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1) 499
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Español
Formats
Description
To reflect on the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 2021, director Reyes offers a bold hybrid cinema experience exploring the brutal legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico. Through the eyes of a ghostly conquistador, the film recreates Hernan Cortes₂ epic journey from the coasts of Veracruz to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the site of contemporary Mexico City. As the anachronistic fictional character interacts with...
2) Bim
Publisher
Pavilion Studios
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
Description
After his father’s death, Bheem Singh is sent to live with his aunt in Port of Spain. Bullied at school and abused at home, he runs away and begins a life of petty crime. After returning to the countryside—and taking a new name, Bim—he becomes leader of the sugar workers. Bim is soon made leader of the colony’s opposition party. It won’t be long, however, before his violent past catches up with him.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Felicity is a spirited girl growing up in Virginia just before the American Revolution. She knows she's supposed to stay quietly indoors doing girly things, but she yearns for the freedom of the outdoors and for the adventure of riding horses.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Uncovers the legacy of Princeton physicist and space visionary, Dr. Gerard K. O’Neill, who wrote the 1977 book, The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. The book and O’Neill’s subsequent activism sparked a grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space in order to solve Earth’s greatest crises; a vision that is still alive today. Through old stories of “Gerry” as many called him, and the social impact he made on the world,...
5) Cane Fire
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi is seen as a paradise of leisure and pristine natural beauty, but these escapist fantasies obscure the colonial displacement, hyper-exploitation of workers and destructive environmental extraction that have actually shaped life on the island for the last 250 years. CANE FIRE critically examines the island’s history — and the various strategies by which Hollywood has represented it—through four generations of director...
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The sixth season of Outlander sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie's fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina and perhaps most significantly during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which, as Claire knows...
7) A bug's life
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
n.d
Language
English
Description
An inventive ant name Flik hires "warrior bugs" to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers, led by Hopper. Includes sneak peek of Disney's Tarzan.
8) Papillon
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic story of Henri Charriere, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Tells a compelling and heartwarming story about how far a young man must travel to find the place where he truly belongs. Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an Orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer falls in love and strikes out on his own.
11) Colonial house
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Welcome to daily life in the year 1628. Colonial House was filmed over a 5 month period on an isolated stretch of the Maine coast. Our adventurers arrived in their New World on a period tall ship and struggled to create a profitable colony.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A true story of a trailblazing woman who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East. Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer, and an encounter with the legendary T.E. Lawrence.
13) Johnny Tremain
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War and becomes a patriot, fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Description
In the deepest reaches of space, the fight to save all human life from extinction has begun. Hoping for lasting peace following centuries of intense warfare, the Twelve Colonies gather to sign a treaty with their dreaded enemies, the Cylons. But after an act of treachery, the Cylons launch a devasting surprise attack, destroying the Colonies' home planet. A lone flagship, the Galactica, remains to aid the surviving colonists on their epic journey...
17) A bug's life
Language
English
Formats
Description
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. Bonus title at end: Geri's game (Academy Award, Best Animated Short, 1997).
18) Pocahontas
Publisher
GoodTimes
Pub. Date
p2003, c1994
Language
English
Description
Indian princess Pocahontas saves Capt. John Smith's life but marries another Jamestown settler to assure peace between her tribe and the settlers.
19) Pocahontas
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pocahontas, the young daughter of Chief Powhatan meets up with a shipful of English settlers led by their courageous captain John Smith. Their friendship leads to events that will change history as the native Americans and English settlers learn to live side by side.