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- After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.
- LouAnne, a retired US marine, becomes a teacher in a Californian high school. But her mostly Latino and black students from an impoverished and racially segregated locality do not easily embrace her.
- Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
- Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamor. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom.
- An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.
- Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
- A forensic neuro-psychiatrist reluctantly enters a dangerous and violent world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.
- When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
- When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
- A forensic psychatrist of the Police Department falls for a fatal attraction that threatens to terminate his marriage, his career and his life.
- Major James Prentis VC (Sir Alan Bates) is a British spy of World War II and war hero who goes under the code name of "Shuttlecock." Alienated from his family and children, he ends up in a mental institution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.
- The most popular television program about consumer technology during the rise of the personal computer revolution from 1983 to 2002. Episodes featured interviews with luminaries from the tech industry.
- Struggling to find the truth behind her son's mysterious death, an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.
- In San Francisco, when a bookie is murdered by a protection racket syndicate, his bookie friend Dan Gannin and police lieutenant Barney Runson investigate.
- This instructional video shows players advanced combos and strategies for the video games "Street Fighter II Turbo" and "Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition". All twelve characters are covered. The end features a preview of "Super Street Fighter II".
- Roger Monette seeks the help of a priest to determine the vastness of his sin. Roger tells a shocking tale.
- A coming-of-age film following a group of San Francisco Bay Area teens spending the final Saturday night of summer at their soon-to-close local drive-in theater, the Star Brite. Add an overzealous security guard, an out-of-control exchange student, and an escaped tiger from the city zoo to the usual lunacy and it's going to be a night to remember before some kids go back to high school and others head off to college to begin their adult lives.
- Locked up in a house of secrets by her over-protective mother, young Megan lives in a reality all her own. When a mysterious stranger begins sending cryptic love letters, mother assumes Megan has been sneaking out behind her back. Mother will soon find out the truth about the mysterious stranger is a far more horrifying, and deadly, then she could ever imagine!
- A terrorist organization attaches a nuclear device to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and an agent is sent to disarm it.
- The dangers of LSD are driven home to teenagers in this classroom training film, which is "narrated" by an LSD tab. The "tab" tells kids that he is "a depth charge in the mind!" and various teenagers are shown babbling about their LSD experiences. "Experts" are presented who warn that LSD makes kids "paint themselves green" and has various other horrible side effects, the most serious of which is that it gives users a police record, and that there is "no known way of getting your fingerprints out of a police file once they're in there."
- Family is business and business is money. Roy Stitch was the best collector his Uncle Norman had ever seen, but when an unforgivable act is committed, Roy is pushed into the depths of depression, unable to perform on the job. Trapped in a world of brutality and deception, tormented by memories of the past, Roy must now choose between loyalty to his family or control of his own destiny.
- In 1898, Ezra Lambert and his family travel from Sacramento to the Yukon gold country in search of riches. Problems arise when Ezra is injured in an attack by a grizzly bear, forcing his young son to set out in search of help.
- This is about Craig Newmark popular classified ads website and the diverse postings that occur on the site in a single day.
- A pair of working class stiffs kidnap the son of San Francisco's most feared gangster only to find out that the father doesn't want him back.
- Canary Industries specializes in "organ redistribution" or leasing organs to people who need them. The catch is that those who accept these organs must also sign a "Conscientious Usage" contract that allows Canary to repo the organs if the recipient abuses their body.
- The perils of a young woman's search for work building bridges despite resistance from architectural execs, conservative parents and dead relatives. Suffice it to say: "There's no business like bridge business."
- An innocent girl following clues to the mysterious disappearance of her father finds herself undercover as a prostitute in the dark underworld of the Russian Mafia.
- Startup U hails from the producers of House of Food and follows a group of entrepreneurial millennials as they embark on a semester at Draper University in Silicon Valley. Led by billionaire founder/venture capitalist Draper, the seven-week program teaches the fundamentals of launching a startup company under the mentorship of America's business leaders. Students will pitch their ideas to a panel of venture capitalists with the hope that they'll receive a life-changing investment to launch their business.
- When Medicine Got it Wrong is the groundbreaking story of loving parents who rocked the halls of psychiatry, changing how we understand schizophrenia. In the 1970s, a small group of parents rebelled against then-popular psychiatric theories blaming schizophrenia on bad parenting. Their activism helped revolutionize treatment forever and their stories reveal the origins of the tragic state of mental health care today.
- Matthew Berdyck gave up his home to live on the streets of dozens of cities all across the country to give the public a graphic first-person account of the internal monologue of a chronic legally disabled homeless person.
- It could be that, after death, our spirits need to forget this world. Or maybe something in our mortalities is worth fighting for, even worth dying for a second time. In this supernatural thriller, Paul Wells plans to find out. His body has been in a grave for five years while his spirit witnesses the consequences of his transgressions. Driven to save his daughter from his unfortunate mistakes, Paul twists the boundary between the living and the dead.
- A group of UC Berkeley students venture to two Californian beaches to mess around while naked.
- Palmay has a parasitic twin growing from his head and he seeks comfort and understanding from Queenie.
- ShortFifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Jamie inherits a decrepit house from her father, which is slated for demolition. What she discovers there will challenge everything she thought she knew, and change her life forever.
- A story of a small-town thief, John Fisher, who is kidnapped upon arrival in San Francisco Bay Area and forced to find his friend, Mike Sharp, who has mysteriously disappeared.
- You are not safe on land or in water. Great White Grizzly is a mutant with a vengeance for a taste of blood. Beware.
