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1) October sky
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of Homer Hickam Jr., a high school student in rural West Virginia, who seemed destined to repeat his father's harsh life in the coal mines, until he turned his attention to the skies.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Academy Award®-winning director Alex Gibney pulls no punches in his portrait of Apple founder Steve Jobs and his legacy. This probing look at the life and aftermath of this iconoclast explores what accounted for the grief of so many when he died. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and the **San Francisco International Film Festival**.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Recount the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Tesla's suprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings.
4) Tesla
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of engineer and inventor Nikolai Tesla, whose work would be eclipsed in the public eye by Edison and Marconi, best known during his lifetime from the flamboyant displays of his prototypes and fertile but undisciplined scientific imagination.
5) Jobs
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A riveting story of a true American visionary, a man who let nothing stand in the way of greatness. It chronicles the iconic innovator and entrepreneur₂s early days. He was a college dropout who co-founded Apple Computer Inc. and was then forced to leave. More than a decade later, Jobs returns and single-handedly sets a course that will turn the once-tiny startup into one of the world's most valuable companies. His epic journey blazes a trail that...
Publisher
Regal Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Steve Jobs is most noted for his role in the development of the personal computer. As a co-founder of Apple, Inc., he was instrumental in engineering a series of computers that ultimately led to the creation of Macintosh. His passion and ingenuity have been the driving force behind the digital age. However, his drive to revolutionize technology was sacrificial. Ultimately it affected his family life and possibly his health. Explore the trials and...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A critical examination of Steve Jobs, revered both as an iconoclastic genius and denounced as a barbed-tongued tyrant. Interviews with a handful of those closest to him unravel the larger than life myth he deliberately crafted, and examine the endurance of his values which continue to shape the culture of Silicon Valley to this day.
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