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Sharma, SurajSummary: 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: A feature film version of America's hit comedy concert tour with renowned comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BLUSummary: Follows a bunch of ragtag teenagers who take a boat trip on a nearby creek to celebrate their youngest member's birthday. They have an ulterior motive - to payback a local bully for his cruelities to the birthday boy. This is a hearty dose of how revenge can change a life in 24 hours.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MEASummary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc ISummary: A Pulitzer winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forget connections of her own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1990s Scotland, a group of Catholic schoolgirls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OURSummary: In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MOTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Motherless 2020Summary: After being hired to investigate a possible murder cover up in a small town, Arthur -- a traumatized private eye with a penchant for conspiracy theories -- is plunged into a world of lies and deceit, seeing parallels between this death and the death of his daughter. Increasingly paranoid, Arthur's sanity is tested as he attempts to filter fact from fiction and solve the case, all the while...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WANSummary: In April 2003 Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old hiker, fell and was trapped in a narrow crevasse, his right arm wedged against the rock wall by a boulder. He had gone to Bluejohn Canyon, Utah for a rock-climbing weekend alone. Not telling anyone where he was going and finding himself stuck, he knows he can't expect anyone to come to his rescue. As a trained engineer and a skilled, albeit somewhat...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: Blu-ray 127Summary: "Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey--teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven--to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family God's 2018Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GoSummary: Chuck and Larry are the pride of their fire station. Two guy's guys always side-by-side and willing to do anything for each other. Widower Larry wants just one thing, to protect his kids. His buddy Chuck also wants on thing, to enjoy the single life. Grateful Chuck owes Larry for saving his life in a fire, and Larry calls in his marker when civic red tape prevents him from naming his own two...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY I NOWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD I NOWSummary: After the British Prime Minister passes away under mysterious circumstances, his funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. However, what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LONSummary: Two apparent strangers at a New York City wedding reception become entangled in a sexually charged battle of wits. As the night carries on, however, the passion of their two-decades-past love affair is revealed. Unfolds entirely in split-screen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hart Sharp Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CONSummary: Bruce Nolan is a discontented TV reporter who believes the entire universe is stacked against him. After a bad day, Bruce flies into a rage and blames God for making his life so miserable. God responds by endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers and challenges him to take on "The Big Job" to see if he can do it any better.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BRU1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: J DVD FRE
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BRUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Bruce 2003Summary: When rag doll 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone. It is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the newest member of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE NINSummary: A schoolteacher learns that she was once a lethal assassin for the CIA, and teams up with a wise-cracking detective to uncover her past before a hi-tech army of corrupt government renegades kills them both.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 1997
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Long 1997Summary: To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2000
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SHASummary: The heart-warming true story about an eccentric chicken farmer who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process tries to reunite his family and save their seaside town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ODDSummary: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA STRSummary: A mysterious German woman named Jasmin comes across a dilapidated motel and diner in the American desert. The diner's owner, Brenda, is initially taken aback by Jasmin's appearance and demeanor; but eventually the women find that there is a chemistry between them. Gradually, by using their unique individual skills, Jasmin and Brenda turn the once-fledgling diner into a thriving desert oasis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BAGSummary: Newly elected to Congress, Evan Baxter has left Buffalo, New York in pursuit of a greater calling. But that calling isn't serving in the illustrious ranks of America's politics, but being summoned by the Almighty himself, who has handed Evan the task of building a new ark. With time passing by and his family belittled by Evan's newfound realization, Evan will have to do the work that God has...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EVACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY EVACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Evan 2007Summary: Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramla, fed up with dieting and the dieting club they belong to, discover the world of Sumo, where large people are honored and appreciated.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Menemsha Films 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MATSharma, Suraj
Summary: Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013