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In the summer of 2009, shortly after Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress swept to power promising a new era of hope and change, a citizens protest movement emerged out of nowhere threatening to derail their agenda. Some said this uprising was the epitome of grassroots democracy. Others said it was a classic example of 'astroturfing' -- an elaborate corporate public relations effort designed to create the impression of a spontaneous uprising. Curious...
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Join Globe Trekker hosts as they discover the fascinating, far-reaching story of tea! First discovered in China in 2723 BC, tea is grown and produced in more than 40 countries worldwide and is the world s most widely consumed beverage after water. Join Rosie Lovell and her fellow hosts, Peter Gordon, Bobby Chinn, Merilees Parker, Holly Morris, Megan McCormick, Ben O'Donaghue and Jonathan Atherton as they embark on a journey across the globe to discover...
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Pinkie Pie and her friends are planning The World's Biggest Tea Party and every pony has promised to bring something special to make the celebration positively perfect. As Pinkie Pie arrives at the party, she realizes that she forgot the most important part - the tea! An interactive musical production.
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Martin Scorsese's world cinema project volume no. 4
Criterion collection volume 1144
Criterion collection volume 1143
Criterion collection volume 1144
Criterion collection volume 1143
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Sambizanga: Set during the Angolan War of Independence, a young women makes her way from the outskirts of Luanda toward the city's center, looking for her husband after his arrest by the Portugese authorities.
Prisioneros de la tierra: Desperate men are entrapped into indentured labor on a jungle yerba mate plantation under the brutal foreman Kohner-- a situation made tenser by the fact that both Kohner and a worker named Podeley love Andrea, the...
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"It's the dead of night in Boston Harbor and our intrepid reporters, Sarah and James, spot colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians sneaking aboard British ships and dumping tons of tea overboard. This act of defiance against the British authority is a defining moment of the American Revolution. It's then on to Lexington and Concord, where citizens calling themselves "Minutemen" take up arms against the powerful, experienced British army of "redcoats."...
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The story of Sen-no Rikyu, a Buddhist priest, who four centuries ago brought the art of the tea ceremony to perfection. Living in one of the most turbulent moments in Japanese history, Rikyu gained unexpected political influence as the confidant and cultural mentor to the powerful warlord, Hideyoshi Toyotomi. The film illustrates the classic struggle between art and politics and between the impulse to create and the impulse to destroy.
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The royal tea party. Gigi has important news to share with her best friend, Frances, but how best to make such a grand announcement? This story reinforces the vital message that each child is important to God. The pink ballerina. Gigi and Frances take their first dance lesson. Gigi struggles to dance perfectly to make God proud of her, but she unexpectedly learns that God is most proud of us when we show love to others.
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The Boston Massacre: March 5th, 1770. Tensions are mounting on King Street at the Custom House. New taxes have been imposed by British Parliament on the colonies. Governor Hutchinson, John Adams and Sam Adams discuss their rationale for rioting. Ultimately the rioting escalates leaving many people dead, including Crispus Attucks.
The Boston Tea Party: December 16th, 1773. Under the new tax act imposed by the British, three ship boats loaded with...
11) Johnny Tremain
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As a promising young silversmith apprentice in Boston, Johnny Tremain's life is forever changed when a tragic accident results in a severe burn to his hand. Forced to seek other work, Johnny finds himself a messenger for a patriotic newspaper, The Boston Observer, where he becomes involved with Paul Revere, Dr. Joseph Warren, Josiah Quincy, and a young newspaper apprentice -- all members of a secret organization called the Sons of Liberty.
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The Yankee clipper: Feature-length melodrama recreating the real-life race from Foo Chow to Boston for the China tea trade, filmed at sea for six weeks aboard the 1856 wooden square-rigger Indiana. Restored to the most complete version available since the film's release.
Ship ahoy!: A unique record of the conditions and traditions of the North American lumber trade featuring an unidentified schooner equipped with a fore and aft rig as it transports...
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In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about The Boston Tea Party. What was The Boston Tea Party? Who were the Sons of Liberty? How could tea be so important to the American Revolution? What was The Boston Massacre? What does the phrase "no taxation without representation" mean? What were The Intolerable Acts? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video that reinforce...
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Tea merchant To Chung-yuen (Wang Shi Huai) is the owner of Sun Cheung Ho Tea Plantation in Yunnan that has been passed down through generations. His eldest and second sons, To Yu-shu and To Yu-lau (Kevin Cheng), follow in his footsteps and join the family business. Yu-shu dies suddenly in Shanghai. Chung-yuen loses a son in his twilight years. He falls ill and becomes bedridden. Yu-lau has to manage Sun Cheung Ho all by himself. Soon after, Yu-lau...
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"It crosses the roof of the world, winding more than 4,000 tortuous kilometers across 20 mountain chains and two desert plateaux. It spans four great rivers, and cuts through the territory of 26 different ethnic groups. This is the ancient Tea Road, which opens Southwest China onto Tibet and thereby Nepal, India, Persia, Mongolia and Russia, and then Europe. The legendary Tea Road, crossed by Marco Polo during his travels, but used by innumerable...
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"It crosses the roof of the world, winding more than 4,000 tortuous kilometers across 20 mountain chains and two desert plateaux. It spans four great rivers, and cuts through the territory of 26 different ethnic groups. This is the ancient Tea Road, which opens Southwest China onto Tibet and thereby Nepal, India, Persia, Mongolia and Russia, and then Europe. The legendary Tea Road, crossed by Marco Polo during his travels, but used by innumerable...
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"It crosses the roof of the world, winding more than 2,400 tortuous miles across 20 mountain chains and two desert plateaus. It spans four great rivers, and cuts through the territory of 26 different ethnic groups. This is the ancient Tea Road, which opens Southwest China onto Tibet and thereby Nepal, India, Persia, Mongolia and Russia, and then Europe. The legendary Tea Road was crossed by Marco Polo during his travels, but used by innumerable horse...
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