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
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMSummary: "With the Army of the Dead--led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon--bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, or course, Cersei...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMSummary: As the season begins, encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses, the Lannisters' hold on the Iron Throne remains intact. But can they survive their own egos as well as new and ongoing threats from the south, north and east?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED RSummary: Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to flourish within a society which, as Claire knows all too well, is unwittingly marching towards Revolution. Jamie must now defend this home established on land granted to him by the Crown although this new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE OUTCopies Available at Fife Lake
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3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OUTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV OUTSummary: Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SWERichards, Natalie D.
Summary: In this pulse-pounding YA thriller, a girl goes on a mysterious scavenger hunt only to discover that someone knows her worst secret ... and is out for blood.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Theo's always been impulsive. But telling Paige how he feels? He's obsessed over that decision. And it's time. Tonight. At the party on the riverbank, under the old walking bridge, site of so many tales of love and death. Paige has had a crush on Theo since they first met, but she knows her feelings are one-sided. She's trying to move on, to flirt. A party at the river is just what she needs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2017
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Summary: Tonight, Riverview Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, a shift that quickly takes a dark turn. First a stranger arrives with a chilling accusation. Then the power goes out and their manager disappears, along with the keys to the lobby doors and the theater safe, where...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: PA FIC RICRichards, Natalie D.
Summary: Tempest Theaters is closing: tonight is their last night. It's the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, cleaning up popcorn and mopping floors for the last time. An unexpected altercation puts everyone on edge, the power goes out-- and the manager disappears, along with the keys to the lobby doors and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RICRichards, Natalie D.
Summary: "When classmates Baxter, Abigail, Turner and Emerson break a school rule, they're forced to travel to the middle of nowhere for an extra credit project. They think things can't get much worse. After all, how will learning to survive in the wilderness help them stay out of trouble in school? What starts off as a weekend of team building takes a scary turn when their instructor goes missing and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RICRichards, Natalie D.
Summary: On her eighteenth birthday, Cleo is given clues for a mysterious scavenger hunt that sends her around Columbus, Ohio, and through her past relationship with Declan, who drowned on a group rafting trip the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Celebrate Shakespeare's 400th anniversary with this hilarious comedy about the playwright's mysterious lost years. Bill Shakespeare is a hapless lute player with a big dream. When his bandmates kick him out of their group, Bill leaves his wife and kids behind to seek fame and fortune in the big city of London. He's written a great work for the stage and he's certain he'll prove all his doubters...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BILSummary: Mike - a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him - and Scott - the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire - embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYRichards, Natalie D
Summary: On a senior class camping trip, four girls find themselves lost in the woods, their supplies destroyed, and hunted by a killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2016
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Summary: Desperate to reach her grieving mother, Mira joins a group of college students driving home after their flight is stranded, but the road conditions are not the only mortal danger they face. Stuck at the Philadelphia airport by an incoming blizzard results, Mira hitches a ride to Pittsburgh with a group of college kids who were on her initial flight. As the trip begins she discovers that her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RICCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RICRichards, Natalie D.
Summary: After a tragic death at Fairview Public Library, frequent patron Mallory and community service volunteer Spencer discover they are not as alone, or as safe, as they thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Daniel Milton's once comfortable world as a talented surgeon is pushed to even greater extremes as he risks everything to stay ahead of his lies in the much-anticipated second season. Daniel's wife Beth has woken from her coma and their daughter Eve is reeling with the discovery that her mother has been alive all this time. Lee, the co-founder of the underground clinic, gets swept up in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TEMSummary: Mike, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott, the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire, embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MYSummary: Set in the 15th century, two strangers dressed as minstrels arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities, and it is revealed that they are actually emissaries of the devil himself, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: human love. Often interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VISSummary: Creature from the Black Lagoon: Members of a scientific expedition to the Amazon discover a gruesome half man/half fish creature. Revenge of the Creature: A monster, half man and half fish, kills two men and abducts a woman ichthyologist after escaping from the tank where it is chained. The creature walks among us: Despite the clear intention of enjoying his watery home deep in the Everglades,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CRESummary: Macbeth is the chef in a 3-star restaurant; Beatrice and Benedict are rival co-anchors; Titania and Bottom carouse in a tawdry theme resort; and Petruchio sets out to tame the conservative Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHAGinzburg, Natalia
Summary: "In a quiet Italian town after World War Two, Elsa lives with her parents in the house where she was born. Twenty-seven and unmarried, she is a constant concern to her obsessive, hypochondriac mother. But her mother does not know that Elsa has fallen in love with Tommasino, the elusive youngest son of the De Francisci family, who own the textile factory that dominates the town. Over the course...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GINKennett, Richard D.
Summary: Todd Newman has a seemingly life-limiting learning disability. A born and bred Vermonter, he speaks differently than his neighbors. His words don’t flow, and he can be difficult to understand. These differences make him feel trapped and troubled, which makes him lash out. After being arrested for arson, Todd’s life begins to change. He returns home to his small New England town, where his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Richard D. Kennett 0000