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7541) Magnus
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Home movies and archival footage are used to describe Magnus Carlsen's journey from an introverted 13-year-old boy to a World Chess Champion.
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"A short hike turned into a lonely fight for survival as Yang Chen got separated from her friend in the forest. She fought for days to survive, working to find shelter and food-and hoping that someone would find her. Explore the exciting true story of a forest survivor pushed to the limits in this graphic adventure. Then, learn forest survival tips and read the stories of other forest survivors"--
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Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how she overcame outmoded ballet culture stereotypes and near career-ending injuries to become one of the most revered dancers of her generation.
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David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster, and activist, delivers a lecture on the eve of his 75th birthday, which he describes as a distillation of his life and thoughts, his legacy, what he wants to say before he dies. Filmed before a live audience, in front of a memory box of moving, distilled images, he articulates a core, urgent message: the limits of the biosphere have been exhausted and it is imperative that humans rethink...
7547) Adrift
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Gregory Mardon pays a heartfelt homage to his grandfather, who left from Northern France in the 1930s to enlist in the French Navy and went on countless globe-spanning adventures. A story full of tenderness, humor, and melancholy, told with keen insight and intimacy.
7549) The Raven's bride
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Crook's intricate first novel engagingly details the abrupt dissolution of Sam Houston's 11-week marriage to Eliza Allen in 1829, an event that caused lingering scandal and speculation. Sam, governor of Tennessee at 36, is portrayed as a heavy-drinking womanizer, egotistical, ambitious and confident that his destiny lies west, in Texas. He is smitten with teenage Eliza, sensuous and defiant despite a strict upbringing by wealthy parents.
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Tells the story of the more than 950 African American men who became fighter pilots at the Tuskegee Army Airfield during World War II, including their struggle to be accepted as United States Army Air Corps pilots and their fight to represent and defend a country that denied them many of their basic rights and civil liberties.
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"Egypt, 1400s BC. The pharaoh's pampered second daughter, lively, intelligent Hatshepsut, delights in racing her chariot through the marketplace and testing her archery skills in the Nile's marshlands. But the death of her elder sister, Neferubity, in a gruesome accident arising from Hatshepsut's games forces her to confront her guilt... and sets her on a profoundly changed course. Hatshepsut enters a loveless marriage with her half brother, Thut,...
7552) Raging Bull
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Criterion collection volume 1134
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Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight boxing champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
7553) Blaze
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Paul Newman stars as a fiery, eccentric governor who falls head over heels in love with dazzling Blaze Starr, an innocent New Orleans stripper with a heart of gold. Forced to choose between the office he holds and the woman he loves, he chooses both, igniting an outrageous scandal full of trouble, tenderness and sexy high-spirited fun.
7554) Alex Ovechkin: the GR8
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Named to the NHL's First All-Star Team for a fifth straight season in 2009-10, Washington Capitals LW Alexander Ovechkin's meteoric rise to being one of hockey's true superstars goes back to a classic moment of 'love at first sight.' At the age of two, he found a hockey stick in a Moscow toy store and wouldn't let go, and he's been playing ever since.
7556) I want to live!
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Prostitute and petty criminal Barbara Graham is arrested for murder and sentenced to die in the gas chamber. As her execution date nears, she pleads her innocence and desperately attempts to expose the truth and save her life against all odds.
7557) Ethel
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'Ethel' celebrates the remarkable life of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Robert F. Kennedy, through a treasure trove of revealing and little-known anecdotes from those who know her best: her family. This personal portrait contains Ethel's first extended interview in more than 20 years. An official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, the documentary highlights the remarkable life of the Kennedy matriarch, and the love story between Ethel, now...
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"In the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend--participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term "zombie" in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an...
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Some people called it a suicide, but for the Rangers of the Second Battalion, that's another word for mission. When an elite group of American soldiers are ordered to take out a series of German machine gun nests, they find themselves blindly venturing into hostile territory. Outnumbered and outgunned, they must risk life and limb as they cross treacherous terrain, never knowing where the enemy might be hiding. Based on the incredible true story of...
7560) Grace Kelly
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At the height of her career, Grace Kelly, with her cool beauty and glamorous poise, left the Hollywood screen behind for the real-life role which seemed to be her destiny. Marrying the Prince of Monaco, Princess Grace became true royalty. Charting her rise from shy but determined daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia family to her meteoric rise to Oscar-winning actress, this made-for-television movie was released shortly after the tragic death of Princess...
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