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5 videodiscs (780 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When death is your business, what is your life? For the employees at Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, the world outside continues to be at least as challenging, and far less predictable, as the one inside. Includes 13 episodes, audio commentaries, and more.
5) Frantz
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged)
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Français
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Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, (1914-1918), the film recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war's 'lost generation': Anna, a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien, a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz's grave.
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"On the eve of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's life is completely devastated when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter's fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke--her entire family, all gone in a moment. And June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections...
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1 videodisc (94 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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"... the ... story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher, and the 55-year-old Algerian immigrant who offers his services as a substitute teacher and aids the process of collective healing"--Container.
8) Morning
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Leland Orser and Jeanne Tripplehorn star as a married couple reeling from the tragic death of their only child. For each of them, grief is a private torment that threatens to destroy their individual worlds. But for both, there is a way back that could bring them together to love again. A devastating but ultimately hopeful look at life and loss, heartbreak and healing, and the strength of the human spirit that defies darkness to embrace the light...
9) Rabbit hole
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64 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. 'Rabbit Hole' charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day."--
10) Ponette
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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Four-year-old Ponette loses her mother in a tragic automobile accident. Her father passes her along to an aunt and then to a boarding school. Believing that life cannot simply stop, Ponette continues to yearn for her mom. She speaks to her, she waits for her, she looks for her. Uncertainly but stubbornly, she tries to bring her mother back. This heartbreaking drama from director Jacques Doillon was named one of the Best Foreign Language Films of the...
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In The Body Artist, author Don DeLillo focuses on a single life, a single death. This bestselling novella is -obscure, poetic, lean, earthy, more than slightly warped. After her husband's suicide, performance artist Lauren Hartke meets up with a kind of autistic savant who resonates with her past. She explores him, emphasizing intimacy and sensuality. Could he be the ghost of her late husband?
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1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After the sudden death of her fiancé, Gray finds comfort in the company of his friends: lighthearted and comic Sam, hyper-responsible Dennis, and Dennis' old childhood buddy Fritz, an irresponsible playboy whom Gray had previously pegged as one of the least reliable people in the world. As secrets about her supposedly perfect fiancé emerge, Gray comes to see new sides of the man she thought she knew, and at the same time, finds herself drawn to...
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What do you do when you're not ready for love, but love is ready for you?
Formerly "Malibu Betrayals". Hollywood screenwriter Samantha Dekker spent the last year picking up the pieces after her husband's suicide. Along with grief, guilt, and tabloid hell, she's had to watch helplessly as the film industry slammed its doors in her face. Now Sam has the rarest of Hollywood opportunities-a second chance...working with the one man she swore never to...
14) Didier
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Le roman québécois Les quatre saisons: Didier gravite autour des thèmes universels que sont l'amour, la mort et l'amitié au masculin, des sources d'inspiration privilégiées par Luc Desilets. Cette fois-ci, l'auteur met surtout l'accent sur la relation père-fils. Depuis la mort de son père, Didier rêve de faire publier un ouvrage dans lequel il lui rend hommage. Il envoie son manuscrit à différentes maisons d'édition et essuie malheureusement...
15) Say her name
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In a novel based on the author's real-life tragedy, Goldman, consumed with grief and guilt over the accidental death of his wife just before their second anniversary, obsessively collects every memory of her, especially her writings, with the hope of keeping her alive in his mind.
16) Ordinary people
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
17) Reservation Road
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Two fathers are forced to live with the same tragedy in two very different ways after an incident that involves them both on the same road.
18) Managing Negative Emotions: A Guide to Dealing With a Lost Job or Business, Losing Loved Ones, an
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If you are frequently feeling helpless, lonely, or out of control due to the loss of a loved one or stress of any kind, then you need a guide to Managing Negative Emotions. Life can sometimes knock you down, leaving you lost and unable to control the rush of unwanted thoughts and feelings. It becomes all too easy to feel as though you have no hope of getting your life back on track. These intensely negative emotions can leave you feeling stressed...
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My Memories of a Singing Country Legend' is a fast moving biography of Country Singer Lance James. It's up close and personal and is written by myself, Bill Jones the Jazz Drummer, international author and movie director. I originally met the singing country legend when we worked together fifty years ago, in the music department of the South African Broadcasting Corporation.I became a close friend and compadre of Lance James at the beginning of his...
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A varied collection of 30 contemporary duologues from Mark Wheeller's plays. Compiled at a time when social distancing is a consideration, these duologues all lend themselves to Zoom/Social Distance friendly performances.
It includes duologues from:
Too Much Punch For Judy
Hard To Swallow
Missing Dan Nolan
I Love You, Mum, I Promise I Won't Die
Game Over
...and many, more of Mark's plays...and musicals. It also includes, a previously unpublished...
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