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1) Pow wow
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Children discover the creative traditions of Native American crafts. They learn the folklore behind the dream catcher and traditional tales that comprise the fabric of Native American cultures.
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
Lucia must stay behind under the care of her stern and overbearing grandmother in 1960's Sicily, while her parents and younger brother emigrate to France to find work. The girl is distraught and bitter about being left behind, and mopes the days away as the relaionship with her grandmother grows more and more contentious. Lucia grows increasingly curious about her grandmother's hatred towards other members of the family on the island, and begins to...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
There is another world that waits for all of us when we close our eyes and sleep, a place called the Dreaming, where the Sandman, Master of Dreams, gives shape to all of our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a series of events that will change both the dreaming and waking worlds forever.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The Snowy Mountains Scheme remains one of the greatest engineering feats in the world today but behind the story of engineering and construction is the story of the people who built the dream, the story of the people behind the power. An estimated 100,000 people worked on the Scheme between 1949 and 1974, the year of its completion. Two thirds of them were immigrants from over 40 countries around the world. The Snowy is a story of social, cultural...
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Cole Baird appears to have everything, but behind the façade he’s trapped by his surroundings and falling behind in pursuit of his life’s dream. He now has a choice: continue a life to which he never aspired or follow the path to fulfillment.
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Diego, an Afro-Colombian undocumented musician leaves his family behind in Pacific Coast of Colombia, facing a solitary life and a minimum wage job at a cemetery all to become an ambassador of his music and his culture in New York City. With unprecedented access to the New York’s underground Latin American music scene, Dreams of Chonta takes to a scene where the greatest musicians from around the world blend to create, perform, live and breath...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Harrod Blank, who introduced the world to the art car with his moveable epic Wild Wheels, is back with an in-depth look at the personalities behind these multi-wheeled works of art. This time, he focuses on Gene Pool's "Grass Bus", Harry Sperl's "Hamburger Harley", Hyler Bracey's horn and whistle adorned "Bighorn" and his own two vehicles, "Oh My God!" and the one of a kind "Camera Van". Broadcast on National Geographic TV in 1997.
10) Secretariat
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, a housewife who risked everything to make him a champion.
11) The pool
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Hindi
Formats
Description
The story of Venkatesh, a hotel worker in India, who sees from his perch in a mango tree a luxuriant garden and shimmering pool hidden behind a wall. In making whatever efforts he can to better himself, Venkatesh offers his services to the wealthy owner of the home. Not content to simply dream about a different life, Venkatesh is inquisitive about the home's inhabitants — indeed, about the world around him — and his curiosity changes the shape...
12) Instant Dreams
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Instant film production came to a halt after Polaroid shut down in 2008, but a group of engineers are trying to recreate the lost formula behind instant film. The documentary follows three people with a deep love for Polaroid and along with archival footage delves into the chemistry, artistry and history behind this technological behemoth of the 20th century. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **Slamdance Film Festival** and **San Francisco...
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Visions of a future full of astonishing android technology. David, an advanced android, embarks on an extraordinary adventure to discover the secret of his own identity. Believing in the story of Pinocchio, David dreams of becoming a real boy.
14) Impossible Light
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On March 5th, 2013, San Francisco’s skyline was transformed by an amazing sight: 25,000 LED lights that, for perhaps the first time save the 1989 earthquake, caused people to consider the Bay Bridge instead of her iconic sister. How did this happen? Who was behind the eight million-dollar installation? How in the world did they pull it off? The story behind the making of THE BAY LIGHTS—a project whose very “impossibility made it possible”—answers...
15) Napping Princess
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
日本語
Description
An action-packed sci-fi fantasy that shows that following your dreams is sometimes the best way to discover your past.The year is 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. While she should be studying for her exams, Kokone Morikawa often dozes off, entering a dream-world called Heartland full of fantastic motorized contraptions. But when her father, a talented but mysterious mechanic, is kidnapped for stealing technology from a powerful...
16) TangoDream
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A melancholic dream about dance and music, as well as unfulfilled desires and wanderlust behind the Berlin Wall. Sitting at her typewriter in her Prenzlauer Berg apartment, listening to tango music, a woman (played by Helke Misselwitz) writes the script for a film about tango and dreams about Buenos Aires and Montevideo. These places are far away—a different world, where, long ago, tango was born. The film explores the tense relationship between...
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This documentary enters the unexplored realm of professional eSports, as told through the eyes of two of the world’s best StarCraft II players. Together with striking visuals and a mesmerizing original score, go behind the scenes and experience the high-pressure, high-stakes lifestyles of professional gamers.
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. This intimate portrait captures the man behind the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and features interviews with Englund, Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Tony Todd and more.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The art of Aboriginal Australia is celebrated in Dreamings as we journey into the sacred heartland of Australia to see traditional artists at work. The artists talk of their work, its association with the land and its spiritual connection with their people, the animals and plants. The film explores the meanings behind the works, from acrylic dot paintings of the Central Desert to cross-hatched bark paintings and burial poles of Northern Australia,...
20) Cinderella
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown, and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving only a single glass slipper, the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending! Bonus features included.
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