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Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born a granddaughter to former slaves, on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in December of 1955, spurred a city-wide boycott and unleashed nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities. Her brave and unwavering determination proved monumental. Rosa was prepared to sacrifice everything, making her the role model...
4) The Park
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The Park is an inspiring documentary about a neighborhood city park and how its existence affects the people who visit the park and the employees who work there. The story is set in a particular local big city park (to symbolize urban parks everywhere) and takes the audience on a journey inside this park and what it means to the people and its surrounding community.
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In 2000, building on its pioneering efforts in establishing land and sea parks, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas initiated one of the world's first networks of marine reserves. This designation provided an international team of researchers with an unprecedented opportunity to study the physical, biological, and socioeconomic impacts of such a network and to integrate all of these aspects into recommendations for future conservation strategies. As this...
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"When Sharon Langley was born, amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed in. This picture book tells how a community came together--both black and white--to make a change. In the summer of 1963, because of demonstrations and public protests the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time. Sharon and her parents were the first African American family to walk into...
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Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is remembered as a courageous woman whose defiance in the face of segregation helped inspire the architects of the Civil Rights movement and set an example for generations to follow. She saw the inherent evil in segregation and she had the courage to fight it in its most common place: a seat on a bus.
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Twenty-two years following the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now includes a completely functioning dinosaur theme park, as once envisioned by John Hammond. After ten years of operation and decline in visitors, a unique attraction is designed to ignite visitor's interest, which fails horribly.
10) Rosa
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Presents the story of Rosa Parks' historic refusal to give up her seat on a bus that led to a boycott that lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.
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After a brief history of the national park movement, this program examines the challenges faced by three areas that were specially set aside for the protection of their flora and fauna-Yellowstone National Park, England's Lake District National Park, and Australia's Kakadu National Park. The video also delves into the growth of tourism and its environmental impact; conflicts between recreation, economic needs, and conservation; and the concerns of...
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This scripted narrative follows Rosa Parks' life from the time she was a private-school student, to her rise to infamy. Part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Parks fought against discrimination and segregation. But, it was her refusal to relinquish her seat on a bus and subsequent arrest, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which thrust her into the spotlight. This American-made film directed by Julie Dash features...
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A charming award-winning film from Australia about the endangered rabbit-eared marsupial called the bilby. The 'sweet' idea devised by a ranger and a biologist to help raise money for a bilby sanctuary has single-handedly turned the tables on an almost extinct species. Their 'sweet idea' got the whole country involved. Now chocolate Easter Bilbies outsell Easter Bunnies 8-1! Darrell Lea contributes a percentage of sales to the Bilby Fund, and the...
14) The Real Avatar
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Under the shadow of the Cordillera del Condor mountains live the Awajun and Wampis peoples, a proud, warrior nation, never conquered by the Incas or the Spanish. Today, Peruvian and Canadian mining companies aim to set up a gold mine on land these natives say is their traditional territory. In fact, the Awajun had an agreement for the establishment of a National Park along the Cordillera that would protect their land. But Peru's President gave half...
15) Wonder Park
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One magical day, June is running through the woods to find her way home where she discovers an old rollercoaster car and climbs inside. She suddenly finds herself in Wonderland, an amusement park she had created in her mind and put aside. All of her rides and characters are brought to life but are falling into disarray without her. Now, with the help of her fun and lovable park characters, June will have to put the wonder back in Wonderland before...
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Simon's twin brother, Sedrick, seizes control of Jurassic World and installs an artificial intelligence system named ₁O.O.P.S.I., turning Jurassic World against all humans! Owen's team works frantically to keep everyone safe while trying to figure a way to shut OOPSI down. Meanwhile, Dr. Wu has been working on two eggs containing a new, more aggressive dinosaur but Robbie, Simon's intern, makes off with the dinosaur eggs.
20) In the park
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Charlie Chaplin's fourth film, released in 1915 by Essanay Films. It was one of several films he created in a park setting and follows the shenanigans of the tramp as he's causing havoc in the park.