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 PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: The complete story of Lieutenant Ellen Ripley's recurring battles with members of a parasitical extraterrestrial species.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Lula knows she's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend, Sailor, no matter how many times her mama tried to kill him. But when she and Sailor hit the road to find happiness, their journey plunges them into a disturbing underworld.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WILSummary: Cars: Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CARSummary: A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a small Minnesota town, in the middle of nowhere, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. She endures a frosty reception from the locals, along with the icy roads and freezing weather. She warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NEWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NEWSummary: The Pickles family and friends decide to take a vacation. Their ship isn't very seaworthy, and they end up stranded on an uncharted island. The kids figure the day is saved when they discover that famous explorer Sir Nigel Thornberry is also on the island with his family. After he gets a hit on the head by a coconut, Nigel's intelligence gets knocked out of commission. The Rugrats then turn to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD RugratsSummary: While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PASSummary: When a corporate law office is quarantined after exposure to a dangerous virus that makes the infected lose their inhibitions, a recently fired employee and a wronged client must battle their way to the executive level before time runs out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR MAYSummary: Clara is searching for the special key to unlock a box from her late mother. Inside that box is a priceless item that her mother left for her. During her godfather's yearly holiday party, Clara almost gets the key but it disappears. She embarks on a quest into a mysterious world which has four different realms: a snowflakes realm, flowers realm, sweets realm, and the challenging realm where the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NUTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV NUTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NuSummary: Conan the barbarian: Cimmerian Conan is captured as a child after his parents are murdered by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom. After years of enslavement, Conan is freed to learn the "riddle of steel" and to kill the arch-villain Thulsa Doom
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CONSummary: An acrobatically inclined free spirit, following a whirlwind engagement, literally tumbles into the lives of his fiancée's aristocratic family, setting up a clash of values with her staid father while firing the rebellious imagination of her brash, black-sheep sister. With a sparkling surface and an undercurrent of melancholy, the film is an enchanting ode to nonconformists and pie-in-the-sky...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY HOLSummary: An American tail: While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANASummary: A young pig depends on a rat, a spider, and a little girl to prove that, even as a runt, he's still special. As his days become numbered, it will take a miracle to save his life. Special features include: additional scenes, bloopers, commentary, music videos, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY CHASummary: Fern is a young farm girl who rescues a runt pig, Wilbur. Wilbur is saved from certain death and Fern visits him every day at her Uncle Homer's farm. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house." Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her web turns the Zuckerman farm into a tourist attraction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CHACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHA RATED GCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CHACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD Charlotte'sSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSSummary: Follow the courageous journey of John Lewis, a civil rights hero, congressional leader, and human rights champion whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. The son of sharecroppers, Lewis grew up in the segregated South and rose from Alabama's Black Belt to the corridors of power on Capitol Hill. His humble origins have forever linked him to those whose voices often go unheard.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHSummary: In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HIDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HiSummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: "In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two rebellious brothers, set in a dreamlike and timeless Tulsa, Francis Ford Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate, painful emotions. The director's "art film for teenagers" was his second adaptation of young-adult novelist S. E. Hinton's work in a single year, after the more classically styled The Outsiders. Graced...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA RUMSummary: Vietnam, 1968. A true story of a middle-aged air force officer, LTC Iceal Hambleton, who's never seen combat before. He is stranded behind enemy lines and all he can do is wait and hope. Then a voice crackles over his radio, and he has found a friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BATSummary: Roger and his friend Charlie audition at a saloon in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. The number "Alexander's ragtime band" proves to be a sensation. Charlie soon falls in love with Stella who is the singer of the band. When Roger returns from World War I, he meets Stella and learns she and Charlie have married.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ALESummary: Discworld is a magical realm quite unlike, yet hauntingly familiar to, Earth, and it finally has it's first tourist. Rincewind is an inept ex-student wizard who is given the task of guiding Twoflower through the city-state of Ankh Morpork. But unfortunately Rincewind has two problems. First, he is an expert coward and he doesn't feel that he is the best person to guard a naive, and extremely...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RHI Entertainment 2009