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New DVDs to BPLD June 2025 |
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Last supper
"Captures the pivotal night before Jesus' betrayal from the perspective of those who walked beside Jesus. Fueled by ambition, fear and a sinister influence, Judas begins to conspire, while Peter pledges his loyalty, unaware of the emotional turmoil aboutto ensue"--
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Working man
"Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined"--
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Yellowstone
A ranching family in Montana must fight off others who are trying to take over their land
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Penguin
"Following events that shocked the Gotham underworld, Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham"--
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All the beauty and the bloodshed
"Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN--an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses--with an intimate journey through Goldin's life, from her rebellious adolescence and immersion in New York City's thriving underground arts scene to her personal experiences of addiction and the AIDS epidemic. Through it all, her indelible photographs and candid reflections on memory and trauma reveal her unyielding solidarity with marginalized communities that refuse to remain silent"--
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Four daughters
"This riveting documentary by filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania uses an audacious formal conceit to tell the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Attempting to answer the question of how and why the Tunisian woman's two eldest were radicalized, Ben Hania reveals a complex history. We watch as the family relives key events in their lives with help from professional actors standing in for the missing girls. Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature at the Gotham Awards, and Best Writing at the IDA Documentary Awards, Four Daughters is a compelling portrait of five women and a unique and ambitious work of nonfiction cinema that pushes against the conventional boundaries of the documentary form to explorethe nature of memory, rebellion, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters"--
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Byron, Illinois 61010
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