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1) Girls Rock!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At Rock 'n' Roll Camp, girls ranging in age from eight to 18 are taught that it's OK to sweat like a pig, scream like a banshee, wail on their instruments with complete and utter abandon, and that it is 100% okay to be exactly who you are. The girls have a week to select a band, an instrument they may have never played before, and write a song. In between, they are taught by indie rock chicks such as Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney various lessons...
2) Teddy Bear
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The 38-year-old bodybuilder Dennis would really like to find true love. He has never had a girlfriend and lives alone with his mother in a suburb of Copenhagen. When his uncle marries a girl from Thailand, Dennis decides to try his own luck on a trip to Pattaya, as it seems that love is easier to find in Thailand. Dennis has never been out traveling before and the hectic Pattaya is a huge cultural shock for him. The intrusive Thai girls give big bruises...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
First seen as the tomboyish Jules in "Bend it Like Beckham," Keira Knightley has risen through the ranks to become one of the highest paid British actresses in Hollywood, according to Forbes Magazine. Her fine-boned, thin frame has allowed her to take time in evolving from playing girls on the brink of womanhood to more adult roles, such as that of Cecilia in "Atonement." Worth noting is one of Knightley's early roles was as the "decoy" for Princess...
4) Pink Boy
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A verite-style documentary profiling a gender non-conforming boy growing up in a conservative area of rural Florida...Six-year old Jeffrey likes nothing better than to put on a gown and dance for his two lesbian moms, who adopted him expecting they would raise a boy. Butch lesbian mom BJ successfully avoided dresses and girls' toys her entire life and admits she initially had a hard time when her son expressed feminine interests..."Pink boys" have...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive production provides observation sequences that illustrate all areas of child development. Filmed throughout the whole year of a two year old girl's life, it consists of 24 sequences, during which time she starts nursery. These sequences give a rounded, holistic view of development over time. Being able to observe through out a whole year gives a real feel of what this child is like, how she likes to play and how she learns. The...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Despite his lack of enthusiasm, film student Ralf is assigned to make a documentary about a team of six women workers at a light bulb factory in Berlin. At first, the team seems to work and get along together without a hitch. But soon tensions between the women become apparent and they pull Ralf into their conflicts. When one of his interviews reveals that the team supervisor has been keeping a record of workplace disciplinary issues, it unleashes...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
World War 1 - American Legacy vividly tells the many forgotten stories of the men and women who served in the Great War, reminding Americans of their impact on our country that can still be felt today. Charles Whittlesey of the Lost Battalion and Father Duffy of the Fighting 69th became famous for surviving against impossible odds. Pilots Victor Chapman and Quentin Roosevelt and ambulance drivers like Richard Hall made the supreme sacrifice Writers...
Publisher
Videofashion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this issue of Videofashion Collections, Lela Rose plays with texture and color in her Fall 2016 collection. Counting strong sexy women like Beyonce and Kim Kardashian as customers, LaQuan Smith presents an ultra-polished, tough, curve-hugging collection for Fall – complete with power-girl fashion puppies. Take a first look at Polo Ralph Lauren’s Autumn/Winter 2016 collection. Plus, Nicole Miller takes on Nordic aesthetics and fantastical prints...
9) Girl Asleep
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The world is closing in on 14 year-old Greta Driscoll. A teen at a cross roads, she can’t bear to leave her childhood behind because it contains all the delightful things that give her comfort in this otherwise incomprehensible world. Existing in a bubble of security alongside only friend Elliott, Greta’s parents decide to throw her a surprise birthday party where she’s taken well out of her comfort zone and flung into a strange parallel world...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Graduates/Los Graduados explores pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six Latino and Latina students from across the United States. More than a survey of contemporary policy debates, the bilingual, two-part film offers first-hand perspectives on key challenges facing Latino high school students and their families, educators, and community leaders. It is the story of the graduates who will make up America's future. Presented over...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Since her parents died in a car accident, Sabine has lived in an orphanage. When Edith-her beloved caretaker and the only adult she trusts-leaves to have a baby, Sabine runs away. Like Alice in Wonderland, the spunky little girl wanders through the city of Berlin, observing life and meeting people. After two days and nights filled with amusing and poignant stories, she realizes there is a place she belongs.Helmut Dziuba, director of many children's...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
TRUST begins in a small theater as a group of teenage actors receive a standing ovation, then takes us back to the beginning, when Marlín, an 18-year-old Hondureña tells a traumatic story about her life to the company. Amazing things unfold as the young members of Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project (APTP) transform the story into a daring, original play. TRUST is about creativity and the unexpected resources inside people you might discount because...
13) Lured
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In this sumptuous thriller by legendary filmmaker Douglas Sirk and featuring a bevy of classic stars of the silver screen, a serial killer is on the loose in London, luring young women into his web through ads placed in the personal column. Scotland Yard's bait to ensnare the villain is a young American dance hall girl (played by a stunning Lucille Ball), who encounters a series of likely suspects, including the always dashing George Sanders as a...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays." — Friedrich Schiller Globally, thousands of teenagers are seriously contemplating a professional career as a gamer. Annually, millions of viewers are attending the leagues or following the tournaments online. As competitive gaming is gaining momentum all over the world, it is time to show the true face of eSports. Every year thousands...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Based on the original script by Kir Bulychyov and Richard Viktorov "Daughter of Space" and "Space Angels" Part 1 - "Niya, an Artificial Human" Part 2 - "Space Angels" An exciting fantasy film set in the 23rd centruy. Niya, an artificially createdgirl, gets on the Earth from the distant planet of Dessa. On her home planet, the civilization is being destroyed by industrial pollution and the totalitarian regime of the dwarf Turanchoks. The earthlings...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It was said of him that in more than seventy films, he never once gave a bad performance. He was a charming and unconventional man with a wild streak and a compulsion to test himself at every turn. At his peak he became a leading man of immense attractiveness who refused to take fame and adulation seriously while in his later years a weary cynicism seemed to reflect the reality of the world around him. William Holden's achievements as an Academy-Award...
17) Mustang
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Türkçe
Description
This **Oscar**-nominated drama follows five free-spirited sisters in a Turkish village. While playing innocent games with their friends, a neighbor passes by and reports what she considers to be illicit behavior to the girls' family. The family overreacts, removing all "instruments of corruption," like cell phones and computers, and essentially imprisoning the girls, subjecting them to endless lessons in housework in preparation for them to become...
18) Chak de! India
Publisher
Yash Raj Films
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Hindi
Description
Kabir Khan knows what it's like to come back from the dead. The ex-Indian captain has now come back in the avatar of the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey team. A team that exists more on paper and less in reality. The girls have never known the thrilling energy of being Team India. But Kabir, once a captain, now forgotten, does. Despite his past, he believes that if only the girls played as one, anything would be possible.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American children. From thongs and padded bras for 9-year-old girls to "sexting," 24-7 internet porn, and unfiltered social media, kids today are bombarded with commercial sexual appeals like never before. In this astonishing new documentary, award-winning documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer (Leaving Bountiful, How to Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids) explores what this radical...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Laying firm foundations for early literacy skills is about the learning that goes on before actual reading and writing. Children need to build these foundations from the right kind of experiences and support from their very first year. This film starts at three months and follows various children at home and at nursery up till 5 years. It shows what young children need to be able to do, before they are ready to be taught how to read and write. We...
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