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Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
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Language
Français
Description
Kathy, a teenager, is forcibly committed to a psychiatric facility after the death of her mother. She shares a room with Nabila and Carole, two other troubled teens. Kathy's secretive and rebellious nature makes it difficult for her to accept any help from the professionals as she only has one thing on her mind: escape her prison and find her father. Her roommates Nabila and Carole join her, and the trio easily escapes from the clinic. Now the three...
Publisher
Premiere Digital
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
THE GIRL ON THE BRIDGE tells the story of mental health activist Jazz Thornton - her journey to overcome a suicidal past, to help others with their struggles and the personal cost of her advocacy. It is a glimpse into a world few of us comprehend and a response to our collective anguish about the suicide crisis in our communities and our desire to “do something”.
Publisher
Monterey Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this Neo-Noir Thriller, documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Terminal, heading to upstate New York to interview the subjects of his latest project. A chance encounter with a mysterious young woman leads him on a journey of a very different sort, and within the blink of an eye, Hart is forced to leave his complacent life behind for a world in which the line between fantasy and reality is blurred. As Hart tells his strange...
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Language
Français
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Jeanne (Emilie Dequenne) lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise (Catherine Deneuve). Louise harbors the hope of getting her daughter a job with Samuel Bleistein (Michel Blanc), a famous lawyer whom she knew in her youth. Jeanne and Bleistein's worlds are light years apart. However, they'll be set on a collision course because of an incredible lie that Jeanne invents, a lie that grows into the biggest news and political story of the...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Tired of watching local government ignore their communities’ interests, five diverse female activists decide to run for municipal office in Denver — one of the fastest gentrifying cities in the country. It begins when Shontel Lewis wins a transit board seat, inspiring four women who worked on her campaign – Dr. Lisa Calderón, Candi CdeBaca, Shayla Richard, and Veronica Barela – to make the unusual decision to run as a cohort. With only a...
11) Mean girls
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic. New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called "The Plastics," ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina's ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds herself prey in Regina's crosshairs. As Cady sets out to...
12) The Red Shoes
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Set in present day, this classic Andersen tale is about a young African-American girl who learns the value of friendship with help from a pair of magic slippers. Starring the voice of Ossie Davis.
13) Magical Girl
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One of the breakout hits of Spain's burgeoning low-budget filmmaking scene, Carlos Vermut's debut, Diamond Flash, instantly established the young filmmaker as a deft practitioner of the thriller genre. Vermut's follow-up, Magical Girl, employs a classic noir premise, taking his exploration of the darkest side of human nature to exhilarating new extremes. Luis (Luis Bermejo) is desperate to fulfill his terminally ill daughter's last wish: to own the...
Language
English
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Description
Lisa is the last person some would expect to find in a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', but as general manager at Double Whammies, she has come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in...
15) Girl trouble
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Stephanie is pregnant and has a warrant for running away from a group home. Shangra is torn between taking care of her mother, who is homeless and struggling with drug addiction, and taking care of herself. Sheila, whose father and siblings have been in and out of jail, risks arrest and jail time by selling and using drugs. Girl Trouble is an intimate look at the compelling personal stories of three teenagers entangled in San Francisco's juvenile...
16) Champagne
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
CHAMPAGNE is the true story of a young teenage girl whose mother is incarcerated for murder. Living in a Catholic Children's home run by an order of nuns, she provides poignant commentary about her mother, her own situation, and her outlook for the future. Starring the voice of the real-life Champagne, this award-winning film shows how hope can spring forth even in the most challenging of times. Featuring the voices by Ruby Dee and Linda Lavin.
17) Jazztime Tale
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1919 Harlem, two girls (one white, one black) form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats"Waller. Narrated by Ruby Dee.
18) Time Indefinite
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
McElwee, Charleen Swansea, and several other memorable characters you met in Sherman's March invite you to pick up their story in Time Indefinite, McElwee's hilariously profound sequel to his much-beloved, critically acclaimed hit. When McElwee announces at the family gathering in South Carolina that he's going to marry a nice Jewish girl from Boston, the results are memorable. A series of unexpected bumps along life's road add a poignant, wistful...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After years of living with mysterious symoptoms, a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with a disease said not to exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The Quiet Epidemic follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate. What begins as a patient story becomes an investigation into the history of Lyme disease. A paper trail of suppressed scientific research reveals why this tick-borne...
20) Electric Shadows
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
From one of China's most nuanced cinematic voices comes a charming tale set into motion by a disastrous encounter: delivery man Dabing crashes his bike into the mysterious Ling Ling. From her hospital bed, Ling Ling asks Dabing to go to her home and feed her fish; while there, Dabing discovers an astonishing diary. In its pages he reads stories of a little girl’s passion for the movies, which re-ignites his own longing for the days when the cinema...
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