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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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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: When a top-secret research team is hired to develop a clean energy source to minimize America's dependence on foreign oil, Sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden investigate a saboteur's attack on the experimental power station.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORDorgan, Byron L.
Summary: When covert agents acquire a computer virus capable of shutting down an entire country's power systems, an ensuing attack unleashes chaos throughout the U.S., pitting North Dakota sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden against an elite terrorist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: Rogue Bishop was a gambler and a freelance troubleshooter. He attracted trouble like a magnet. This time the trouble started with a brawl in a small border town in Mexico -- and continued with Shamrock O'Terran, who was half child, half woman and all spitfire. Shamrock was a blossoming young beauty who just couldn't possibly fit in with Rogue Bishop's plans. Plain and simple, he was a loner....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FORForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: Texas wasn't big enough for gambler and gunfighter Rogate "Rogue" Bishop. He'd been invited to come to Cedar Valley to help settle the range war. But once it was over, the gunhands and hardcases were no longer welcome. Rogue figured that Mexico, some three hundred miles away, was his best bet - and that Ceder Valley would be his last troubleshooting job. Despite the fact that he was on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP W FORSummary: A recently ordained priest is sent to a small parish church in rural Mexico to help an aging priest. Upon arriving at his new post, he meets a beautiful young woman with a religious passion that borders on obsession. Quickly her passion for her faith becomes entangled in a growing attraction to the new priest. When the priest crosses the line that seperates temptation from sin, he finds himself...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CRIForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: In the first short story, "Last Stand Mesa," from the San Saba to Dodge City, and many places in between, there were men who remembered Mike McLean -- too many of them. That's why his long dodge is finally over -- and why he now has to make his last stand. "Powdersmoke Empire" sees a wild town -- a hangout for gunmen, thieves, and outlaws -- under the protection of Big Mac. And the ramrod of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FORSummary: The awful truth: One of the best "screwball" comedies of the thirties, in which a separated couple do their best to spoil one another's love affair while awaiting their divorce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CARSummary: Anastasia has broken off her relationship with the troubled Christian to pursue a new career in a Seattle publishing house. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FIFSummary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STASummary: All Alex's life he has worked for his father in the family's murder-for-hire business. Now his life is out of control. In the throws of a mid-life crisis, he wants out of the business and he wants change in his life. Unfortunately, his father won't let him quit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PANSummary: Erik Kernan is an up-and-coming sports reporter who rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect the Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RESSummary: From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Will spends his days in a remote outpost watching the live Point of View (POV) on TV's of people going about their lives, until one subject perishes, leaving a vacancy for a new life on earth. Soon, several candidates, unborn souls, arrive at Will's to undergo tests determining their fitness, facing oblivion when they are deemed unsuitable. But Will soon faces his own existential challenge in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NINSummary: From the E.L. Doctorow novel of 1906 America, a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement and drama of an important time in America's history. It is now an award winning Broadway musical.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RAGSummary: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Freed, the climactic chapter based on the worldwide bestselling Fifty Shades phenomenon. Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FIFSummary: An exploration of an unlikely friendship that develops over a wild night in LA between a struggling journalist Danny Tate and actor Hervé Villechaize, resulting in drastic consequences for both.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYRyan, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)
Summary: As England enters World War II's dark early days, spirited music professor Primrose Trent, recently arrived to the village of Chilbury, emboldens the women of the town to defy the Vicar's stuffy edict to shutter the church's choir in the absence of men and instead carry on singing.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RYASummary: The Carol Burnett Show ran for 11 straight years, between 1967-1978. It was the ultimate variety show with music, acting, larger-than-life guest stars, and of course, comedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Distributed by] Time Life 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CARSummary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KILSummary: Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER LINMacht, Gabriel
Summary: An attorney hires a man who has no law degree to be his associate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SUICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SUISummary: A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief and finding hope in the darkest moments.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022