Summary: In a small village in the south of England, a handsome working man falls in love with the newly arrived schoolteacher from a wealthy family who happens to be the village beauty. Other richer men want to win her hand as well. Who will win her hand?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV UNDSummary: An exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. With its earthy visual textures it is a work of great pastoral...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TESSummary: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy about Bathsheba Everdene who is an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Far 2015Summary: Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba rejects the proposal of Gabriel Oak only to become his employer. Still in love, Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with her neighbor, Mr. Boldwood unleashing a passionate obsession within the reserved Boldwood. Both men forsake their hearts, however, upon the arrival of the dashing soldier Frank Troy. Despite...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A tale of regret and greed in the Gold Rush-era American West. in 1867, Daniel Dillon, the wealthy 49er who runs Kingdom Come, a Sierra Nevada boomtown, is trying to bring the railroad through town when the past comes back to haunt him. Twenty years ago, he sold his wife and daughter to another goldminer for the claim to the gold mine that brought him his fortune.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLASummary: For academic and athletic teens Thomas and Tamara, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations. Erica Scharf's documentary shows one year in the lives of two gifted kids who must not only become young adults, but also learn how to be both modern and Native. A PBS POV (Point of View)...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF UP