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Disabilities Disabilities Juvenile literature Discrimination against people with disabilities Law and legislation People with disabilities People with disabilities Fiction People with disabilities Juvenile literature People with disabilities Social conditions Thrillers (Motion pictures) Transgender people in motion pictures United StatesSummary: Using hundreds of clips spanning over 100 years of moviemaking, and a cast of disabled artists, scholars, and activists, it's a scorching critique of some of Hollywood's most beloved characters. This revelatory documentary investigates the power of movie imagery to shape the beliefs and behaviors of the general public toward disabled people, and of disabled people toward themselves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CODFischer, Paul
Summary: "A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4 FISCocca-Leffler, Maryann
Summary: In the 1970s an important disability rights law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy [Heumann] and other disability rights activists fought for YES! They held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law. Section 504--established thanks in large part to the ongoing work of Judy and her community--laid the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HEURubin, Susan Goldman
Summary: Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 RUBSummary: "Mabel and Rosenthal are the two stars of a pretentious art-horror film directed by an unhinged tyrant who may or may not be German (he goes by 'Herr Director'). Mabel is playing a blind woman while Rosenthal, who has facial tumors caused by neurofibromatosis, is essentially playing a version of himself. Both their characters are part of a mad doctor's plot to 'cure' disabilities. But while...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHABridges, Tilly
Summary: "Trans woman and screenwriter Tilly Bridges takes you through the trans allegories of the Matrix franchise, with deep dives into The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections, tracking one person’s transition journey - from Thomas Anderson, to Neo... to Trinity. Each movie’s allegory is deeply layered, building from movie to movie, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: BearManor Media 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BRIMitchell, Saundra.
Summary: In 1917, Kate Witherspoon, who has lived a bohemian life with her artist parents, goes to Los Angeles where she meets crippled midwestern farm boy Julian Birch, another runaway, and together they realize they have the ability to triumph over death and time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MITLaRoque, Perry
Summary: Taking Flight provides the essential information students with disabilities will need to be successful in college.Rather than just focusing on the academic skills needed in college, Taking Flight addresses college as a system that needs to be mastered and the strategies and self-awareness needed to be successful.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378 LARAnderson, Tre'vell
Summary: "WE SEE EACH OTHER is a personal history of trans visibility since the beginning of moving images. A literary reckoning, it unearths a transcestry that's long existed in plain sight and in the shadows of history's annals, and further contextualizes our present moment of increased representation. The films and television shows that Tre'vell covers include: Midnight In The Garden Of Good And...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andscape Books, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDERSON, TRE'VELL ANDMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MENOrlean, Susan.
Summary: Chronicles the rise of the iconic German shepherd character while sharing the stories of the real WWI dog and the canine performer in the 1950s television show, and explores Rin Tin Tin's relevance in the military and popular culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.737 ORLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIN TIN TIN ORLDavis, Lennard J.
Summary: "The first significant book on the history and impact of the ADA--the "eyes on the prize" moment for disability rights The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the history of the United States, and it has become the model for most civil rights laws around the world. The untold story behind the act is anything but a dry...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 DAVSummary: Working for change: Explores the birth of the social documentary in the U.S. and U.K. during the years of the Great Depression and the New Deal, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOBrimner, Larry Dane
Summary: World War II is over, but tensions between the communist Soviet Union and the US are at an all-time high. In America, communist threats are seen everywhere and a committee is formed in the nation's capital to investigate those threats. Larry Dane Brimner follows the story of 19 men--all from the film industry--who are summoned to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323 BRIMattlin, Ben
Summary: "An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.3 MATZayid, Maysoon
Summary: Bay Ann is sure her tap dance will shine at the school talent show, but when her crush, Alyee Maq, catches her before she falls (which was his fault anyway) and gets all the "fame" she is determined to beat him at his own attention-seeking game.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ZAYCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC ZAYEvans, Nicole (Nicole Lynn)
Summary: "This series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This book explores disability in the media and how people with disabilities are represented. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to LOOK, THINK, MAKE A GUESS, ASK QUESTIONS, and CREATE. Books are authored by writers with disabilities and the series has been developed in partnership with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Disabilities EvansLeduc, Amanda
Summary: Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Coach House Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 LEDSummary: Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. Millions across occupied Europe saw his films, the most infamous of which was the horrific anti-Semitic propaganda film Jew Suss, which was required viewing for all SS members. Harlan was also the only artist from the Nazi era to be charged with war crimes. Included are never-before-seen archival...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HARLeavitt, Hannalora
Summary: "People with disabilities (PWDs) have the same aspirations for their lives as you do for yours. The difference is that PWDs don't have the same access to education, employment, housing, transportation and healthcare in order to achieve their goals. In The Disability Experience you'll meet people with different kinds of disabilities, and you'll begin to understand the ways PWDs have been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.4 LEABergstrom, Signe
Summary: "Newt, Tina, Queenie, and Jacob, the beloved heroes of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, are back! In The Archive of Magic, an exciting full-color companion volume to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, readers are transported behind the scenes of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World for an enchanting, close-up look at Newt Scamander and his colorful trove of cohorts--beasts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BERSjunneson, Elsa
Summary: "A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4 SJUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SJUSummary: "The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms. What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When Emily Crany refuses to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee chairman, Ray Salwen, she's blacklisted and immediately fired from her job. But when she stumbles upon Salwen's nefarious plot to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the U.S., she enlists the help of an FBI agent to help her bring Salwen to justice ... before he brings an end to them!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015