Amazon Kindle Books Available Soon!

Today, OverDrive, the supplier of e-book and audiobook downloads to the library, announced that sometime later this year Kindle books will be available through the library's MyMediaMall service.  From Karen Estrovich, Manager of Content Sales at OverDrive:

 

Today, Amazon and OverDrive announced the Kindle Library Lending program, which will enable Kindle customers to borrow and enjoy eBooks from our library, school, and college partners in the United States. The program is scheduled for launch later this year, and will significantly increase the value of the investments that libraries have made in OverDrive-powered eBook catalogs.

Here is a brief introduction into what can be expected when the program launches:

• The Kindle Library Lending program will integrate into [the] existing OverDrive-powered ‘Virtual Branch’ website [MyMediaMall].

• [The] existing collection of downloadable eBooks will be available to Kindle customers.

• A user will be able to browse for titles on any desktop or mobile operating system, check out a title with a library card, and then select Kindle as the delivery destination. The borrowed title will then be able to be enjoyed using any Kindle device and all of Amazon’s free Kindle Reading Apps.

• The Kindle eBook titles borrowed from [the] library will carry the same rules and policies as all other eBooks [available from MyMediaMall].

• The Kindle Library Lending program will support publishers’ existing lending models.

We’re thrilled that our library, school, and college partners will be able to provide Kindle customers with access to eBooks from their digital collections. 

Please continue to check the GBPL Downloadable Media web page for more information. 

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 19, 2011

Bambi By Hand, David Voice by Albright, Hardie 2011-04 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936810295 Check Our Catalog Bambi the deer grows up in the forest with Thumper the rabbit, Flower the skunk and Owl the owl. …More

Born to Raise Hell By Chartrand, Lauro 2011-04 - Paramount Home Video 0097368522442 Check Our Catalog Action legend Steven Seagal stars as ass-kicking Interpol agent Samuel Axel in the high-octane, thrill ride Born to Raise Hell. Fueled by vengeance, Seagal leads an international task-force in a bloody street war that will have you on the edge of your seat from the opening shoot-out to the explosive finale. …More

Gulliver's Travels By Letterman, Rob 2011-04 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543741947 Check Our Catalog Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock) is larger than life in this epic comedy-adventure based on the classic tale. When a shipwreck lands a lowly mail room clerk named Gulliver (Black) on the fantastical island of Lilliput, he transforms into a giant in size and ego! Gullivers tall tales and heroic deeds win the hearts of the tiny Lilliputians, but when he loses it all and puts his newfound friends in peril, Gulliver must find a way to undo the damage. Through it all, Gulliver may just learn that its how big you are on the inside that counts. …More

Hatchet II By Green, Adam 2011-02 - MPI Home Video 0030306818399 Check Our Catalog Just as the '80s had their signature murderous maniacs -- HALLOWEEN's Michael Myers of Haddonfield and FRIDAY THE 13th's Jason Voorhees of Camp Crystal Lake -- the original HATCHET marked the arrival of the latest and most lethal of the genre's stalking murderers: Victor Crowley, a crazed backwoods killer stalking the bayous of New Orleans. HATCHET II picks up right where the 2007 original film ends, as Marybeth (Danielle Harris from HALLOWEEN) escapes from the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder from FRIDAY THE 13th). Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact her revenge against Victor Crowley. …More

Highwater By Brown, Dana 2011-04 - Image/Sphe 0014381677027 Check Our Catalog …More

The King's Speech By Hooper, Tom 2011-04 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132313092 Check Our Catalog Britain's King George VI (Colin Firth) struggles with an embarrassing stutter for years until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) in this biographical drama that chalked up multiple Oscar nods, including Best Picture. Logue's pioneering treatment and unlikely friendship give the royal leader a sense of confidence that serves him and his country well during the dark days of World War II. …More

Love Me or Leave Me By Vaughn, Terri J. 2011-04 - Image/Sphe 0014381698022 Check Our Catalog …More

