In our post-9/11 world, a greater understanding across cultures is more important than ever before, yet the purpose of this program is not simply to provide political or historical context. Rather it is to explore and celebrate the great richness of Islamic art and architecture throughout the world to peer into extraordinary palaces and mosques, decorated with exquisite gardens, ceramics and paintings, to watch the play of light and space, and to sense the sheen of delicate textiles, of gold and silver work, and of rock crystal and precious gems.

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Set around the modern world of the music business, the classic fairy tale “Cinderella” is recast with Mary Santiago, a natural-born dancer at heart, as the orphaned, put-upon princess-to-be, working for cruel pop star Dominique and her two horrible daughters, Britt and Bree. After years of abuse at the wicked trio’s hands, Mary, now a junior at ritzy Beverly Hills High School, is counting down the days until her dance audition for the prestigious Manhattan Academy of Performing Arts, where she hopes to transfer for a bright future away from Dominique and her over-demanding brood. When teen pop sensation Joey Parker returns to Beverly Hills High to finish up school like a “normal” teen, the stage is set for a masquerade dance, mistaken identity, and a search for the girl who dropped her iPod (the modern equivalent of a glass slipper) while fleeing from the dance. This modern fairy tale proves you don’t need a fairy godmother to make magic happen, or to have a happy ending! MPAA Rating: PG © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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A young evangelical filmmaker is granted unprecedented access inside a controversial Christian behavior modification program for troubled teens, where she discovers shocking secrets and young students that change her life.

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Fourteen-year-old Megan Larson is stunned to discover that her mother’s exuberant new fiancé, Cosmo Cola, and his seemingly perfect daughter, Ariel, are actually aliens who’ve taken sanctuary on earth. Neither girl wants to see their parents get remarried, so they join forces to split them up! However, as their plot unfolds, Megan and Ariel become fast friends and begin to worry that their initial wish will come true.

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