Summary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRSummary: This story follows the life of Eliza and her protector Uncle Tom, who are caught in the brutality of slavery in the Southern States during the nineteenth century.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNCSummary: Reap the wild wind: Two sailors battle pirates and compete for the affections of a Southern belle in 1840s Key West.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD Movie John 2007Puccini, Giacomo
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA PUCSummary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The year is 1989, and 19-year old Jason Becker from Richmond, California has just been offered the biggest rock guitar job on the planet. He's on the cover of every guitar magazine and is being hailed by critics as a genius and the next greatest rock guitarist in the world. Jason's dream will turn into a nightmare when he is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease and given just 3-5 years to live....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JASHandel, George Frideric
Contents: Messiah: Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Appendix.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor Gold Seal 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HANSummary: 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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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR TWEContents: Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (Scott Joplin) -- Maple leaf rag / S. Joplin (Jelly Roll Morton) -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (Bessie Smith) --Lost your head blues / Bessie Smith (Bessie Smith) -- Dippermouth blues / Joe Oliver (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) -- Black bottom stomp ; Dead man blues ; Grandpa's spells / F.J. Morton (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers) -- King porter stomp /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Collection of Recordings 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SMIContents: Disc 1. Some Commodore highlights: Love is just around the corner Eddie Condon (3:03) -- Strange fruit Billie Holiday (3:10) -- A good man is hard to find pt. 1 (jam session) (4:25) -- (You're some) Pretty doll Fats Waller (with Eddie Condon) (2:49) -- (Back home in) Indiana Don Byas, Slam Stewart (5:13) -- At a Georgia camp meeting Sidney Bechet (3:13) -- A handful of stars: Way down yonder in...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: GRP Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ COMSummary: "Follow Jason Voorhees as he cuts and hacks a swath of fear from Crystal Lake to the mean streets of Manhattan." Friday the 13th: Camp Crystal Lake has been closed for over twenty years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. New owners reopen the camp, only to have each counselor stalked by a violent killer. This 24-hour nightmare of blood unfolds into a film which is widely acclaimed for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR FRISummary: A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DISSummary: After a roving motorcycle gang attacks him on the street, timid bookkeeper Casey joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei, and hardcore brown belt Anna, Casey gains a newfound sense of confidence. But when he attends Sensei's mysterious night classes, he discovers a sinister world of brutality and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ARTSummary: Aging rocker Danny Collins can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DANSummary: The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MEECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Meet 2007Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MEE RATED GSummary: Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami, and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AlCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Alvin 2016Dessa
Contents: Ride -- 5 out of 6 -- Fire drills -- Velodrome -- Good grief -- Boy crazy -- Jumprope -- Shrimp -- Half of you -- Say when -- I Hope I'm wrong.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Doomtree Records, LLC 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DESJehst.
Contents: Billy Green's theme -- So far to go -- Good robot -- Kennedy -- Household name -- 44th floor -- City Streets -- Set in stone -- smoke screen -- Jonestown -- Eulogy -- Remembrance -- Billy Green is alive!
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: YNR 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP JEHSessa
Contents: Gostar do mundo -- Canção da cura -- Sereia sentimental -- Música -- Helena -- Pele da esfera -- Dor fodida -- Irmão de nuvem -- Que lado você dorme? -- Ponta de faca -- Você é a música -- Estrela acesa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL LATIN SESVessel.
Contents: Febrile -- Red sex -- Drawned in water and light -- Euoi -- Anima -- Black leaves and fallen branches -- Kin to coal (featuring Harry Wright) -- Punish, Honey -- DPM.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK VESBeechey, Alan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEEBlecher, Jennifer
Summary: When twelve-year-olds Izzy and Wren are thrown together by unusual circumstances, they find solace and solutions to nagging problems in their newly-formed friendship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLEBelcher, Judy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2006