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Beaches Chavez, Cesar 1927-1993 France Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Camps de concentration Drame Hanukkah Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures Huerta, Dolores 1930- Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors France Biography Varda, Agnès 1928-2019Filter By Subjects
Beaches Chavez, Cesar 1927-1993 France Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Camps de concentration Drame Hanukkah Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures Huerta, Dolores 1930- Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors France Biography Varda, Agnès 1928-2019Summary: 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
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VIVSummary: In the month of Kislev: A rich, arrogant merchant takes the family of a poor peddler to court and learns a lesson about the meaning of Hanukkah. The night before Christmas: The story of Santa's visit on a snowy Christmas Eve. Seven candles for Kwanzaa: For each new day of Kwanzaa, a new candle is lit and children and adults share their thoughts, songs, stories from the past and dreams about the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WINSummary: 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: "When a desperate princess hires Puss to recover her stolen ruby, he is reluctantly partnered with three little kittens. ... The minute the mittens are off, The Three Diablos wreak havoc on Puss' mission to recover the stolen ruby from the notorious French thief, 'Le Chuchoteur The Whisperer'"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2012
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PUSSummary: Caillou, Mommy and Rosie go to the park, where they join Leo and Clementine. Caillou accidentally breaks Clementine's bucket. Caillou offers his bucket to replace the broken one and they all work together to build a sand castle. Children learn about: considering the feelings of friends; playground safety; the importance of tied shoelaces.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CAISummary: Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NIGSummary: "A reflection on art, life, and the movies. ... [A] richly cinematic self portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of husband Jacques Demy and the birth of the French New Wave."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010