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A history of my brief body : a memoir / by Belcourt, Billy-Ray,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."A profound meditation on queerness and indigeneity from the youngest ever winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize. Billy-Ray Belcourt begins A History of My Brief Body with a letter to his nohkom, his grandmother. "In the world-to-come," he writes, "everyone is loved by an NDN woman like you whose soft voice reminds us that we can stop running now." What follows is a charting of the distance between the world he was born into and the world he wants--a book as beautiful as it is devastating. Reflecting on his personal history, Belcourt maps his "un-Canadian and otherworldly" desire to love at all costs. We're taken to his birthplace in Joussard, in northern Alberta, where he and his twin brother come to exemplify opposites: hard and soft, masculine and feminine. To his high school graduation, where a hug from his father teaches him how to hold and be held. To a hotel room in Edmonton, where destroying the photographic evidence of his adolescence is an act of self-abolition and of making himself anew. Blending memoir and essay, and with a poet's delight in language, A History of My Brief Body is both a grappling with a legacy of trauma and a record of the joy that flourishes in spite of it."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Essays.; Belcourt, Billy-Ray.; Belcourt, Billy-Ray; Gay men; Sexual minorities; Indigenous peoples; Poets, Canadian (English);

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The power of the dog [videorecording] / by Campion, Jane,1954-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Cumberbatch, Benedict,1976-actor.; Dunst, Kirsten,1982-actor.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-Mcphee.After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.2021 Academy Awards: Directing (Jane Campion) ; 2022 BAFTA Awards: Best film, Best director

Subjects: Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Western films.; Brothers; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and sons; Ranch life;

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Sound of metal [videorecording] / by Ahmed, Riz,1982-actor.; Cooke, Olivia,1993-actor.; Marder, Darius,film director.; Raci, Paul,actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;

Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci.Darius Marder's Academy Award-winning film stars Riz Ahmed in an intense, committed performance as a drummer who loses his hearing and comes to discover deafness not as a disability but as a rich culture and community.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Deafness; Drug addiction; Rock musicians;

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True confessions from the ninth concession / by Needles, Dan,author.;

"In 1988, Needles and his wife left the city to start a family in a country community located two hours north of Toronto. Together they stocked their farm with sheep, cattle, chickens, pigs and, eventually, four children. Needles' charming chronicle unfolds in essays dated from 1997 to 2016, offering homespun advice for successful country living--like whether to wave from the elbow or to merely raise one finger from the steering wheel when passing a neighbour in the car. He cautions on rural superstitions, such as when his neighbour hesitated before selling him weaner pigs because every time he does the wife of the farmer who's buying them becomes pregnant--which turned out to be true. Here too is the tale of an unlikely friendship between a "borderline" collie ("he's never bitten anything in his life and the sheep are catching on") and an odd duck named Ferdinand, as well as other hilarious stories involving an assortment of farm animals, including the weapon of choice to properly dispatch a rooster-gone-bad; the risks of giving a name to a potential Sunday dinner entrée; and how to outsmart a free-range pig. With his witty insight, Needles shares the art of neighbouring in the country--a place made for visits, and "where a figure walking across your field is more of a reason to put the kettle on than to call the police." True Confessions from the Ninth Concession is a sesquicentennial crop of antics and aphorisms by Canada's funniest farmer--one that presents a wonderful escape for world-weary city dwellers, and affirmative reading for anyone who is from, or has moved to, rural Canada."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Needles, Dan.; Farmers; Farm life; Farms, Small; Authors, Canadian (English);

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A dry white season [videorecording] / by Brando, Marlon,actor.; Mokae, Zakes,actor.; Ntshona, Winston,actor.; Palcy, Euzhan,film director.; