Summary: The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ANGSummary: Set in a former mining village in Wales, an inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAR1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DAR
Summary: Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers--Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier--changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HOWSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: National Geographic follows Pete Souza, the President's photographer inside the Obama White House, aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union, and into the heart of the West Wing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency and a chance to see what it's like to cover the most powerful man in the world, for history. Features intimate interviews...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PRESummary: It tells the incredible true story of Michael 'Mike' Burden, an ardent young member of the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan who rose to the rank of Grand Dragon and walked away from all of it with the help of new love and an unlikely ally, the African American religious leader and social activist Reverend David Kennedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BURSummary: Ici et ailleurs: In this meditation on how cinema records history, the filmmakers, members of the Dziga Vertov Group, contrast a French family's life with an impressionistic portrait of war in Palestine, as reflected through television, books, and other media.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaumont vidéo 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Lucy Worsley brings to life key events in European royal history, covering: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and England's parting of ways with Catholic Europe; the Regency, and the reasons that George III reliquished power; the Russian Revolution, revealing that the Czar had actually been deposed by an uprising that had preceded the October Revolution of 1917.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LUCSummary: Planet of the apes: Taylor, an astronaut whose ship lands on a planet where intelligent primates hunt primitive humans for sport, must depend of the kindness of two chimpanzee scientists in order to escape to the Forbidden Zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PLASummary: "A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money, Under our skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are 'all in their head.' Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Open Eye Pictures 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDSummary: Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPSummary: A young girl must decide between taking care of her father and friend, both of whom are sick and need her the most, and doing what will truly make her happy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DRESummary: Long story short: Presents interview segments in which California's poor and homeless discuss the disadvantages of living without adequate resources.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director Kirby Dick, and Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer Amy Ziering comes a startling expose of sexual assault on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. Weaving together cinema verite footage and first person testimonies, the film follows the lives...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HUNSummary: Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by Stuart Cooper of one twenty-year-old's journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA OVESummary: Examines the roadside murder of a Dallas police officer, and the subsequent arrest and conviction of drifter Randall Adams, who was given a death sentence despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC THISummary: Celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the 20th century, exploring Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and a showcase for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while exposing unintended consequences of the sport's integration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LEASummary: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, and the entire crew from the popular MTV show return with the most insane tricks and pranks to date.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JACSummary: An electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones's bold aesthetic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GRASummary: Contains interviews with some of the protesters. In May of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. asked black people of Birmingham, Alabama to go to jail in the cause of racial equality. The adults were afraid to go to jail and so the school children marched and over 5000 of them were arrested. This lead to President Kennedy sponsoring the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the march on Washington. Portions of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Poverty Law Center 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIGSummary: After a break-up with his boyfriend, journalist David Thorpe embarks on a hilarious and touching journey of self-discovery, confronting his anxiety about "sounding gay". Enlisting acting coaches, linguists, friends, family, total strangers, and celebrities, he quickly learns that many people, both gay and straight, often wish for a different voice. What starts as a personal journey becomes a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DOSummary: Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002