Summary: "Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed and await death"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHISummary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GANSummary: "Master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. 'The Wolf, ' and his right-hand gunman Jigen are hot on the trail of a double-crossing counterfeiter. But when their search leads them to the secluded European country of Cagliostro, they find far more than they bargained for. Lupin unwittingly attracts the attention of the nation's mysterious monarch when he tries to help a damsel in distress escape the Count's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Manga Video 2000
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CASSummary: A smartphone video shot by a young woman announces that her parents have forbidden her from realizing her dream of acting and then, by all appearances, takes her own life. The recipient of the video, Behnaz Jafari, as herself, asks Panahi, as himself, to drive her to the woman's tiny home village near the Turkish border to investigate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THRSummary: Jafar Panahi drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up a diverse group of passengers in a single day. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world while being interviewed by the curious and gracious driver.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAXSummary: The members of the all-male Tehran soccer team struggle to adjust to the ambitious girls who are trying to find a way onto their team, despite the dangers they face if their true identity is discovered.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures 2007
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OFFSummary: When Professor Bresson, touted to be this century's most established archaeologist passes away, he leaves behind the Bresson Diary, rumored to hold clues to the treasures of a lost civilization. When elusive Lupin III, grandson of the famous French thief, learns of this, he decides to snatch the sought-after diary to claim the lost treasures for himself and to redeem his grandfather's name, who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GKIDS 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LuSummary: The true story of how Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa allowed a Hollywood crew to film him in battle, altering the course of film and military history in the process. Early movie giants D.W. Griffin and Harry Aiken send Frank Thayer to Mexico to persuade the cash-strapped, publicity-hungry Villa to let them film his revolution. Stepping into the literal cross fire, Thayer's crew risk their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANDSummary: As Goku and Vegeta land blow after blow in their brutal duel, an enormous amount of energy is transferred to Majin Buu. And despite Gohan's valiant efforts, the monster reaches full power faster than anyone could have predicted. With the ancient evil awakened and free to wreak havoc across the planet, the Z Fighters must give everything they've got to put Buu back to bed for good.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME DRASummary: Donald Baines is a successful movie director nearing death whose life was filled with fame and riches but devoid of love. Haunted by the memory of the son he abandoned and never knew, he is given the chance to see three views of his son's journey. Ultimately he is offered the opportunity to alter the outcome of his son's life in this haunting yet beautiful tale of love and redemption. --Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ILLSummary: "One of the preeminent figures of Iranian cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has written and directed an impressive array of acclaimed films, winning accolades at international film festivals and admiration of world cinema audiences. This collection presents three of his most lyrical works which the director has termed his Poetic Trilogy. Gabbeh tells of an elderly couple who stop by a stream to wash...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MOHSummary: With their efforts to stop Majin Buu quickly proving futile, the Z Fighters have only one hope against this seemingly invincible foe the Fusion technique. Will the combined power of two Saiyan warriors be enough to stop Majin Buu once and for all? The final battle for the fate of the universe begins!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME DRASummary: Everyone's favorite ornery asthma-hound chihuahua Ren, and his overweight and under-brained feline companion, Stimpy, are a mismatch made in animation heaven! With opposite personalities and tempers, almost elastic body types, and an intense relationship, the lifelong friends set out on surreal, often gross journeys -- and their incredible knack for getting into trouble is boundless. Brace...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RENSummary: Alicia Florrick stood by her husband on his tumultuous path to the governor's office, but now she's entering the world of politics on her own terms by running for state's attorney. As Election Day approaches, Alicia must balance the demands of her firm and campaign as she supports her partner Cary during shocking developments that could end his career; and life as he knows it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GOO RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOOSummary: A tour-de-force performance from Mark Ruffalo leads this family saga, which follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America. The six-episode limited drama series is based on Wally Lamb's New York Times bestseller and award-winning book, I Know This Much Is True.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ISummary: Follows the relationship between a teenage ski prodigy and her predatory instructor. In a breakthrough role, Noée Abita plays 15-year-old Lyz, a high school student in the French Alps who has been accepted to an elite ski club known for producing some of the country's top professional athletes. Taking a chance on his new recruit, ex-champion turned coach Fred decides to mold Lyz into his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SLASummary: An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, set 3000 years in the future. Therein, the mysterious Count infiltrates the Parisian aristocracy in order to exact revenge on the men who destroyed his life decades years ago.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Geneon Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME GANSummary: It's been six months since the vent that trapped thousands of players in the online game world of Elder Tales and the situation is far from secure. The people of the land are engaged in open warfare against the goblin armies of Zantleaf. Minami spies are infiltrating the populace. And even with the support and guidance of the Round Table Alliance, the cost of sustaining the City of Akihabara is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME LOGSummary: Dan and Charlie are two best friends who, together, have built a successful marketing empire, but have somehow managed to avoid ever really grown up. Their lives have been turned upside down when they are charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of a big business deal. The clueless bachelors stumble in their efforts, leading to one debacle after another, with a gorilla...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Menemsha Films 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOMSummary: Kirito and his friends go on a mission to seek out the legendary Holy Sword "Excalibur!" News spreads among the players that the sword has been discovered inside ALO. This was actually the very sword that Kirito and Leafa found in the underground realm of Jotunheim several months ago when they saved "Tonky." Summoning Asuna, Klein, Sinon and the others, they set off for the dungeon in Jotunheim...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SWOSummary: Ako Tamaki looks to her fellow high school friends for help in separating real life from her life in the fantasy online gaming world of Legendary Age, or LA.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME ANDSummary: "One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a sublimely piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019