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Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
2) Farmland
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media LLC
Pub. Date
2015, ©2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth documentary covering multiple personal stories of young US farmers and ranchers. Most Americans have never stepped foot on a working farm or ranch or ever had the opportunity to talk to the people who grow and raise the food we eat.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she is pregnant. So now, with a wife, a child, a house ... it all seems like just too much responsibility for a guy who's afraid to grow up! But Carlo is not alone. All of his buddies are suffering with their own growing pains and none of them seem to be ready to settle down without a fight. As the romantic entanglements tighten, this self-centered group of guys will...
Language
English
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Formats
Description
General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court martialed and sent to a maximum security military prison, The Castle. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter, who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an action that the...
Publisher
Appalshop
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles nearly a decade of change in Morristown, Tennessee, through interviews with displaced or low-wage Southern workers, Mexican immigrants, and workers and families impacted by globalization.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of people aged 75-100, who reveal their secrets for living a meaningful life. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of life's greatest challenges.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The directorial debut of a postal worker's son, Jay Galione, who tells the story of his father, a 30-year postal clerk who was harassed, threatened, and fired for standing up for fellow employees. The documentary reveals how the USPS has been systematically dismantled and privatized by the trillion-dollar mail industry and its politicians who seek to raise prices and lower wages. A moving indictment of the toxic culture and push to downsize, the eye-opening...
8) Fish & men
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reveals how consumer demand for five species has America importing 90% of its seafood threatening fishing communities and public health. But pioneering chefs and fishermen are leading a movement to reconnect us back to our local seafood.
9) The game
Series
Criterion collection volume 627
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this thriller, Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control, has been enrolled by his brother in "The Game"--"a profound life experience" with no rules, which begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events. Terrorized by forces who seem intent on dismantling all that he has built, Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life."
Publisher
Phoenix Shakti Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Allison, a cocker spaniel pup-child, has to resolve her conflicting feelings about her parents' divorce, their significant others, and their remarriages. Torn between sadness and fear of the changes in her life, Allison finally makes peace with herself, her family and her stepfamily of dogs, with the compassionate guidance, patience and loving understanding that all of them offer to her"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 349
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her. Paralyzed by postgraduation ennui, Grover, Otis, Max and Skippy remain on campus, denying the real-world futures awaiting them. Nobody wants to radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, who tends bar and is in his tenth year. The four friends typify a generation of adults-to-be unable to...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 5 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Jackie Peyton, a strong-willed and brilliant but very flawed emergency room nurse. This season, Jackie comes to realize that both karma and sobriety can be a pain. In addition to finally confronting her addiction, Jackie's street smarts and sardonic wit are tested even further by an ambitious new hospital administrator determined to run a tight ship and keep Jackie in line.
13) White like me
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (68 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Based on the work of Tim Wise, the film explores race and racism in the United States through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we've entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues...
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Bs̀culas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable...
15) Pumpkin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Carolyn McDuffy finds her "have-it-all" existence doesn't have all she wants, she embarks on an unlikely romance. When her sorority chooses a special needs group as their sorority project, Carolyn finds what she has been searching for, and ends up dragging her entire sorority kicking and screaming into a culture clash.
16) Slacker
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Directed by Richard Linklater, presents a day in the life of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture populated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on sixteen mm for a mere $3,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Jackie's best friend and husband put the pieces together about her pill-popping ways and confront her about her addiction. But if the people in her life think one little intervention is going to stop her, they don't know Jackie. The great white liar returns for another hilarious season of 12 episodes.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 567 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Dillon, Texas, only one night matters: Friday night. Eric Taylor is the head football coach for the Dillon High School Panthers, the town's pride and joy. Still stressing that the football players win. The town is counting that the team gives them victories. The close-knit residents face new challenges and uncertainties as they deal with the day-by-day pressures of life in transition.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately five hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
After leaving rehab early, Jackie finds sobriety and relative happiness, but that is the calm before the storm. With her marriage coming to an end, a careless accident sends Jackie to her own all Saints Hospital for emergency care. While recovering, she meets NYC policeman Frank Verelli, whose flirtatious advances may lead Jackie into uncharted territory: dating.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (577 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest TV dramas of all time continues with 13 gripping fourth season episodes of the critically acclaimed series. Small-town life in Dillon has changed irrevocably with the dramatic split of the school district. Coach Taylor finds himself fighting for the respect of the East Dillon Lions, while his wife Tami faces her own battles as Principal of the Dillon High Panthers. Across town, it's a season for change as graduating students face...
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