Summary: Simone Bitton, a Jewish woman born in Morocco who identifies with both Arab and Jewish cultures, examines the personal, cultural, and monetary costs of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, a wall being built to separate Israelis and Palestinians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Life Size Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: Offers a snapshot of the changing face of Irish music. Blues and country, solo and ensemble, Gaelic and English, the songs combine in a musical exploration of the creativity and sheer talent in play in Ireland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2008
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GAESummary: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VAISummary: High school basketball coach John Harrison receives unfortunate news that will change his life. The largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down, forcing many families to leave in search of other job opportunities. John and his family are faced with an uncertain future, and his dreams of winning the state basketball championship are in jeopardy. He agrees to coach the cross-country...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY OVECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OvSummary: This heartrending masterpiece by Kenji Mizoguchi about the give-and-take between life and art marked the director's first use of the hypnotic long takes and eloquent camera movements that would come to define his films. The adopted son of legendary kabuki actor Kikunosuke, who is striving to achieve stardom by mastering female roles, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STOSummary: It's Election Day on a remote island off the coast of Iran and a ballot box is parachuted to shore. An unnamed soldier is assigned to escort a female bureaucrat to gather votes. Together, they embark on a chaotic journey, turning the island upside down desperately seeking anyone's vote! There is more to the Secret Ballot than the two could ever imagine!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SecSummary: "Leaving the devastation of World War II behind them, a little girl and her brother travel from Europe to Israel in search of family, hope, and future. Placed in a refugee camp on their arrival they are confronted by a world of colorful characters whose intrigues both terrify and tantalize them and are forced to face the difficult realities of a new land. Powerfully reflecting the complexities...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sisu Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NEWSummary: Reveals a startling truth: hidden within the human body is a story of life on Earth. This scientific adventure story takes viewers from Ethiopia to the Arctic Circle on a hunt for the many ways that our animal ancestors shaped our anatomical destiny.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV YOUSummary: A pair of preppy yet constitutionally mismatched American cousins, a salesman and a navy officer, argue about romance and politics while working in the beautiful Spanish city of the film's title. Set during the eighties, it explores topics both heady (American exceptionalism, Cold War foreign policy) and hilarious (the ins and outs of international dating, the proper shaving method) while...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY BARContents: Dirty Harry / screenplay by Harry Julian Fink & R.M. Fink and Dean Riesner ; produced and directed by Don Siegel (102 min.) -- Magnum force / screenplay by John Milius and Michael Cimino ; produced by Robert Daley ; directed by Ted Post (123 min.) -- The enforcer / screenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Dean Riesner ; produced by Robert Daley ; directed by James Fargo (97 min.) -- Sudden impact...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIRSummary: Takes place in the sleepy New Mexico town where a UFO supposedly crash-landed in 1947. We meet best friends Liz and Maria, who juggle their high school studies with work in the Crashdown Cafe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROSSummary: Living among the ordinary citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are four teenagers who are not there by choice. Max, Isabel, Michael, and Tess are humans with extraordinary gifts. They are human/alien hybrids, sent here as replacements for the royalty of an alien race. This year the show will be built around around the relationships between human and aliens.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROSSummary: Brother and Sister Goose join Mother Goose to make these classical favorites more enjoyable. Kids learn 43 rhymes using upbeat pop-style music with either traditional or new melodies. The playful geese lead children through each rhyme, teaching them about safety, manners, and accepting responsibility.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rock 'N Learn 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ROCSummary: When an isolated valley unaffected by the raging war around it becomes a winter haven for a band of mercenaries, violence erupts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LASFernando Trueba
Summary: Narra de manera íntima la historia de un hombre bueno, el médico colombiano Héctor Abad Gómez, carismático líder social y hombre de familia, un destacado médico y activista por los derechos humanos en el Medellín polarizado y violento de los años 70. La trama relata la vida del doctor y padre de familia, preocupado tanto por sus hijos como por los niños de clases menos favorecidas. En su casa...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MEMSummary: While Batya, a struggling waitress, cares for a mysterious child that appeared to her out of the sea. Newlywed Keren nurses a broken leg and a ruined honeymoon. Filipino migrant worker Joy tries to support her son back home. A reflection on making connections and confronting destiny in a deconstructed urban landscape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JELSummary: Recounts the true tale of two English baby girls exchanged by mistake in a maternity home and raised to adulthood by the "wrong parents." Instead of seeking to fix responsibility, the film recalls -- through interviews that are sometimes sad and occasionally lunatic -- how the six people most concerned were affected by, and dealt with the situation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Antenne 2 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIXSummary: A taut thriller about the tense relationship between the orthodox nationalists and the military. Both a politico-psychological drama and a love story between a passionate woman and two best friends, Time Of Favor raises important questions of faith to one's religion, duty to one's nation, and love for oneself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TIMSummary: A live performance of the tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare. Set in Roman times, the play deals with Mark Antony's obsessive passion for Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, and how it leads to the tragic downfall of both.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS ANTSummary: Learn the fundamentals of writing and performing "spoken word" poetry from some of the most accomplished poets of the movement. Includes interviews with, and performances by, the 2004 National Slam Champions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Choices, Inc. 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POESummary: After her sister dies in childbirth, a young orthodox Jewish woman's family pressures her to marry her brother-in-law rather than entering into an arranged marriage with a man closer to her age.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FILSummary: After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FINSummary: Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating to others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005