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Brace, Charles Loring 1826-1890 Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) Loneliness New York (State) New York Drama Man-woman relationships New York (N.Y.) Drama New York (State) New York Orphan trains Taxicab drivers New York (State) New York Drama United States Violence in men New York (State) New York DramaFilter By Subjects
Brace, Charles Loring 1826-1890 Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) Loneliness New York (State) New York Drama Man-woman relationships New York (N.Y.) Drama New York (State) New York Orphan trains Taxicab drivers New York (State) New York Drama United States Violence in men New York (State) New York DramaSummary: Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPSummary: A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TAXSummary: In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2017