Summary: This drama chronicles the true story of a young girl in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan who must disguise herself as a boy to save her family from starvation. The first feature film made in Afghanistan in the post-Taliban era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OSASummary: Edith Piaf was raised in a brothel, wrested from the only life she knew by her father so they could join the circus, Edith spent her teen years on the streets. She is finally "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start, and, ultimately, her international success and final illness. She was always frail, sickly, malnourished, and wildly temperamental. She was often on drugs or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2007
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VIE RATED PG-13Summary: A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TSO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TSO
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TSOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TSO RATED RSummary: Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001