Summary: While traveling in the deep south, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in a murder case when he is first accused of the crime, and then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, especially when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the ignorant and bigoted town sheriff. But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Classic InSummary: A teacher in England abandons the traditional curriculum of education in dealing with a class of students rejected by other schools.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Classic To SirCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TOSummary: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Classic BlackboardSummary: When the daughter of well-to-do liberal parents plans to marry a black doctor, both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1998
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUESummary: Accidentally blinded as a child, 18-year-old Selina D'Arcey falls in love with a gentle and charming man, Gordon Ralfe, whom she meets in a rare visit to a park. Her racist mother declares that because Gordon is black, their relationship cannot continue, forcing Selina to choose between her family and her heart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment and Warner Home Video 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PATSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAISummary: Henry spends his time working in the brickyard owned by his family and grieving the loss of his wife. When a young boy enters Henry's life, both man and child find what they desperately need in each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LaSummary: Detective Virgil Tibbs has been assigned to solve the murder of a prostitute. His pal, a political-minded minister who is spearheading a referendum on community control, is suspected of the homicide and Tibbs is faced with the decision of whether or not to invesigate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001