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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Silblings of kids who have autism have unique perspectives on Autistic Spectrum Disorder. In this 30 minutes production these wise siblings ages 4-18 tell us about their frustration, their pain, their growth to acceptance and their exceptional loyalty to their siblings. Interspersed are brief interviews with some of the siblings on the spectrum. This is a must see for parents, professionals and kids who live and work with those diagnosed with ASD....
2) Ms. Purple
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Formats
Description
In the dark karaoke rooms of Los Angeles’s Koreatown, Kasie works as a doumi girl, a young hostess paid to cater to rich businessmen. As she struggles to hide her troubles through soju-and-MDMA-fueled nights, her mind is focused on one thing: earning enough tips to continue providing for her bedridden father. When her father’s caretaker unexpectedly quits, Kasie seeks help from her estranged brother, and the siblings are forced to reconnect and...
3) Hook
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1991
Edition
Widescreen format.
Description
Middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning is convinced by Granny Wendy Darling and Tinkerbell that he is Peter Pan, and must go to Neverland to save his children from Captain Hook.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The rabbit is me was intended to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. A sardonic portrayal of the GDR's judicial system, the film was condemned as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. Its name was eventually adopted to signify all the banned films of 1965-66, which became known as the "Rabbit Films. "A young student has an affair with a judge. She learns that he once sentenced her brother...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
[Widescreen ed.].
Description
When their mother takes a trip to Australia, five children are left with an elderly tyrant who keels over dead the first night, opening up the possibility of a carefree summer--as long as they can keep Mom from finding out the babysitter is dead.
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Description
Although he has been missing for several years and the entire town thinks her father has abandoned her family, Meg steadfastly believes the best and protects her younger brother, Charles Wallace, from the brunt of the rumors and taunting. It is he, however, who convinces her to join him, the school sports star Calvin, and three unusual women on an interplanetary voyage to rescue their father from a vast evil.
Series
Criterion collection volume 677
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1944.
Description
A pair of siblings from London purchases a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price soon they're caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night-this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
9) Serenity
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Description
The crew of the Serenity is getting desperate. They are laying low in order to protect their doctor, Simon Tam, and his telepathic traumatized little sister, River. Simon and River are hiding from the Alliance. This has made getting jobs harder and now they are desperate. When they take River on a robbery during which the Reavers attack, Simon decides that it's time to leave the crew of the Serenity for his and River's safety. She mutters 'Miranda,...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Charlie and Lola share a bedroom, which their mother has asked them to clean up. Charlie agrees. Lola, however, disagrees. In this and six more delightful stories, Charlie and Lola learn to navigate the tricky world of being brother and sister.
11) Phantom thread
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of the British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, débutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled...
12) Sweet thing
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Formats
Description
Billie is a 15-year-old girl who fantasizes Billie Holiday as a sort of fairy godmother. Billie has to navigate the evolving challenges of her life while she plays mother to her 11-year-old brother, Nico. They meet up with another adolescent, run away from home, and together roam the area free from their parents' watchful eye. They discover freedom and enchantment among the boats and railway tracks of New Bedford, Massachusetts. They fantasize about...
13) Brother's keeper
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
Lucinda Pond returns to the police force to help track down a serial killer whom she failed to capture years earlier. She soon discovers that the killer is her own brother. With the help of a former lover, Lucinda follows a trial of clues and riddles left by her brother in the hope of finding him before he kills again.
14) Conviction
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Description
Betty Anne Waters is a young woman whose world is shattered when her beloved brother Kenny is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Steadfastly convinced of his innocence, Betty Anne embarks on an 18-year journey to set Kenny free, using state-of-the-art forensic technology. The unshakable bond between a brother and sister, at the heart of this real-life drama, will stir your emotions and inspire you. Bonus features included.
15) Harvey
Series
Description
Comedy about a good-natured fellow whose constant companion is a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. His sister is determined to marry her daughter off and decides to commit her brother to a mental hospital to get him out of the way. Due to a mix-up the sister is committed instead, and it is up to the kindly brother and his imaginary friend to straighten things out!.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Max keeps Grandma busy while Ruby searches the store to pick out the perfect present. Ruby and Max don't agree on what beautiful Christmas tree decorations are. Ruby says it's snow-shoveling time, but Max doesn't agree. It's way too snowy to go outside, can Ruby convince Max to play inside? Max can't make snow angels. A bunny mix-up helps Max keep sledding even after Ruby decides it's time to go inside.
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