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Blackish 1 Film Movement series Genius 1 Genius 3 KL studio classics Oliver Stone collectionSummary: 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 PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Andre "Dre" Johnson has it all...a job as a top ad exec, a beautiful doctor wife, four great kids and a lovely, well-appointed house in the suburbs. And he's not about to let his family forget how they got there. Keeping cultural identity alive is not without its challenges for this man on a mission. With perpetual pushback from clueless coworkers, an outspoken father, and even the wife and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BLASummary: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA STRSummary: The movie takes place in a dusty desert town where nothing ever happens, as a police chief is suddenly faced with the back-to-back murders of two women with the same name.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAGSummary: Biographical film about one of the most exciting and controversial figures of the '60s, Jim Morrison. With his rock and roll band, The Doors, he influenced the rock music scene as no other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Every police precinct has a case that defies explanation and evades solution. Recently promoted Captain Yohan Vivès faces such an elusive mystery when he investigates the gruesome murder of a young woman named Clara in the French town of Grenoble. It is clear that the attack was premeditated, and the violent nature of the crime suggests revenge. All the evidence points towards a scorned...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NIGSummary: Members of the rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock n' roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A documentary of the Rolling Stones' 1969 tour of the United States, focusing on a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in California where a young man was killed during violence between the crowd and the Hell's Angels hired to "keep order." A disturbing portrait of one aspect of the rock and drug culture of the late 60's.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An epic portrait of late sixties America as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ZABSoup, Cuthbert.
Summary: Ethan Cheeseman takes his children, ages eight, twelve, and fourteen, and Captain Jibby and crew, to the year 1668 to end an ancient family curse and save the children's mother, but damage to the time machine and the arrival of Mr. 5 complicate their return.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC SOUSoup, Cuthbert.
Summary: Ethan Cheeseman and his children, ages eight, twelve, and fourteen, hope to settle in a nice small town, at least long enough to complete work on a time machine, but spies and government agents have been pursuing them for two years and are about to catch up.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SOUSummary: Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MANSummary: Boy Erased tells the courageous story of Jared Eamons, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents. His parents struggle with reconciling their love for their son with their beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends, and community, Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program. While there, Jared comes into...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BOYCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BOYSummary: Businessman Teddy Pierce has always played by the rules, until he meets the woman in red. With killer legs and a knockout style, sexy Charlotte is the ultimate fantasy woman. Now Teddy's headed straight for trouble, deciding to give in to temptation and looking forward to the most romantic experience of his life. But Teddy's amorous affections soon lead to hilarious consequences when his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WOMGout, Leopoldo
Summary: As 200 geniuses from around the world go head to head in a competition hand-devised by India's youngest CEO and visionary, the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine. Like life and death. Welcome to the revolution... and get ready to run.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GOURous, Emma
Summary: "An addictive, highly commercial suspense novel featuring a grand estate, terrible secrets, and a young woman who bears witness to it all. If V.C. Andrews, Kate Morton, and Lexie Elliot had a love child, Emma Rous and THE AU PAIR would be it. Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother Danny were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rous 2019Summary: The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JERCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD JERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JER RATED RCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Jersey 2014Summary: Libby Day was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were murdered and her brother Ben was jailed for the crime. Now, twenty-five years later, Libby discovers shocking evidence that Ben may be innocent, and the real killer still at large.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DARSummary: When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR WICRoux, Madeleine
Summary: "Three teens at a summer program for gifted students uncover shocking secrets in the sanatorium-turned-dorm where they're staying--secrets that link them all to the asylum's dark past"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ROURoux, Madeleine
Summary: "Three chilling novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling novel Asylum, which Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut." For the first time, these three terrifying stories will appear together with new found photographs perfect for new readers or diehard series fans looking for new clues and insights into the thrilling world of Asylum. This collection also features bonus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The "true story" of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone, BLACKBERRY is a whirlwind ride through a ruthlessly competitive Silicon Valley at breakneck speeds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLAGout, Leopoldo
Summary: Painted Wolf, Tunde, and Rex use their technological genius to outwit evil organizations, expose the truth, rescue their families, and save the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018