Winfrey, Oprah
Summary: Tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used in the 1950s to create the first immortal human cell line resulting in medical breakthroughs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD IMM NOT RATEDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE IMMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IMMSummary: A sprawling BBC saga of wealth, passion, and power, set in the palatial country houses and grand Mayfair salons of mid-Victorian England. Chronicles twenty years in the life of an aristocratic dynasty moving through high society in the heyday of Queen Victoria's reign. Based on Anthony Trollope's six political novels about British Parliamentary life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by RLJ Entertainment 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PALSummary: This gripping tale of Charles Dickens' classic remains faithful to the spirit of the novel while delivering a modern, thrilling, tragic, and occasionally comic edge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OLICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Oliver 2009Summary: The white princess is a tale of power, family, love and betrayal, charting one of the most tumultuous times in British history uniquely from the point of view of the women. The tempestuous marriage between Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII officially marks of the conclusion of the War of the Roses, but the real battle for the throne is far from over.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHISummary: Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DANTaylor-Joy, Anya
Summary: Set in seventeenth-century Amsterdam, a young woman receives the gift of an exact replica of their home from her new husband and she soon finds that the miniature creations inside it mirror what is happening in the real house in unnerving ways.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MINSummary: Beginning six years after season four, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression--a stark contrast with the Roaring Twenties. With the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky is looking to legitimize himself by forging alliances with liquor producers, including Bacardi in Cuba.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOASummary: Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, follows the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson who controlled the city during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOAHallinan, Olivia
Summary: Depicts country life in late nineteenth-century Oxfordshire through a young woman's experiences in the contrasting communities of Lark Rise, the small hamlet of her childhood, and Candleford, a progressive market town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LARSummary: It's 1968 and Enoch Powell's infamous 'Rivers of Blood' speech creates serious tension in Poplar, especially when a group of dockers march in support of Powell. The midwives welcome a new nun, Sister Veronica, who's an instant hit with everyone, except Nurse Crane. Meanwhile, Trixie's relationship with Matthew goes from strength to strength, while Nurse Crane helps Nancy with her financial...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CALMoore, Julianne
Summary: Behind-the-scenes dramatization of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GAMSummary: While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2008