Summary: "Losing Ground tells the story of a marriage of two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives. Sara Rogers, a black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest to understand 'ecstasy' just as her painter husband Victor sets off on a more earthly exploration of joy"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family God's 2018

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

Damon, Matt

Summary: A young working-class genius is hauled back from the brink of self-destruction by a gifted counselor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2011

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOO RATED R

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GOO

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

Summary: Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PRO

Summary: Richard, a buttoned-down college lecturer, who after learning he has six months to live, transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor, and the delight of his students, Richard leads a hilarious crusade against authority and hypocrisy in this dark comedy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PRO

Summary: A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student. When lines are crossed, it becomes unclear who is the victim and who is the victimizer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2018

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

Summary: Set in 1953, Katherine Watson is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004

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

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

Summary: College student Nan Barlow is researching the history of witchcraft. Taunted by her brother and fiance, who have voiced their concern over her silly notions, Nan arms herself with resolve and drives into the small New England village of Whitewood. A bit anxious but consumed with curiosity, she will soon embark on the journey of her life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR CIT

Scharf, Yuval

Summary: The rivalry between father and son professors of Talmudic studies comes to a head when the father is slated to receive Israel's most prestigious national award for his work.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FOO

Summary: It's the debate of the ages; this time, held in a seemingly insignificant venue, but the outcome, as always, will be life-changing. A Christian college freshman, Josh Wheaton, and his atheist philosophy professor hold court on the existence of God. To pass the course, Josh must prove to the class that God is alive and well. This dare could cost him his relationships, his career, even his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pure Flix Entertainment 2014

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

Summary: Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2008

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Great 2008

Summary: When a female college student goes missing, a popular professor is the prime suspect. Suddenly, the questions he faces aren't merely academic, they're a matter of life and death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018

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

Summary: When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD DAV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DAV RATED PG-13

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DA

Summary: The season begins with Professor T in prison after trying to defend DCI Christina Brand. With both of their careers on the line, both have momentous decisions to make. As the Professor struggles in prison, his old colleagues seek out his analysis and insight to help them solve a series of intriguing crimes. But how long can the Professor survive in these conditions?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRO

Moore, Julianne

Summary: A Harvard psychologist suddenly diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease struggles to find meaning and purpose in her life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2015

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

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STI RATED PG-13

Summary: Two friends meet after being apart for years- one in the United States studying film, and the other a professor at a university. When they start talking they realize they both loved the same woman, and decide to go find her to see if any sparks fly.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2007

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WOM

Grammer, Kelsey

Summary: Follows university professor Miss Willoughby as she helps with a paranormal investigation when family friends experience hauntings at their antique bookshop.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2022

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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MIS

Summary: When a college professor in the remote mountains of the American West confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2023

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

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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER GOD

Summary: Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY AME
2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

Summary: Professor Jasper Tempest and the team untangle a series of knotty crimes ranging from an unexplained fire in a student block to the mystery of an entire family found dead in their home.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRO

Summary: Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. Wanting to transfer to the Harvard School of Medicine, he learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the tuition. Then Ben is introduced into a small but secretive club by his math professor, Micky Rosa. The club has four other students: Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Jimmy; and they are being trained by Mickey in the skill of blackjack...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWE RATED PG-13