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Author
Publisher
Michael Wiese Productions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Each year 8,000+ short films compete to fill 60 slots at the Sundance Film Festival. On an average day, 792 film and video projects vie for funding on Kickstarter. And every minute 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. In this competitive environment, a short filmmaker can no longer invest time, money, and dreams of glory in the theory that if you build it, they will come. The challenge is making the right kind of short: one that will make a...
Author
Publisher
National Film Preservation Foundation
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Audiences associate American film with Hollywood studio productions. This anthology however celebrates other types of early films including documentaries, newsreels, avant-garde and independent works, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the earliest years of motion pictures.
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
[Steamboat Bill, Jr.] Follows the adventures of a spoiled young man forced by his father to learn the ropes of riverboating. [Convict 13] Keaton struggles for survival inside prison walls. [Daydreams] Keaton tries to find his niche by trying out various professions.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
Français
Description
Pablo Neruda (1904-73), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, led an extraordinarily full and passionate life. Using a wealth of archive material, the documentary tells Neruda's story and gives voice to his poetry, exploring the profound links between his political engagement and his writing. It travels to Chile to set his life and work against the backdrop of the country and the landscapes which inspired him, and to explore his abiding...
Publisher
Distributed by Big Kids Productions
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Brother and Sister Goose join Mother Goose to make these classical favorites more enjoyable. Kids learn 43 rhymes using upbeat pop-style music with either traditional or new melodies. The playful geese lead children through each rhyme, teaching them about safety, manners, and accepting responsibility.
12) The gruffalo
Publisher
Orange Eyes Limited
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
When a courageous mouse goes for a stroll in the woods, he must outwit a series of predatory animals, including a fox, snake, owl, and the mighty Gruffalo.
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin: A lone trombone playing solo is joined by a trumpet in a duet until a French horn makes it a trio, and so on, as ten instruments, one by one, gather together for a joyous musical performance. Musical Max: When the neighbors start complaining, Max a hippo, stops practicing his trombone, bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals and synthesizer, until everyone starts to miss the noise. Patrick: The countryside comes alive with...
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Looks at children with Tourette's syndrome, a rare brain disorder, whose victims twitch, jerk, and are unable to control loud verbal outbursts, some obscene. Because the public lacks knowledge about the disease, these children also suffer public humiliation. "In every school in America, it's likely that at least one child may have Tourette Syndrome. ...[this] documentary that dispels the myths of Tourette Syndrome through the experiences of young...
Publisher
Shanghai dian ying yin xiang chu ban she
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"The Snow Child" is a story about winter and friendship. Mother rabbit is leaving her young rabbit at home alone. The young rabbit builts a snow man and they entertain one another. Afterwards the young rabbit falls asleep and accidentally starts a fire in the cabin. The snow man saves the rabbit, but sacrifices himself melting in the fire.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The heroes of the Rebel Alliance including heroic Luke Skywalker, swaggering Han Solo and steadfast Princess Leia have no time to celebrate their victory over the Empire as a new Imperial threat arises. But as Jedi-in-training Luke embarks on this next mission, he discovers that his celebrity status as a 'Death-Star-Blower-Upper' can be a double-edged lightsaber when he's constantly mobbed by crazed fans. So much for secret missions!
20) Chrysanthemum
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Chrysanthemum's name is the subject of ridicule by jealous classmates. Her wonderful music teacher helps her to appreciate the beauty and melodious sounds of her name.
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