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(0)Ossie Davis
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the integral relationship between the civil rights leaders and African American churches. Chronicles the non-violent revolution in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. The price paid was often high, but the victory led to equal access to transportation, education, public facilities, and ultimately, the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The tragic, truthful, and awe-inspiring story of the last twenty-four hours of Malcolm X. Narrated by Ossie Davis. Includes a director's commentary track and an interview with Woodie King Jr.
6) Dinosaur
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Full screen and widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dinosaur tells the story of Aladar, an iguanodon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs. When a meteor shower destroys their home, Aladar and his family follow a herd of dinosaurs heading for the safety of the "nesting grounds." Together they must stand strong amidst food and water shortages, the threat of Carnotaur attacks, and Aladar's run-ins with the herd's stubborn leader, Kron.
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever.
9) King
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (271 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and events of the Civil Rights Movement leading up to his assassination.
10) A vow to cherish
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One believer's impossible challenge of faith, temptation and commitment profoundly affects his entire family. The triumphant spirit of Jesus Christ will inspire anyone who experiences this compelling motion picture.
12) Dr. Dolittle
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The River Niger: A house-painter/poet struggles to support his cancer-plagued wife. Death of a prophet: Combines documentary footage with reenactments to weave a fascinating work. A suspense thriller which follows the events in the final 24 hours of the life of religious and political leader Malcolm X.
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 205 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street. Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This critically acclaimed television and video series from the National Museum of American History is a sweeping and compelling look at the war's military, political and social history. Each episode features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants read by distinguished actors; period photographs, paintings and artifacts; intriguing expert challenges to traditional historical thinking; original...
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano. Is Joe doomed to be the last of the red-hot lovers? Not if the forces of imagination, romantic comedy, and the charm of Ryan in 3 roles as the women in Joe's life have their way.
17) The stand
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (359 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...
