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To Kill a Mockingbird

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Gregory Peck stars as courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch - the Academy Award®-winning performance hailed by the American Film Institute as the Greatest Movie Hero of All Time. based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about innocence, strength and conviction and nominated for 8 Academy Awards®, this beloved classic boasts hours of unforgettable bonus features.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

20th Century Presidents - Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 (2005)

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Jimmy Carter aspired to make government "competent and compassionate," responsive to the American people and their expectations. His achievements were notable, but in an era of rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions, it was impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations.

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20th Century Presidents - Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

20th Century Presidents - John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 (2006)

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On November 22, 1963 - when he was hardly past his first 1,000 days in office - JFK was killed by an assassin as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. JFK was the youngest man elected to the presidency.

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20th Century Presidents - John F. Kennedy 1961-1963

20th Century Presidents - William J. Clinton 1993-2001 (2005)

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During the administration of Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic wellbeing than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since FDR to win a second term in office.

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20th Century Presidents - William J. Clinton 1993-2001

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Starring Tony Award winner Brent Carver and Rachelle Lefevre, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow faithfully recounts the classic Washington Irving tale, successfully capturing the mystery and romance that have eluded other screen efforts. Connecticut Yankee Ichabod Crane (Carver) arrives in the rural Dutch community of Sleepy Hollow and assumes his post as the new schoolteacher. Though the outsider is widely regarded with suspicion, the daughter of the area's wealthiest farmer, Katrina Van Tassel (Lefevre), is charmed by his manners and education.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Devil's Arithmetic

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Sixteen year old Hanna Stern was a typical American teenager who ignored her family's heritage until a mystical Passover seder takes her back in time to German-occupied Poland on an emotional journey of life, death and survival. Special Features: Filmographies, Photo Gallery, Spanish Language Track, Closed Captioned, Weblink.

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The Devil's Arithmetic

Food, Inc.: You'll Never Look at Dinner the Same Way Again (2008)

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Food, Inc. lifts the veil on the food industry, exposing how our food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising - and often shocking - truths about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a society.

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Food, Inc.: You'll Never Look at Dinner the Same Way Again

SportsCamp: Soccer (2005)

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Sportscamp Soccer is seven dynamic sessions offering expert training for young players, their parents and coaches. From dribbling to goal keeping, passing to shooting and every trick, tip and technique in between, these in-depth training sessions are taught by MLS coaches. Teaches: Ball control, dribbling shooting, goalkeeping, passing and head balls.

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SportsCamp: Soccer

SportsCamp: Baseball (2005)

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Sportscamp Baseball is nine hard-hitting, expert training sessions for young players, their parents and coaches. From hitting and pitching to fielding and bunting, these in-depth lessons are taught by three-time American League All-Star and two-time World series Champ Bucky Dent and MLB coaches Larry Hoskins and Wally Horsman.

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SportsCamp: Baseball

SportsCamp: Basketball (2005)

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Sportscamp Basketball is six engaging sessions offering training for young players, their parents and coaches. From offense to defense, rebounding to shooting, dribbling to passing, these in-depth training sessions are taught by Bob Hurley, coach of one of the nation's top high school basketball teams and WNBA star Becky Hammon.

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SportsCamp: Basketball

Gasland: Can You Light Your Water on Fire (2010)

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In 2009, filmmaker Josh Fox learned his home in the Delaware River Basin was on top of the Marcellus Shale, a rock formation containing natural gas that stretches across New York, Pennsylvania and huge stretches of the Northeast.

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Gasland: Can You Light Your Water on Fire

Tapped (2010)

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Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

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This Emotional Life: In Search of Ourselves...and Happiness (2010)

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This 3-part series represents what television does best. It opens a window into real lives, exploring ways to improve our social relationships, cope with emotional issues, and become more positive, resilient individuals.

Hosted by Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness.

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This Emotional Life: In Search of Ourselves...and Happiness

Drinking Water: Bottle or Tap? (2008)

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A huge bottled-water industry has recently emerged, with the U.S. its largest consumer. But is bottled water actually healthier, safer, or tastier than tap water? A water expert explains that bottled water does not meet the same strict standards in the U.S. as water from the tap, though tap-water quality can vary among communities.

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Drinking Water: Bottle or Tap?

Underground Aquifer Water: Precision Farming (2008)

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Despite its wonders, Earth's water cycle does not spread water evenly around the planet. The Ogallala Aquifer’s huge underground reservoir of water gives the relatively dry Central Plains states such as Nebraska a large but limited irrigation source. But the aquifer's water is being used up faster than it is beng replenished.

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Underground Aquifer Water: Precision Farming

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