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82) Carlito's story
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Thirteen-year-old Carlito is given an ultimatum by his father to give up his association with the gang or suffer the consequences when he is pressured into retaliating against the killers of a gang member. Presented in Spanish on one side and upside down in English on the other.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Look & See revolves around the divergent stories of several residents of Henry County, Kentucky who each face difficult choices that will dramatically reshape their relationship with the land and their community. In 1965, Wendell Berry returned home to Henry County, where he bought a small farm house and began a life of farming, writing and teaching. This lifelong relationship with the land and community would come to form the core of his prolific...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A heartwarming story adapted from the bestselling 'Love Comes Softly' series by Janette Oke. When the wife of a struggling homesteader on the western frontier unexpectedly dies, the man searches for the strength and courage to raise his young daughter, and finds it, with the help of his parents.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Tommy Braxton's father goes to war and never returns, forcing Tommy to become the man of the house and help support his mom and sister. Tommy makes a friend and finds a way to save his family's farm when he meets Jackie-A, a talking mule. Tommy and Jackie-A triumph in a race over the older bullies and their horses at the county stock show.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
94) Heart & soil
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
This documentary takes you on a journey into the landscape and lives of farmers involved in local agriculture, farmer's markets and farm to school programs.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Double sting (original airdate, May 11, 1979): Daisy confronts robbers who hide their identities behind Laurel and Hardy costumes.
Ghost of General Lee (original airdate, Oct. 26, 1979): Bo and Luke scheme to haunt Boss Hogg after they are blamed for a robbery they didn't commit.
And in this corne, Luke Duke (original airdate, Nov. 14, 1980): Luke has to win a fight or lose the farm.
Pub. Date
2019
Description
John Chester chronicles the eight-year quest he and Molly Chester went on when they traded city living for 200 acres of barren farmland in the foothills of Ventura County and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chester's unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination.
99) O Pioneers!
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A turn of the century saga about settlers who carve a home from the wilderness and find the dreams of a lifetime.
100) Minari
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home." --container...