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Series
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.
Publisher
Bullfrog Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Is there an American ruling class, and if so, how do you join? Two hapless Yale grads embark on a star-studded journey of meetings with America's establishment to unearth some uncomfortable answers and find out the truth about what the future really holds for them. A dramatic, musical, documentary satire on class in America that attempts to answer the question "Who rules America?".
Publisher
Brave New Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Traces Michael Moore's 62-city tour of the swing states during the 2004 Presidential election... Moore's goal was to convince millions of non-voting 'slackers' - mostly between the ages of 18-29 - to give voting a try" -- Container.
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Journalist Bill Moyers sits down with 16 prominent intellectuals for comprehensive conversations about American life. Features conversations with winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer, an Academy Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Booklet contains brief biographical sketches of each interviewee.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"These three 20-minute videos examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution. The second describes the protection of individual rights by highlighting the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, affirming the right to an attorney. The last explores the separation of powers by examining the Supreme Court case of Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to take over...
9) Bon voyage
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Following the premiere of her latest picture Viviane finds herself with a dead man in her apartment. Frederic is a writer who's been falsely accused of murder, thanks to Viviane. Viviane has fled Paris for Bordeaux with a cabinet minister, and once Frederic escapes from prison, he is not far behind. Once they reach the city, which is in chaos, they become entangled in a plot involving a rickety physicist, his endlessly resourceful assistant, an amiable...
10) Darkest hour
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
"Academy Award® winner Gary Oldman gives a "towering performance" (Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair) in acclaimed director Joe Wright's soaring drama Darkest Hour. As Hitler's forces storm across the European landscape and close...
11) Vice
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in this epic tale of how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world. Co-starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and Sam Rockwell, it is a darkly comic look behind the scenes of American politics.
13) Police state
Publisher
Big Guy, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Dinesh D'Souza and Dan Bongino consider historical and background material, as well as their interviews with both insiders and ordinary citizens, all with the goal of answering the question, Is the United States becoming a police state?
14) Ike
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Presents a fresh reassessment of Dwight D. Eisenhower's legacy and tells the personal story of the man who played a key role in world events through two of the most critical decades in this century.
15) No escape
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
How far will one man go to protect the ones he cares about most in the world? An intense international thriller, centers on an American businessman as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
16) Secret state
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A British deputy prime minister is thrown into a world of political machinations and conspiracy he never knew existed.
17) Rosewater
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who relentlessly interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
18) The ghost writer
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Willie Stark is an uncorrupted small-town mayor in 1950s Louisiana. He gets picked by the political machine to run as a wild card candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial race. But, when Willie realizes that he is being manipulated, he veers off on his own to become the darling of the electorate's downtrodden and forgotten hicks. Covering the campaign for a local paper is Jack Burden, whose editorial pieces become so admiring of Willie that he's fired....
20) Borgen: Season 1
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Danish
Description
Borgen explores the insular world of high-stakes Danish politics and the press corps that covers it in instantaneous, relentless news cycles. Birgitte Nyborg, the idealistic head of the moderate party, becomes prime minister of Denmark through a political fluke and has to quickly learn the ways of power. She's an altruistic public servant in an old boys' club and must master the art of the deal overnight, manage her image and perform the impossible...