Night Catches Us By Hamilton, Tanya 2011-02 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964003506 Check Our Catalog In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia and her daughter. However, Marcus quickly finds himself at odds with the organization he once embraced, whose members suspect he orchestrated the slaying of their former comrade-in-arms. In a startling sequence of events, Marcus must protect a secret that could shatter everyone's beliefs as he rediscovers his forbidden passion for Patricia. …More

Rabbit Hole By Mitchell, John Cameron Director Eckhart, Aaron Cameron 2011-04 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398133742 Check Our Catalog In this raw drama based on David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Becca and Howie grapple with the realities of life eight months after the death of their 4-year-old son, Danny. Even with Becca's well-meaning mother offering comfort and weekly group therapy always available, the couple go about their own secret ways of coping. …More

Somewhere By Coppola, Sofia 2011-04 - Universal Home Video 0025192047695 Check Our Catalog Set amid the hallowed grounds of Hollywood's legendary Chateau Marmont, this atmospheric dramedy centers on hard-living actor Johnny, whose life is thrown for a loop when his 11-year-old daughter, Cleo, pays him a surprise visit. As the two become better acquainted, Johnny realizes he needs to make changes. …More

The Way Back By Weir, Peter 2011-04 - Image/Sphe 0014381693829 Check Our Catalog Four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris (Apollo 13), Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) and Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement) and Colin Farrell (In Bruges) star in this epic saga of survival from six-time Oscar-nominee Peter Weir (Witness, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). Inspired by an incredible true story, THE WAY BACK begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runaway who begs to join them on their quest. …More

Gashole
Documented is the history of oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. Included are interviews with a wide range of viewpoints from U.S. Department of Energy officials, congressional leaders, alternative fuel producers, alternative fuel consumers, and more. What are the causes that led America from being a leading exporter of oil to becoming the world's largest importer? Examined are many different potential solutions to the dependence on oil.

If God is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Directed by Spike Lee, this two-part, four hour documentary revisits New Orleans five years after Katrina, and four years since the premiere of Lee's landmark, triple Emmy-winning HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Featuring many of the principals seen in the first documentary, the new film opens with February's celebratory Super Bowl parade before delving into such issues as relocation, rebuilding, mental-health concerns, and more.

Marwencol
After being brutally attacked outside a bar and recovering from a coma and extensive physical injuries, Mark Hogancamp suffered brain damage and nearly total memory loss. Unable to afford therapy he spent the next few years building a scale model, World War II-era town, Marwencol, populated with dolls, where he lived out his fantasy life, and which he documented in photographs. When his photographs were discovered by an art magazine, a New York gallery invited him to show his work, forcing him to choose between his self-contained world and the larger world from which he had retreated.

Nova Science: How Smart are Animals?
Episodes include: Dog genius; Creative dolphins; Octopus & cuttlefish; and Profile - Irene Pepperberg and her talking parrot, Alex.

Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
The story of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century Benedictine nun, who was one of the first women to preach and interpret Biblical scripture.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 12, 2011

The Chronicles of Narnia The Voyage of the Dawn Treader By Apted, Michael Voice by Pegg, Simon Voice by Neeson, Liam 2011-04 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543707417 Check Our Catalog Precocious siblings Lucy (Georgie Henley, The Chronicles of Narnia series) and Edmund Pevensie (Skandar Heynes, The Chronicles of Narnia series), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter, Son of Rambow), are swallowed into a painting and transported back to Narnia. They join King Caspian (Ben Barnes, Dorian Gray) and a noble mouse named Reepicheep in a quest to rescue noble lords who had been lost fighting evil on another island. Aboard the magnificent ship The Dawn Treader, the courageous voyagers travel to mysterious islands, confront mystical creatures, and reunite with the Great Lion Aslan on a mission that tests their characters to determine the fate of Narnia itself! …More

Country Strong By Feste, Shana 2011-04 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396374461 Check Our Catalog Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter (Hedlund) gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star (Paltrow), the pair embarks on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager (McGraw) and featuring a beauty-queen-turned-singer (Meester). Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all. …More

