Tyson, Neil deGrasse
Summary: An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 523.01 TYSSummary: Story of Percy Julian's scientific breakthroughs and a biography of his life with period reenactments based on newly opened family archives and interviews with dozens of colleagues and relatives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PERSummary: When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ISLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISLSummary: The story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. It is 1943 and the U.S. is suffering huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers were not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, the "Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TUSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie TuskegeeWood, Elijah
Summary: Huckleberry Finn and his friend, an escaped slave named Jim, face adventure as they travel down the Mississippi River; when Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn witness a murder, they try to decide whether to keep the truth a secret or reveal the identity of the killer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a boy accused of killing his father, where one man stands between him and capital punishment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 61st Street follows Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, and Franklin Roberts, the public defender who takes up his case. While Roberts has promised his wife he'll retire, he takes on this case because he recognizes its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SIXSummary: The classic story of the flight of Huck Finn and the slave Jim down the Mississippi, and their encounters with the world at large.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2002
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ADVSummary: Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BeCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BENCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BENSummary: When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE OFFSummary: Told from the perspective of the lawyers, it explores the chaotic dealings behind closed doors and how prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness and shocking courtroom twists led to one of the most earth-shattering verdicts of all time. It is based on the best-selling book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An Emmy-winning anthology series that dramatizes the fascinating stories of the world's most brilliant innovators, exploring their extraordinary achievements along with their volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships. The third season will explore Aretha Franklin's musical genius and incomparable career, as well as the immeasurable impact and lasting influence she has had on music...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GENSummary: For ten days, the American soldiers of Bravo Company fight in Vietnam to take over Hill 937, also known as Hamburger Hill.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture."--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ISLSummary: Follows the journey of four slaves on the Underground Railroad from the American South to their freedom in Canada. Features: 3 bonus movies: Honeydripper, Stigma, and Go tell it on the mountain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016