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
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
Summary: Death In a strange country. The body of a young man found floating in a Venetian canal has been stripped of all valuables, except for a very visible packet of cocaine. When the man is identified as a health inspector at the U.S. military base in nearby Vicenza, Brunetti's boss Patta gets worried about political reverberations and is eager to dismiss the case as a drug-related murder.--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bavaria Media 2011
Summary: Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc one. Can the circle be unbroken (bye and bye) (The Carter Family) -- Mule skinner blues (blue yodel no. 8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Barbara Allen (Bradley Kincaid) -- I'll fly away (James and Martha Carson) -- If the river was whiskey (Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers) -- Fox chase (DeFord Bailey) -- Blue yodel number 9 (standin' on the corner) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Wildwood flower...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Summary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Ekster, Carol Gordon.
Summary: Ever wake up and not know where you are? Not sure if your homework is due today or tomorrow? Can't remember if you have hockey practice tonight? Forgot your homework at your Mom's and now you re at your Dad's and can't get it done? Welcome to the world of Mark and Evan ever since their parent's divorce their lives and schedules have been scrambled leaving them feeling confused, frustrated and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boulden Pub. 2008
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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Ekster, Carol Gordon
Summary: Athena thinks that her father, who drives a truck, has the most amazing job in the world, but she is having trouble convincing her classmates--until she comes up with a plan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2023
Contents: I will survive (remix) (Gloria Gaynor) (3:59) -- (Shake, shake, shake) shake your booty (KC & the Sunshine Band) (3:05) -- Turn the beat around (Vicki Sue Robinson) (3:23) -- Macho man (Village People) (3:26) -- We are family (Sister Sledge) (3:34) -- Flashdance-- What a feeling (Irene Cara) (3:55) -- I just want to be your everything (Andy Gibb) (3:45) -- Everlasting love (Carl Carlton) (2:35)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Polydor 1997
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
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
Summary: The true story of Manny Balestrero, a musician unjustly accused of armed robbery. Balestrero vehemently protests his innocence but acts thoroughly guilty, leading a host of policemen and witnesses to finger him as the thief. The trial goes badly for Manny, but life is worse for his wife, Rose, who falls apart under the strain of his ordeal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this collection of health-related episodes, Arthur catches chicken pox, frets about losing his baby teeth, and has bad dreams caused by eating too many sweets. D.W. has a tantrum over spinach, and their dog Pal has to stay overnight at the veterinary clinic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Kids 2011
Summary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
Contents: Disc one. Heavy traffic ahead / (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys) -- It's mighty dark to travel / (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys) -- Molly and Tenbrooks (The race horse song) / (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys) -- Down the road / (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys) -- Foggy Mountain breakdown / (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys) -- Roll in my...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
Wagner, Richard
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 1994
Bass, Hester
Summary: "Discover how the black and white citizens of one Alabama city chose peace over violence in the struggle to end segregation"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
Scruggs, Earl.
Contents: Salty dog blues -- Borrowed love -- Earl's breakdown -- Streamlined cannonball -- You ain't goin' nowhere -- Soldier's joy -- In the pines -- Doin' my time -- Sittin' on top of the world -- Sally Gooding -- Foggy mountain rock -- You are my flower -- Bound in jail all night long -- Black mountain blues -- Step it up and go -- Ballad of Jed Clampett -- Foggy mountain breakdown -- Lonesome Ruben
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records