Content area reading teaching and learning in an age of multiple literacies

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poster Kino Eye
Kino Eye
(3.5/5)
78mn - Documentary
This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers on the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly busy, pasting propaganda posters on walls, distributing hand …
poster Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
(2.9/5)
100mn - Crime, Drama, Short
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a …
poster Writing Backwards
Writing Backwards
(2.9/5)
1mn -
FĂ©licien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
poster Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind
(2.7/5)
88mn - Horror, Thriller, Drama
A governess, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted and the children are under an evil influence.
poster Wine of Youth
Wine of Youth
(3.2/5)
72mn - Comedy, Drama
Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also a play about love and marriage.
poster Professor Georg Brandes paa Universitetets Katheder
Professor Georg Brandes paa Universitetets Katheder
2mn -
A short documentary of Professor Georg Brandes.
poster The Magic Book
The Magic Book
(3.1/5)
3mn - Fantasy
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
poster The Consequences of Feminism
The Consequences of Feminism
7mn - Comedy
It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?
poster The Byzantine Cat
The Byzantine Cat
90mn -
Sent to Cyprus to find her next story, young journalist Jane Spencer is intrigued by the discovery of a cat's monastery where the cats are blessed with miraculous gifts.
poster Washerwomen on the River
Washerwomen on the River
1mn - Documentary
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
poster Discipline
Discipline
103mn - Thriller
A series of murders are confounding the local police with its residue of mutilated corpses. It begins when a sadistic cult murders willing victims for entertainment. Professor Lafitte, a rich sophisticate…
poster Workers Repairing a Sidewalk with Bitumen
Workers Repairing a Sidewalk with Bitumen
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Workmen fix a walkway with bitumen.
poster Wickensburg
Wickensburg
92mn - Adventure, Family
A mother and her young son move to a new small town. They soon discover the town harbors a dark secret, and it's a race against time to save the town.
poster A Touch of Murder
A Touch of Murder
(2.7/5)
81mn -
A salvage worker with the psychic ability to see past events associated with items he touches sets the background story for this anthology. These items create a bridge between three seemingly unconnected …
poster Summoners
Summoners
89mn - Horror, Drama
Jessica Whitman isn’t a witch. Not anymore, at least. She left it behind when she left her hometown almost ten years ago. But when a childhood friend needs her help performing a dark spell, she’ll find he…
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster Long Distance Wireless Photography
Long Distance Wireless Photography
6mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a demonstration: he starts machines whirring, and projects …
poster Fire in the Dark
Fire in the Dark
(3.4/5)
124mn - Drama, Short
A 75-year old widow with battles herself as she struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she is forced to move in with her daughter after a serious …
poster Science Moms
Science Moms
30mn - Documentary
This is a film that will give a voice to the science-minded moms - the women who are too often drowned out by the fear mongers, the shamers, and the CelebMoms. Through interviews with "science moms" who a…
poster Manufactured Landscapes
Manufactured Landscapes
(3.7/5)
86mn - Documentary
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—qu…
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