British Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Women's Olamal follows the events that preceded a controversial ceremony in Loita, Kenya, to bless the women and to increase their ability to have children. This film, presented in observational style with limited commentary, depicts some of the tensions between men and women in Maasai society which, in this case, erupt in a violent row between them.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Iris Carr is travelling across Europe by train when she unwittingly becomes embroiled in a sinister Balkan plot. Feeling disoriented after a fall, Iris is befriended by Miss Froy, an elderly English woman sharing her carriage. But when she wakes up from a few hours' sleep, Miss Froy has vanished without a trace. As fellow passengers claim the lady never existed, Iris faces danger and intrigue as she fights to discover the fate of Miss Froy-- and...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It's 1917, on the eve of the Russian Revolution, and a young doctor (Radcliffe) arrives in the middle of the night to lead an eerie, back-woods hospital. Fresh from med school, he is completely unprepared for the bizarre people and alarming medical maladies that face him, so, in an unexpected twist, he turns to his older self (Hamm) for advice. It's a fascinating, dark and original comedy with two of Hollywood's leading talents that surprises and...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In 1878, when Mr. Doyle meets the brilliant teacher, Dr. Bell, the young medical student is drawn into a new world of crime investigation. As he assists Bell in solving gruesome police cases, Doyle becomes fascinated with his tutor's uncanny talent for outwitting the most clever criminals. But, one particularly vicious cat-and-mouse game has a diffrent ending. Doyle finds his life completely changed ... and even Dr. Bell's agile mind cannot predict...
13) Carrie's war
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
At the start of World War II, 14-year-old Carrie and her younger brother Nick are separated from their mother and evacuated from war-torn London to a rural village in Wales, where they now live with a puritanical shopkeeper and his spinster sister.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
With the demise of Moriarty, Sherlock finds himself locked in another mind battle with the powerful Charles Augustus Magnussen, who is holding the secrets of the world at his fingertips. Once again, the game is on for Sherlock and John in The Empty Hearse; The Sign of Three; and finally, His Last Vow.
Series
Doctor Who volume series 9, part 2
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Doctor Who: Series Nine draws to its epic conclusion. Faced with monsters and threats bigger than any he has ever experienced, the Doctor risks losing everything he holds dear.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
J. Robert Oppenheimer's life and legacy are inextricably linked to America's most famous top-secret initiative - the Manhattan Project. This biography presents a complex and revealing portrait of one of America's most influential scientists.
17) Full circle
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Michael Palin's fascinating journey around the 18 countries on the Pacific Rim.
18) MI-5: Volume 8
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
As the season begins, the fallout from Russia's thwarted attack on London finds the team in a race against time to rescue Harry, who has been kidnapped by rogue Russian agents. But as they dig deeper into his disappearance, they find a trail that leads to Iraq, and a conspiracy that involves the CIA, MI-6 and some missing weapons-grade uranium. Special features included.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c[2012]
Language
English
Description
Join historian Bettany Hughes as she explores the different beliefs and practices that form the core of the Buddhist philosophy and investigates how Buddhism started and where it travelled to, through visits to seven of the most spectacular monuments built by Buddhists across the globe.
20) MI-5: Volume 3
Publisher
BBC Vdieo
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Worlds collide and nothing is what it seems in the thrilling new installment of MI-5. While Tom has been branded a traitor, and Harry is in the hospital, an enigmatic agent, Adam Carter, has been recruited from MI-6 to help pick up the broken pieces.