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A group of politically correct teachers are tasked with creating a Thanksgiving play for their students. They hire a Native American actor to lend authenticity to the proceedings. When it turns out she's ethnically ambiguous the teachers are left to navigate the resulting pitfalls in this rich satire.
Includes a conversation with playwright Larissa FastHorse.
Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020.
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Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts heads an all-star cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden in MONA LISA SMILE, an uplifting and poignant drama about one woman's desire to enrich the lives of her students. In 1953, a time when women's roles were rigidly defined, novice art history professor Katherine Watson (Roberts) begins teaching at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, which despite its academic...
8) Whiplash
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Latin teacher Raimund Gregorius finds a book by Portuguese poet and doctor Amadeu de Prado and his life is irrevocably changed. Determined to learn more about the author, Gregorius boards the night train to Lisbon and begins to piece together an epic story of oppression and revolution, loyalty and betrayal, love and jealousy, played out against the backdrop of a brutal fascist dictatorship. In his exploration of Amadeu de Prado's life, Gregorius finds...
11) Liberal Arts
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Josh Radnor & Elizabeth Olsen in a comic coming-of-age story about an unlikely romance between a jaded 35-year-old college counselor & a precocious 19-year-old student.
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Back of container: "Jackie plays a young law student in The Streets of New York, also known as The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue. Running a news stand to make ends meet, he faces numerous obstacles and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Jackie brings a famous literary character to life in the dramatic Peck's Bad Boy. Young Bill Peck, who adores his father and tries to be good, keeps...
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2014.
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Korean
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Life is what you'd expect for young teenagers in this seemingly normal private all-girls school, until a past alumni returns as a teacher. She strikes up a new friendship with two very different students and a horrific course of events ensues. A teacher is found dead, apparently having committed suicide, and circumstances that inextricably link both the past and the present are unveiled. As the body count rises, the memories of the deaths unleash...
14) Blue Jean
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"It's 1988 in England and a new law stigmatizing gays and lesbians forces Jean, a closeted gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will push Jean to the edge."--Container.
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[2022]
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English
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Christmas in My Heart: Concert violinist Beth tutors the daughter of reclusive Country music star Sean to prep her for the holiday concert. They are joined through the connective power of music.
My Christmas Family Tree: When Vanessa receives the results from her Family Tree DNA test, she discovers a family she didn't know existed and travels to their home for Christmas.
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher trades high society life for a classroom on the prairie, determined to prove she is brave enough to live on her own. She learns through her aunt's secret diary that she had been a pioneer woman herself, and uses it as a guide to embark on her own adventures.
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Life has been challenging in Hope Valley after the loss of beloved Mountie Jack, and no one has felt the loss greater than his young widow, Elizabeth. However, the community of Hope Valley is determined that love and friendship will overcome any obstacle. With the support of her friends, Elizabeth cares for her new baby, continues to teach, and meets two newcomers to Hope Valley.
19) Love, of course
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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When widowed mother Amy moves her only daughter, Cara to her out-of-state college dorm, Amy finds herself searching for the next step in her life. While at the university, Amy gets an offer she can't refuse and meets Noah, a charismatic, well-traveled professor, and discovers a new life of her own.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Featuring three summery sweet Hallmark Channel film.
Summer of dreams: Washed up pop-star has to move back to her hometown and finds a new direction by teaching young music students at the local high-school. Romance is not far behind.
Summer love: A widowed mom gets a summer internship at a tech company and draws the attention of two very different executives while learning about accounting, app designs and finding love.
Summer in the vineyard:...
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