Alfre Woodard
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English
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The Hadza, East Africa's last remaining true hunter-gatherers, have lived on their land near the Rift Valley for over 50,000 years. As globalization and technology encroach on their territory, their way of life has been slowly whittled away from them. This documentary serves as a comprehensive look at their customs -- from dating rituals to schooling to foraging to weapons production -- as explained by several natives and noted anthropologists. Animations...
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English
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No Small Matter is the first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for change in America today: early childhood education. Through poignant stories and surprising humor, the film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years, and reveals how our failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for...
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1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Compilation of four animated short films profiling legendary figures in American history. John Henry goes up against a machine with his hammer to help build America's railroads; Casey Jones, the brave engineer delivers the U.S. mail in record-breaking time; Johnny Appleseed plants apple trees across America to benefit the early pioneers; Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, clears the land for American settlers.
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1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Traces the journey to freedom taken by countless slaves, showing how they were guided, protected and pursued along the way. The extraordinary story is told through historical documents, visits to important sites, interviews with the descendants of noted abolitionists and commentary from experts.
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1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Drawing on interviews with her closest relatives, friends, and biographers, as well as rare home movie footage, the film reveals the hidden dimensions of one of the century's most influential women.
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1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education. Through poignant stories and surprising humor, the film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years and reveals how the failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country.
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1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This documentary tells the story of the revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad, in which Africans abducted from Sierra Leone in violation of international law took over the ship on which they were held, only to end up in the American court system. They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, with various abolitionists and former president John Quincy Adams leading the way. Based on court documents and transcripts, letters written by the...
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1 videodisc (approximately 72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Rich in culture and history, the pride of the African-American tradition comes alive in these award-winning stories. These stories includes Martin's Big Words, John Henry, and Seven Candles For Kwanzaa.
11) Passion fish
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1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A handicapped ex-soap opera star and her nurse explore the murkier aspects of men, romance, and family in the Louisiana bayou.
12) Extremities
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A victim of robbery and near rape puts a plan into action and turn the tables on her attacker, making him the victim.
14) Grand Canyon
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1 videodisc (approximately 137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"When a lawyer's car breaks down in a dangerous Los Angeles neighborhood, a tow-truck driver arrives just in time to save his life. The two men begin a deep friendship that sets off a chain of unsettling and surprising events involving their families and friends for years to come."--Container.
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1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Based on the Newbery Award-winning novel, 'A Wrinkle in Time' imparts positive life lessons, self-confidence, individuality, and teamwork. A magical fantasy for the whole family.
After their father disappears during an experiment, Meg and her brother travel through time and space to find him with the help of friends.
17) Take the lead
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1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Pierre is a ballroom-dance instructor with courtly manners whose pupils tend to be well-heeled teenagers. Partly as a dare and partly as a joke, he is offered the job of supervising a South Bronx high school detention class, where the students regard him as a visitor from the moon. They resist him, but he fascinates them, and before long, Pierre has talked them into learning a few steps. He even suggests that if they work hard enough, they might have...
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Criterion collection volume 1097
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2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm).
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English
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"Sparks fly both on and off the court in this groundbreaking feature debut by writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood, who elevated the coming-of-age romance by giving honest expression to the challenges female athletes face in a world that doesn't see them as equal. Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps make for one of the most iconic screen couples of the 2000s as the basketball-obsessed next-door neighbors who find love over flirtatious pickup games, fall...
19) Words by heart
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1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A drama focused on the hardships endured by a black family living in the Midwest in the 20th century. With social progress still decades away, the family experiences open prejudice nearly everywhere they turn.
20) Primal fear
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1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Criminal defense attorney Martin Vail is brilliant and confident. He is accustomed to fabricating and selling the truth while seeking the glory in the media spotlight. When he learns of the gruesome murder of a local Catholic archbishop, he immediately decides to defend the accused penniless altar boy. But Vail soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, as he becomes tangled in a web of lies, corruption and betrayal.