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Diaries Authorship Drama Education, Urban California Drama Extrasensory perception Drama Feature films High school students Attitudes Drama High school students California Drama High school students Social conditions Drama Student publications California Drama Teacher-student relationships California Drama Video recordingsSummary: Teena Brandon alters her appearance to appear as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. She moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under her new identity. All goes well until her new friends discover her secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie You'reSummary: Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to join her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN HOMSummary: Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two defiant suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The two activists broke from the mainstream women's rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight. Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA IROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IROSummary: Holly Kennedy is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life - a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry. So when his life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry, so it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie P.S.Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE P.S.Summary: Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie MillionSummary: Betty Anne Waters is a young woman whose world is shattered when her beloved brother Kenny is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Steadfastly convinced of his innocence, Betty Anne embarks on an 18-year journey to set Kenny free, using state-of-the-art forensic technology. The unshakable bond between a brother and sister, at the heart of this real-life drama, will stir your...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CON RATED RCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Conviction 2011Summary: A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRESummary: "Annie has 'the Gift'. Some fear her, others claim she's a witch. But now, a murder has ben committed and only she can solve it. On a twisted trail of open infidelity and jealous rage, she sees visions that will haunt her and discovers a truth that will tear the town apart"--Promotional materials.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2001