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Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This film follows Besnik, a lonely shepherd and devoted Muslim, haunted by unfulfilled love. He is the son of a Catholic mother and formerly Communist father whom he takes care of in an Albanian village in the mountains where Christians and Muslims have found a way to co-exist peacefully. This film, which captures the beauty […]
Army marksman Bart Tare (John Dall) has loved guns since childhood. When he and his pals attend a carnival sideshow, Bart meets sharpshooting blonde Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins). It’s gun/love at first sight. They become a couple, but Annie takes a dim view of domestic bliss and craves money and excitement. Reluctantly, he joins […]
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This stage production tells the story of Etty Hillesum and her struggle to sustain humanity in the face of unspeakable brutality and inhumanity. With her writing and a wry sense of humor, Etty tells of the life she is living—her loves, her work, her life lived in the moment. Adapted and performed by Susan Stein […]
Though gone over a hundred years, Ray Chapman is well remembered as a Cleveland icon. The son of a coal miner from a small Illinois town, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman lived the American dream until his untimely death at age twenty-nine. In his brief life, he reached the pinnacle of baseball success as the […]
The Girl with the Louding Voice is a 2020 coming of age novel and the debut of Nigerian writer Abi Daré. It tells the story of a teenage Nigerian girl called Adunni who becomes a maid and struggles with many things growing up, including her limited education, poverty and the inability to speak up for herself.
Twenty years ago, Charlie’s mother went missing near the family beach shack. Now he’s back living in the shack, on disciplinary leave from his police job. Then the skeletal remains of two people are found in the excavation of a building site—and the past comes crashing in on Charlie.
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This docu-drama brings to life the story of a young Muslim woman’s extraordinary courage tested in the crucible of Nazi-occupied Paris. Noor Inayat Khan, a Sorbonne-educated musician and author, joined Britain’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and trained as a wireless operator. In early 1943, she began her assignment as a covert agent with the Special […]
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
This film follows Besnik, a lonely shepherd and devoted Muslim, haunted by unfulfilled love. He is the son of a Catholic mother and formerly Communist father whom he takes care of in an Albanian village in the mountains where Christians and Muslims have found a way to co-exist peacefully. This film, which captures the beauty […]
Ruth M. Farrington has generated over five billion dollars in a forty-eight-year career in retail sales. Join us for an engaging and insightful talk with the internationally recognized author of Sales Mastery Essentials Made Simple as she shares her unique journey and the powerful strategies that have led to her extraordinary success. Books will be […]
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Brotherhood is an uplifting story of loyalty amongst African American young men.
The hours leading up to a lavish New York society dinner party reveal the hopes and heartaches of an all-star cast featuring Jean Harlow, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery and Billie Burke. Director George Cukor serves up equal helpings of comedy and drama in this 1933 pre-Code film, Dinner at Eight.