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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures LEGO toys Drama LEGO toys Juvenile films Sheriffs Space warfare Drama Vader, Darth (Fictitious character) Drama Vader, Darth (Fictitious character) Juvenile films Yoda (Fictitious character : Lucas) Drama Yoda (Fictitious character : Lucas) Juvenile filmsSummary: 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: 'Red' Davison, the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, 'Silent' Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of Scotty McKee. Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN REDSummary: The deluxe two-disc DVD set includes a new 2K restoration of Ghost Town (1935) an astonishing and haunting amateur documentary about post-cinema Fort Lee. Disc One also features five films made at Champion Studios, recovered thanks to the efforts of the Library of Congress and the Fort Lee Film Commission. Disc Two includes exciting NJ film rediscoveries, a slapstick comedy from director Mack...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHASummary: Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States, these twenty-five short films epitomize the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Phantom clone: Yoda and his Padawan students must prevent Darth Sidious from creating a new super weapon--an enhanced Sith clone named Jek-14.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013