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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi. The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POINickelodeon (COR)
Summary: A collection of stories feature characters from such Nickelodeon television shows as PAW Patrol, Nella the Princess Knight, Sunny Day, and Butterbean's cafae.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BREPocketwatch, Inc. (COR)
Summary: After Bonnie the Bunny gets her Easter outfit dirty, Diana and Roma travel to the Land of Play to help her design a new outfit in time for the Easter fashion show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Peppa Pig and her friends search for chocolate Easter eggs in Grandpa Pig's garden before Granny Pig surprises them with a special holiday surprise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE EASSummary: Larry David has it all - money, security, famous friends, a nurturing wife, and an oceanfront home. So why is he so intent on making a mess out of his life? Contains all 10 episodes from season two.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CURLucasfilm Press (COR)
Summary: Collects twelve short stories from the cinematic world of Star Wars, including two tales from "Star Wars: the Last Jedi."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The beautiful widow Susan Vernon has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOVSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACSummary: A downed pilot encounters a tiny prince from a mysterious, faraway place. The first-ever animated feature film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's beloved timeless classic tale of innocence and discovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. In a fun twist, six NASCAR stars pop up in non-driver cameo roles in the film.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOG RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LoganGillen, Kieron
Summary: "When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring King Arthur back from the dead, retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat. Now the two must navigate the complicated history of the McGuire family, all while combating the deadly secrets of England's past that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ONCGamja, Undead (CON)/ Singnsong (COR)/ S-cynan (COR)/ Blackman, Abigail (TRN)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During the Korean War, three U.S. Army surgeons defy military authority when they are not performing their duties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MASSummary: "Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 1922. Six months after Matthew's tragic death, his loss is still felt throughout Downton Abbey. Mary struggles to face a new future with her fatherless child, and is encouraged by the family to pick up the pieces. Accepting a new role on the estate, the now-eligible Mary also finds herself the reluctant object of attention from a number of eager suitors. With the twenties in full swing and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOW1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DOW RATED NR
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DOWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Downton 2013Summary: When Pop sells the crumbling mansion next door to waspish newcomers for more than it's worth, he celebrates with plans to build a swimming pool but his neighbors soon plot their revenge. Can the Larkin clan keep him out of prison?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: It was a macabre ending for an unjust judge: his throat slit by a sharp knife; his body stuffed into a lobster pot and left beneath a powerful jet of water shooting up through the cliffs from the turbulent Atlantic. When Mara, Brehon of the nearby kingdom of the Burren, comes to investigate, she knows that her first suspects have to be the five young men who had received such savage sentences...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARReef, Cora
Summary: While exploring Coral Jungle, Simon Seahorse and his best friend Olive Octopus encounter a shark named Zelda who invites them to her mother's birthday party at Shark Point--and Simon not only has a unique school report, but the makings of an exciting story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REESummary: In Season 2, Lyra follows Lord Asriel into the mysterious abandoned city Cittagazze while Mrs. Coulter continues to search for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021