Summary: The legendary George Takei has blazed his own trail while conquering new frontiers with a beaming trademark grin. Take a hilarious, entertaining, and moving look at the many roles played by eclectic 77-year-old actor/activist George Takei. The film offers unprecedented access to the daily life of George and his husband/business partner, Brad Takei, and chronicles his fascinating personal...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TO

Summary: "Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.

Summary: Features Holly Near in live concert footage, backstage interview segments, and reading from her autobiography. New interviews with Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HOL

Virga, Vint.

Summary: Based on the author's twenty-five years of experience as a veterinarian and veterinary behaviorist, he delves into the inner lives of animals and explores the relationships we forge with them.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 636 VIR

Summary: "Brought to life by director Daniel Junge, this is a tale of brilliant innovations, colossal failures and ego-driven rivalries akin to Steve Jobs versus Bill Gates. It is a 50-year-long, multi-generation epic featuring corporate coups, industrial espionage, secret burial grounds and the promise of unimaginable riches just one cartridge away. The only constant through the saga is this: just when...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GAM

Summary: This sixth season offers viewers an aggressive, humorous expose of taboo topics, using the duo's trademark humor, knowledge of carnival tricks as well as hidden cameras and blatant confrontation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: A documentary examining opposing cultural movements in India (tradition vs. modernism), contrasting the experiences and attitudes of contestants in the Miss India beauty contest with those of participants at a Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOR

Summary: Nanny enrolls Eloise in the prestigious Hawthorne Academy, but she soon finds out it isn't exactly what she was expecting. There are mean girls on the playground, very strict teachers, and so many rules. Eloise decides it is time to make school fun again, she's teaching her new friends to stand up to bullies, helping her teacher understand there are a lot of different ways to learn and having...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ELO

Summary: Documentary about the 1970s rock band Big Star (Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Andy Hummel, Jody Stephens), together less than four years and without mainstream success, but producing a body of work that influenced many other musicians.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BIG

Summary: Venturing into the wilds of China, it captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY E-TV BOR

Summary: Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits. This film follows the group's meteoric rise as they navigate the complexities of working so intimately alongside family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BEE

Delta Entertainment.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Entertainment 2003

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

Parker, Star

Summary: Parker was among the many reeling and confused as Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States. But, she argues, a silver lining to this outcome is the debate that has since ruled our media and private conversations. She believes that Trump's presidency provides us with an opportunity like never before to engage and work to preserve the values upon which America was built....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.042 PAR

Summary: Enter the mythical world of the Gargoyles and get to know the ancient creatures that once guarded a medieval Scottish fortress, and who now have come alive at night to protect the city of Manhattan from evil.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Star, Fleur

Summary: Uses print and braille to teach young readers to count.--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD STA

Summary: Jeff Goldblum may have starred in some of the biggest movies in history, but to secure a green card for his young Canadian fiancée, he's agreed to do a two-week regional theater production of "The music man" in his Pennsylvania hometown. Now he's faced with grueling rehearsals, a furious agent, good friends with their own troubles whom he's convinced to co-star, and the very real prospect of a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PIT

Summary: The cubs are excited about going on a family trip, until they find out the destination is not Grizzlyland, but a tour of Bear Country's National Parks.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BER

Delta Entertainment.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Entertainment 1998

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRO

Mitchum Entertainment.

Summary: In this humorous and heartwarming story based on Clyde Edgerton's acclaimed novel, a feisty 78-year old widow and an unloved, troubled teenager from a youth rehabilitation center forge a special kind of bond, despite their tremendous differences, and discover what it takes to earn the trust and love of another.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchum Entertainment 2000

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Walking 2000

Stap, Don.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 STA

Summary: "At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind suddenly stopped speaking and disappeared into autism. Almost four years passed and the only thing that seemed to engage Owen were Disney films. Then one day his father donned one of his son's puppets--Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin--and asked 'What's it like to be you?' Suddenly, Owen responded to his father...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIF
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LIF

Summary: Stan Lee is interviewed about his life and career in animating comic book characters.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STA

Summary: For this program, dancer Jennifer Galardi has created a routine using three different styles of hip hop that will have you losing inches, gaining confidence, feeling good, and looking great. In just 10 minutes your dance leader will teach you the 10 simple steps that are all you'll need to know to dance off the inches through this whole program.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.715 DAN