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Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Pete Souza is never far behind President Obama. In fact, sometimes he's ahead of him. As the President's chief White House photographer, Souza is the President's shadow. With unprecedented access, National Geographic follows the President's photographer inside the Obama White House--aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union, and into the heart of the West Wing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency...
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
This documentary presents the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer and songwriter who was one of the founders of the folk music revival in the 1960s. Due to his strong beliefs and ideals, Seeger was protested against, blacklisted, and banned from television for more than 17 years. This film combines archival footage with films made by Seeger and his wife Toshi to document Seeger's life as an artist and activist, and his belief in the power of...
3) Pain & Gain
Pub. Date
2013
Description
When an ambitious group of personal trainers go after the American dream, they get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
In the small town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, field hand Pete Hern©Øandez killed a tenant farmer after exchanging words in a cantina. From this murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would change the lives and legal standing of ten of millions of Americans. Tells the story of an underdog band of Mexican American lawyers who took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, where they challenged Jim Crow-style discriminiation against Mexican...
6) Wild Bill
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Jeff Bridges portrays Wild Bill Hickok, the hard-drinking, quick-shooting gunslinger.