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Publisher
Hbo Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Season three begins with Selina, eying a promotion, courting Iowa caucus voters at a signing for her new book, 'Some new beginnings.' Soon, Selina and her staff, are back in D.C. for Mike's wedding, learn that Secretary of Defense Maddox is resigning; setting Selina up for a possible run in the presidential primaries against Maddox and her nemesis, war-vet Danny Chung.
Series
House of cards volume 1
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Season one of the Netflix original series House of Cards. Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer has accepted the call to serve as Vice President of the United States. The job is nothing like she imagined and everything she was warned about. 'Veep' follows Meyer and her staff as they attempt to make their mark and leave a lasting legacy, without getting tripped up in the day-to-day political games that define Washington.
6) Philomena
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Judi Dench stars in the story of Philomena Lee, mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock and given up for adoption. Nearly 50 years later, Philomena meets Martin Sixsmith, a former BBC reporter looking for his next big story. Together, they embark on a journey to locate her long lost son. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, the unlikely travel companions form a comic and heartwarming friendship. Based on the 2009 investigative book by Martin...
Series
House of cards volume 3
Pub. Date
2015
Description
"In Season 3 of 'House of Cards, ' President Underwood fights to secure his legacy. Claire wants more than being the first lady. The biggest threat they face is contending with each other."--Container.
Series
House of cards volume 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Francis Underwood and his equally ambitious wife Claire continue their ruthless rise to power. Behind the curtain of power, sex, ambition, love, greed and corruption in modern Washington D.C., the Underwoods must battle threats past and present to avoid losing everything.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns for a second season in her Emmy winning role as Vice President Selina Meyer in VEEP. As midterm elections loom, Vice President Meyer is scoring higher ratings than the President in several popularity polls, which she hopes will boost her influence and help her curry favor with the chief executive. But despite her best intentions, even the most banal actions can set off unexpected and often disastrous consequences. Her staff...
10) The contender
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
As soon as a woman is nominated to replace the deceased vice president of the USA, her political enemies search in her private life for ways to bring her down.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House, then she became Vice President. VEEP follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the President's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.
Publisher
Ardustry Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Prominent politician "Mac" MacDermott has been grooming Nell, his granddaughter, to follow in his footsteps. Unfortunately, Nell's architect husband Adam is under investigation for an alleged real estate and construction scam. When Adam and several business associates die in an explosion aboard his boat, a lonely, distraught Nell is determined to clear his name with the help of a detective and a mysterious medium who claims she can contact Adam. But...
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The former Miss World Georgia takes over her most recent husband's Senate seat after he dies in office, and proceeds to hilariously rock the boat. They find that Washington is not quite ready for her brand of politics, thought she does form and unusual bond with then-current President Bill Clinton. Suzanne also brings her mentally-challenged brother Jim and her young adopted daughter, Desiree, insuring that smooth-sailing is not on the docket.
18) One church
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When a national tragedy turns into a personal vendetta for aspiring politician Cornelius Barlow, religion comes to the forefront of public debate. This political thriller that tells the story a transformation that demands all pulpits in America must preach this oneness of religion. Families are divided, churches are closed, and lives are even lost in the battle to reclaim the most important message ever told. Then, God shows up in a big way by using...
19) Bare witness
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
A videotaped encounter between a hired killer and a beautiful call girl inadvertently links a prominent member of the business community to the planned assassination of a high-ranking politician.
Series
Criterion collection volume 320
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Beginning in 1832, shows ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, before he became known to his nation and the world. He moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois, to begin his law practice.
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