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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (220 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
3) Mark Twain
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 225 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 146 min.) : sound, color w/black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sound, color, black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kwabena quits his dead-end recruitment job to chase his dream of becoming a filmmaker and is thrown into a world of uncertainty. Having recently met the tantalizing Vanessa, he struggles to keep up with her taste for fancy restaurants and cocktail bars by secretly taking shifts as a fast-food delivery driver. Meanwhile, his cousin has a baby on the way, meaning he needs to find a new place to live.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011].
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (325 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Dallas: The early years: Digger Barnes is furious when his friend Jock Ewing starts dating the love of his life Ellie Southworth. He is also convinced that Jock has cheated him out of his share in their oil fields. And so begins the decades long Barnes-Ewing feud.
Dallas: J.R. returns: Five years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, he turns up alive and well. He returns to Dallas and plots to bring his family back together,...
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Salty saga of the bravest skipper ever to sail the seas- Captain Horatio Hornblower. The English Captain sailed during the Napoleonic era, and outthought, outmaneuvered and outfought his rivals, but was more than a little at sea when faced with a beautiful woman!
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carlene Frazier-Dobber is fresh-off-the-bus replacement for her sister Charlene. Allison Sugarbaker is the driven, well-to-do replacement for her departed cousin Suzanne. While Mary Jo steps in to take Carlene under her wing, Julia and Allison immediately take to butting heads. Caught in the middle are Anthony and Bernice.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 525 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
B.J. Poteet is a rich Texas widow who invests in the Sugarbaker firm after Allison Sugarbaker pulls her money out of the business for good. Carlene dates a cross-dresser, Anthony embarks on a wild and costly trip to Vegas, Bernice fears that Mary Jo is planning to "put her to sleep," and Julia and all of the women of Sugarbaker's struggle to keep the business alive.
13) Planet Earth III
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the animals that live in them. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet's last great wild places and the strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct habitat, including grasslands and deserts, forests, freshwater habitats, and coasts. This contemporary chapter of Planet Earth also reveals the new challenges that wildlife...
Publisher
CBS Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (376 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Freelance writer Samantha and aspiring chef Jay throw both caution and money to the wind to leave NYC and convert a rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast, only to find that it's inhabited by a close-knit, eclectic group of spirits of deceased former residents. Adding to the supernatural surprises, Samantha discovers that she can see and hear ghosts everywhere, including those with whom she now shares a home.
18) Next goal wins
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen, hoping he will turn the world's worst soccer team around in this humorous and heartfelt underdog story.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this prequel to The Hunger Games, a young Coriolanus is the last hope for the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. Snow reluctantly takes an assignment to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray's charm captivates Panem's audience, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow races against time...
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (5 hr., 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following his departure from the Commonwealth, Daryl Dixon washes ashore in France, raising the ire of a splintered but growing autocratic movement centered in Paris and endangering a young boy at the heart of a benevolent religious movement.
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