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Series
Criterion collection volume 54
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the historic first landing of men on the moon, with official film taken by the Apollo crew and backup film on the space program.
2) Moonday
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Adam Rex creates a fantastic tale that is both imaginative and beautiful, one that blurs the line between dreams and reality. What do you do when the moon lowers itself into your backyard?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mushrooms – we put them on our pizza and steaks and in our soups and salads, we marvel at their variety and are sometimes repelled by their grotesque beauty when encountering them in the bush. And yeah, some have even sampled their more exotic possibilities and asked the question: “Do mushrooms come from a far away planet?” Still, others have asked: “Can mushrooms save the planet?” The world of fungi and their integral relationship with...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
David Tranter continues his series of outstanding films which document the Dreaming stories and history of his Alyawarr heritage. As in Tranters other films - Boomerang Today, Crookhat and Camphoo, Karlu Karlu and Willaberta Jack - the stories are told by Elders in the community. In this case three old men, Donald (Crookhat) Akemarr Thompson, Alec Apetyarr Peterson and Casey Akemarr Holmes travel by four-wheel drive out to a surprising strip of...
7) Candyman
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, summoned by those repeating his name five times into a mirror. In present day, visual artist Anthony moves into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini now gentrified beyond recognition. Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio paintings, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
As a team of United Nations astronauts prepares for a moon mission, they are confused by a man who claims he, his fiancee and a scientist journeyed to the moon 65 years ago and were attacked by grotesque, human-like forms that live in immense crystal caverns.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A compelling account of the return by a group of dispossessed Aboriginal people to their ancient tribal grounds in the Northern outreaches of this continent. This highly provocative cinema verité work shows the rebuilding of relationships through a shared pilgrimage to ancestral lands and a traditional Aboriginal ceremony, despite occasional failures of cross-cultural communication. It reflects a community in transition through the journey of a...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse's Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175km west of Alice Springs. This significant dreaming site for Western Arrernte people is steeped in mystery and tragedy. The story of its creation and the events that occurred there are narrated to the camera by Aunty Mavis Malbunka, one of the traditional story-tellers for the place. Legend says that while stars danced in the Milky Way, a child...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Renowned folklorist Helen Creighton single-handedly compiled North America's largest collection of folklore and music, much of which would have disappeared forever if not for her tenacity, collecting stories and songs from the Gaelic singers of Cape Breton, French Acadians, the Mi'kmaw, and the Black communities of Nova Scotia.
12) A letter to Momo
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The last time Momo saw her father they had a fight, and now all she has left to remember him by is an incomplete letter that he had started to write her, a blank piece of paper penned with the words "Dear Momo," but nothing more. Moving with her mother from bustling Tokyo to the remote Japanese island of Shio, she soon discovers three goblins living in her attic, a trio of mischievous spirit creatures who have been assigned to watch over her.
13) Liyana
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Under the guidance of acclaimed South African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe, five orphaned children from Eswatini collaborate to craft a collective fairytale drawn from their darkest memories and brightest dreams. Their fictional character, Liyana, is brought to life in innovative animated artwork as she embarks on a perilous quest to rescue her young twin brothers. The children's real and imagined worlds begin to converge, and they must choose what...
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Full screen ed.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, the people of the village have been kept awake from the howling of the wolves, so they decide to send a party into the woods to flush them out. During the hunt, Wina becomes separated from the others in a sudden storm but he is rescued by a pair of mysterious strangers who nurse him back to health. After the storm, he reappears in the village and tells the stunned villagers about his new friends.
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, Llc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Full screen ed.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, Eagle (Ian Reid) tells the children a story of the creation time when he and Raven (Dr. Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) are still young and the world is new. One day, the Great Spirit comes to visit and asks the brothers to fly him over the world he has created. According to Eagle, the Great Spirit rewards his service with a crown of white feathers on his head, but Raven remembers a different story and tells the children what really happened.....
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, Llc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Full screen ed.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, Qos asks Raven (Dr. Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) to help him win the heart of Igis, a young woman who is too vain to love anyone but herself. Raven asks Qos to collect the snow from Igis's footprints, a tuft of her hair, and some of her old clothes to build a snowman. With a puff of his breath, Raven brings the snowman to life and names him Moowis, telling Qos that it will teach Igis the true meaning of love. But Qos is shocked when...
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, Llc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Full screen ed.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, Qos and Igis are unable to have a child, so Frog (Carmen Moore, Wolf Lake, Godiva's) tells Igis to visit Dzunakwa, an old witch who lives deep in the forest. Dzunakwa agrees to help her, and tells Igis to mix her tears together with a handful of dirt to form the shape of a little boy. Dzunakwa brings him to life, and little Klundux is born! But will the children of the village accept this little child made of tears, and what terrible...
18) Candyman
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
In present day, gentrified Chicago, an artist explores the legend of the hook handed killer known as Candyman, unaware that his curiosity opens the door to a complex past which causes him to lose his sanity.
Publisher
Lourdes Portillo
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
A first and thorough look at the Mexican celebration of the dead, the sacred days when the souls of the departed return to visit the living. Tracing the Days of the Dead tradition from its roots in Indian culture to its manifestations in contemporary Chicano communities, this unconventional and visually arresting documentary contemplates the loving and sometimes humorous Mexican cultural attitudes toward "that constant companion," death.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
In the late 1960s, the United States space program neared its goal of landing a man on the Moon, but it was a journey that began years before. This is the story of Project Apollo -- 12 years, 12 manned-missions, one impossible goal. With rare archival footage and audio, this remarkable documentary sheds new light on an incredible time in human history.
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