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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Agricultural laborers Labor unions Chavez, Cesar 1927-1993 Huerta, Dolores 1930- Migrant agricultural laborers Labor unions Strikes and lockouts Agricultural laborers Study and teaching (Middle school) Videos (dvd) Study and teaching (Secondary) Videos (dvd) United StatesFilter By Subjects
African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Agricultural laborers Labor unions Chavez, Cesar 1927-1993 Huerta, Dolores 1930- Migrant agricultural laborers Labor unions Strikes and lockouts Agricultural laborers Study and teaching (Middle school) Videos (dvd) Study and teaching (Secondary) Videos (dvd) United StatesSummary: Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN MYSummary: A 17-year-old Kurdish refugee, Bilal, has struggled his way through Europe in an attempt to reunite with his girlfriend, who has emigrated to England. When he is stopped in France, he decides to swim the English Channel to complete his journey. While training at a local swimming pool he meets Simon, a middle-aged swim instructor, who agrees to help Bilal, in order to regain the affection of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WELSummary: The world's top directors and some of America's top stars create a panoramic portrait of Paris. Find yourself transported by these sexy, romantic, haunting, dramatic, and beautiful stories.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PARSummary: 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: This volume brings a new crop of quality shorts to audiences hungry for a second helping. This latest collection features 7 new films that encompass an incredibly diverse range of topics and styles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FULSummary: Thirteen short films with unforgettable characters, insightful bonus extras, and cutting-edge animation, it's a must-own for any movie fan!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PIXSummary: Salomé (74 min.): Salome dances for King Herod and demands that the head of John the Baptist be brought to her on a platter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SALSummary: Ryan: Creating a hand-animated three-dimensional world, Chris Landreth explores the life of Ryan Larkin, a pioneer in Canadian animation who now lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change. Alter egos: Incorporating the animated documentary Ryan, Laurence Green's film explores the paths of animators Ryan Larkin and Chris Landreth and the relationship that developed between the two men....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Home Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RYASummary: Looking for a fast way to earn dough, Wallace decides to make it. Armed with a batch of ovens, an army of robotic kneading arms, and an old-fashioned windmill, Wallace and Gromit start 'Top Bun, ' their new bread-baking business. When bakers suddenly start disappearing, Gromit realizes that his master is in danger as he follows a twisting, turning trail of crumbs to solve a murder mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hit Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WALSummary: Using historical footage and dramatic reenactments, this film focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights -- the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the some of the most exploited people in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Poverty Law Center 2012