Goodnight for Justice By Priestley, Jason 2011-04 - E1 0741952695394 Check Our Catalog When John Goodnight was a boy he watched in the weeds as his entire family was killed in a ruthless outlaw attack. Now, as a Circuit Judge of the Western Territories, Goodnight travels the west protecting the innocent from injustice. …More

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 By Yates, David 2011-04 - Warner Home Video 0883929139446 Check Our Catalog The first installment of the two-part conclusion to the Harry Potter series finds the bespectacled wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) walking away from his last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever. …More

Ricky By 2011-04 - MPI Home Video 0030306965499 Check Our Catalog …More

A Summer in Genoa By 2011-04 - E1 0741952684992 Check Our Catalog After his wife dies in a tragic accident, Joe moves with his two daughters to Genoa. Seduced by the mysterious city and haunted by their past, the family soon finds themselves in peril. …More

White Material By 2011-04 - Image/Sphe 0715515070416 Check Our Catalog In WHITE MATERIAL, the great contemporary French filmmaker Claire Denis (Chocolat, Beau travail), known for her restless, intimate dramas, introduces an unforgettably crazed character. Played ferociously by Isabelle Huppert (Story of Women, The Piano Teacher), Maria is an entitled white woman living in Africa, desperately unwilling to give up her familys crumbling coffee plantation despite the civil war closing in on her. Created with Denis signature full-throttle visual style, which places the viewer in the center of the maelstrom, WHITE MATERIAL is a gripping evocation of the death throes of European colonialism and a fascinating look at a woman lost in her own mind. …More

Behind the Burly Q
"Burlesque and vaudeville acts were America's most popular form of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century - until cinema drove them from the mainstream. To add insult to injury, the art of burlesque became vilified and misunderstood, and was largely left out of our cultural history. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q  reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new renaissance."--publisher's website.

Disconnect
A distraught college student finds a phone that enables her to talk to her diseased mother in the past. She learns that her mother was murdered and tries to prevent it using the phone before the killer finds and murders her, too.

Glenn: the Flying Robot
Henry and Jack are two famous, talented pianists: they are rivals and try to outdo each other in the various music events where they regularly compete. They have known each other since their days at the music academy. They met Lana there and Jack had an affair with her then. This friendship deteriorated along the years and Lana left Jack for Henry. Lana slowly realizes that the only thing Henry cares about is his job, she leaves him and finds refuge with Jack who finds a way to get back at Henry.

Heartless
Jamie is a talented young photographer who has a disfiguring birthmark that makes him feel like an outsider. While he is developing pictures, Jamie sees a hooded figure peering from behind a window. Investigating, he stumbles into a horrific world of reptilian monsters posing as street gangs, violence inflicted on the most innocent, and a demon with the power to offer Jamie everything he has ever dreamed of, but at a deadly price.

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
The story of Daniel Burnham, a dreamer, who shaped some of America's best-known places and spaces. The film explores Burnham's fascinating career and complex legacy as public debate continues today about how and for whom cities are planned.

Miracle of the Widow
Grace Harrington ran from God, ran from her family, and ran from herself until history caught up with her. Ruth Zeller's family has kept the  secret for centuries. Greedy men, disasters, persecution, even the Nazis could not remove the treasure entrusted to them by God. Humbly and quietly the servants of Yahweh continued their work, always on guard. From the first moment Grace Harrington enters the bakery she is uneasy. Previous prejudices lead Grace to take matters into her own hands. Events intensify as Grace encounters locked doors, odd rumors, and an insistent art dealer. Can Ruth entrust Grace with her family's history? Will Grace have the faith to accept the truth? Or will the gift, kept safe for a thousand generations, be forever lost?

Payback
Kunal Sahay is injured in a fatal accident and admitted to a hospital by a man named Raghu, who disappears into thin air. Three months later, Raghu appears at Kunal's doorstep with a bullet in his shoulder. Kunal impulsively helps him, but as the night progresses, he realizes that Raghu may actually be an assassin. When things get dangerous and his love, Ishita, is dragged into it, Kunal is forced to make a decision. How far will Kunal go to repay Raghu's debt?

