Summary: In the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as US Secretary of Labor, the first woman to sit on a presidential cabinet. Against overwhelming odds, she became a driving force behind the New Deal social safety net, including Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the 8-hour day, minimum wage, and unemployment compensation. Featuring compelling interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SUMSummary: A young blade runner's discovery of a long buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Frankie is an African-American go-go dancer with dissociative identity disorder (DID). She struggles to retain her true self while fighting against two very different personalities: a seven-year-old girl named Genius, and a Southern white racist named Alice. Inspired by a remarkable true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRASummary: Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE REVSummary: Documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Against a background of social stigma, addiction recovery advocates are organizing to end discrimination and move toward recovery-based solutions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ANOSummary: Based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD DUMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: "Bette Midler portrays a Janis Joplin-like rock star whose success is laced with so much booze, drugs and hard living [that] it eventually causes her downfall"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Rose 2003Summary: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Director Oliver Stone seamlessly blends archival film with acted sequences in his version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which alleges that there was a massive plot and cover-up surrounding JFK's death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JFKCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JFKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER JFKSummary: With fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the world's only dark matter mine, source of all spaceship fuel. Deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FUTSummary: A frazzled urbanite and his two friends rob a bank and get millions of dollars, but their perfect escape is being ruined because they can't seem to get out of town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY QUISummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Allison and her family's world is turned upside down after her abilities to talk to dead people, see into the future, and read people's thoughts are publicly exposed. The results cause major changes in both her professional and personal life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MEDSummary: When Christy's best friend dies of typhoid before they've had a chance to patch up a disagreement, Christy angrily questions her faith as she tries to reconcile her beliefs with the tragedy of a young, loving mother being taken away from her family and friends.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CHRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHRSummary: Allison Dubois is a strong-willed, devoted young wife and mother of three girls, who has gradually come to grips with her extraordinary ability to talk to dead people, see the future in her dreams, and read people's thoughts. This season, Allison and her family's world is turned upside down after her abilities are publicly exposed, resulting in sweeping changes both professionally and personally.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MEDSummary: Allison Dubois is a strong-willed, devoted young wife and mother of three girls, who has gradually come to grips with her extraordinary ability to talk to dead people, see the future in her dreams, and read people's thoughts. This season, Allison and her family's world is turned upside down after her abilities are publicly exposed, resulting in sweeping changes both professionally and personally.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Paramount Network Television 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MEDSummary: Bert Kalmar always wanted to be a magician, but all it takes is a disastrous opening night to make his dream go poof! So, Kalmar moves on and finds songwriting magic with collaborator Harry Ruby.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS THRSummary: NASCAR sensation Ricky Bobby is a racing hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo. Dubbed "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans, the two have the ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Talladega 2006Summary: Mosey on back to the land of the Rio Grande, where Hank is wondering if he should vote for a fellow Texan in the presidential election. Later, while Bobby wishes her were older, Dale sues the tobacco company to get money for his wife's face lift.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KINSummary: When a young bank teller inadvertently breaks the rules of Mogwai care, his new pet Gizmo multiplies into a bevy of mischievous brothers, who soon morph into malevolent scaly creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR GRESummary: From the town of Bedrock, modern stone-age family Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their goofy best-friends and neighbors Barney and Betty Rubble comically trudge through prehistoric daily lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FLISummary: A 21st-century romantic thriller centered around a relationship that gets taken too far, When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, his answer becomes clear: anything. As he uses the internet and social media to gather the most intimate of details to get close to her, a charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession when he quietly and strategically begins...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD YOUSummary: A hilarious slice of middle-class life in small-town America, this has become one of the most beloved and long-running prime-time animated series in television history. Outrageously funny but remarkably truthful, the series follows the exploits of propane salesman Hank Hill as he reigns over a family of underachievers, a group of beer-guzzling friends, and the everyday challenges of life in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015