Summary: The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history; it created the world's first Black republic. At the forefront of the rebellion was General Toussaint Louverture, an ex-slave whose genius was admired by allies and enemies alike.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EgaSummary: When Sara and her friends arrive at her family's Louisiana lake house, they quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of sexy fun in the sun. But they soon discover the lake is infested with hundreds of flesh-eating sharks, and a few equally dangerous human predators, that turn their killer vacation into a bone-crunching battle to stay alive!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Jubilee (Keaton Sextette) (2:25) -- Ship of glory (Price Family Sacred Singers) (2:52)-- When God made me he didn't make a monkey man (Brantley & Williams with Their Versatile Four) (2:47) -- I'll play my harp in Beulah Land (Brothers Wright & Williams) (3:11) -- Now is the needy time (Sister Clara Hudman) (3:19) -- Moan, you moaners (Bessie Smith) (3:12) -- Church, I'm fully saved today (Blind...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS GOSSummary: Set during the height of the Bosnian War in 1993, a group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing on Serb territory under the cover of a foggy night. At daybreak, the fog lifts, and the Serbs open fire. Soon there is only one Bosnian survivor because he was able to dive into a trench in no man's land. He then watches as two Serbian soldiers use the body of a fallen Bosnian to bait a land mine. He...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NoSummary: Follow the adventures of a young school teacher as she faces new adventures and trials with the many citizens of Hope Valley, on the Canadian frontier.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: EdifyFilms 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WHECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHESummary: A 12-year-old tech prodigy's science experiment goes awry and he forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, his dog. The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY THICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THISummary: Based on remarkable real-life stories, this gripping drama series follows the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service as they navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend to across some of the most beautiful and inhospitable places in the Australian outback.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Almost seven months after the Rage virus has annihilated the inhabitants of the London and the British Isles, the U.S. Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. In the first wave of returning refugees, a family is reunited, but one of them unwillingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: London, 1872. Phileas Fogg lives a comfortable but utterly unfulfilling life in London, spending every day at his club with his friends Fortescue and Bellamy. But when he receives a hand-delivered postcard, with only the word 'COWARD' written on the back, it turns his world upside down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AROCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AROSummary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: "A close-knit team of six young men sailed away from Ireland in 1977 with dreams of a better life. Thirty years later, they reunite at the wake after one of them suddenly dies. Hardened by years of disappointment and drink, they quickly realize that their bonds of friendship have weakened, provoking regret, jealousy and tension. As they reveal their guilty feelings about their dead friend and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd. 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KINSummary: In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet," the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother is a poor socialist who is proud of her family's social standing, and places similar restrictions on her son....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF VIVSummary: Continues the adventures of young school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher and Mountie Jack Thornton, as they face new adventures and trials with the many citizens of Hope Valley, a town on the Canadian frontier.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Edify Films 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Wh 5Summary: "Season Eight continues the story of love, hope, courage, and faith on the Canadian frontier. Follow the adventures of the young school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher as she faces new adventures and trials along with her infant son Jack and the many citizens of Hope Valley, a town that has become a symbol of the love and supports the residents have for one another."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Edify Films 2021
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WHESmith, Arthur Q.
Contents: Disc 1. The Commercial Recordings : My tears don't show / performed by Roy Acuff -- You can't conceal a broken heart / performed by Kitty Wells -- Rainbow at midnight / performed by Carlisle Brothers -- Wedding bells / performed by Hank Williams -- Somebody lied / performed by Hawkshaw Hawkins -- Save a little dream for me / performed by Moon Mullican -- I overlooked an orchid / performed by...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY SMISummary: A talk show host and his wife and son seem to be living an ideal life until clandestinely-filmed videotapes of their private lives start to show up on their front porch. As the tapes reveal more secrets, the resulting stress and fear leads to conflict, obsession, and deceit for the couple and brings back episodes from the husband's childhood when he wronged a young Algerian boy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CACSummary: In Australia's red heart with all of its precarious beauty, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramla, fed up with dieting and the dieting club they belong to, discover the world of Sumo, where large people are honored and appreciated.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Menemsha Films 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MATSummary: "... reveals the story of the young school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher as she leaves her privileged upbringing behind in hope of establishing a new life on the Canadian frontier." -- container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHESummary: Follow the adventures of a young school teacher as she faces new adventures and trials with the many citizens of Hope Valley, on the Canadian frontier.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WH 6Summary: From the Hallmark Channel and acclaimed Director, Michael Landon Jr. comes the continuation of When Calls the Heart in the When Calls the Heart Season 9 Collector's Edition. Inspired by the beloved books by Janette Oke; Season Nine continues the story of love, hope, courage, and faith on the Canadian frontier. Follow the adventures of the young school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher as she faces new...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Edify Films 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WHESummary: About a celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971. With the glory days of World War II far behind him, Smith has become a recluse. Between an impassioned Japanese translator called Aileen urging him to go and a much-needed commission from "Life"...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie MinamataSummary: A wickedly perceptive comedy about the life-altering, emotional armor-piercing friendship between a lonely 17-year-old rebel looking for a job and a conservative, middle-aged salesman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MYSummary: The world of storyteller Beatrix Potter comes to life in this ballet through the magic of music and dance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009