Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: 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: Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS STOSummary: Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Neuhaus to spend the holidays with her family and rediscover her passion for music. While there, her ex-boyfriend and former bandmate Jackson convinces her to headline the annual Christmas Concert, and working together brings back all their old feelings.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2021
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD CHASummary: This is the story of a sustained and well-funded effort to discredit and defeat Bill Clinton, dating from his gubernatorial days in Arkansas and eventually leading to his impeachment trial.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HUNSummary: "In harm's way": An epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, details the devastating sneak attack on the Naval base as well as the explosive behind-the-scenes stories, and the counter-offensive. (167 min.).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD FRISummary: A mysterious new store has opened in Castle Rock, Maine, where every item has a nerve-shattering price. The owner is always willing to make a devil of a deal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NEESummary: On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE TOWSummary: After Cesar's major league career is cut short, he returns to his native Monterey, Mexico. Once back home, a group of impoverished baseball-loving kids recruit him to coach their ragtag team. Together, they beat the odds and overcome hardships and bigotry to compete in the 1957 Little League World Series.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PERCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PERSummary: Perseus goes on a quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY CLASummary: Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Annie, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIE RATED PGSummary: The detectives in the LAPD's major crimes division are still reeling from the departure of Brenda Leigh Johnson and the realization that Captain Raydor is now in charge. Unlike Brenda, Raydor is determined to lead them with a more team-oriented approach, sharing the credit with the people with whom she works. Raydor's hardest job will be gaining the trust and confidence of her detectives, who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAJSummary: The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, THE MIKADO. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MIKSummary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TODSummary: In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HiGreen, Robson
Summary: A clergyman investigates a series of crimes in the small village of Grantchester.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2023
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Summary: A clergyman investigates a series of crimes in the small village of Grantchester.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2020
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Grantschester 2020Green, Robson
Summary: Based on the novels by Val McDermid, this is the story of a clinical psychologist, Dr. Tony Hill, who is called upon by the police to investigate mysterious killings across the north of England that are too baffling for most detectives. The hit dramatic crime series that doesn't pull any punches in its depiction of the darker side of the human psyche, which only serves to make each episode...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WIRSummary: A small-town family travels to the State Fair. The father is looking for a blue ribbon for his prize hog, Blue Boy, mom is looking for glory in her cooking, and the kids are looking for love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family State 2005Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS STASummary: Creed: Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: SDS 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRESummary: In this courtroom thriller, Chicago attorney Ann Talbot (Jessica Lange) agrees to defend her Hungarian immigrant father Mike Laszlo (Armin Mueller-Stahl) against accusations of heinous war crimes committed 50 years earlier. As the trial unfolds, Ann probes for evidence that will not only establish his innocence but also lay to rest her own agonizing doubts about his past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2003