Summary: It's 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment of Sherwood Foresters discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Roberts has an idea: he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers, taking their minds off 'the attentions of Messrs Hun and Co.' They call it The Wipers Times, after the army slang for Ypres, and fill it with spoofs, jokes,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WIPSummary: Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War (1914-1918), the film recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's 'lost generation': Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FRASummary: Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. There he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming enmeshed in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TRASummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINSummary: Three brothers join the French Foreign Legion to escape a dark past. But their troubles are quickly forgotten as their courage, duty and devotion is put to the test when they are forced to fight against all odds in this acclaimed film classic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BEARosendahl, Saskia
Summary: After her parents are arrested for war crimes after World War II, a fourteen-year-old girl leads her four siblings across war-torn Germany and encounters a Jewish man willing to help them complete their journey.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LORSombogaart, Ben
Summary: Three Dutch women become friends as they fly to New Zealand to get married and begin new lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BRISummary: The timeless story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The shop around the corner: The setting is pre-World War II Budapest. Bickering co-workers in a gift shop don't realize they're lonelyhearts penpals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD TCMSummary: A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE GRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRESummary: The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around, and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LICCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LICCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LICCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Licorice 2022Summary: Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BIRSummary: The 47-year old Al Capone, after ten years in prison, suffering from syphilis and dementia, comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CAPSummary: The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Mr. Link only wants to find the missing branch of his sasquatch family, the yeti of Tibet, and hires Sir Frost to help him search. Unfortunately, Adelina Fortnight -- a fierce woman who has crossed paths with Sir Frost before -- holds the only map, and they are pursued by a villain...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MISCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MiSummary: The boundless imagination of Terry Gilliam yields a dazzling fantasy of epic proportions. Inspired by the extravagant exploits of the fabled Baron Munchausen, this spectacle born of a famously turbulent production follows the whimsical eighteenth-century nobleman as he embarks on an outlandish quest that takes him from faraway lands to the moon to the belly of a sea monster and beyond,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FANTASY ADVBen-Adir, Kingsley
Summary: "Celebrate the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity. In One Love, discover Bob Marley's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music that changed the world"--
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Explores the motivation behind European global subjugation, the history of rarely discussed vast West African empires, how germ warfare is used on melanted people, and the history of slave breeding farms in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIDSummary: This is the true story of Gary Hart, the former Colorado senator who quickly rose to the top of the pack as the number one contender for the 1987 Democratic presidential primary. Due to his charisma and drive, Hart connects well with the younger constituents, and both himself and his aides see this a clear and present path to victory. But allegations soon emerge of an extramarital affair, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD FROSummary: Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2022
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY HOUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HOUSummary: Did Henry Kissinger sabatoge the 1968 Vietnam peace talks for his own personal gain? Did he orchestrate the secret bombing of Cambodia? Did he authorize covert operations to overthrow a Chilean President? This explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in United States history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRISummary: The story of one young hippie's quest in the 1970s for belonging and liberation that leads not only to peace, love, and rock and roll but that sets into motion a new counterculture crusade a Jesus Movement changing the course of history. Inspired by a true movement, it tells the story of a young Greg Laurie being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene in the 1970s. Laurie and a sea of young...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JESSummary: In this spoof of the legend of King Arthur, the king recruits the Knights of the Round Table. He is soon joined by Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Galahad the Chaste and the Pure, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot, and Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film. God sends them on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Along the way they encounter a plague-ridden community, the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015