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Communicable diseases Drama Epidemics Drama Films for the hearing impaired Human experimentation in medicine New York (State) New York Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Missions Nigeria Drama New York (N.Y.) Drama Population Drama South Africa Drama South Africa History 1961-1994 DramaSummary: Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PAGSummary: The French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DIVSummary: Caye, a Madrid prostitute, comes to the aid of Zulema, a Dominican streetwalker beaten by a government official blackmailing her for free sex. They form a strong bond and imagine themselves as royalty, to offer them a glimpse of hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PRISummary: James Gregory is a racist South African guard whose certainties of life are shaken to the core. During a twenty year span, James spent his time as Nelson Mandela's prison warden. Shows the daily application of a major historic abonimation, known as Apartheid, as seen through the eyes of the average White South African. These are 'ordinary' people who are neither heroes nor villains, but obtuse...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Rachel is a dedicated teacher who forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter, loving the family she's found but yearning for one of her own in this soulful, sexy, resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for belonging.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OTHSummary: Irene is with her elderly paramour, on the Riviera, to celebrate her birthday. When he falls asleep on her, she decides to slip down to the hotel bar. There, she mistakes barman Jean for a wealthy guest. He encourages the deceit by taking her up to the Royal Suite for the night. The following year, the same thing happens. This time her lover finds out and disowns her. Knowing Jean is a barman...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PRISummary: Robert Neville is the last human survivor in what is left of New York City. A pandemic has left only 1% of the population alive and most of those who survived are no longer human. The infected, now lurking in the shadows, watch Neville's every move. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by the only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LEGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ISummary: When Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac accepts a U.N. peacekeeper position in postwar Bosnia, she discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost. With masterful acting and a heart-racing plot, an acclaimed film inspired by actual events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WHISummary: The colorful, electrifying romance that took the Cannes Film Festival by storm courageously dives into a young woman's experiences of first love and sexual awakening. Blue is the Warmest Color stars the remarkable newcomer Adèle Exarchopoulos as a high schooler who, much to her own surprise, plunges into a thrilling relationship with a female twentysomething art student, played by Léa Seydoux....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLUSummary: Melé, a bar singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up. In the courtyard of the house they share with other families in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, African civil society representatives have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom they blame for Africa's woes. As numerous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BAMSummary: Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PROCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRO RATED RSummary: A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up an unusual friendship in the hotel bar that helps them both overcome boredom and loneliness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOS1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOS
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOSCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LostSummary: Nazneem is a young Bangladeshi woman who arrives in London during the 1980s. She leaves behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. In a loveless marriage to the middle aged Chanu, she feels trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London. She begins to fear that her soul is quietly dying. Meanwhile, her sister Hasina, continues to live a carefree life...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRISummary: Newly approved for adoption, Goran and Sven excitedly prepare for their baby's arrival. But after a mix-up, they instead find themselves the parents of a 15-year-old homophobe, who may have a criminal past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Here! 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PATSummary: A witty, moving, and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco. You have probably seen him in the tabloids; Johnny is living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He has a Ferrari to drive around in, and a constant stream of girls and pills to stay in with. Comfortably numbed, Johnny drifts along. Then, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo from his failed marriage arrives...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SOMSummary: Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CADSummary: An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA QUECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE QueenCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD QCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD QUE RATED PG-13Summary: Tells the story of the 14-year-old ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France. Marie Antoinette has became one of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria. And how the young woman must grow up in front of the entire country of France.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MARSummary: When a doctor is rescued by a Special-Ops unit in the jungle of Nigeria, she refuses to go with them unless they agree to help rescue 70 refugees as well.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Tears 2003Summary: As a Latin American nation nears collapse, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas faces his greatest challenge: to catch the mysterious terrorist leader Ezequiel. Mass panic sets in as the terrorist attacks become more ferocious, and Rejas finds himself drawn to Yolanda, his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher. As the search for Ezequil comes nearer, he and Yolanda must choose between love, country...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DANSummary: Follow Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom. Alone, except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003