Primary Education / Independent Gems

Angel and Big Joe
Angel and Big Joe
This powerful program is “a masterful depiction of the deep friendship between Big Joe (Paul Sorvino), a telephone lineman, and Angel, a young...
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Bringing the Legend to Life: The Making of The Legend of Firefly Marsh
Bringing the Legend to Life: The Making of The Legend of Firefly Marsh
Revisit an exciting family adventure and go behind the scenes with a filmmaker in "Bringing the Legend to Life: The Making of The Legend of Firefly...
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Don't: The Metamorphosis of the Monarch Butterfly
Don't: The Metamorphosis of the Monarch Butterfly
An extraordinary film that won a 1974 Oscar as the year's best short documentary, "Don't" is also extraordinarily hard to classify. This Robin...
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The Fly
The Fly
Viewers are asked to think of themselves as a fly.  They are beckoned to enter a house through an open window; they flit from room to room as...
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Based on the 1968 Newbery Medal-winning book by E.L. Konigsburg, this story follows Claudia Kincaid (Sally Prager), a young girl who runs away with...
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The History of the Cinema
The History of the Cinema
"The History of the Cinema" is an amusingly animated version of the film industry’s history, beginning with man’s emergence as an artist and...
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Journey: The Quest for Self-Reliance
Journey: The Quest for Self-Reliance
Ron Hood, a young outdoors person, takes us on a wilderness trip which has helped him become more self-confident in his own abilities.  He...
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The Legend of Firefly Marsh
The Legend of Firefly Marsh
Tall tales, ghostly stories, fog enshrouded marshes, adventurous boys, and a Loch Ness-like creature all combine their supernatural forces to create...
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Norman Gives a Speech
Norman Gives a Speech
Norman's back.  And this time he's got a deadline to keep!  Anyone who's ever had to prepare and deliver a major presentation in a short...
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Norman Krasner
Norman Krasner
Look up the word "disaster" in the dictionary and it should say "See Krasner, Norman."  This comedy classic introduces Norman and his penchant...
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Phillip and the White Colt
Phillip and the White Colt
Based on The White Colt by David Rook. This moving story tells of a lonely boy, mute since age five, his hunger for understanding from his parents...
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