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New DVD Spotlight
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Air
Air reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.
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Alberta Hunter: My Castle's Rockin'
Incorporating Alberta Hunter's best performances and interviews, chronicles the life and career of the legendary blues singer and songwriter
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Cat Daddies
Man has found a new best friend in this heartwarming collective portrait of nine unique men whose lives have been proudly and forever changed by their love for cats.
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Ever Deadly
Throughout her ground-breaking career, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq has always had an intimate relationship with the Nuna--the Land--a living, breathing organism present in her improvised performances. Hers is a voice that, according to the New York Times," demands full attention, whether she's whispering in her softest register or howling at the sky." Ever Deadly weaves together intimate concert footage of Tagaq alongside moving personal reflections, stunning sequences filmed in Nunavut, and hand-drawn animation by Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona to seamlessly bridge history, landscapes, stories, and songs with pain, anger, and triumph--all through the expressions of one of the most innovative musical performers of our time.
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In the Loop
Political satire finds the British Minister for International Development landing in the media spotlight after casually remarking that war in the Middle East is unforeseeable, which sets off a chain of political maneuvers by both American and British pro-war and anti-war factions
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Invisible Beauty
The essential memoir of fashion pioneer Bethann Hardison, "Invisible beauty" shines a spotlight on the singular and unapologetic Hardison, one of the fasion industry's most influential icons. Hardison and her co-director Frâedâeric Tcheng set forth an absorbing record of the racial evolution of fashion and an original contemplation on the life of an unparalleled trailblazer.
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The League
Celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century. The story is told through previously unearthed archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with legendary players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil--whose early careers paved the way for the Jackie Robinson era--as well as celebrated Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. The Leagye explores Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities and a stage for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while also examining the unintended consequences of integration.
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The Merger
After an abrupt end to his sporting career, a star Australian football player returns to his hometown where he begins to coach the town's struggling team and tries to revive it by recruiting recently resettled refugees
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Single, Out
After his first sexual experience, Adam's life begins to change forever. As he juggles his job, his passion for art and his new relationships, he learns to leave behind the life of a closet bachelor.
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Story Ave
South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood's ruling gang, Kadir tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis on the Story Ave subway platform. He is caught off guard when Luis agrees to give Kadir the cash if he'll sit down to a meal with him. Following their conversation and the delicate, transformative friendship that grows out of it, Kadir sees for the first time how his artistic talent could lead to a better life.
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Sublime
Follows a teenage boy named Manuel who finds that he is developing sexual feelings for his best friend Felipe after they form a rock band with other friends and begin dating girls
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Tickled
Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn't stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
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