Summary: Follows Yoshimi, a single mother struggling to win sole custody of her only child, Ikuko. When they move into a new home within a dilapidated and long-forgotten apartment complex, Yoshimi begins to experience startling visions and unexplainable sounds, calling her mental well-being into question, and endangering not only her custody of Ikuko, but perhaps their lives as well.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN DARSummary: Sue works in a library; her son Daniel eats chips and listens to Metallica. When his father and stepmother cancel his summer plans to visit them in Florida at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An epic war of wills ensues in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as they each reckon with private tragedies, and pursue their passions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DAYSummary: Single mom Maggie is trying to maintain the balance of being devoted to son Jordan while having a career. Jordan needs help at school and meets Casey, a tutor. They quickly bond, and Casey becomes more like a father figure. What he wishes most, however, is for his mom to find happiness and love again at Christmas. With the help of faith and fate, Maggie discovers anything is possible.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Channel 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD MaSummary: Season Five begins with an ending as a kiss goodbye sends Abby and Trace to travel separate paths. With the help of her family and some new friends, she must contemplate the future on her own terms.hallmark
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CHESummary: Mollie (Kirstie Alley) is a single working mom who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James (John Travolta), a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late in this baby's-eye view comedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOOSummary: "Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MILSummary: After following his dreams to go on tour, Trace returns to an uncertain future with Abby. Kevin plans a special outing with Sarah. Though happy with her own relationship with David, running his family's inn together does not meet Jess's expectations. Fresh off penning a national bestseller, Bree meets with potential producers for a new play. Meanwhile, Mick discovers one of his contractors has...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 4Summary: A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. Karla will stop at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KIDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KID RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KiSummary: Better Things is the story of Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), a single mother and working actor with no filter, raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles. She also looks after her mother, Phil (Celia Imrie), an English expatriate with questionable faculties who lives across the street. Whether she's struggling to keep her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BETSummary: It explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA IMISummary: Unfolding in real time, a "riveting and pulse-pounding" thriller from award-winning director Phillip Noyce. Recently widowed mother Amy Carr is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she's on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as shooting takes place at her son's school. Miles away, on foot in the dense...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2022
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD Movie Desperate 2022Summary: Nell's a newly single mom who wants this Christmas to be extra - special for her two kids. It turns out to be special, indeed, but it's not what she had in mind. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Chaos reigns in this entertaining comedy, and the notion of 'family' takes on a whole new meaning.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday OCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ONESummary: A family drama following the O'Briens as they navigate through life's triumphs and struggles with the unwavering support of every family member. From Mick and Megan's rekindled love to Connor's health challenges to who Abby called. Chesapeake Shores is full of romance, drama, laughs, tears, and surprises set amongst the stunningly beautiful, picturesque town of Chesapeake Shores.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CHESummary: Lorelai and Rory are a mother and daughter who are sharing life's ups and downs in a small Connecticut town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2005
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GILSummary: Bunny King is a mother of two and a rough-cut diamond with a sketchy past. While battling the system to try and reunite with her children, a confrontation leads Bunny to take her niece Tonyah under her wing. With the world against them both, Bunny's battle has just begun.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JUSSummary: As her new romance blossoms, a single mother is dismayed when her boyfriend, a military sergeant, is deployed right before Christmas. Determined to not let it ruin the holidays for her and her children they decide to give back to the struggling military families on his base and, as their efforts go viral, they are rewarded in ways they never imagined.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OPESummary: A single mother discovers a scheme in her son's book to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather and sets out to execute the plan at any cost.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BOOSummary: Jules Cobb and her hilarious circle of friends are back for more laughs in the fabulous third season of television's hit comedy. About a divorced mom facing the hysterical challenges and rewards of life's next chapter. Wedding bells are ringing! Jules and Grayson are excited to tie the knot, but friends, finances and past relationships threaten to derail their big day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ABC Studios 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV COUSummary: Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. McCall comes across to most like an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is 'The Equalizer,' an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who's also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD EQUSummary: A touching film about a single mother who lives with her 12-year-old daughter in the Grbavica district of Sarajevo, a neighborhood once used as an internment camp during the Yugoslav wars. A beautiful and tender story that you won't soon forget.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRBSummary: Pauline's divorce money has come through and she's hired a country mansion for the week to celebrate Derek's birthday. So Cathy, Michael, Kelly, Jason, Pauline, Derek, Reg and Maureen up sticks and decamp to the English countryside. Each episode takes place on a different day of their trip, revealing all the clashes, awkwardness and comedy that results from the family being stuck together in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MUMSummary: Miranda Wells is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. A powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson, into her life. In just a few short days, Bray's presence re-ignites the family's spirit, but he also carries a secret, and it's a secret that could change everything.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SECCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SeSummary: Christine Eisley is a single mom of two struggling to keep her family afloat during Christmas time in the small town of Wilsonville. Having recently moved into town, Christine becomes acquainted with the townspeople, and as the holidays progress, she comes to find her struggles are replaced by surprise and good fortune, as a long time family secret is finally brought to light.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday CCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHRSummary: Single mother Julie needs reliable transit to get to work. When a national strike breaks out, her daily routine becomes a gauntlet in this kinetic thriller about the insecurity of modern life in a ruthless society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023