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: One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA GRE

Summary: "Facing a changing landscape where barbed wire and railways replace the freedom of the open range, Monte Walsh (Marvin) and his fellow cowboys consider new work opportunities, toy with the idea of 'settling down', and draw their pistols for one last showdown."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN MON

Summary: Sabata: Sabata is a mysterious steely-eyed gunslinger who, after he discovers the town of Daugherty's elite are the masterminds behind the big bank heist, imposes his bullet-laced brand of justice on the town.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM 2005

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN SAB

Summary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOP

Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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

Summary: Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. He is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA INS

Summary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KIL

Summary: As a former outlaw turned wagon train guide, Stewart is pitted against warring Indians, murderous hijackers and a traitorous ally as he attempts to lead a group of settlers through the treacherous Oregon wilderness.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2003

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BEN

Summary: Crime boss Rex hires Frank and his crew to steal a priceless jewel stash, but the job goes wrong when someone tips off the cops. After Frank suffers a blow to the head, he wakes up to find the jewels are gone and no memory of his attacker. Now, Frank must confront his team members one by one to find the traitor before Rex covers his tracks by having Frank murdered.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Summary: Unquenchably curious young reporter Tintin and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Tintin find himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, a diabolical villain who believes Tintin has stolen a priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate. With the help of Snowy, Captain Haddock, and bumbling detectives...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2012

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

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ADV

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Tintin 2012

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

Summary: A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2001

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

Summary: Nels Coxman is a family man whose quiet life with his wife is upended following the mysterious death of their son. Nels's search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt for Viking, a drug lord he believes is connected to the death. As one by one Viking's associates 'disappear,' Nels goes from upstanding citizen to ice-cold vigilante, letting nothing, and no one, get in his way.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD COL

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

Summary: David Chappellet, a ruthlessly ambitious skier competing for Olympic gold with an underdog American team in Europe, clashes with his coach, who tries to temper the upstart's narcissistic drive for glory.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

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

Summary: The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BLA

Summary: "A self-centered New York City publicist suddenly finds himself on the deadly end of a high-powered rifle scope. Now it's a real-time race against the clock as [he] must outwit a psychotic sniper in a frantic scramble from phone booth to freedom"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER PHO

Summary: Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the World Wars. A poignant ode to friendship, this breathless picaresque is performed with panache by an all-star cast.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY GRA

Summary: The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GRA

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

Willis, Bruce

Summary: A retired assassin must confront his former rival in order to save his daughter after she is kidnapped.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2014

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

Summary: Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY DIM

Crowley, John

Summary: Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

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

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