Summary: The 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen. We see Kennedy's acceptance speech after winning the California Democratic presidential primary, his death at the hands of gunman Sirhan Sirhan, and the chaos and despair that ensued. The people at the hotel don't know what is coming. Our grief at hearing RFK's own words, so eloquent, so hopeful and inspiring. Watch the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOB

Summary: Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Akeelah 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AKE

Summary: When a promising high school basketballer (Cornbread) is accused of rape and mistakenly killed by the police, it is up to his 11-year old brother Wilford and his pal Earl to find the courage to speak up and clear Cornbread's name.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COR

Summary: Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean and Dave are reunited after a brutal murder. Reformed confict Jimmy and his devoted wife Annabeth find out that their teenage daughter Katie has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean is the homicide detective assigned to the case. Jimmy gets his relatives, the Savage brothers to conduct their own investigation. Jimmy and Sean soon suspect their old...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MYS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Mystic