Summary: This is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his beautiful girlfriend Reina leaves his life in Colombia to illegally cross the border and find fortune in New York. Marlon's journey, which takes him to through seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, and the streets of Jackson Heights, ultimately takes him to a place he could have never predicted.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distibuted in the USA by Phase 4 Films 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PARSummary: A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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3 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MiSummary: 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 MUNContents: Whatcha see is whatcha get (the Dramatics) -- Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers) -- Women's love rights (Laura Lee) -- The love we had (stays on my mind) (the Dells) -- Thin line between love & hate (the Persuaders) -- You've got to crawl (before you walk) (the 8th Day) -- I've found someone of my own (the Free Movement) -- Theme from Shaft (Isaac Hayes) -- A natural man (Lou Rawls) -- Have you...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SOUSummary: Devoted family man and religious faithful Bob Collins is devastated by a tragic crime that shakes his faith to the core, when his business is ruined on the eve of its grand opening. Jake, who by chance went along for the ride that fateful night, with revengeful bully Snake Cain and his friend, finds himself overcome by guilt over what has transpired.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Movie GallowsContents: disc 1. You upset me baby (B.B. King) -- Midnight in the Barrel House (Johnny Otis feat. Pete "Guitar" Lewis) -- First time I met the blues (Buddy Guy) -- Cotton crop blues (James Cotton feat. Pat Hare) -- Lookin' for my baby (Little Milton) -- Rock me (Muddy Waters) -- The stumble (Freddy King) -- All your love (I miss loving) (Otis Rush) -- Chicken-hearted woman (Clarence Samuels feat. Johnny...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantastic Voyage/Future Noise Music 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES SCRSummary: Two brothers grow up together in the same Brooklyn housing projects, but they are as opposite as good and evil. Victor Dunham has a family, works two jobs and leads a respectable life. His 19-year-old brother, Strike, hangs out with his friends on a bench and sells crack cocaine. Strike agrees to kill a rival dealer as a favor to Rodney, the neighborhood drug kingpin, but when the man is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1999