Summary: "FAR FROM THE TREE follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sundance Selects 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FARSummary: This documentary focuses attention on the United States' aging population and the many adult children who are undertaking the primary care for their aging parents, underscoring today's struggle to keep parents at home, tensions between siblings and social, cultural and economic issues. Immediately followed by a 30-minute panel discussion with medical correspondent Dr. Art Ulene which offers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Video 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.8084 CARSummary: A seven year old genius is caught in a tug of war between his waitress mom who only wants a regular life for him, and the head of an institute for gifted children who wants to further his development.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LITSummary: 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
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DAYSummary: To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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3 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BIGSummary: After Mary Poppins departed London, Jane and Michael Banks grew up into loving and responsible adults. When Michael becomes a single father of three children after the death of his wife, Mary Poppins revisits the Cherry Tree Lane home again to try to help Michael and his family cope and move beyond their grief. Time passes quickly for most normal mortals. Mary Poppins has never been normal....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Mary 2019Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF MaSummary: An autistic thirteen-year-old runs away from home and discovers a new world on the NYC subway. His mother Mariana, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, starts a panicked search of their neighborhood in Rockaway Beach with the help of a local shopkeeper. But as days pass with no sign of her son, and with Hurricane Sandy bearing down, the divisions the family has tried to ignore are brought to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STASummary: After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN CAP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF CAP
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAPSummary: Emerging from a detox clinic, a young addict must stay clean while living with her mother for the next four days.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FOUSummary: After Scott and Kate Johansen lose their daughter's college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbor Frank, they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie House 2017Summary: An updated version of the 1961 Disney classic about separated identical twins. Hallie and Annie meet accidentally at camp and decide to reunite their divorced parents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAR RATED PGSummary: Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CURSummary: While on vacation, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to prevent the apocalypse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KNOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE KNOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Coraline Jones finds a magical world that is similar to her own, but when her "other parents" try to get her to stay, Coraline must summon her courage and resourcefulness to find her way home; a boy who can speak with the dead fights ghosts and zombies tosave his town from an ancient curse; an orphan boy who has been raised by a group of trash collectors known as the Boxtrolls, must help his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward. In Fran Kranz's writing and directing debut, he thoughtfully examines their journey of grief, anger, and acceptance by coming face-to-face with the ones who have been left behind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MASCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MASSummary: Over the holidays, Ned, an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird. The rivalry develops, and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns that Laird is about to pop the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHY RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WhSummary: Christmas lodge: When a historic preservationist comes in contact with an old Christmas Lodge, she gives all she can to restore the dilapidated lodge and her family, but also to find the love of her life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm Entertainment Corp. 2019
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD CHRSummary: When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY INSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD InCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Instant 2019Summary: A prequel set in the 1990s that will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV POWSummary: "Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker ... meets Charlie ..., her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother..., both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie's arrival was no coincidence, and that the shocking secrets of his past could affect...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Stoker 2013Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER STOSummary: Both dealing with the recent loss of a parent, Cara Hill and country music star Heath Sawyer become unexpected traveling partners as they make their way to Oklahoma for Christmas. They bond over their respective tragedies, but will the trip take them down a path to a little holiday romance?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD TIMSummary: Danny is the perfect kid; the only problem is that he doesn't have the perfect parents. Desperate to spend more time with his busy mom and dad, Danny and his friend Marco devise a plan to get him placed on the infamous no-sit list, a list of kids that are so bad no babysitter will take them. But the stakes are raised when Danny is babysat by ex-prison guard Santiago. To break Santiago and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: KaBOOM! Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The summer after Ana's high school graduation is a turning point in her life. She has to decide whether to go to college and experience life, or stay home, get married and work at her sister's struggling garment factory.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office, Inc. 2005