Summary: 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 PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Contents: Disc 1. Can the circle be unbroken (Bye and bye) (The Carter Family) -- Mule skinner blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Fox chase (DeFord Bailey) -- I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) -- Mountain Dew (Grandpa Jones and His Grandchildren) -- I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart (Patsy Montana and The Prairie Ramblers) -- New San Antonio Rose (Bob Wills and...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW Cou

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD VA Country

Contents: Disc one. Can the circle be unbroken (bye and bye) (The Carter Family) -- Mule skinner blues (blue yodel no. 8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Barbara Allen (Bradley Kincaid) -- I'll fly away (James and Martha Carson) -- If the river was whiskey (Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers) -- Fox chase (DeFord Bailey) -- Blue yodel number 9 (standin' on the corner) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Wildwood flower...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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3 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC COU

Biesty, Stephen.

Summary: Text and cross-section illustrations present inside views of a variety of subjects including a space station, airport, and windmill.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1996

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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 600 BIE

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 741.6 BIE

Platt, Richard

Summary: A collection of cross-section drawings introduce young readers to the inner workings of the world's most fascinating structures and locations, including a space station, airport, movie studio, windmill, the Tower Bridge, the Grand Canyon, and Venice.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 729 PLA

Contents: Jumpin' jack (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy) -- Ding dong daddy of the D-car line (Cherry Poppin' Daddies) -- Night out (Blue Plate Special) -- (Everytime I hear) That mellow saxophone (Brian Setzer Orchestra) -- We still talk the way lovers do (Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra) -- Datin' with no dough (Royal Crown Revue) -- Bill's bounce (Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra) -- Rumpus room honeymoon (Steve...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Slimstyle Records 1998

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SWI
Call number: CD POP/ROCK SWI

Summary: Based on the true story of American Rangers who rescue the survivors of the Bataan Death March from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp during WWII. When the Philippines fell to the Japanese, the remnants of Gen. MacArthur's Army were forced down the Bataan Peninsula where they were surrounded and cutoff with no hope of rescue. They were starving and dying of disease. Gen. Wainwright eventually...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2005

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRE

Summary: When she's fired from her job at an upscale law firm for voicing her stance against the testing of cosmetics on animals, Elle heads to Capitol Hill to fight for her cause before Congress. Once there, she runs into plenty of adversity and red-tape and can't seem to find anyone who will listen to her proposals. She meets and befriends an elderly bellman who's been around long enough to know the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LEG

Biesty, Stephen.

Summary: Text and cutaway illustrations depict life aboard a British warship of the Napoleonic era, covering such topics as work, leisure, discipline, navigating, and fighting.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1993

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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 359 PLA

McClain, Mighty Sam

Contents: I'm a man (5:43) -- Thank you (4:49) -- Change is gonna come (6:51) -- New man in town (5:40) -- No more tears (5:20) -- Mr. So & So (3:33) -- Time is running out (3:51) -- I'm yours (3:40) -- Other side of the tracks (7:27) -- Prove it to me (4:42) -- Hanging on the cross (5:44) -- Somebody help me (4:29).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1998

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MCL

Summary: A filmmaker infiltrates rap band NWH in this mock-documentary comedy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar 2003

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FEA

Summary: Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Guardians 2014

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GUA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUA RATED PG-13

Brightman, Sarah

Contents: La lune / Frank Peterson (2:53) -- Winter in July / Tim Simenon, Guy Sigsworth (4:32) -- Scarborough Fair / traditional ; adapted by Frank Peterson (4:11) -- Figlio perduto / Ludwig van Beethoven (4:37) -- Whiter shade of pale / Gary Brooker & Keith Reid (3:38) -- He doesn't see me / Goldman, Romannelli (4:29) -- Serenade : instrumental / Frank Peterson, Michael Soltau (1:16) -- Zdesʹ khorosho...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Angel 2000

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD VOCAL BRI

Desplat, Alexandre.

Contents: Painted veil -- Gnossienne no 1 / Erik Satie -- Colony club -- River waltz -- Kitty's theme -- Death convoy -- Water wheel -- Lovers -- Promenade -- Kitty's journal -- Deal -- Walter's mission -- Convent -- River waltz -- Morning tears -- Cholera -- End of love -- Funeral -- From Shanghai to London.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2006

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC PAI

Summary: Honey is a girl from the streets who works in a record store, teaches the occasional dance class at a community center, and treks downtown every weekend to hit the clubs and try out some new hip-hop dance moves. There, she meets a music video producer who offers her a chance to be a choreographer. But Honey decides that she is unwilling to pay his price. Determined to pick herself back up,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HON

Summary: James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertaiment 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BRI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRI RATED PG13

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3 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Bridge 2016

Contents: Clear white light Dry Ice -- Split - part two Groundhogs -- Love gang Edgar Broughton Band -- Broken biscuits The Deviants -- Friendly man July -- Wait a minute Blossom Toes -- Home and away Humble Pie -- House without windows Mighty Baby -- Tiptoe on the highest hill Twink -- Everyone's hero Bill Nelson -- Loud green song Patto -- Kings of speed (Hawkwind Zoo version) Hawkwind -- Our time is...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJ

Jean, Wyclef.

Contents: Disc 1. CD: Intro ; Industry ; Party to Damascus (feat. Missy Elliott) ; Celebrate (feat. Patti LaBelle & Cassidy) ; Baby Daddy (feat. Redman) ; Three nights in Rio (feat. Carlos Santana) ; Class reunion (feat. Monica) ; Baby ; I am your doctor (feat. Wayne Wonder & Elephant Man) ; Linda (feat. Carl Restivo) ; Take me as I am (feat. Sharissa) ; Grateful ; Next generation (feat. Scarface & Rah...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: J Records 2003

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP JEA
Call number: CD RAP Jean

Contents: Pedestrian at best / Courtney Barnett -- Bury our friends / Sleater-Kinney -- Restless / New Order -- Soubour / Songhoy Blues -- 20/20 / Gaz Coombes -- Two to Birkenhead / Bill Ryder-Jones -- Last year / Jim O'Rourke -- Down here / John Grant -- Rock & roll is cold / Matthew E. White -- Should have known better / Sufjan Stevens -- Bored in the USA / Father John Misty -- What part of me / Low --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJ

Summary: Clara is searching for the special key to unlock a box from her late mother. Inside that box is a priceless item that her mother left for her. During her godfather's yearly holiday party, Clara almost gets the key but it disappears. She embarks on a quest into a mysterious world which has four different realms: a snowflakes realm, flowers realm, sweets realm, and the challenging realm where the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NUT

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV NUT

Contents: Candy Darling / St. Vincent -- Things it would have been helpful to know before the revolution / Father John Misty -- Real life / Joan as Police Woman Good for me / Aimee Mann -- Half life crisis / Jim O'Rourke -- Crimson tide / Destroyer -- Don't look down / The Divine Comedy -- A song for Milton Feher / Richard Swift -- Blown away / Plush -- You've lost me there / Cardinal -- Unfollow the...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJