed during preparations for the Sicilian Day of...
38) Exit
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A personal and urgent look at the ways people legitimize hatred and the threats they face when they attempt to leave their radicalized worlds behind. Paralleling her own past as part of a violent right-wing organization with the experiences of other former extremists, filmmaker Karen Winther explores what makes someone join neo-Nazis, Jihadists or other hate groups, and what makes them decide to leave. Winther introduces us to Angela from the US and...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Complete your model plane by assembling a rubber motor that will serve as a source of power. Design, carve, and install an efficient propeller. Learn how to balance your aircraft and adjust its flight characteristics. Then find a large, open field, and try a few test glides to fine-tune the plane's performance. Finally, watch it take wing on a full-power flight.
40) The Tribe
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
**WARNING**: This film contains graphic and sexual content and may be upsetting and/or offensive to some viewers. A new student realizes that he must prove himself to be brought under the wing of a school gang's leader to survive. THE TRIBE unfolds through the non-verbal acting from a cast of deaf non-professionals resulting in a rare cinematic event.
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