Spice & Wolf: Season 1
"Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a naked girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo -- a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved northern home. Armed with his street smarts and her animal insticts, a simple peddler and a forgotten deity begin a journey through the wild countryside. Along their path, the riches of happiness shall be reaped, even as the bankruptcy which dwells in the human heart is exposed."--Container.

Superman/Shazam!: The Return of the Black Adam
Chosen the world's protector against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (pride, envy, greed, hatred, selfishness, laziness, and injustice) young Billy Batson accepts his destiny as Captain Marvel. Battling alongside Superman against nefarious Black Adam, Billy soon discovers the challenge superheroes ultimately face; is it revenge or justice? Superman, Green Arrow and Black Canary follow an internal moral code to guide their actions.

Well Done Abba
Mumbai-based businessman Rahul Singh decides to fire his chauffeur, Armaan Ali, who has returned to work after being absent without authorization for about two months. Armaan pleads to reinstate him and offers to drive him to Pune, to which Rahul wearily relents. It is during this journey that Armaan offers an explanation to his employer as to why he was absent from work. First to try and get his Chikatpally-based feisty daughter, Muskan, married. Next to drill a well on his property in this parched region where theft of water is common, and finally to comically try and stay below the poverty line in order to get benefits under the Kapildhara scheme. His tale includes his arrest at the hands of the local police, his truant twin, Rehman, and the mysterious 'theft' of his well.--IMDb.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 5, 2011

Casino Jack By Hickenlooper, George 2011-04 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543738695 Check Our Catalog Spacey stars as Jack Abramoff, the real-life Washington power player who resorted to jaw-dropping levels of fraud and corruption. High-rolling excess and outrageous escapades are all in a days work for Abramoff, as he goes to outrageous lengths to promote the Indian gambling industry, earning him the nickname Casino Jack. But when Jack and his womanizing protg Michael Scanlon (Barry Pepper) enlist a dimwitted business partner (Jon Lovitz) for an illegal scheme, they find themselves ensnared in a web of greed and murder that explodes into a worldwide scandal. …More

Dead Awake By 2011-01 - Millenium Media Services 0687797132499 Check Our Catalog A man stricken with a bizarre form of insomnia walks the city streets at all hours of the night in a coma-like state. During one of his walks, he witnesses a murder and quickly becomes the main suspect when he's unable to provide a solid alibi. …More

I Love You, Phillip Morris By Ficarra, Glenn Director Requa, John Director Requa, Glenn Ficarra John 2011-04 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398133995 Check Our Catalog When upstanding Texas cop Steven Russell realizes he's gay, he changes his entire life and pulls a series of bold con jobs that lands him jail -- where he meets his one true love, cellmate Phillip Morris. When Morris is transferred to another prison, lovesick Russell mounts a series of jailbreaks just to be with his beloved soul mate. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa direct this comedy based on a true story. …More

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle By 2010-12 - New Video Group 0767685231555 Check Our Catalog After he loses his high-paying computer programmer job, Dory lands a gig as a night janitor at a market research firm. To make some extra money, he agrees to be a test subject for a study run by the deceptively innocent Tracy (Natasha Lyonne, American Pie) involving deliciously addictive cookies that simulate oven freshness. However, the cookies leave Dory and his fellow male janitor subjects feeling a bit more than just odd. Hallucinations, intestinal distress and wild mood swings ensue leading to the wholly unexpected birth of a beautiful blue fish. Wildly inventive with innovative animation, Little Dizzle is a lighthearted romp with a liberated vision. …More

Little Fockers By Weitz, Paul 2011-04 - Universal Home Video 0025192044250 Check Our Catalog Greg Focker has finally won the approval of his intimidating father-in-law, retired CIA agent Jack Byrnes. But when Greg and wife Pam add a pair of rambunctious kids to the mix, the tension between the two men rises to the surface once again. Expect chaos as the couple tries to juggle the demands of raising children in the hilarious third installment of the Meet the Parents story. …More

