New DVD List: The Fear Of 13, Elena & More

Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“The Fear of 13”
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Playing at the 2016 True/False Film Fest, this film presents former death-row inmate Nick Yarris as he tells the story of how he was charged with the murder of a woman in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, sentenced to death, and, after twenty-one years behind bars, exhonerated based on DNA evidence.

“Elena”
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Playing at Ragtag Cinema in 2014, this documentary follows Elena, who moves to New York to become a movie actress leaving behind her younger sister, Petra. Two decades later, Petra also becomes an actress and goes to New York in search of Elena. All she has are a few clues about her: home movies, newspaper clippings, diaries and letters.

“Power”
Season 2
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A drama straddling the glamorous Manhattan lifestyles of the rich and infamous and the underworld of the international drug trade. Season Two will pick up where it left off: James “Ghost” St. Patrick doubling down on his drug business to save his nightclub and his dream of a legitimate future.

“Peace Officer”
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“Peace officer” is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state’s first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later.

“The Winding Stream”
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Tells the tale of the musical Carter and Cash Family, the dynasty at the heart of country music. Starting with the Original Carter Family, A.P., Sara and Maybelle, this film traces the flow of their influence through generations of musicians and the efforts of the present-day family to keep this musical legacy alive.

“The Hollow Crown”
Series 2
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These three screen adaptations, Henry VI in two parts and Richard III, tell the story of ‘The Wars of the Roses’, an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. Shakespeare’s plays are filmed in the visually breathtaking landscape and architecture of the period.

“Song of Lahore”
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Follows Pakistani jazz band Sachal Studios as they venture to New York City to perform their reinterpretations of jazz standards. Despite their rising international acclaim they remain virtually unknown in Pakistan. The ensemble is faced with a daunting task: to reclaim and reinvigorate an art that has lost its space in Pakistan s narrowing cultural sphere.

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