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...
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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: Members of the rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock n' roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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: Season One: Based on the best-selling book series from CJ Box, Joe Pickett is the new game warden of a town as beautiful and charming as it is corrupt and dangerous. When a poacher turns up brutally murdered, Joe decides to investigate it to keep his wife and young daughters safe. This sets off a chain of events that uncovers lies and deceit from within the community, putting Joe and his family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD JOESummary: An otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy. Only when it encounters its one true enemy will goodness prevail in the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On the run from a drug cartel, a Mexican couple battles vicious thugs who plan to continue the violent tradition of the now-outlawed Purge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JERCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD JERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JER RATED RCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Jersey 2014Summary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLIFoo Fighters (Musical group)
Contents: All my life -- Low -- Have it all -- Times like these -- Disenchanted lullaby -- Tired of you -- Halo -- Lonely as you -- Overdrive -- Burn away -- Come back.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 2002
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FOOSummary: Temperance Brennan is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist in Washington, DC. FBI Agent Seeley Booth calls on her to assist with investigations when the standard methods of identifying a body are useless, when the remains are badly decomposed, burned or destroyed beyond recognition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BONSummary: After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Army Corps engineer and astronaut Roy McBride is searching for answers in the depths of space. Twenty years ago, Roy's father went in search of proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life on Neptune during a one-way mission. The mission was designated officially as a failure. Roy searches the solar system for the truth about both his father's mission and a recent mystery that has unfolded...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AdCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Ad 2019Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ADSummary: Set in the year 2033, this one-of-a-kind blend of scripted drama and fascinating documentary sequences centers on twin female astronauts who courageously embark on an epic adventure: humanity's awe-inspiring quest to colonize Mars. The world's most brilliant minds in space exploration, including visionary thinkers Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, NASA astronauts and more, share what the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARSummary: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA STRGout, Leopoldo
Summary: As 200 geniuses from around the world go head to head in a competition hand-devised by India's youngest CEO and visionary, the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine. Like life and death. Welcome to the revolution... and get ready to run.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GOUSummary: Andre "Dre" Johnson has it all...a job as a top ad exec, a beautiful doctor wife, four great kids and a lovely, well-appointed house in the suburbs. And he's not about to let his family forget how they got there. Keeping cultural identity alive is not without its challenges for this man on a mission. With perpetual pushback from clueless coworkers, an outspoken father, and even the wife and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BLASummary: Set against the backdrop of Japanese occupied Shanghai in 1942, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue, love and betrayal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUSGout, Leopoldo
Summary: Painted Wolf, Tunde, and Rex use their technological genius to outwit evil organizations, expose the truth, rescue their families, and save the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOUGout, Leopoldo
Summary: A Head Full of Ghosts meets Mexican Gothic in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist Leopoldo Gout. They were worshiped by our ancestors. Now they are forgotten. Soon, they will make us remember. It was supposed to be the perfect summer. Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the renovation of an ancient abbey. Her daughters Izel and Luna, too young to be left alone in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOUSummary: The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family I Can 2018Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISummary: I shot Jesse James: After years of crime reporting and writing pulp novels and screenplays, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he'd honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster's bombshell girlfriend--the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role--and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022