Ben Kingsley
21) Hinduism
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
"Learn how and why Hinduism has survived as one of the oldest and largest world religions, with nearly a billion followers located mostly in India. Hinduism encompasses wide practices and traditions largely due to its great capacity to integrate the new with the old. Students will learn about the descendants of the Indus River Valley, whos, around 1500 B.C.E., used Sanskrit to transcribe their daily rituals and customs. Students will also discover...
22) Oliver Twist
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Director Roman Polanski offers a slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.
23) Elegy
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story is born.
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
Profiles the full range of Thich Nhat Hanh's life and work, documenting his efforts to help heal a world in conflict and provide tools for anyone, from any tradition, to lead a mindful and meaningful life. Includes rare archival footage of his peace work in Vietnam during the war.
31) Self/less
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the secret organization that will kill to protect its cause.
32) Species
Pub. Date
1997, c1995
Description
When a creature genetically engineered through extraterrestrial intelligence escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch assembles an elite team of experts to track it down. These experts--a government assassin, an "empath", a biologist and an anthropologist combine their expertise and trace their prey to Los Angeles. There, in the form of a stunning young woman, the alien initiates a horrific plan: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce...
34) Daliland
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In 1974 a young gallery assistant is drawn into the wild, never-ending party that is artist Salvador Dal'̕s life in New York City. As he helps the aging genius prepare for an important show, he discovers not everything is as it seems.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A freelance knight turns against the tyrant king he tutored as a boy by teaming with the last dragon on earth; an orphaned stable boy discovers the world's last living dragon and realizes his dream of becoming a knight can come true; after saving a dragon's life, Gareth and the dragon work together to defeat the sorcerer and stop his reign of terror; when King Gareth dies his potential heirs, twin grandchildren who possess the dragon's unique strengths,...
36) Moses: [DVD]
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
A retelling of the bible story. Pharaoh Ramses decrees the death of all Hebrew children, but Moses, placed in a basket in the Nile by his mother, is taken by a royal princess and raised as the brother of the heir to the throne of Egypt, Memefta. Moses is called by God to lead his people from Egypt to the promised land.
37) Sneakers
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
When computer expert Martin Bishop and his team of renegade hackers are blackmailed into carrying out a covert operation to recover a mysterious black box, they discover factions from all sides are willing to kill for it.
38) Judaism
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
"One of the world's oldest surviving religions, Judaism is both a theology and a way of life for over 12 million followers in the world today. The first religion to be founded upon the principle of monotheism, Judaism has survived despite persecution against its people throughout the ages. Trace the history of Jewish culture, from Abraham's covenant with God to the Exile of the Jews from the Holy Land by Roman conquerors. Examine the sacred texts...
39) Anne Frank
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
The story of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who lived in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation.