Summary: When Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Platinum Disc Corp. 2002
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LongSummary: A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyzes Lt. Henry's feelings on war and the purpose of fighting.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Osiris Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FARSummary: Comedy about the age-old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, the Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' matchmaking by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WEDSummary: A death row inmate in a Southern prison possesses the unusual gift of healing. A guard discovers the inmate's miraculous power and begins to question the man's guilt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Green 2007Summary: Babe: A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A ping pong ball, found floating in a stream, becomes the source of wonderment for three young boys who live in the remote grasslands of Mongolia, a magnificent landscape little changed since the time of Genghis Khan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MONSummary: Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Finding 2000Summary: Dramatizes the friendship between an aging alcoholic jazz musician and a young French jazz fan. Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Budd Powell and Francis Paudras.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROUSummary: Francis Barrett grew up in a cluttered trailer park among a group of poor gypsies, who are scorned by Irish society. Against all odds, Francis participates in the 1996 Olympics and represents Ireland. An unflinching tribute to an unlikely hero who is a boxing champion and national hero.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOUSummary: Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A musical comedy based on the life of vaudevillian Eddie Foy. When Eddie's wife dies, leaving him with seven children, he puts the kids into the act and takes the show on the road.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Brentwood Home Video 2000
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Seven 1949Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SEVSummary: In this controversial movie, Jesus, as both fully human and fully divine, is viewed as free of sin but subject to all temptations, including sexual ones.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASSummary: The world's most notorious slum is Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. Presents the true story of a young man who grew up on those streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CITCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE CITSummary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005