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1) Silo
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, SILO follows a harrowing day in an American farm town. Disaster strikes when teenage Cody becomes the victim of a grain entrapment accident. Family, neighbors, and first responders must put aside their differences to rescue him from drowning in the 50-foot-tall silo where corn quickly turns to quicksand. Shedding light on an issue plaguing rural America, SILO shows how dangerous modern farming can be, while also highlighting...
2) Vanity fair
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...
3) Fail state
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, FAIL STATE investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling the decades of policy decisions in Washington, D.C. that have given rise to a powerful and highly-predatory for-profit college industry. With echoes of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the film lays bare how for-profit colleges exploit millions of low-income and minority students, leaving them with worthless degrees and drowning...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Featuring eyewitness testimony, Nova takes an in-depth look at what made Hurricane Katrina so deadly and analyzes how, despite technically sophisticated flood and storm defenses, this event has resulted in unprecedented destruction for the Gulf Coast. In less than 12 hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, leading to more than a thousand deaths and transforming a city of over one million into an uninhabitable swamp....
5) Blue crush
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Ann-Marie, a big-wave surfer on the North Shore of Oahu, drives to make a comeback after nearly drowning in a surfing competition. Her life becomes more complicated by her romance with a handsome football player. Ann-Marie and her surfer buddies work as maids at a posh resort and share a beach shack with Anne-Marie's wayward young sister. Ann-Marie struggles between her need to prove herself and her desire to take the easy way out.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Pick up useful tips from hygiene experts Kim and Aggie as they conquer heart-stopping filth in some of the dirtiest homes. A festering frat house, an unclean beauty queen, beleaguered moms and animal rescuers drowning in dog hair are just a few of the hygiene horrors in store in this collection.
Publisher
Big Idea
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In a fit of moral outrage, Archibald Asparagus has canceled "Silly songs with Larry." Larry the Cucumber drowns his sorrows at Jimmy Gourd's ice cream parlor. Can Jimmy cheer up Larry? Will Archibald ever forgive Larry and give him back his songs? How much ice cream can a cucumber eat before he gets one of those really bad headaches?
Publisher
Waterproof Kids
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The Waterproof Kids learn-to-swim method clearly demonstrates fundamental life-saving skills for children of all ages. Designed as an affordable alternative to expensive private swim lessons, each segment guides you through age-appropriate swimming skills. Ideal for babies, toddlers, grade-schoolers and teens, this learn-to-swim DVD clearly demonstrates how to teach your child to swim and become confident in the water. Developed by parents, for...
9) Lifeboat
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Lifeboat showcases refugees desperate enough to risk their lives in rubber boats leaving Libya in the middle of the night despite a high probability of drowning. With few resources but certain that civil society must intervene, volunteers from a German non-profit risk the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts ... Lifeboat puts a human face on one of the world's greatest contemporary global crises and provides a spark of...
10) Automatenbüfett
Publisher
Naxos
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Anna Gmeyner's play "Automat" dates from 1932 and was inspired by the technological innovations of her age as well as by the reactionary attitudes of the bourgeoisie. The provinicalist Adam saves the beautiful stranger Eva from suicide by drowning and takes her along to the restaurant owned by his feisty wife. Eva's arrival is an attraction to this largely male community and the shrewd Adam knows how to use it to further his plans. Barbara Frey and...
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