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English
Description
Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary parish pastor at a small church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. The church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented...
Publisher
Film Works Entertainment, Inc
Language
English
Description
Scheming childhood friends Sam, Jamal, and Frankie embark on a road trip and find themselves wrapped up with the law in a small town. They manage to convince the town's most influential resident, Rusty, that they have been 'saved' while in jail, so he puts them to work in the local church. When the guys find out that Rusty does not have the townspeople's interest at heart, they must prove to themselves (and maybe God) that they have what it takes...
Publisher
Texas Foundation for the Arts
Language
English
Description
Texas county courthouses are some of the most spectacular displays of Victorian architecture found anywhere in the United Sates, with most of them being built between 1881 and 1900. With more historic courthouses than any other state in the country, this is a unique and architecturally stunning tour of Texas--From container.
Publisher
PBS
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Join structural engineer Steve Burrows and his team of laser-scanning experts as they set out to explore the epic building legacy of Jerusalem. Their focus is on two of the most impressive engineering creations of the ancients: the Temple Mount, a holy icon larger than 20 football fields, and the man-made mountain of Herodium, an opulent palace built on top of millions of tons of hand carved rock.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The story of the world's most incredible city, capturing the rich mosaic of the city's Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities. Covering a history of over 4,000 years, the film explores the founding of the city, and the birth and convergence of the world's three major monotheistic religions, and the key events in Jerusalem's history as described in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Talmud, the Hagaddah, the Koran, and the Hadith. Highlights include:...
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
When a historic preservationist finds herself at the now-dilapidated Christmas Lodge where she spent the holidays with her family, she gives all she can to restore the dilapidated lodge--and finds the love of her life in the process.
Language
English
Description
Ted Owens takes you step-by-step through the construction of his New Mexico home built from straw bale, adobe, and other locally acquired resources. Without compromising comfort or style, this solar-powered home is completely off-grid and self-sustaining. Includes green home building tips, tips for how to build rainwater cisterns and earth plasters, plus a booklet with technical specs and floor plans.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Language
English
Description
For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of architects and engineers is investigating the many mysteries of this icon of Western civilization : How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection without modern tools and architectural aids that we take...
12) Panic room
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg and her daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
13) The reading room
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Language
English
Description
Fulfilling his beloved wife's dying wish, a man restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for a depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. He is determined to give them a sense of self-respect.
Language
English
Description
Follows the creation of four extraordinary skyscrapers, showcasing how they will revolutionize the way we live, work, and how we protect ourselves from potential threats, both from the environment and terrorist attacks. Episodes include: One World Trade Center; One57; Shanghai Tower; and The Leadenhall Building.
Publisher
BBC Video
Language
English
Description
Follows the relationship of two contrasting communities: Lark Rise, a small hamlet gently holding onto the past, and Candleford, a neighboring market town bustling into the future. When young Laura Timmins leaves Lark Rise for a job at the Candleford post office, she discovers an eye-opening, exciting new world. In the face of scandals and feuds, she must leave her childhood behind.
16) Amazing Grace
Language
English
Description
A documentary presenting th elive recording of Aretha Franklon's album 'Amazing grace' at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angelese in January 1972.
18) Hotel for dogs
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Foster children Andi and Bruce have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their charges. Their mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday, their secretly adopted dog, in an abandoned old hotel where they find several other stray dogs seeking shelter. They, along with three other local kids, begin caring for the strays....
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues...
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