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 By 2011-03 - Southport Music Box Corpo 0736211211453 Check Our Catalog In the climactic second part of the the Mesrine saga, Jacques Mesrine is back in France after his brazen assault on the maximum-security prison from which he daringly escaped. Once again in police custody and facing stern justice for his crimes, the man of a thousand faces escapes directly from the courtroom after kidnapping the judge at gunpoint. The life of Jacques Mesrine comes once and for all to a full bloody circle in a climax only fitting for Public Enemy #1. …More

Tron: Legacy By Kosinski, Joseph 2011-04 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936808544 Check Our Catalog Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the worlds leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the old Flynns Arcadea signal that could only come from his fatherhe finds himself pulled into a digital world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of the fearless warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universea universe created by Kevin himself that has become far more advanced with never-before-imagined vehicles, weapons, landscapes and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape. …More

2 Weeks in Hell
Green Berets are American's unconventional warfare specialists. Go inside their selection process, a two-week hellish assessment with tasks specifically designed to mentally and physically break a man and expose his real character. Finishing this test doesn't mean they passed.

Afterlife
The afterlife is scientifically explored through modern research into near-death experiences. Included are interviews with noted researchers, testimonials from people that have had near-death experiences, re-enactments, and rich rendering of classic spiritual art on the subject. Provided is a provocative and inspirational examination of the science, and evidence, of life after death.

Your Love Never Fails
The story of Laura, a working mother who just wants to spend more time with her daughter Kelsey. Unfortunately, her demanding boss Paul has other ideas. When Kelsey's father Dylan files for joint custody, Laura is forced to take Kelsey to Texas, where she confronts the lifestyle, church, and father that she left behind. With the help of the local church minister, Pastor Frank, Laura and Dylan will find their way back to the commitment they made to each other and to Kelsey.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 29, 2011

All Good Things By Jarecki, Andrew 2011-03 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964003667 Check Our Catalog Inspired by the most notorious missing persons case in New York history, ALL GOOD THINGS is a love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s. Produced and directed by Andrew Jarecki (director of the Academy Award nominated documentary Capturing the Friedmans and producer of Catfish), the film was inspired by the story of Robert Durst, scion of the wealthy Durst family. Mr. Durst was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella as the powerful patriarch, and captures the emotion and complexion of this real-life unsolved mystery. …More

Black Swan By Aronofsky, Darren 2011-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543715061 Check Our Catalog In director Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller, ambitious New York City ballet dancer Nina Sayers lands the lead in "Swan Lake" but soon thinks her dreams of stardom are threatened by a rival ballerina. As opening night nears and the pressure to be perfect builds, Nina's obsession descends into paranoia and delusion. …More

Cool It By Timoner, Ondi 2011-03 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398133575 Check Our Catalog Climate catastrophe? The end of civilization as we know it? Are the current staggeringly expensive actions now being considered really helping to save the world - or are we just burning money? Author Bjorn Lomborg (The Skeptical Environmentalist) asks us to question the facts and the solutions. Why in the world are we spending so much money on green initiatives]for such little gain? Are there better ways to solve the problems? How else could that money be spent? …More

Fair Game By Liman, Doug 2011-03 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0025192096983 Check Our Catalog From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this riveting thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts). When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson (Academy Award winner Sean Penn) writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plames undercover statusleaving her international contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles and her life in danger. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure thats so unbelievable, it can only be real. …More

Made in Dagenham By Cole, Nigel Von 2011-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396374522 Check Our Catalog Sally Hawkins stars in this cheeky dramatization of the landmark 1968 labor strike initiated by hundreds of women who rebelled against discrimination and demanded the same pay as men for their work in a London automobile manufacturing plant. …More

