Summary: Sam Childers is a drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing spiritual transformation and makes a life-changing decision to travel to war-torn East Africa. After witnessing unspeakable horrors faced by innocent children, he vows to save them at any cost, including his own safety. Childers begins waging a relentless battle against the territory's renegade militia, leading harrowing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAC RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MACCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MaSummary: The award-winning feature documentary tells the inspiring journey of Cliff, Ahmani, and Nicholas, three underserved teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THACooke, Sam
Summary: Looks at the life and career of legendary singer Sam Cooke.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SAMSummary: Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Railway 2013Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAI RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RaPearl Jam
Summary: Profiles the rock group in celebration of its twentieth anniversary, featuring interviews, archival footage, and live performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Monkeywrench/Columbia 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PEASummary: Nam June Paik was a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century, widely regarded as the father of video art, who coined the phrase "Electronic Superhighway," and is arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history. Features readings of the artist's writings.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NAMSummary: In post-war occupied Japan, young Tatsumi's passion for comics not only leads him becomes a means of supporting his poor family but also leads him to redefine the manga landscape. He pioneered gekiga (dramatic pictures), an alternative genre for adults which is by encouraging an alternative genre for adults which is realistic, disquieting and grapples with the darker aspects of life. This film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kimstim 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TATSummary: "Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPSummary: Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor, as well as a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Trace Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age four with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DECSummary: An English governess is hired to teach the King of Siam's children, but ruins the country's traditions during her work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family KingCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KINSummary: It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Media 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRASummary: Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in this epic tale of how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world. Co-starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and Sam Rockwell, it is a darkly comic look behind the scenes of American politics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY VICCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VICCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VICSummary: Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIO RATED PG 13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LiCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LIOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Lion 2017Summary: Tells the truet story of Nicholas Winton, who organized the rescue of hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis on the verge of World War II. Half a century later, he is haunted by the memory of those he could not save.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decal Releasing 2024
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ONESummary: Follows the lives of Korean poet Young-Chan Cho, who is both deaf and blind, and his wife Soon Ho. Focuses on the couple's use of touch to communicate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLASummary: George- The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus is a feature documentary as mercurial as its subject, George Maciunas, impresario of the international avant-garde art movement Fluxus (1962-78). Contradictory interviews with artists, including Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik, and inventive sound and screen design, shape this rich portrait of a visionary artist. Dedicated to cooperative...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GEOSummary: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE INCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IN RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD InMurray, Bill
Summary: With Great Britain facing war with Germany, President Franklin D. Roosevelt invites the King and Queen of England to his home in upstate New York, while engaging in an affair with a distant cousin.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HYDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD HYDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HYD RATED RSummary: The epic story of Henri Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PAPSummary: "Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory minimum drug sentencing's devastating consequences, captured by Cindy's brother, follows her and her family over the course of ten years."--IMDb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SENSummary: "An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Life According to Sam follows one family's courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal aging disease. Directed by Oscar winners Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (Inocente), this highly personal and life-affirming journey is propelled by the captivating presence of Sam Berns. Funny, perceptive and fiercely intelligent,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFSummary: In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild English coastline. She hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself. When one such tourist arrives in Lyme, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte, who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Despite their differences, it is the beginning of a passionate and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AMMSummary: The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KIN RATED RCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie King's 2011Summary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019