Summary: Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA QUECrothers, Tim.
Summary: The astonishing true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenager from the slums of Kampala, Uganda, who, inspired by an unlikely mentor, a war refugee turned missionary, becomes an international chess champion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUTESI, PHIONA CROSummary: After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. From two separate ethnic groups, their friendship is tested when Sangwa's wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MUNSummary: Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twenty-something Mina spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius, their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MISSummary: Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Last 2007Summary: The deeply moving true story of a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and words to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOT1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HOT
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Motel Hotel 2005Summary: In April 1994 the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda crashes and the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, Christopher, a Catholic priest and Joe Connor, an idealistic English teacher give sanctuary to twenty-five hundred Rwandans survivors in the school, which is under the protection of the UN Belgian force and under siege from the Hutu...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEYSummary: A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GVN Releasing 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEASummary: N'dala is an orphan from the Angolan province of Bie, a flashpoint in the rebellion that incited Angola's brutal civil war. In 1991 N'dala is airlifted by missionaries to the port city of Luanda, Angola's capital. He slips away from the nuns at the airport, choosing the solitude of the streets of the old city, but he is not prepared for living by his wits. His wandering leads N'dala to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Global Film Initiative 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOLSummary: "Welcome to Wakaliwood, Uganda: home of "DA BEST OF DA BEST MOVIES!" and the vanguards of DIY commando cinema! Under the guidance of Nabwana Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey (IGG) and Alan Ssali Hofmanis, these self-taught filmmakers produce gonzo action films with budgets that rarely exceed $200 USD. AGFA is proud to bring the most reckless films in the Wakaliwood canon to home video for the first...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN WAKSummary: Examines the role played by the American evangelical movement and the International House of Prayer megachurch in the state-sanctioned persecution of homosexuals in Uganda.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GODSummary: Based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where over the course of 100 days an estimated 800,000 people were killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOMSummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPNambi, Shoshana
Summary: "Sukkot is Shoshi's favorite Jewish holiday. She and her brothers love to decorate their sukkah, the hut where her family will celebrate. But who will win the Ugandan Abayudaya community's annual sukkah contest? While only one sukkah can be the best, everybody wins when neighbors work together."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kalaniot Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAMBarlas, Robert
Summary: A book for young readers about the history and culture of the African nation of Uganda.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 967.61 BARSummary: Carol Danvers gets her powers entwined with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Studios 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD Movie MarvelsCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDParker, Trey
Contents: Hello! -- Two by two -- You and me (but mostly me) -- Hasa diga eebowai -- Turn it off -- I am here for you -- All-American prophet -- Sal tlay ka siti -- Man up -- Making things up again -- Spooky Mormon hell dream -- I believe -- Baptize me -- I am Africa -- Joseph Smith, American Moses -- Tomorrow is a latter day.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ghostlight 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BOOSummary: This CD is a collection of African-Jewish music in which the rhythms and harmonies of Africa blend with Jewish celebration and traditional Hebrew prayer. This repertoire is rooted in local Ugandan music and infused with choral singing, Afro-pop, and traditional drumming.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ABASummary: While checking out the endangered Giant panda, the Wild Kratts gets stranded in China without power to any of their vehicles. They must figure out how to 'power up' in time to help save the pandas, who are being turned into roboticized stuffed toys by the nefarious villain, Zach Varmitech. An 'ancient panda secret' just might lead to the creature power that will restart their engines and save...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti, Botswana's Kwando Reserve, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Davis, Katie
Summary: Recounts the story of a young woman's moving to Uganda and founding Amazima ministries, a nonprofit organization to feed and educate children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Kaguri, Twesigye Jackson.
Summary: A founder of the Nyaka and Kutamba AIDS Orphans Schools describes how he returned to his native Uganda after college and was compelled by the dire circumstances of his village's AIDS orphans to make tuition-free education available.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372 KAGDisney Press
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022