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African Americans History Cold War Drama Espionage, Soviet United States Drama Feature films Soviet Union Foreign relations United States Drama Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991 Drama Subversive activities United States Drama United States United States Foreign relations Soviet Union Drama United States Politics and government 1945-1989 DramaSummary: Old Hollywood collides with New Hollywood, and screen horror with real-life horror, in the startling debut feature from Peter Bogdanovich. The chillingly prescient vision of American-made carnage casts Boris Karloff as a version of himself: an aging horror movie icon whose fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles. Charged with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, the evening becomes quite chaotic as the parents become increasingly childish.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CARSummary: "They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009
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3 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WESummary: Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters. Directed by Andy Serkis, the film also stars Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, and Woody Harrelson, in the role of the villain Cletus Kasady/Carnage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VENSummary: Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits. When Lea's brother, Zac, goes missing while studying the ecology in South America, she suspects he's fallen prey to a band of ruthless animal poachers, and Lea convinces her mom to spring into action. From the minute their plane touches down, Lea's mom wants her to stay safe in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: Uses interviews, official photos, home movies, and archival footage to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust and asks the question "Why didn't America do more?" Looks at America's inaction through the experiences of a Jewish refugee trying to save his parents, and through documented evidence of official policy of the U.S. government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: A string of grisly murders is traced back to the sinister, sensuous Countess, an infamous resident of the stylish Hotel Cortez in downtown Los Angeles. It is a visually stunning, visceral feast. Come explore the hidden corridors of this fiendishly entertaining show with accommodating extras.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESummary: Elsa Mars is the proprietor of a troupe of human "curiosities" on a desperate journey of survival in the sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida, in 1952. Her menagerie of performers includes a two-headed, telepathic twin, a take-charge bearded lady, a vulnerable strongman, and his three-breasted wife. But strange emergence of an entity will savagely threaten the lives of the townsfolk and freaks alike.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESummary: This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ASISummary: The big bang: At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts armed with cutting-edge recording technology set out across America to capture the unsung voices of everyday folk. Blood and soil: America's poor--cotton field slaves, mine workers, sharecroppers--find freedom through music, creating gospel, protest songs, and Delta blues. Out of the many, the one: Exotic cultures spanning...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: This original, eight-part series on four volumes, documents the history of American Indian achievement, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of American Indians that have influenced and shaped the history of the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 HISCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATSummary: Jim proposes to Michelle. Hoping to make the wedding day as special as possible for his bride, Jim enlists the help of his friends to help him convince a dressmaker to create the perfect gown and in turn make a good impression on his future in-laws. Stiffler and Finch battle for the attention of Michelle's younger sister Cadence and Jim's Grandmother objects to the wedding because Michelle is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY AMESummary: "[This program] looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller 'Silent Spring' to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EARSummary: After her father leaves to find work during the Great Depression, Kit's mother takes in boarders, and when the lockbox with the family money disappears, Kit sets out to solve the mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KITSummary: Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed-forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AFRSummary: The documentary explores the intersection between Colin Kaepernick's anthem protests and the reactions they spurred in the United States, revealing unique insights into America's ongoing racial turmoil.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KAPAngelini, Giorgio
Summary: Examines the history of the housing economy in the United States, and how race discrimination created different classes in the housing market.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OWNSummary: They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two former one-term presidents are framed in a scandal by the current president and pursued across the U.S. by armed agents. The two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperate and delightfully frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence. As they scramble through the real America, they get an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MYSummary: Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D.C. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings seem to be a typical suburban couple, but they're actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America. As the Cold War escalates, Philip and Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission to keep their true identities hidden. But when an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESummary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006