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Jan 7, 2025 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
The world of quantum mechanics is explored in the fascinating documentary Project Q. The University of Sydney’s James Der Derian takes this complex field and discusses how it is intertwined with our world today. You don’t need to be a scientist to enjoy what’s going on here.
The film begins with a focal event in the history of quantum mechanics: the 1927 Solvang Conference in Belgium.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
Actors have often played multiple roles in a film. Director Michael Arden's A Christmas Carol takes this idea and ramps it up to an extreme level. Actor Jefferson Mays doesn’t just play multiple roles. He plays all of them. Arden and Mays team up for their take on one of the classic holiday tales, A Christmas Carol. It’s an audacious risk, but it makes for a memorable viewing experience.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 00389-6&sz=64)
cell.com | Stephen Kingsmore |Meredith Moriak Wright |Laurie Smith |Yupu Liang |William R. Mowrey |Liana Protopsaltis | +38 more
1Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, San Diego, CA 92123, USA 2Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA 3Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, Boston, MA 02210, USA 4Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA 5Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA 6Fabric Genomics, Inc., Oakland, CA 94612, USA 7Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA 92122, USA 8Genomenon Inc., Ann...
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
The social media giant TikTok is the focal point of the illuminating documentary TikTok, Boom. The film is even more relevant today since its release, as calls to shut down the Chinese platform have mounted recently.
Filmmaker and environmental activist Shalini Kantayaa explores the origins of TikTok as a company while also focusing on three “influencers” who rose to fame off the social media app.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
In the wake of 9/11, extreme measures were taken to protect Americans both at home and abroad. One of these was the opening of Guantanamo Bay, where various Muslim detainees were sent beginning in early 2002 following the terrorist attacks. In the documentary I Am Gitmo, filmmaker Philippe Diaz brings us the story of one of these inmates to tell a broader tale about the entire prison system as well as the foreign policy that inspired it.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
The world of online dating serves as a focal point of Erblin Nushi’s debut I Love You More. Kosovo native Ben (Don Shala) finally makes plans to meet his online boyfriend Leo (Leonik Sahiti) in person. But, of course, life gets in the way.
A new opportunity awaits Ben and his family: the chance to leave Kosovo (where they are specifically in the new country is never revealed) and start anew in America.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
Director Corey Sherman’s debut film Big Boys mashes up two genres to great effect. The film is both a coming-of-age as well as a coming-out tale. Mix that in with a camping trip device and you get a surprisingly stellar film debut.
Teenager Jamie (Isaac Krasner, who shines here) is unsure what to make of himself. He tries dissuading himself that he may be gay by listing all the reasons he’s not. But Jamie is gay. And as the film’s title would suggest, he is especially fond of larger men.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
Bullying has been a focal point of horror films for decades. Carrie, The Craft, and countless other films have featured bullies and their victims. The Dark Star Pictures vehicle Abigail takes this familiar trope and creates a bloody good time with it.
The titular Abigail (Ava Cantrell) and her mother Eve (Hermione Lynch) move to a small town in Alabama in 1976.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
videolibrarian.com | Kevin Hall
The conflict in Ukraine has been a subject of discussion for the last several years. However, there has been conflict in the region in the years leading up to the recent escalations. Filmmakers Juri Rechinksy and Pierre Crom recount issues in the country and surrounding areas starting in February 2014. The film gives background to the recent turmoil in the region, making viewers aware that there’s been conflict in the region the public may not have known about.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
timesenterprise.com | Kevin Hall
THOMASVILLE — Magnolia High School existed for 12 years — 1958 through 1970 — but the students who passed through its halls went on to be doctors, engineers and even the president of a university. Last weekend, alumni of the segregated school saluted their classmates and teachers with an induction ceremony for three halls of fame — one for teachers, one for athletics and one for academics.
