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Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as serenity, surprise, and delight. Here, his granddaughter Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle's Japanese immigrant community, paying his way through college working in Alaska's notorious salmon canneries, his success in architectural school, and the transformative structures he imagined and built. A Japanese American man who faced brutal anti-Asian...
43) Man of God
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Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the life of Saint Nektarios of Aegina.
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Cross of Fire ; 2
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Close to death, Madge is dumped at her home after being abducted and brutally raped by D.C. Stephenson. Convinced his power and social standing will protect him, Steve must stand trial for her death.
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After frontiersman Daniel Boone forges paths across the Appalachian Mountains and into the newly discovered lands of Kentucky, he founds the settlement of Boonesborough, which quickly becomes one of the most important outposts on colonial America's frontier. But this westward expansion comes at a price. Despite agreements made with the powerful Cherokee nation, conflict between the settlers and natives soon rages like wildfire. For Boone, the strife...
49) Emily
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EMILY imagines Emily Brontë's own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, Wuthering Heights. Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.
50) Charlotte
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The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish artist who comes of age on the eve of the Second World War and defies incredible odds to create a timeless masterpiece.
52) Dreamin' Wild
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Musical duo Donnie and Joe Emerson spend everything they have to produce a record in the 1970s.
53) Aline
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With the support of her family and the man she loves, the 14th child of a modest family will become the most famous singer in the world.
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Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she'd never ride again. Lis tried anyway. But how do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with limited mobility? With hard work-and an unlikely horse named Jubilee! After years of training together and...
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When Kip Tiernan was growing up during the Great Depression, she'd help her granny feed the men who came to their door asking for help. As Kip grew older, and as she continued to serve food to hungry people, she noticed something peculiar: huddled at the back of serving lines were women dressed as men. At the time, it was believed that there were no women experiencing homelessness. And yet Kip would see women sleeping on park benches and searching...
58) Tom & Viv
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In 1915, Tom and Viv elope, but her gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry doesn't bring in enough to live, but her mother is happy Viv has found a tender and discreet husband.
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story is the compelling true story of the "American Mother Teresa" and how she served New York's poor and became a voice for the voiceless. The film shows Dorothy's struggle as she establishes the Catholic Worker movement and commits herself to a lifetime of peacemaking, battling for justice, and hands-on service to the poor. Viewer discretion strongly advised.
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