Summary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOU

Contents: Hello, hello baby (Jerry Lee Lewis) -- Moanin' at midnight (Howlin' Wolf) - Just walkin' in the rain (the Prisonaires) -- How many more years (Howlin' Wolf) - Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (Ike Turner)) -- Gotta let you go (Joe Hill Louis) -- Every night (the Jones Brothers) -- Troublesome waters (Howard Seratt) -- Easy ; Before long (Jimmy and Walter) -- Lonesome bedroom...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PHI

Summary: Four outcast high school girls a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRE

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV GRE
2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DAR

Summary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WEL

Contents: disc 1. You upset me baby (B.B. King) -- Midnight in the Barrel House (Johnny Otis feat. Pete "Guitar" Lewis) -- First time I met the blues (Buddy Guy) -- Cotton crop blues (James Cotton feat. Pat Hare) -- Lookin' for my baby (Little Milton) -- Rock me (Muddy Waters) -- The stumble (Freddy King) -- All your love (I miss loving) (Otis Rush) -- Chicken-hearted woman (Clarence Samuels feat. Johnny...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantastic Voyage/Future Noise Music 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES SCR

Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RAN

Summary: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer: a misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHR

Contents: v. 1. (1934-1945) The continental / Fred Astaire -- Lullaby of Broadway / Dick Powell -- The way you look to-night / Fred Astaire -- Sweet Leilani / Bing Crosby -- Thanks for the memory / Bob Hope & Shirley Ross -- Over the rainbow / Judy Garland -- When you wish upon a star / Cliff Edwards -- The last time I saw Paris / Kate Smith -- White Christmas / Bing Crosby -- You'll never know / Dick...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC ENV

Summary: "Contains strong language, violence, sexual situations, drug use, and disturbing images"--Container

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HID

Contents: Special stream line (Bukka White) (2:53) -- Railroadin' some (Henry Thomas) (3:15) -- How long has that evening train been gone (Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) (2:50) -- Riding the blinds (Eddie Mapp) (2:45) -- Midnight special (Leadbelly) (2:02) -- I hate that train called the M & O (Lucille Bogan) (3:07) -- That lonesome train took my baby away (Charlie McCoy) (2:59) -- Spike driver blues...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ROU

Summary: From the streets and taverns of colonial America, in vaudeville, on television and under the bright lights of today's Broadway stage, puppets have been a favorite form of American entertainment. This documentary is the first to chronicle the fascinating evolution of this unique art form. Examines the lives and recounts the significant contributions of men and women who, throughout the years,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mazzarella Media 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STO

Summary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BAT

Summary: A dead showman looks down upon the Earth and dreams of his perfect show.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ZIE

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZIE

Summary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BIG

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BIG

Contents: Disc one. Lolita / A.R. Kane -- Sloppy heart / Frazier Chorus -- With Louise / Area -- When I'm an astronaut / Louis Philippe -- I'll remember / The Chameleons -- In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed are kings / Dead Can Dance -- Hay fever / 14 Iced Bears -- Eden / Talk Talk -- Tar baby / Shelleyan Orphan -- A dream of love / Ultra Vivid Scene -- Drugs / This Mortal Coil -- Pop song / David...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CHE

Summary: In the United States, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. But, when one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up, but no less determined, masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover the plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI WAT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAT

Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOU

Contents: Disc 1. Freight train boogie (Captain Luke) -- A living past (Guitar Gabriel) -- Railroad Bill (Etta Baker) -- Going away (John Lee Ziegler) -- High yellow (Cootie Stark) -- Chapel Hill boogie (John Dee Holeman) -- Shortnin' bread (Neal Pattman) -- Old rugged cross (Carl Rutherford) -- No hidin' place (Cool John Ferguson) -- Feel like my time ain't long (Essie Mae Brooks) -- Old time religion...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES WE

Contents: Disc one. Better (Hezekiah Walker) (1:30) -- Chasing me down (Israel Houghton, feat. Tye Tribbett) (1:23) -- Wanna be happy? (Kirk Franklin) (1:28) -- Joy (VaShawn Mitchell) (1:54) -- I'm good (Tim Bowman, Jr.) (1:44 --) -- Pressure (Jonathan McReynolds) (1:05) -- Run run (Smokie Norful) (1:26) -- I'll be the one (Bri (Briana Babineaux)) (1:35) -- The question (Erica Campbell) (1:13) -- The...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Inspiration 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS WOW

Contents: disc 1. Casey Jones (Billy Murray) -- Casey Jones (Fiddlin' John Carson) -- Southern Casey Jones (Jesse James) -- Steamboat Bill (Arthur Collins) -- Casey and Bill (Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band) -- Steamboat Bill boogie (Delmore Bros.) -- Red wing (Frank C. Stanley & Henry Burr) -- Red wing (Doc Williams & the Border Riders) -- Just break the news to mother (George J. Gaskin) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY PRO