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Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Experience the flowing movements of tai chi with master teacher David-Dorian Ross. His unique teaching method allows viewers to simply follow the mirror-view movements from side to side and gradually become familiar with them without having to memorize anything.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The classic board game that has been played by over a billion people in the last 75 years, Monopoly is a worldwide cultural phenomenon. This documentary captures stories about the game and those who play it, and follows the colorful players who come together to compete for the title of Monopoly World Champion.
5) Knuckle
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Go inside the brutal, secretive, and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives of an Irish Traveller community and hear the history of violent feuding between rival families. Follow the story of the Quinn brothers, as they fight for their reputations and the honor of their family name.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Tech innovators strike a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF Ventures embraces it to help refugee children? Award-winning filmmaker Alex Winter reveals that proponents of blockchain are already using the technology to change the world, fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis, and world hunger.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
日本語
Description
It follows Osamu Tomita, Japan's reigning king of ramen, as he reveals every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect bowl of noodles. He is relentless in his search for the highest-quality ingredients, as are his competitors. This delicious documentary also profiles five other notable ramen shops, each with its own philosophy and flavor, which exemplify different aspects of the ramen world.
10) Lady buds
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From a Latinx LGBTQ activist to a Black Catholic school principal, six small businesswomen hit California's newly legal cannabis trade. But as aggressive regulations bogart the market, can they each keep their green American dream alight?
11) Catfish
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev, watching an unsettling story unfold before their eyes.
13) Ferrante fever
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Italiano
Description
The world-hopping documentary journeys between New York City's cultural hub and Ferrante's native Italy, exploring how an anonymous author's visceral tales of love and friendship gained such an enthusiastic following.
14) Baristas
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
What does it take to make the perfect cup of coffee? Four passionateNational Barista Champions from the United States, Ireland, Germany, and Japan represent their countries and their craft in an attempt to win the World Barista Championship in Seoul, South Korea. The film places particular emphasis on the Japanese Champion, Miki Suzuki, as she attempts to become the first female World Barista Champion in history.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming portrait of those real-life heroes that risk their lives every day, through pandemics, cancer wards, and hospice care. This deeply moving documentary explores some of the biggest issues facing America, aging, war, poverty, and prisons, through the work and lives of nurses. Meet Jason Short, who works with home-bound patients in Appalachia; Tonia Faust, who provides hospice care to prison inmates; Naomi Cross, bringing babies into the...
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Other countries built palaces for royalty; in the United States, we built them to watch movies. It celebrates the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them: Thousands of seats, giant screens, exotic and ornate interiors with balconies and lounges, in-house organs and orchestras, amazing marquees, and...
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Even now, Woodstock has deep, lasting meaning. Its mix of music, culture, and idealism resonates across the years. It gave the youth a voice. It changed the music business. It energized activists. From stadium shows to social-justice movements, its legacy is strong: half a century later. Follow the inside story of the event and the history that continues! Join us as we celebrate those remarkable three days.
20) Scheme birds
Publisher
SISYFOS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The story of Gemma, a teenage troublemaker, growing up in a world of pigeons and violence. From childhood to motherhood, her life unfolds as innocent games turn towards serious crime.
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