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1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color with some black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, Susanne Rostock's inspiring biographical documentary surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer and his experiences touring a segregated country to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement.
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1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s and '70s, Cesar Chavez and farmworker activists joined forces with musicians and artists to create "La Causa," a movement for justice. This documentary explores their alliance through first-person accounts, highlighting the essential role of music and art in building the farmworkers' movement. It combines rare archival footage with interviews, shedding light on key moments in Chavez's life, the emergence of Chicano art, and the use of...
9) RBG
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1 videodisc (approximately 98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But the unique personal journey of her rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans - until now. RBG explores Ginsburg's life and career.
10) Titanic
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2 videodiscs (194 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A timeless love story born of tragedy that created an international phenomenon.
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Songs My Brothers Taught Me is a compelling and complex portrait of modern day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that explores the bond between a brother (John Reddy) and his younger sister (Jashaun St .John), who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home. The film sensitively infiltrates isolated Indian Country to offer a rare, modern gaze keenly felt through the eyes of its magnetic, non-professional lead actors,...
12) Rudderless
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Sam, a former high-profile ad executive, is devastated by the sudden death of his musician son. When Sam discovers a box filled with his son's demo tapes, the grieving father's downward spiral comes to a standstill as he explores this unexpected gift. After mustering the will to perform one of the songs at a local bar, Sam meets and forms a friendship with Quentin a young musician. The unlikely duo forms a rock band that becomes a local sensation....
13) Django unchained
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2 videodiscs (166 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Django, a former slave turned hired gun, heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda, from the tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie, with the help of a German bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz.
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2 videodiscs (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the group of Los Angeles studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew--featuring Tommy Tedesco, guitar, Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, drums, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborne, bass--who played on many rock and pop hits during the sixties. Gifted, versatile, and possessing the knack for turning a simple tune into something memorable, the Wrecking Crew were the players who turned the Wall of Sound in Phil Spector's head into a reality, and helped Brian Wilson...
16) The killing
Series
Criterion collection volume 575
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Johnny Clay has a plan. After spending 5 years in Alcatraz, he decides that if he's going to commit crimes, the risk had better be worth the punishment. He then proceeds to mastermind a brilliant criminal scheme to steal $2,000,000 from a local racetrack in which "no one will get hurt."
Killer's kiss: Prize-fighter Davy Gordon intervenes when private dancer Gloria Price is being attacked by her employer and lover Vincent Raphello. This brings the...
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Robbie Hart is a wedding singer who can cover the latest hits, deliver the perfect toast to the bride and groom and even get Grandma on the dance floor. But when Robbie is dumped at his own wedding, he has a total eclipse of the heart and becomes the ultimate cynic. It's not until he meets Julia, a waitress, that Robbie starts to come around. However, Julia's about to get married herself, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a lifetime,...
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1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career. Unknown to him, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon. Long rumored there to be dead, two fans, record store owner Stephen Segerman and journalist Craig Bartholomew-Strydom, decided to seek out the truth of his fate.
20) True grit
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Language
English
Description
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search...
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