The Resident By Jokinen, Antti J. 2011-03 - Image/Sphe 0014381702828 Check Our Catalog Juliet (Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby), a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone. She is being watched. She is being stalked. And no one is safe when she discovers the relentless horror on her doorstep. But how do you stop an evil that you can't see...until it's too late? Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey's Anatomy) and screen legend Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings) costar in this pulse-pounding shocker from famed horror studio Hammer Films (Let Me In). …More

Tangled By Howard, Byron N. Director Greno, Nathan N. Voice by Moore, Mandy N. 2011-03 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936810608 Check Our Catalog When the kingdoms most wantedand most charmingbandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, hes taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynns curious captor, whos looking for her ticket out of the tower where shes been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs. …More

Teenage Paparazzo By Grenier, Adrian 2011-03 - HBO Home Video 0883929179275 Check Our Catalog Actor Adrian Grenier writes, directs and produces this documentary that examines his connection to a 14-year-old paparazzo and explores the concept of celebrity in America by interviewing famous entertainers about fame. …More

Waste Land By Walker, Lucy 2011-03 - New Video Group 0767685239308 Check Our Catalog Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the worlds largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of catadores or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Munizs initial objective was to paint the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Walker (Devils Playground, Blindsight, Countdown to Zero) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. …More

Band Baaja Baaraat
"Shruti is a 20-something no-nonsense girl from a middle class Delhi household. Focused and determined with preplanned ambitions, her goals in life are well laid out by the time she reaches her final year of college. Bittoo, on the other hand, has no real aim in life. As a final year college student of Delhi University, he whiles away his life having fun with his buddies, barely scraping through his exams. A chance and inopportune meeting brings the two of them together on a tumultuous journey where they become partners in their very own "Wedding planning ka bijness""-- Container.

Evangelion: 2.22
In the earliest battles against the monstrous Angels, young Eva pilots Shinji and Rei were forced to carry humanity's hopes on their shoulders. Now, with the deadly onslaught of the Angels escalating and the apocalyptic Third Impact looming, Shinji and Rei find their burden shared by two new Eva pilots, the fiery Asuka and the mysterious Mari. Maneuvering their enormous Eva machines into combat, the four young souls fight desperately to save mankind from the heavens.

Guzaarish
Ethan Mascarenhas is one of the greatest magicians of his time. Presently hosting a radio show that spreads magic, hope, and laughter through his wit and humor, it is hard to imagine that he has been immobilized with a spinal injury for the last 14 years. Ethan is aided through by his nurse, Sofia D'Souza. Theirs is a love beautiful in its implicit silence and unwavering in its quiet strength. But on the 14th anniversary of his accident, Ethan makes a decision that challenges their relationship.

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
Based on journalist Manini Chatterjee' book "Do and Die", "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" tells the story of the Chittagong Armoury raid, led by school teacher-turned revolutionary Surjya Sen and his band of followers, the majority of which are teenage boys. In a small town in Bengal, Sen plans a simultaneous raid on all English establishments in Chittagong, dreaming of "breathing in fresh air" again. He gathers a motley crew, including two women Kalpana Datta and Preetilata Waddedar and a group of teenagers. The group studies plans, carries out reconnaissance and goes over the plan. When the plan is put into action though, things don't always fall in place.--Wikipedia.

Nova: Secrets Beneath the Ice
In 2002, an immense, 200-meter-thick ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed into the ocean off the  Antarctic Peninsula, shocking scientists and raising the alarming possibility that we may be heading toward an ice-free Antarctica, last seen a million years ago. That would raise world sea levels so high that New York City would be flooded up to the level of the Statue of Liberty's shoulders. But could this really happen? Is Antarctica's surprising past a reliable guide to what may happen.

Sasha
Sasha, confronted with the everyday prejudice of his homophobic immigrant family, struggles with his urge to come out. When his beloved piano teacher Gerbhard Weber plans to leave the city, the young man is heartbroken. The only person in whom he can confide his feelings is his best friend Jiao. After a failed audition, Sasha  swears never to play piano again, but a consoling telephone call from Gerbhard changes his mind, and causes a chain of events.