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CAMPUS contains over 3000 National Film Board (NFB) films, features and resources in both English and French.
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Criterion collection volume 422
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Epic portrayal of the life and times of China's last emperor, Pu Yi-- crowned at age 3, and destined to live as a prisoner in his own country in one way or another for his entire life.
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Criterion collection volume 320
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Fonda stars as the young backwoods lawyer who put his integrity and humor to work for his fellow man.
4) Capote
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Novelist Truman Capote must confront the moral implications of his book about a multiple murder in a small Kansas town, which he wrote to prove that a true story can be molded into a tale as compelling as fiction.
5) Cleopatra
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In an effort to preserve her monarchy, Cleopatra first seduces Julius Caesar and then Marcus Anthony.
7) Aftermath
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"A Polish man who returns home after the death of his father unearths a secret about the now-deceased Jewish residents of his village"--www.imdb.com.
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Criterion collection volume 7
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An authentic depiction of the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic, in which 1500 people died.
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Tuur and Lambert are best friends in a Nazi-occupied Dutch village who pass their days playing soldiers and exploring local caves, mimicking a war that seems far removed from their everyday life. When Maartje joins their class, the young girl immediately stands out as different from her classmates. Yet the boys embrace their new friend, forming a unique bond based on shared adventures, secrets and mischief. Ultimately, the realities of war find even...
11) Just Henry
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When he receives his father's World War II medal, Henry begins to question everything he has learned about his father's past and how he died.
13) First cow
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"A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business"--www.imdb.com
14) Rob Roy
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The story of the Scottish rebel Rob Roy, his Highlands clansmen, and their fight to save themselves from obliteration.
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All-star 1970 version of Shakespeare's classic tale of Julius Caesar's assassination at the hands of the Roman senate. The powerful, heroic and flawed emperor Caesar is warned to "Beware the Ides of March," and with these words the legendary betrayal by the Roman senate begins. Those closest to him, including Brutus, Cassius and even his confidant Marc Antony, plot Caesar's downfall and eventual assassination.
17) The tobacconist
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Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically...
19) Plan A
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Based on the incredible true story of the "Avengers" a group of Jewish vigilantes, men, and women, who after surviving the Holocaust vow to avenge the death of their people "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Max is a Holocaust survivor who has lost his entire family in the camps. Full of rage and with nothing left to live for other than revenge, he decides to help the Jewish Brigade, soldiers under British command. Off the record, they find...
20) Killing Lincoln
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A narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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