Rebecca Bloomwood is a young woman struggling with her debilitating obsession with shopping and the sudden collapse of her income source. She unintentionally lands a job writing for a Manhattan financial magazine after a drunken letter-mailing mix-up. Ironically, now Rebecca is w...
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"Paul Williams is an alcoholic. Tracey Jackson is not. But together, these two close friends have written Gratitude and Trust, a book designed to apply the principles of the recovery movement to the countless people who are not addicts but nevertheless need effective help with th...
Marion "Mad Dog" Casey is one of the biggest and most outrageous names in professional football. When he begins looking after his ten-year old daughter Lacy, chauffeuring her to ballet and theatre class activities she doesn't really like, Marion discovers she has a knack for socc...
From Halifax to Vancouver, every production studio in the NFB's English Program participated in this project. Some of Canada's finest Aboriginal filmmakers come together in this collection of 13 short films on the subject of nationhood. The results are an exciting and diverse mix...
A fearless examination of aging--including changes in health and differing roles at home and at work--reveals how a generation afraid to let go of its youth approaches the realities of middle age.
This documentary brings to life the Sahara's cruel history and the conflicts that still plague its people. It recounts the story of kings who once led caravans of 30,000 people across the desert, bearing riches beyond imagination. It tells of Roman death squads that exterminated ...
When a beautiful customer service operator in India falls for a charming American executive over the telephone, they're in for a serious case of mistaken cultural identity. With a penchant for all things American and a heart full of dreams, Priya flies to San Francisco to meet he...
"Laugh-out-loud funny." -O, the Oprah magazine "Tracey Jackson confronts the speed bumps of life with wit, brilliant insights, and...common sense....Between a Rock and a Hot Place is more than a good read, it's good company." -John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of G...
When you live in a small town, you make your own fun ... or trouble. Not happy with their lives, four friends take up more dangerous hobbies, like using dynamite to blow up part of a building and murder. When the beauty of the group mysteriously disappears, suspicion turns to the...