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Garrett, LaMonicaSummary: "What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous U.S.-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there's nowhere to hide from the unrelenting,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DESSummary: A young woman visits her grandmother one summer to think over a marriage proposal, and the women in a quilting bee confide to her the stories of the loves that have shaped their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Universal Home Video 1999
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOWSummary: "Sparks fly both on and off the court in this groundbreaking feature debut by writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard), which elevated the coming-of-age romance by giving honest expression to the challenges female athletes face in a world that doesn't see them as equal. Sanaa Lathan (Alien vs. Predator) and Omar Epps (Higher Learning) make for one of the most iconic screen couples...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LOVSummary: Based on the New York Times Best-selling novel, a young prodigy named Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SoSummary: When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother, Langston must take his future into his own hands.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY KNUSummary: Down on his luck gambler Garry and his hot streak buddy Curtis hit the road for New Orleans, hunting the big payday. On riverboats and racetracks they chase women and thrills before risking it all in the wager of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MISSummary: Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAYSummary: "It is 1932 when loyal, devoted Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with Dr. Brodus and Dr. Douglas on a federally funded program to treat syphilis patients in Alabama. Free treatment is offered to those who test positive for the disease, including Caleb Humphries and Willie Johnson. But when the government withdraws its support, money is offered for what will become known as 'The Tuskegee...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MISSummary: "After David Dunn emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor-- and without a single scratch on him-- he meets a mysterious stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger whose obsession with David will change David's life forever."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Striving to find a better life, Clarence is enthralled by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks everything to carve a path to a divine existence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Rich in culture and history, the pride of the African-American tradition comes alive in these award-winning stories. These stories includes Martin's Big Words, John Henry, and Seven Candles For Kwanzaa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MARSummary: Pierre is a ballroom-dance instructor with courtly manners whose pupils tend to be well-heeled teenagers. Partly as a dare and partly as a joke, he is offered the job of supervising a South Bronx high school detention class, where the students regard him as a visitor from the moon. They resist him, but he fascinates them, and before long, Pierre has talked them into learning a few steps. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2006
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Summary: A prison warden sees a series of executions put a strain on her marriage, career, and convictions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2020
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD CLECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLESummary: A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter's birth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FATCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FATSummary: Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even though it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother, Telly, still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist insists she's delusional. Worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed. Haunted by the memories of her son, Telly's search for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Four souls learn why they are earthbound and tied to a hard driving executive--through him, they each have one chance to resolve the unfinished business in their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Universal Home Video 1998
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HEACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HEASummary: "From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Quijncy taught each other how to play the game. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make a choice between each other and the game ... between family and team ... between Love and Basketball"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LOVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOVSummary: The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk. Inspired by a true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Radio 2003Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RaSummary: They call themselves the Borg--a half-organic, half-machine collective with a sole purpose: to conquer and assimilate all races. Led by their seductive and sadistic queen, the Borg are headed to earth with a devious plan to alter history. Picard's last encounter with the Borg almost killed him. Now, he wants vengeance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1996