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Author
Series
American Daredevils volume 5
Language
English
Description
The Spanglers have arrived at Charlotte Motor Speedway, for the biggest stunt of their season thus far. With their "fly-by" car jump and dark clouds threatening rain looming, the pressure takes its toll on the father/son duo.
Author
Series
American Restoration volume 22
Language
English
Description
Rick puts the pedal to the metal when NASCAR driver Greg Biffle asks him to restore his 1970s Montesa motorcycle. Can Rick steer this speed demon dirt bike to the finish line or will this muddy motorbike wipe out before the checkered flag?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Real Dirt on Farmer John is an epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. An outcast in his community, Farmer John bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence. By melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free expression, this powerful story of transformation and renewal heralds a resurrection of farming in America. Through highly personal interviews and 50 years of beautifully textured footage,...
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
An intimate look at black cowboys as they gather for a rodeo and dance on the 40 acre Circle 6 Ranch in Raywood, Texas. A dirt road leads onto the ranch, where all of the structures, including a frame house, rodeo arena, and barn, are hand-wrought. A.J. Walker, his wife Pam, and his son, Anthony, are preparing for the monthly rodeo. This rodeo, which draws from the surrounding communities, is very much a family operation. Black cowboys drive their...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1945.
Language
English
Description
In this **Academy Award** nominated drama directed by champion of poetic realism, Jean Renoir, Sam Tucker, a Texan cotton picker, has aspirations to run his own farm and create a better life for his family. Along with his wife, Nona, Sam works tirelessly on an abandoned plot of land, but numerous difficulties and hardships arise, making his humble dream a difficult one to achieve. Nominated for Best Director, Best Sound, and Best Music - Scoring of...
6) Madeinusa
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Madeinusa is a sweet-faced 14-year-old girl who lives in a dirt-floor house and dreams of the world beyond the village. It is the custom of her town that from Good Friday at three in the afternoon through Easter Sunday, sin does not exist. On the eve of this time of small-town debauchery, Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, accidentally comes to town. The town greets him with curiosity and ire, then imprisons him out of fear that he will interfere...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The 1987 Supreme Court decision to open up Indian gaming nationwide had a dramatic economic impact on the lives of California's Indian tribes much like the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island had on their cultural identities. In a few short years, California Indians went from being the poorest people in the state to among the richest, and from being virtually invisible to being the state's most powerful political lobby. For the Cabazon and Morongo...
8) Maquilapolis
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Carmen Durán works the graveyard shift in one of Tijuana's 800 maquiladoras; she is one of six million women around the world who labor for poverty wages in the factories of transnational corporations. After making television components all night, Carmen comes home to a dirt-floor shack she built out of cast-off garage doors from the U.S., in a neighborhood with no sewage lines or electricity. She suffers from on-the-job kidney damage and lead poisoning...
9) Bull Durham
Series
Criterion collection volume 936
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
American romantic comedy, dealing with a very minor minor-league team and three of its current constituents, an aging baseball groupie that beds one player each season, a cocky foolish new pitcher, and the older, weary catcher brought in to wise the rookie up.
10) Rango
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Rango is a lizard who imagines himself an actor who literally breaks the fourth wall of his terrarium when the hatchback car in which he is riding swerves and sends him careening. Abandoned in the desert amid the shards of his former home, Rango makes his way to the nearby town of Dirt, which is experiencing a mysterious water shortage. The actor in Rango seizes the opportunity to invent a grandiloquent new image for himself, and as in many a Western,...
11) Bull Durham
Series
Criterion collection volume 936
Language
English
Formats
Description
Catcher Crash Davis is closing in on a dubious record: all-time home run leader for the minor leagues. Trying to continue his career in a very unforgiving sport, Davis finds his contract bought out, and he is sent to the Durham Bulls. Seems the Bulls have a bona fide major league pitching prospect -- Ebby Calvin LaLoosh. The thinking is that with Davis' knowledge of the game he will be able to season LaLoosh and prepare him for "the show." LaLoosh...
Language
English
Description
The miniseries weaves together the troubled lives of a dirt-farmer's son and a wealthy Southern slave-owner's daughter. Together, Abraham and Mary Lincoln ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the Great Emancipator reshaped the nation while his tragic death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader, join forces against a corrupt New York waterfront union official. The two share a bond that cuts across society's black/white divide. A patch...
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Weaves the lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln; Abraham the dirt-farmer's son turned Great Emancipator and Mary the emotionally fragile daughter of wealthy Southern slave-owners. Together, they ascended to the pinnacle of power at this crucial time in the nation's history. Abraham Lincoln's legacy reshaped the nation while the tragedy of his death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed actress Patricia Routledge captivated American and British audiences alike as the 60-something housewife-turned-detective, Hetty Wainthropp. This collection captures Hetty's entire sleuthing career in one complete set, including some episodes not seen on the PBS Mystery! broadcast. Armed with little more than a no-nonsense attitude, a whip-smart mind, and plenty of moxie, Hetty takes on cases involving Mafiosi, missing persons, and murder,...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An inner-city teenager from Philly is sent by his mother to live with his relatives in Bel-Air, and everybody is in for a surprise. This season, Will meets Lisa, falls in love, gets engaged, and elopes. Carlton finds his soul sister through online dating. In one of the series' most memorable episodes, Will grapples with a bullet with his name on it.
Publisher
Time Life
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Amazing performances of the 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. Features poignant reunions, moving and often hilarious induction speeches, and performances from various artists.
Amazing performances of the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. Features poignant reunions, moving and often hilarious induction speeches, and performances from various artists.
Amazing performances of the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The mouth of Hell: Phil Keoghan visits a volcano, light changes lives in Tanzania, horse cloning impacts disease and Americans prep for a nuclear attack.
Digging up dinosaurs: Phil Keoghan digs for dinosaurs. Correspondents examine a global drop in male fertility, embed with a smuggler in Gaza and dig into miracle dirt.
Inside the eagle's nest: Hawaiians living off the food grid. Research into acute peanut allergies. Cultural significance of samurai...
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