Summary: "Powell's role as a television actor-producer magnate began with the formation of Four Star Productions in 1952. The debut offering of what would become a persuasive and powerful force within the newly developing television industry was the anthology series, Four Star Playhouse (1952-1956). Powell oversaw production and appeared as various characters along side alternating stars Charles Boyer,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FOUSummary: Based on a true story, "Second Chances" is the uplifting tale of a little girl's physical and emotional reawakening after a car crash.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Omega Publications 1999
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SECSummary: Newly elected Congressman Roy Rogers attempts to bring attention to his constituents' farms that are being decimated by the Dust Bowl. Now that a water company has built a dam and is charging the farmers exorbitant rates for water, Roy must convince a group of important Senators to help him and the farmers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF UNDSummary: In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living a tranquil life for years. While he takes their small herd of llamas out to graze, she keeps house and walks for miles with the other local women to fetch precious water. When an uncommonly long drought threatens everything they know, Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN UTASummary: A young boy fresh from the countryside is assigned to serve the girlfriend of an organized crime boss. A bloody assault forces the wounded boss and his assistants to a remote island, where they re-group and plan their strategy of revenge. Meanwhile, his girlfriend befriends the boy and two naive neighbors with tragic results.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1996
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SHASummary: In pre-WWII Toyko, American newspaper editor Nick Condon runs an explosive story revealing Japan's warlike intentions toward China and the U.S.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Video Distributors 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BLOSummary: Director Robert J. Flaherty journeyed with his wife, Frances, and their children to the South Seas island of Savai'i to capture on film the exotic lifestyles of the Samoan people. In doing so, they resurrected and dramatized the recently vanished customs and struggles of the people just before modernization permanently altered the cultural landscape of the island. In 1975, nearly 50 years after...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOASummary: A deaf mute boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the "tribe". (imdb.com) An undeniably original and intense feature debut set in the insular world of a Ukrainian high school for the deaf. It unfolds through the non-verbal acting and sign language from a cast of deaf...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016