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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...

Some of the most beloved stories of all time. Visit the famed baseball diamond of Mudville. Meet the mouse behind legendary Founding Father Ben Franklin. Entertaining stories while reinforcing time-honored themes of responsibility, respect and being happy with who you are.

After young Kirra arrives in South Africa to summer with her grandfather, she discovers a baby orca stranded in a lagoon near a rundown amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy and embarks on a quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod before he becomes a captive at the theme park.

A heart-warming story about the day-to-day experiences of a Quaker family living in Indiana in 1862, showing their religious beliefs, their worldly temptations, their petty feuds, and their reactions in a time of crisis.

Airport: The manager of an international airport must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard-torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner. Airport 1975: A private plane hits a 747 in midair. The chief stewardess must act as the blinded pilot's hands and eyes to take control of the plane or die trying. Airport '77: A private airliner loaded with guests and art treasures hits an old rig...

A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism.

It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt́,,s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is marked by the Quidditch...