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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: The tale of the first meeting between Tigger and Pooh. Pooh gets stuck in Rabbit's house from eating too much honey, and there's a flurry of activity on a windy day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MAN

Summary: On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE TOW

Summary: A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE OLD

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OLD

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OLD

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OLD

Summary: "In this chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, the astonishingly versatile director Jonathan Demme crafted a taut psychological thriller about an American obsession: serial murder. As Clarice Sterling, an FBI trainee who enlists the help of the infamous Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter to gain insight into the mind of another killer, Jodie Foster subverts classic gender...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY THRILLER SIL

Summary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEN

Summary: A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN STA

Summary: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on Earth--because the Predator is not of this Earth.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRE

Summary: Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo, three apes from the future, escape from their planet as it is being destroyed and land on 20th century Earth where they are taken to the Los Angeles Zoo for examination. When Zira reveals their ability to speak to a psychologist, the apes are treated as curiosities. However, when the U.S. government begins to believe their story that the Earth will eventually be...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ESC

Summary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MEL

Summary: A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 1998

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BRE

Summary: Elite fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner become the U.S. Navy's most celebrated wingmen during the Korean War.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DEV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DEV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEV

Summary: When FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose fascination with the young woman is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling must confront her own demons, and an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2007

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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER SIL

Summary: Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SWE

Summary: He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He's a gambler-- a thief-- a killer and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BAD

Summary: They are five high school students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday morning detention together in their school library. At 7 a.m. they had nothing to say to each other, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls and become good friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BRE

Summary: Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE BRI

Summary: Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager, he's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Percy 2010

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PER

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PER

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD P

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PER

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PER RATED PG

Summary: A story about the events leading up to the sword-fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PUS

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PUS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Pu

Summary: Annie is left in the care of her elderly and out-of-date grandfather and is sure her summer is doomed. When her attempt at escape goes awry, she meets new friends who help her connect with her grandfather and bring the power of forgiveness into her family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Feature Films for Families 2007

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY COM