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Summary: A sheriff in Arizona investigates an illegal Mexican immigrant for the murder of the former sheriff's wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FrSummary: Okwe is an illegal immigrant living in London. He was a doctor in his homeland and now works two jobs - during the day as a taxi driver, at night as a hotel desk clerk. When a prostitute tells him there's a mess in one of the hotel's bathrooms, Okwe finds a human heart in the toilet. Using his previous knowledge of medicine, he begins to solve the case of where the heart came from and soon...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DIRSummary: Needing to keep his honor-bound commitment, Texas ranch foreman Pete returns the body of illegal Mexican immigrant ranch-hand Melquiades Estrada to his preferred resting place in the Mexican wilderness. Estrada had been accidentally shot by Mike, a newly-arrived U.S. border patrolman. Pete forces Mike to participate in his cross-country ritual of duty - a voyage filled with revenge and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE THRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF THR1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN THR
Summary: Comedy about the age-old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, the Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' matchmaking by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WEDSummary: This is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his beautiful girlfriend Reina leaves his life in Colombia to illegally cross the border and find fortune in New York. Marlon's journey, which takes him to through seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, and the streets of Jackson Heights, ultimately takes him to a place he could have never predicted.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distibuted in the USA by Phase 4 Films 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PARMiguel, Blondin
Summary: A young African refugee is saved from deportation by a kindly old man, who shines shoes for a living, and his tight-knit community.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HAVSummary: An absorbing drama about a Belgian teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of abusing illegal alien workers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PROSummary: Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends them. One day, when returning from Central Park with Walter, Tarek is arrested for jumping a stuck subway...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VISSummary: Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2008
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VIS RATED PG-13Summary: A man must work as an illegal alien in Argentina in order to support his family in Bolivia. The film paints a portrait of struggle in the modern economy of Argentina and the mistreatment of illegal workers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2005