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Daughter of the merciful deep / by Penelope, L.,1978-author.;
""Our home began, as all things do, with a wish." Jane Edwards hasn't spoken since she was eleven years old, when armed riders expelled her family from their hometown along with every other Black resident. Now, twelve years later, she's found a haven in the all-Black town of Awenasa. But the construction of a dam promises to wash her home under the waters of the new lake. Jane will do anything to save the community that sheltered her. So, when a man with uncanny abilities arrives in town asking strange questions, she wonders if he might be the key. But as the stranger hints at gods and ancestral magic, Jane is captivated by a bigger mystery. She knows this man. Only the last time she saw him, he was dead. His body laid to rest in a rushing river. Who is the stranger and what is he really doing in Awenasa? To find those answers, Jane will journey into a sunken world, a land of capricious gods and unsung myths, of salvation and dreams made real. But the flood waters are rising. To gain the miracle she desires, Jane will have to find her voice again and finally face the trauma of the past"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Black towns; Dams; Drowning victims; Gods, African; Imaginary places; Magic; Mute persons; Spirits;
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Snow horses / by MacLachlan, Patricia.; Archer, Micha.;
On a snowy New Year's Eve, two black horses pull a sleigh through town, spreading love and joy to the community.Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: New Year; Horses; Winter;
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Black river orchard : a novel / by Wendig, Chuck,author.;
"A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this horror novel from the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Novels.; Apples; Magic; Orchards;
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Blazing saddles [videorecording (DVD)] by Brooks, Mel,1926-; Little, Cleavon.; Wilder, Gene,1935-; Pickens, Slim;
Director of photography, Joseph F. Biroc; production design, Peter Wooley; editors, Danford B. Greene and John C. Howard; music by, Mel Brooks and John Morris.Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn.A spoof of every cliché in the western film genre, telling the story of a black sheriff who is sent to clean up a frontier town, with unpredictable results.CHV rating: PG.MPAA rating: R.NTSC 1, 2-sided, Dolby digital.
Subjects: Sheriffs; Railroad stories.; Parody films.; Comedy films; Western films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Feature films;
© c1997., Warner Home Video,
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Surviving the white gaze : a memoir / by Carroll, Rebecca,author.;
"A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Carroll, Rebecca.; Adopted children; African American women authors; African Americans; Interracial adoption; Race awareness in children; Racially mixed families;
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This town is on fire / by Harris, Pamela N.,author.;
"A page-turning YA contemporary novel about a Black teenager whose life is turned upside down when her white best friend becomes the latest "Becky" on the internet, and their town is left reeling from the publicity"--014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Best friends; Friendship; African Americans; Best friends; Friendship;
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Making Black America [videorecording] : through the grapevine / by Burke, Kevin(Motion picture producer),television producer.; Gates, Henry Louis,Jr.,narrator,host.; Harris, Shayla,television director,television producer.; Holman, Stacey,television director,television producer.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.;
Henry Louis Gates Jr., host, narrator.The four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people beyond the reach of the "White gaze." The series recounts the establishment of the Prince Hall Masons in 1775 through the formation of all-Black towns and business districts, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, destinations for leisure, and the social media phenomenon of Black Twitter. Professor Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today. It takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcased Black people's ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African Americans; African Americans;
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In the heat of the night [videorecording (DVD)] by Jewison, Norman,1926-; Poitier, Sidney,1927-; Steiger, Rod,1925-; Oates, Warren,1928-1982.; Ball, John Dudley,1911-In the heat of the night.;
Music by Quincy Jones; "In the heat of the night" sung by Ray Charles.Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant.A black cop from Philadelphia is accused of killing a Mississippi town's most prominent citizen, and after he proves himself innocent, he is coerced into helping the chief of police solve the murder.CHV rating: R.Classement CV: R.MPAA Rating: Not rated.DVD Dolby digital, NTSC 1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery films; African American detectives; Race relations; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© [2001], c1967., MGM Home Entertainment,
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The casual vacancy / by Rowling, J. K.;
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
Subjects: Black humor (Literature); City council members; Country life; Local elections;
© 2012., Little, Brown & Co.,
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Pirates of the Caribbean. [videorecording (DVD) ] / by Arenberg, Lee.; Badelt, Klaus.; Bloom, Orlando,1977-; Bruckheimer, Jerry.; Crook, Mackenzie,1971-; Davenport, Jack,1973-; Depp, Johnny.; Elliott, Ted.; Knightley, Keira,1985-; Morris, Brian.; O'Hare, Damian.; Pryce, Jonathan.; Rivkin, Stephen E.; Rose, Penny.; Rossio, Terry.; Rush, Geoffrey,1951-; Schmidt, Arthur.; Verbinski, Gore.; Wolski, Dariusz A.; Wood, Craig.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Industrial Light and Magic (Studio); Jerry Bruckheimer Films.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Walt Disney Pictures.;
Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; editors, Craig Wood, Stephen Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt ; music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Penny Rose ; production designer, Brian Morris ; visual effects and animation, Industrial Light & Magic.Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Damian O'Hare.The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback), Dolby digital surround sound ; widescreen presentation.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Adventure and adventurers; Buried treasure; Feature films.; Pirates; Sailing ships; Swashbuckler films.;
© c2011., Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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