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Publisher
Universal Studios
Description
Erin Brockovich is a feisty young mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a law case against a giant corporation for water pollution. Erin's determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin a legal fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Description
"These three 20- minute videos examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution. The second describes the protection of individual rights by highlighting the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, affirming the right to an attorney. The last explores the separation of powers by examining the Supreme Court case of Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to take over...
5) Denial
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Description
When Deborah Lipstadt speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences
7) Alias Grace
Publisher
CBC Home Video / eOne Entertainment
Description
Grace Marks is a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery.
Publisher
The History Channel
Description
"Following a decade of worldwide terror and deprivation, the Roaring Twenties were a swinging time of flappers, bathtub gin and high spirits. It was an exhilarating period when we could achieve anything, from flying across oceans, to discovering the mysteries of the past, to unlocking the secrets of life itself."--Container.
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Notting Hill: The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when the most famous star in the world walks into his shop and buys a book.
Erin Brockovich: A brash former beauty queen and single mom talks her way into a job at a small L.A. law firm and begins investigating mysterious illnesses.
Steel magnolias: This is the story of six women and their friendship, laughter,...
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