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2) Still life
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The village of Three Pines, a refuge from the modern world in the beautiful Eastern Townships, basks in the tranquil glory of its autumn colours. But the blazing woods conceal the body of a much-loved teacher - shot through the heart with an arrow. A tragic hunting accident or murder? Charismatic Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of officers probe to discover deep layers of deceit, resentment, and murderous rage in the pretty village.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Recalls the strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of country after country while trying to escape Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. Left without options or entrance visas, a beacon of hope materialized for them on the other side of the world, and in the unlikeliest of places: Japanese-controlled Shanghai. Fleeing for their lives, these Jewish refugees journeyed to form a settlement in the exotic city, penniless...
4) Scarface
Publisher
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Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami; wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name. Starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, this film has become a cultural phenomenon brilliantly directed by Brian De Palma and written...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world take refuge in an empty hospital with plans on rebuilding society. They rescue a young girl who is the victim of a brutal attack, but soon discover that they were followed by a savage band of cannibals known as Rovers. The Rovers begin to kill them one by one, and the trapped survivors must find a way to outwit their stalkers.
6) Sorcerer
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Four men who, for various reasons, cannot return to their own countries end up in a dismal South American town where an American oil company is seeking out courageous drivers willing to haul nitroglycerin over miles of treacherous terrain. The four men have nothing to lose; and, besides, they'll be paid 10,000 dollars apiece, and be granted legal citizenship, if they survive.
7) I am David
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005, c2003]
Language
English
Description
A 12-year-old boy escapes a Communist concentration camp and embarks on a journey for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe.
8) Blood alley
Publisher
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Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
An American merchant marine captain ferries a group of Chinese refugees down the Yangtze River to escape the Communists.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
28 days later: An infirmary patient wakes up from a coma to an empty room ... in a vacant hospital ... in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. 28 weeks later: Almost seven months after the Rage virus has annihilated the inhabitants of the London and the British Isles, the U.S. Army declares that the war against infection...
Publisher
GVN
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring real life story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The life-affirming tale of 10,000 children saved from hitler's grasp and placed with foster parents and hostels in Great Britain at the outbreak of World War II. Includes archival footage and decades-later rememberances of both the rescuers and the rescued.
12) The far country
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A doctor for Hitler's army escapes to Australia to begin a new life. Romance blooms with a young Englishwoman but the secret of his past threatens their happiness.
13) The Good lie
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.
14) All Saints
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the inspiring true story of salesman turned pastor Michael Spurlock, the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.
16) Balseros
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Español
Description
The triumphant account of seven Cuban refugees who risked everything in pursuit of the American Dream. Follows a lively group of rafters, many of whom were detained at the Guantanamo naval base before being allowed onto American soil.
17) Casablanca
Series
AFI's 100 years 100 movies volume no. 2
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
"Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazi's most-wanted list. Atop that list is Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo ... whose only hope is Rick Blaine ... a cynical American...
18) Alan & Naomi
Publisher
Distributed by Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Alan Silverman, a skinny, rebellious kid who would rather play stickball than become a good Samaritan, tries to hide his friendship with Naomi, a young refugee traumatized by the Nazis.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland due to a tumultuous civil war. Chronicles their triumph over seemingly insurmountable adversities and a relocation to the United States, where the Lost Boys build active and fulfilling new lives but remain deeply committed to helping friends and family they have left behind.
20) Children of men
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Theo Faron is a bureaucrat in a Britain gone despotic. It is 2027 and the entire planet has gone infertile. Women no longer have babies, and chaos has erupted: war, rebellion, mass destruction, and a huge refugee problem, with the imposition of martial law. One day, Theo is kidnapped. His ex-wife Julian has a proposition for her former spouse, and because of their relationship, she thinks Theo will acquiesce. Theo is about to be tossed into a web...