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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In 1982, a massive avalanche descended on Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California that triggered a desperate five day search for eight missing people. Buried chronicles the third deadliest avalanche in US history, the miraculous rescue efforts and the traumas that still haunt the survivors today.
5343) Homecoming: [DVD]
Description
A woman wakes up on a canoe in the middle of a lake, she has no idea who she is or how she got there. She sees a man on shore and screams for help, but instead of offering aid, he runs away. She eventually discovers her name, Jaqueline, on a military ID, and after a run-in with local law enforcement, she sets off to find answers about her identity and present circumstances.
5345) The highest pass
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A documentary about Anand, a modern Indian yogi and guru, asks a student to join him on a motorcycle expedition through the highest passes of the Indian Himalayas. Anand bears the burden of a Vedic prophecy that predicts he will die soon in an accident, but lives by the wisdom that 'Only the one who dies, truly lives.'
Pub. Date
c1979
Description
Crude. Foul. Real. In a word, that's Richard Pryor live in concert. In this, the funnyman's first concert film, Pryor does dead-on impersonations of the respective races, cussing, trying to act tough, getting kicked in the privates. But it's his imagination that elevates him to a different level and hints at the comedic genius of the man.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Delivering almost six hours of scientific exploration, the collection covers planets, weather, energy, magnetism, orbits, comets, and other elements that make up this space that people call home. These eight episodes will help viewers understand the intricacies of the wonders of the world, as well as what each can teach them about their own lives.
5348) Batcat: 2,Sink or swim!
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Batcat and Al the Ghost are great roommates--Batcat even shares their eye scream occasionally--but sometimes Batcat still craves solo them time. When Batcat visits the Mermaid Lagoon for a relaxing day of reading all by themself, they discover the local mermaids in hysterics all over the beach--so much for quiet day on the sand!"--Back cover.
5349) Paris police 1905
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
It's Christmas Eve and an unidentified corpse is discovered in the Bois de Boulogne gardens and Inspector Antoine Jouin investigates the murder. Or was it suicide? It's a case that takes him deep into Paris₂ secret underbelly and into the heavily wooded park on the outskirts of Paris. In this place, people go to seek out and satisfy their darkest desires surreptitiously. This time, Jouin must venture off the beaten track, but at what cost? Under...
5351) Lynch/Oz
Series
Pub. Date
[2024].
Description
"The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's filmography from his early short 'The Alphabet' to his television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and communicates with that legendary fantasy? In turn, what do Lynch's films have to say about the enduring resonance...
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