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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An American elementary school program from the 1970s. Man: A Course of Study (MACOS), looked to the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic to help students see their own society in a new way. At its core was The Netsilik Film Series, an acclaimed benchmark of visual anthropology from the National Film Board that captured a year in the life of an Inuit family, reconstructing an ancient culture on the cusp of contact with the outside world. But the graphic images...
62) Craft In America
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
Embark on cultural journeys that honor the multiplicity of traditions that have come to define our country.
63) Porridge
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Nigel Fletcher - ‘Fletch’ to his friends - is a sharp-witted chancer with no respect for authority. Just like his grandad Norman. Now, nearly 40 years after Norman served time, Nigel is following in his grandad’s footsteps. By heading straight into a prison cell. The original Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker, is widely considered one of the best British sitcoms ever.
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Language
English
Description
YOU CAN’T ASK THAT is a documentary series that confronts prejudices and break down taboos in our society in an authentic and relatable way. Each episode asks a group of Canadians who live with different disabilities the awkward, inappropriate or uncomfortable questions they hear all the time with honesty.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Return of the River" is a sequel to "Heart of the People" (1997 Gemini nomination) "Return of the River" is a story of struggle and survival: The Huu-ay-aht First Nations and their ongoing efforts to bring back their river, destroyed decades ago by clear-cut logging and commercial fishing. This Documentary traces the amazing progress the Huu-ay-aht have made in their attempts to restore their river, culture and language- since embarking on this project...
68) The Old Guys
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Housemates Tom and Roy are the ying to each other's yang. Roy is well-read, organised, clean and sensitive. Tom, well, isn't. As both of them settle into retirement, they are faced with the prospect of life simply not turning out quite how they imagined. Together, however, they manage to muddle through life - answering the important questions that retirement poses. Questions involving religion, true-love and precisely how early is too early to start...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sue Johnston, Dawn French and Joanna Lumley lead a celebrity cast in an eccentric comedy written by and starring Jennifer Saunders. Clatterford is a small town, with a good cross section of people, local shops and a late night convenience store - a place which also has a thriving Women's Guild; who promote truth, justice, tolerance and fellowship - or is it just an excuse for a good old gossip? Without a job and feeling very much alone, Sal slowly...
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 9
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Logic is intellectual self-defense against such assaults on reason and also a method of quality control for checking the validity of your own views. But beyond these very practical benefits, informal logic—the kind we apply in daily life—is the gateway to an elegant and fascinating branch of philosophy known as formal logic, which is philosophy’s equivalent to calculus. Formal logic is a breathtakingly versatile tool. Much like a Swiss army...
71) Maisie Raine
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Detective Inspector Maisie Raine is a no-nonsense policewoman with years of experience and an instinct for people in trouble. Though she can be forceful and difficult to work with, her warmth, determination and sense of fun have won her a great deal of respect and affection. Like any busy inner-city station, Bessomer Street has its fair share of murders, muggings and mysteries.
73) New Tricks
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A team of seemingly over-the-hill detectives investigate previously unsolved cases in this crime drama. From the discovery of a new motive in the killing of a college lecturer, to the tracing of a missing child, the team finds a way through the detail that eluded the original officers. But they are finding a surprising incidence of cover-up and conspiracy in their new investigations. Are their superiors about to close ranks? Or is someone feeding...
74) Hunting Hitler
Publisher
HISTORY
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In "HUNTING HITLER," an FBI cold case that has laid dormant for 70 years leads a group of world-renown investigators on the ultimate manhunt to finally answer the question: Did Adolf Hitler survive World War II?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
Quantum mechanics gives us a picture of the world so radically counterintuitive that it has changed our perspective on reality itself. In Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Microscopic World, award-winning Professor Benjamin Schumacher gives you the logical tools to grasp the paradoxes and astonishing insights of this field.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Dawn French and Alfred Molina play a happily married couple in this domestic comedy set in real-time. Each episode begins with one of the couple already at home and we watch what happens when the other arrives to join them. Successfully married for over 20 years, Roger and Val are beautifully in tune with each other. They rely on each other for distraction from any woes, and - because they have no children - they are, it has to be said, somewhat lazy....
77) Mountain Men
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mountain Men follows men who have devoted their lives to surviving off the grid in some of the country's most unforgiving terrain.
78) Mankind Decoded
Publisher
HISTORY
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
MANKIND DECODED is the intriguing story of how 12 timeless forces have shaped human history in extraordinary ways. Find out how the implacable forces of nature have compelled us to adapt or die; how new technologies have transformed our existence.
80) Obsessed
Publisher
A&E®
Language
English
Description
Obsessed examines the anxiety of individuals suffering from extreme obsessive-compulsive disorders, capturing their radically affected home lives, the incredible emotion of therapy, and their courageous attempts to defeat their debilitating conditions.
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