Summary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRSummary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The civil war amongst the Cylons escalates and Galactica's quest for Earth continues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: For Aaron Falk, going back home is not going to be easy. After all, with the area facing an extreme drought, everyone is in a constant state of alert. It is against this strange backdrop that Falk stumbles into a mystery that is four decades old. Many years ago, a teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances. And the more that Falk investigates this cold case, the more he realizes that it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DRYCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRYSummary: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Great 2017Summary: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GrSummary: Carousel: (50th Anniversary edition) On the coast of Maine, a smooth-talking carny barker falls in love with a millworker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CARSummary: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection contains film versions of the five major works by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who helped define the American musical landscape and rewrite the direction of musical theater. After enjoying extremely successful careers working with others, Rodgers and Hammerstein first teamed up in 1943 for the prairie tale Oklahoma!, with songs including "Oh,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS RODSummary: An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Nick Broomfield's most personal and romantic film of his storied career starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became part of community of expat artists,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARSummary: Agatha Christie's astute Belgian detective is on the case in these four feature-length mysteries from the hit series. Beautifully remastered, these definitive adaptations capture the unrivaled elegance of the Art Deco era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV POISummary: Living among the ordinary citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are four teenagers who are not there by choice. Max, Isabel, Michael, and Tess are humans with extraordinary gifts. They are human/alien hybrids, sent here as replacements for the royalty of an alien race. This year the show will be built around around the relationships between human and aliens.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROSSummary: Four outcast high school girls a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Elephants can remember: "While Poirot investigates a famed psychiatrist's murder, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver looks into a couple's mysterious death." -- The Big Four: "With the world on the brink of war, Poirot finds himself drawn into a case marked by political intrigue and international connections. -- Dead man's folly: "Fiction turns to fact when a young woman is killed at a "murder hunt"...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV POISummary: A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE GRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRESummary: A chance car accident introduces the Henderson family to the real-life Bigfoot, who is anything but a ferocious monster. He quickly becomes a true friend of the family. They're soon in a race against the clock to return "Harry' to his natural environment before the authorities capture him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family HarryCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HARSummary: Henry James' chilling ghost tale about a governess hired by a charming bachelor to look after two young children in a grand mansion in rural England where sinister events place their lives in jeopardy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TURSummary: Upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, Sarah opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss to her friends and family. When she makes a sudden and miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJE Films 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DUASummary: Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOL RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GoSummary: June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality; fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHUSummary: Takes place in the sleepy New Mexico town where a UFO supposedly crash-landed in 1947. We meet best friends Liz and Maria, who juggle their high school studies with work in the Crashdown Cafe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROSSummary: Based on the true story of George Jung. This is an uncompromising look at the rise and fall of the man who became the largest importer of Colombia cocaine to the United States in the 1970's.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2001