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2) Arranged
Series
Film Movement volume year 5, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"[C]enters on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going through the process of arranged marriages."--www.imdb.com
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Desperate to start a family, New York schoolteacher, April Epner hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband unexpectedly abandons her and her adoptive mother dies. She gets another shock when she meets her biological mother, an eccentric, self-centered talk show host, whom at first she rejects. Then the divorced dad of one of her students begins courting April. As her life is turned upside-down, April finds herself opening up in...
4) The visitor
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 9 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Mr. Kotter, meet the Sweathogs, the goofiest group of remedial students who ever set off the fire alarm two minutes before a test or spent algebra class constructing spit wads. Sweathogs, meet Mr. Kotter, a former Sweathog who's returned to his old high school as your new teacher.
6) The Wiz
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
7) Crooklyn
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life in a crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood nicknamed "Crooklyn" by the Carmichaels, who experience one very special summer in their hometown under difficult but often wonderful circumstances.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (135 min.; 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Wiz: Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
The Wiz live: Staying true to the groundbreaking Broadway show that put a vivid urban spin on the land of Oz. Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (404 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Blackboard jungle: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel.
Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, and Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going...
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 9 hours, 10 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Former Sweathog Gabe Kotter returns to his alma mater, Brooklyn's James Buchanan High School, to teach a new generation of Sweathogs, a group of supposedly unteachable, under-achieving and incorrigible students. They are: Vinnie Barbarino, the group's wise-cracking leader; Juan Epstein, a Puerto Rican Jew; dimwitted Arnold Horshack; and cool Freddie "Boom-Boom" Washington. Gabe tries to reach out to these students by relating his own experiences to...
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 10 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
The second season of this series includes Barbarino replacing Horshack in a school theater production, Freddie Washington becoming a smash on the radio, and the gang pitching in to help Epstein quit smoking. Mr. Kotter is there with a word of advice and a quick-witted quip for the Sweathogs as they learn both in and out of the classroom.
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