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Assassins Drama India Drama India History 1947- Drama India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Drama Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Assassination Drama Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Nonviolence Drama Religious leaders India DramaKingsley, Ben
Summary: Examines the life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939-1945.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANNSummary: Featuring a stellar cast, the 13 part mini-series traces the extraordinary life of Charles Dickens from his penniless childhood in Chatham and London during the 1820s to the unprecedented success he later enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DICSummary: A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ENDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ENDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EnCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ENDSummary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jules follows Milton who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls "Jules." Things become complicated when two neighbors discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JULCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JULCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JULSummary: This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Her magical summer begins when she meets Jesse Tuck. Jesse is full of life and adventure and Winnie falls in love. The Tuck family has a powerful secret-- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. Now Winnie must choose whether she wants to live life...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family TuckCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TUCNhat Hanh
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 1996
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 294.337 NHASummary: In 1974 a young gallery assistant is drawn into the wild, never-ending party that is artist Salvador Dalí's life in New York City. As he helps the aging genius prepare for an important show, he discovers not everything is as it seems.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DALSummary: "An uncanny Presidential lookalike is recruited as a momentary stand-in for America's Chief Executive. However, things don't turn out exactly as planned and Dave finds himself continuing the masquerade indefinitely."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ELECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Elegy 2008Summary: Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ISLSummary: In the new action-comedy when top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands by taking a hit on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend, he must fend off an army of assassin colleagues and win back the love of his life before it's too late.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Hound of the Baskervilles: A savage beast lurks on England's moors, feeding on the flesh of the heirs of Baskerville Hall. Sherlock Holmes must track down the beast before it sinks its fangs into the newest lord of the manor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SHESummary: Turaqistan is a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former U.S. vice-president. In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires a troubled hit man to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growning demons, the assassin must pose as the corporation's Trade Show producer in order to pull off his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Studios 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WARSummary: A fifteen year old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. On the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIRSummary: A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light,' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BoCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD BOXCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: DVD Blu BoxtrollsCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BOXSummary: Escape to legendary times when majestic dragons ruled the skies in this epic 5-movie collection that will move, thrill and capture the imagination of the entire family with its fantasy, humor and amazing special effects! The films feature unique storied about sacrifice, honor, courage and conquering evil. This collection includes all five of producer Raffaelia De Laurentiis' fantasy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A case of mistaken identity lands down-on-his-luck Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin begins to be under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat. He finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get to them before they get him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Weinstein Company 2006
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY LUCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LUCSummary: It's a race against time when a rogue prince reluctantly teams up with a rival princess to safeguard a magical dagger that gives its possessor the power to reverse time and rule the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010