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Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and to bring to light the achievements of people of African descent throughout the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big that it began to overflow his house (and his wife threatened to mutiny), he turned...
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Funny Bones tells the story of how the amusing calaveras-skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities-came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852-1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons throughout much of his life, but he is best known...
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Losing a tooth is an exciting and notable event in the life of a child - what will the tooth fairy bring? You've been planning night and day, and finally you've created the perfect trap! Now all you need to do is wait. Is this the night you'll finally catch the Tooth Fairy in action? Parents and children will love this engaging and entertaining story! This hilarious new adventure from Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton, the creators of the New York Times...
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It's Valentine's Day, and on the farm that means a Valentine's party. Little Duck is wildly excited. She hangs balloons, streamers, sparkling lights, and hearts everywhere, and she hand-makes a valentine for everyone. On top of a hill, a little fox hears the music from the party and follows Little Duck's many decorations to the barn...but foxes are not at all welcome on farms. The chickens stop dancing. The sheep stop dancing. The pigs stop dancing....
5) Little Women
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The five young March sisters grew up on the East Coast during the American Civil War. Although they had very different personalities, their strong bond connected them as sisters throughout their childhoods and into their adult lives. They relied on one another as they faced struggles of growing up during the war and as they grew into young women. Through their adventures, they learned the importance of love, following their dreams, and always supporting...
6) Warren
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After giving up on making it in the Chicago improv scene, a young comedian fatefully reconnects with the former love of his life one fall night while working at a coffee shop in his hometown. Afraid of growing old and alone like his divorced father, Warren must choose between winning her back or finding the courage to go after his dreams a second time.
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Alberto Villoldo, psychologist, anthropologist and bestselling author, has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon for over 25 years. In this beautifully filmed documentary he reveals secrets of the jungle's sacred plants and the healers who administer them, deep in the Amazon rainforest. 'Amazonia' chronicles the work of the master shamans of Peru's Madre de Dios River in the Amazon watershed. Dr. Villoldo explains the process and theory...
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A theatrical producer sacrifices his own career to boost the fortunes of a gifted young performer in this musical gem from 1938. Lena Horne makes her feature-film debut as Ethel Andrews, an aspiring singer, and belts out tunes such as I Know You Remember and Don't Let Our Love Song Turn Into A Blues.
9) TNT Jackson
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Diana Jackson, a young beautiful karate expert, journeys into the most dangerous part of Chinatown to battle the ruthless drug dealers responsible for her brother's death. Played by Jeannie Bell, a former Playboy Playmate of the month, Jackson provides a lot of spine-shattering, bone-blasting action. Get out of her way or she'll put YOU in traction!
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The Lockdown Drill teaches students the importance of listening to their teacher and their school resource officer during school drills. Using fun characters and engaging rhymes, The Lockdown Drill explains safe emergency practices to young children in a non-threatening manner. In her work as an elementary-school resource officer, Becky Coyle learned firsthand how misinformation can affect student performance during emergency procedures and was inspired...
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Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, even though they're sometimes surprised by his materials-who could forget the tower he built out of dirty diapers? When his second-grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. He loves building too much to give it up! Andrea Beaty's irresistible rhyming will charm creative kids everywhere and will amuse their sometimes bewildered parents....
12) Jungle Book
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There couldn't have been a better way to showcase Rudyard Kipling's famous jungle tale than in eye-popping Technicolor under the fantastic direction of Zoltan Korda (Sahara), and filling the role of Mowgli with the legendary Sabu (Elephant Boy, The Thief of Bagdad). This 1942 feature was nominated for four Academy Awards (including one for Miklos Rozsa's musical score) and serves as a nice companion piece to the beloved 1967 Disney cartoon. But beware-there...
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Join Raven, Eagle and Frog and their new friends the first people in the land before time. Raven Tales: Bald Eagle is the sixth episode in this series of animated television programs based upon the multiple award-winning animated film, Raven Tales: How Raven Stole the Sun, and celebrating the First Nations' folklore of the Northwest coast. Raven Tales chronicles the wild and wacky adventures of Raven, the most powerful and trickiest trouble-maker...
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This giant dose of Blaxploitation eye candy was described by critic Roger Ebert as the first black motorcycle gang rock sci-fi musical... Originally distributed by Roger Corman's New World Pictures, the plot concerns the mother of a black biker babe being abducted by an evil chicken 'n ribs tycoon. The costumes alone are worth the price of admission. If the pink and yellow jumpsuits don't grab you, you might like the soulful soundtrack that includes...
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Tracy is after a group of fur thieves who have emptied a dealer's vault and left a dead night guard at the scene. Tracy's investigation reveals that the crimes were committed by an ex-con with a bum leg and a missing hand known as The Claw. Reprising his role, Ralph Byrd stars as Dick Tracy.
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Developing Your Characters, like its predecessors, aims to give the viewer an all-important one-to-one learning experience which they can peruse at their leisure, stopping to take in what is being imparted, or to consider their own responses to questions posed, and there is homework in the way of exercises for those who are writing, to think about, such as what does each main character want? What do they need in their life that provides a motivating...
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Mark Marderosian visits the Museum of Science in Boston where he introduces his viewers to dinosaurs and how they lived. Viewers then learn how to draw a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Pterodactyl. On a second visit to the museum, Mark and the 'Angels from the Attic' learn about outer space, planets, and stars. The drawing lessons feature the planet Saturn and a friendly astronaut on the moon.
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Join Raven (Dr. Evan Adams), Eagle (Ian Reid), and Frog (Carmen Moore) as they discover the first humans in a giant clamshell washed up on a beach. Can Raven teach these people how to survive in the new world before they drive him crazy in the process? Come find out! Raven and the First People is part of the multiple award-winning series, Raven Tales. Based on the First Nation folklore of the Northwest coast region, the series focuses on the wild...
19) Black Fist
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To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters in this action pic from the golden era of Blaxploitation films. Richard Lawson heads up a cast that includes Philip Michael Thomas (Miami Vice) and Dabney Coleman (Tootsie; Nine to Five). If you like films about big dudes beating people up on the streets, this is the movie for you!
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Imagine a force that can toss boats around like toys, wash away bridges, and create waves as high as eighteen feet. With fierce winds and torrential rains, hurricanes can do all of these things. They can cause tremendous damage and even change the shape of a shoreline. For centuries people did not know when a hurricane was coming. But now we have new methods to predict when and where these storms will occur. Young viewers will learn how hurricanes...