Summary: 1970s, Flint, Michigan. Jackie Moon is a former pop sensation who somehow made enough money from a couple of hit records to buy Flint's semi-pro basketball team, the Tropics. The team consists of a bunch of disorganized losers with one genuine talent named Coffee Black. Despite knowing little about the game, Jackie is the Tropics' coach as well as a player. His greater love involves coming up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SEMSummary: After an injury and losing her college basketball scholarship, a young woman returning home struggles to rebuild her life as she and her family in Flint, Michigan face internal turmoil and the aftermath of a deadly water crisis. The bonds of family are all they have left as they rebuild their lives, their town, and their hope for their future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FLISummary: In 2014, to reduce costs, city officials changed the source of Flint, Michigan's drinking water supply and as a result subjected its population to dangerous levels of lead contamination. This program looks at the logistics of the Flint water crisis and exposes vulnerabilities that exist in water systems throughout the county.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POISummary: Exposing the deadly toll from the Flint water crisis. A two-year FRONTLINE investigation uncovers the roots and extent of a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak during the water crisis, and how officials failed to stop it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FLISummary: From the Peabody Award-winning creators of American Vandal, Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, this is a comedic documentary-style series that follows a fictional pro League of Legends esports team, as they pursue their first championship after years of close calls and heartache. To win it all, they will need their prodigy, seventeen-year-old rookie Organizm, and their 27-year-old veteran,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PLASummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPSummary: The year is 2030, and Jim Brockmire is now the commissioner of baseball. Jim's struggles with sobriety are behind him, however, it is up to him to save baseball while juggling his love life and his relationship with his newfound daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROSummary: Attempting to rebuild his life while navigating his new sobriety, Brockmire moves to Florida, where he calls MLB Spring Training games for Oakland alongside former softball star Gabby Taylor
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROSummary: "A famed major-league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROSummary: "In 1946, Branch Rickey ... owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson ... to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field win over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Now in New Orleans, Jim Brockmire strives to break back out of the minors and back into the major leagues while continuing his popular podcast. Jim faces a whole new level of drunken debauchery that The Big Easy makes so easy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BROSummary: Click: "When a harried workaholic is given a universal remote that allows him to pause, rewind or skip past portions of his life, he discovers which parts are truly the best." -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An orphan comes to live with a foster family in a Canadian mining village, and becomes a part of the comical foibles and heartbreaks of a small French-Canadian town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MONSummary: "A lonely, down-on-her-luck waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk and thinks that maybe, finally, she's met a 'good guy.' The more Molly ... gets to know Gus ..., the more she's intrigued by him. ... Unbeknownst to Molly, this 'good guy' was a brilliant astrophysicist who suffered an aneurism and has lost all of his short-term memory. Every day is a brand new day--literally--for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD REMSummary: "Spanning the decades, stories of Coach Schembechler are told by players, colleagues and friends. Tales of triumph include interviews with former Wolverines Dan Dierdorf, Bump Elliott, Jamie Morris, Jim Brandstatter, Jon Falk, Lloyd Carr, and others in the Michigan family"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOSummary: The new woman owner of the Cleveland Indians wants to move the franchise to Florida, and her only chance is a losing year. So she signs a bunch of screwballs in hopes that they'll blow the season.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAJSummary: "People of Earth centers on skeptical journalist Ozzie Graham, who investigates a support group to write about the members's supposed alien encounters. The more he digs into their oddball claims, however, the more he recognizes a semblance of truth to their stories and, possibly, even signs that point to his own alien abduction"--Containe
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PEOSummary: Bob is a playboy who recklessly crashes his boat, necessitating the use of a resuscitator. While the equipment is used on Bob, a beloved physician dies of a heart atttack because the resuscitator was unavailable. To atone for this, Bob decides to become a doctor himself. He becomes involved with the doctor's widow, but an accident that causes her to go blind will shadow the rest of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MAGSummary: "Hoosiers: Norman Dale is a basketball coach whose checkered past has led him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team. Made to feel unwelcome by squad members, an icy fellow teacher and townspeople, Dale perseveres with an unwavering passion for the game ; The French connection: New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GENSummary: Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SWECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Sweeney 2007Summary: From Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of Yellowstone, and Hugh Dillon, it follows the McLusky family-power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAYSummary: Join Thomas and his construction friends for fun and adventure. From demolition to digging and steamrolling, this team really knows how to work together. When a storm causes chaos on the island, Thomas and his friends must pull together to restore it in time for the big game.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV THOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD TSummary: Celebrate 50 years of female excellence in sports through the eyes of athletes who changed the system. Hosted by tennis legend and activist Billie Jean King, the film weaves together stories of eight icons to discuss how their own struggles and achievements shaped women's sports.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The incredible true story of Olympic legend Jesse Owens. In his epic quest to be the greatest athlete in history, Owens chooses to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he must overcome not only elite competition, but also the brutal racial climate of Adolf Hitler's Germany. A film about courage, determination, tolerance, friendship and trust.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016