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Austen, Chuck Faber, Polly Prichard, Diana. Reichardt, Marisa Sanchez, Ricardo Stilton, Geronimo.Summary: Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crime-ridden Arab ghetto of the mixed Israeli city of Lyd. A family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend, Manar, and motivates him to do something more with his life. When Kareem and his group finally get a chance to perform in a Tel Aviv hip-hop club, the star potential of the 'first Arab rapper'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JUNSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: A senator, forced to vote for a law with which he profoundly disagrees, is torn between his conscience and his loyalty towards the leaders of his party. His daughter, a right-to- life activist, falls in love with an advocate for assisted suicide. A famous actress turns towards faith and miracle cures in the hope of bringing her daughter out of an irreversible coma. And the beautiful Rossa is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DORSummary: A satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist who discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FOOSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A thriller about a woman fighting off a sleazy blackmailer. The film was Hitchcock's first full-length sound film and was only his second foray into the suspense genre. Grocer's daughter Alice White kills a man in self-defense when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend, Detective Frank Webber, covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the scene by a petty criminal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF BLASummary: In The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard -- bodyguard Michael Bryce, hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife Sonia are back as the mismatched, high-octane trio -- that are once again forced together into another life-threatening mission to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HITCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HITSummary: An American Air Force major on leave in Japan during the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese dancer. When they declare their love openly, they find themselves scorned equally by both the Japanese and Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SAYSummary: A stirring look at three women striving to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer who finds herself contending with both office sexism and a hostage situation; a wife and mother whose determination to build her dream home puts her at odds with the men in her life; and a young law student who forms an ambiguous bond with a lonely ranch hand. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CER1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CER
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CERPrichard, Diana.
Summary: A charming non-icky-at-all introduction to the question: "Where does this food come from?".
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E PRISummary: Inglewood, a Los Angeles suburb, is called the Wood. It is largely home to Black middle class families. Mike, Slim, and Roland have been best friends since junior high. It's three hours before Roland's wedding and he has a bad case of cold feet. Mike and Slim must sober him up and help him decide if he wants to go through with the wedding. In flashbacks, they recall key moments of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WOOAusten, Chuck
Summary: "The unstoppable Juggernaut has joined the X-Men! When Cain Marko summons the X-Men to help his criminal partner Black Tom Cassidy, he surprises everyone - including himself - by accepting his hated stepbrother Professor X's off er of friendship! And he's not the only new face at the Xavier Institute, as Northstar and Husk join the teaching staff, troubled young Sammy Paré enrolls at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 X-MESummary: Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as 'Grimms', charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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Summary: "What happens when a little white fox meets a certain jolly old soul? A sweet, enchantingly illustrated take on how Santa spends the year leading up to Christmas. When a hunting fox pounces through the snow and finds itself inside a warm home, it's welcomed and given dinner by a kind bearded man with a big round belly. Soon yawning, the man leaves the fox to explore through piles of strewn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FABSummary: For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie AreStilton, Geronimo.
Summary: "I invited my friend Petunia Pretty Paws to visit the Bay of Whales with me. But our trip got off on the wrong paw, and my relaxing vacation turned into a real nightmare. That is, until Petunia and I came across a great white whale that needed our help" (publisher).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NOBSummary: Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HISSummary: Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Follows events when the rising nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's well-known upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BELReichardt, Marisa
Summary: After contracting measles with devastating consequences, sixteen-year-old Juniper Jade sues her anti-vaccination parents, hoping she can have a more normal life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021