Summary: This is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his beautiful girlfriend Reina leaves his life in Colombia to illegally cross the border and find fortune in New York. Marlon's journey, which takes him to through seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, and the streets of Jackson Heights, ultimately takes him to a place he could have never predicted.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distibuted in the USA by Phase 4 Films 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PARBacon, Kevin
Summary: City boy Ren McCormick moves to a Midwestern town where dancing has been banned and encourages his friends to fight for the right to dance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2011
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOO RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FOOSummary: What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola? A contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. Funny yet hard-hitting, the film tackles the thorny subject of cross-cultural relationships with humor and honesty.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FANSummary: A small fighter jet gets the chance of a lifetime to compete in an international airshow championship. Determined to win, the jet signs up with a demanding trainer, but the reigning champ wants to make sure the jet won't win the tournment--or even compete.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2013
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD WingsTrapero, Pablo
Summary: An ambulance-chasing attorney and a doctor cross paths while investigating car accidents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CARSummary: The great Agnes Varda's film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals, Varda's discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN POISummary: Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, Le bonheur examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007