Summary: "A ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about inmates' rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons ... shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY RIOSummary: "I'm just a bloody normal bloke. A normal bloke who likes a bit of torture," says Mark "Chopper" Read. Read is one of Australia's best-selling authors, in part because before he became an author, he was one of Australia's most brutal stand-over men. "Chopper" tells his story with a kind of fascinated horror, a study of the mystique of criminal notoriety, and portrait of a cunning, ruthless...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE CHOSummary: Jefferson Grieff is on Death Row in an American prison for brutally murdering his wife. But it turns out that Grieff has a gift: he can solve crimes from inside his cell, and that is exactly why English journalist Beth Davenport needs his help. A woman who recently helped Beth has gone missing, with the only clue being a text with a blurry image of a man lunging towards the camera. Will Grieff...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INS1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INSSummary: A former football quarterback now serving time in prison puts together a team of inmates to play a grudge game against the prison guards.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LONSummary: "This is a western like no other, combining the mythological scope of that most American of genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by Marlon Brando--all suffused with Freudian overtones and masculine anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures rugged coastal and desert landscapes in gorgeous widescreen, Technicolor images, and elicits from his fellow actors (including...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN ONESummary: In 2045, convicted criminals are given the opportunity to compete on the world's #1 televised sporting event, Arena Wars. They must survive 7 rooms and 7 of the most vicious killers in the country. If they win, they regain their freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ARESummary: Set in a near-future where the economy has crumbled and violent gangs play havoc in the streets, the powers-that-be have decided to lure the delinquent youth into drive-in cinemas and keep them there. No longer just a place to watch trashy movies and make out, these outdoor picture shows have become concentration camps for the unruly and unwanted. Two people have mistakenly been sent there, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR DEASummary: Fire Country blazes back for a second season of death-defying action and searing drama. Bode is back behind bars and struggling with an immediate threat from the past when he learns a secret that could change everything. The atmosphere in his Northern California hometown of Edgewater is also heating up with family rivalries, a love triangle, and catastrophic natural disasters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken but her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EIL1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD