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83) Get low
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Some thematic material, and brief violent content.
Felix Bush, a Tennessee hermit, is either feared or hated by most of the people that live in the town. One day, he gets the idea to throw one big bash before he kicks the bucket. While he is still alive and kickin' he plans his very own rollicking funeral party.
84) The wicker man
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems.
86) Lost heart
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Hannah Sweet is in a destructive spiral that threatens her career as a country music star. She hasn't been home to the sleepy lakeside town of Lost Heart since she ran away as a teenager. But when her estranged father, Harris, dies amidst claims of UFO encounters, Hannah begrudgingly returns for the funeral. She meets Milo, a forward-thinking, conspiracy-loving pastor who tries to lead Hannah towards reconciliation with her family, especially her...
87) Teenick picks: 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Zoey 101": This semester, it's boys vs. girls when it comes to pulling the perfect prank. "Drake & Josh": Josh's e-pal is visiting from Yudonia. "Ned's declassified school survival guide": The gang get banned from the computer lab. "Romeo!": Although Romeo and Peyton are "officially" a couple, Romeo denies having a girlfriend during a radio interview. "Unfabulous": To get out of Ben's shadow, Addie sets our to do something she has never done before....
88) Maya
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Hindi
Description
For Maya and her cousin Sanjay, life is simple in rural India. However, their fraternal love is shattered when Maya's journey to becoming a woman results in her being the victim of an ancient and brutal ritual, tragically ending her childhood innocence and scarring her for life.
89) The wicker man
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
The final cut.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems.
90) Samsara
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, it explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity...
91) Wake
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When things get tough for Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated girl would do -- she goes to strangers' funerals. But after an unexpected series of mix-ups and white lies, Carys finds herself in possession of a dead woman's engagement ring and in love with Tyler, the grieving fiancé.
92) Best man down
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When their obnoxious and over-served best man, Lumpy, unexpectedly dies at their destination wedding in Phoenix, bride and groom Kristin and Scott are forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly home to the snowy Midwest to arrange for his funeral. But getting Lumpy's body back to Minneapolis is just the start of their adventure, as the well-intended sacrifice surprises at every turn.
94) Sordid lives
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A Texas sized, twisted white-trash tale that involves the sordid details about a southern dysfunctional family who have been brought together for the funeral of "Grandma Peggy". She dies after tripping over her lover's wooden legs.
Home use only.
95) The funeral
Series
Criterion collection volume 1125
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
日本語
Description
"It's death, Japanese style, in the rollicking and wistful first feature from maverick writer-director Juzo Itami. In the wake of her lascivious father's sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami's wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her husband (Tsutomu Yamazaki) leave Tokyo and return to their family house to oversee a traditional funeral. Over the course of three days of mourning that bring illicit escapades in the woods, a surprisingly...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, the celebration is still racially segregated. Go into the parallel hearts of the city's two carnivals. With unprecedented access, the director traces the exotic world of secret mystic societies and centuries-old traditions and pageantry. From the crowns, the gowns, the surreal masks, to the enormous paper mache floats. Uncover a tangled web of historical violence and...
97) Pow wow
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
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.
98) The road home
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In the days of arranged marriages, the son discovers that his parents marriage was the first marriage based on love.
99) Baraka
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen, second-disc special edition.
Language
English
Description
Shot in 24 countries across six continents, this film, without narration or dialogue, presents a visual spectacle emphasing religious ritual as well as addressing the human condition and the idea of humanity vis-à-vis nature.
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