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African American families Illinois Chicago Drama Afronorteamericanos Illinois Chicago Teatro Familia Illinois Chicago Teatro Farmers China Drama Frigidity (Psychology) Drama Kessel, Joseph 1898-1979 Film adaptations Minorías Illinois Chicago Teatro Prostitutes Drama Prostitution France Paris Drama Racism Illinois Chicago DramaSummary: A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOOSummary: When Susan moves with her father from America to England, she ends up falling in love with and marrying Sir John Ashwood, an English baronet. But, before their son is born, Susan loses her husband to World War I. When World War II breaks out years later, her son's own tour of duty begins. Finding out whether he will return home safely or not makes for some of the most dramatic moments in motion...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 2009
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE WHISummary: Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAISummary: A Paris housewife begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello in an examination of contemporary social mores and class divisions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012