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522) By blood
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A chronicle of American Indians of African descent battling to regain their tribal citizenship. BY BLOOD explores the impact of this battle, which has manifested into a broader conflict about race, identity, and the sovereign rights of indigenous people.. The film demonstrates both sides of the battle, the shared emotional impact of the issue, and the rising urgency of the debate: a Native American and African American history has been overlooked,...
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In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
524) Roots
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The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
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Interviews with research and public health officials of the CDC reveal their successful experiments through the early 1990s that culminated in their recommendations for folic acid intake that have successfully reduced incidences of spina bifida and other neural tube defects in the U.S. and abroad.
526) Across the universe
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An original musical film, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is a love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s, amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock 'n roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, the killing fields of Vietnam...
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Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy.
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When Europeans arrived in North America, they encountered the Native people. Contrary to stereotype, American Indians were not simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land. They were, like all people, an amalgam: charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction...
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Avery Posner from Everyday ASL presents five different scenarios involving several animals from the Centrai Park Zoo as well as a dramatic story about a successful animal rescue operation. For each presentation, viewers first see the compete story signed without audio or captions for receptive skill practice. Immediately following each story there are over ten questions to aid interpreters and ASL students which focus on fingerspelling checks, idioms...
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Dr. Wonder’s Workshop is a children’s television series performed entirely in American Sign Language by an all Deaf cast of actors and storytellers. Join inventor Dr. Wonder and his group of creative friends as they work together, laugh together, and learn important life lessons. There are thirteen episodes of the show, complete with Bible stories, object lessons, and original songs performed in sign language by the AMESLAN Kids.
532) The American buffalo
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The dramatic story of America’s national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world––and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.
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"'Twas the night before Christmas, and in this great house, the creature who stirred was a boy, not a mouse. And while upstairs his parents were dreaming and snoring, with Santa so close, sleep seemed pretty boring."--Container cover insert.
A Creature was Stirring is brought to life with original music, voice, and sign language helping all children appreciate the richness of a visual language. Mandy Hernandez interprets the story of the Night Before...
535) Arthur's new puppy
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Arthur's new puppy causes problems when it tears the living room apart, wets on everything, and refuses to wear a leash.
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