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Publisher
KPJR Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Special educational edition.
Language
English
Description
Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. Resilience, however, also chronicles...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story of Michelle Payne. As a little girl, Michelle dreamed of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup. However, a near-fatal fall threatens to end her hopes of competing in the race. With the love and support from her father and brother Stevie, she overcomes all odds to become the first female to win the Melbourne cup.
Author
Publisher
Rising Above
Pub. Date
20--?
Language
English
Description
Through emotional story-telling and great humor, John empowers you to move from where you are today to where you want to be tomorrow. Through this 60 minute live program, you will be ignited with a life full of possibility you had not yet even imagined.
5) Minari
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home." --
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family and a young woman who, influenced by the joyfully wild nature of her deeply dysfunctional father, found the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy about Bathsheba Everdene who is an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.
12) Spoiler alert
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Michael Ausiello, a TV columnist and founder and editor-in-chief of TVLine.com, and his relationship with his partner, Kit Cowan, as Kit battles a rare form of cancer, displaying the resilience and strength of true love rather than the sadness of loss.
15) Fidel Castro
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Through interviews with relatives, loyalists, and enemies in Cuba and abroad, American Experience constructs an intimate and revealing portrait of the most resilient of leaders.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
17) London road
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Five female bodies are found in Ipswich. The community bands together during their darkest of experiences in this moving tale of resilience and triumph.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?
19) Roots
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley₂s best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
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