- It began with a single piano he brought out to the bluffs near his house, played every evening at sunset. Schumann, Satie, and Piazola. Through the rapid disintegration of the instrument in the elements, the artist sought to show the impermanence of all things. But it turned out that it's illegal to keep a piano on the beach. The internet caught on, the news cameras came. The piano was burned in a fiery cremation. A dozen pianos were secreted along a twenty-five mile stretch of pristine California coastline, muscled onto mountains and cliffs by a small crew in the misty early morning hours. World class musicians, dilettantes, and dreamers played for their friends, strangers, and passing children. Inspired and brilliant performances were filmed in these idyllic settings, even as park rangers hauled the beautiful instruments away. Then grand pianos on rolling platforms prowled the streets of San Francisco. Mind-blowing underground music performances reverberated through a condemned building, reinvigorating a city under threat of a cultural siege. Twelve Pianos is about the recognition of the silent passing of physical culture, our headlong rush into a tacky, consumerist future, and retaining the things that make us uniquely human. These pianos want to save the world.
- Seeing is believing when a little girl decides to become Santa Claus for one day.
- Short"Underachiever" is a poignant short film that delves into the life of Jay, a young and talented writer grappling with depression and the overwhelming sense of not living up to his potential. Struggling with self-doubt and emotional turmoil, Jay is trapped in a cycle of unfulfilled dreams and artistic stagnation. The film opens with Jay, an introverted writer in his late twenties, residing on the couch of his young sister's apartment next to a coffee table filled with half-written manuscripts and notebooks. His potential is undeniable, yet he remains paralyzed by his insecurities. He is haunted by the constant reminders of the accolades he could have achieved and the dreams he could have fulfilled. As Jay's depression deepens, his younger sister Alicia, watches helplessly, unable to reach him despite her best efforts. Also, his older relative (Lonnie) and best friend (Andre) urge him to break free from what appears complacency, but they lack a complete understanding of what he's going through. The pep talks are not enough to help Jay overcome his inner demons. One day, Alicia has a heart-to-heart talk with Jay and gives him a self-help book to help him escape his depression; this results in a shift in his mindset. Jay begins to consistently write again, working out at the gym and pursuing new opportunities. This talk becomes the turning point that helps Jay confront his inner demons head-on. He faces the raw truth about his struggles and learns to accept that seeking help is not a sign of weakness but an act of courage. Through self-love and genuine introspection, Jay begins to find solace and healing. Aside from his sister, Jay's boxing trainer, Coach Leo, helps him go beyond his comfort zone, face his fears, and build confidence. He deals with a roller coaster of emotions as his notions of self-worth are continuously tested. Jay experiences moments of creative breakthrough and personal growth as the story unfolds, but the weight of his self-doubt continues haunting him. He starts to see glimmers of hope in his life, but deep inside, he battles with the fear of not being good enough, fearing he might disappoint those who believe in him. In the film's emotionally charged climax, after countless rejects, Jay lands his dream job at a notable internet company. The story ends with him no longer living on his younger sister's couch. "Underachiever" is a heartfelt exploration of the human condition, illustrating that the journey to fulfillment and self-acceptance can be rocky. The film delicately portrays the complexities of depression, self-worth, and the power of resilience, reminding us that even in the darkest moments, hope and healing are within reach when we embrace vulnerability and seek the support we need.
- Allen Dodd, Professor of Ethnology in an eastern college, succeeds in locating Robert Harris, son of an old college chum, and invites him to come east for a visit. Professor Dodd's secret wish is that Robert Harris and his daughter Alma will become sweethearts. Robert's heart is weak, and owing to the excitement of preparation for his long journey he collapses. His death suggests an opportunity to Robert Haines, a gambler, whose similarity to Robert Harris has often mystified their home town. Haines decides to impersonate the dead man, and try for the hand of Alma, who is an heiress to a large fortune. Professor Dodd and Alma unsuspectingly accept him as Robert Harris, but the girl has already given her affection to Joe Craig, her father's chauffeur. Haines discovers this, convinces Alma that Joe is a married man, and she curtly dismisses him. Deeply wounded by her refusal, Joe starts for the northwest in search of a reported lost mine. Alma discovers the trick, and goes to Joe's house, only to find that he has already departed. As the professor has often desired to study the northwest Indians, Alma succeeds in getting him to take her near the place where Joe is located. Haines, learning of their plans, disguises himself as a professor, and meets Dodd and his daughter. In the meantime Joe has been well received by the Indians, and saves the chief's daughter, Waterlily, from death. Alma discovers Haines' identity, and exposes him. Haines then attempts to abduct her, but her father arrives on the scene, and after a lively flight Haines throws him over a cliff into the river. Alma, by a well-aimed rock, stuns Haines and flees to Joe's cabin. Joe rescues Professor Dodd, and Haines succeeds in paying some ruffians to attack Joe's cabin. A doctor who is attending the professor gallantly aids in the defense. Waterlily discovers the situation and goes for help to her father. The defenders are overcome by the outlaws. Haines offers to save all the lives if Alma will but marry him. In the nick of time Waterlily comes back leading her Indians. The gambler Haines is killed, and the outlaws made prisoners. Alma and Joe find happiness in their love.
- An injured little girl is taken in by a tribe of Gypsies. When she is a grown beauty, she is caught between the love of a man and the Gypsy chief.
- Returning home from her first semester at college, a young woman tries to dazzle her parents with her new knowledge and self-awareness. But her mother's badgering and her father's aloof jokes are more unsettling than usual. Is there something they aren't telling her?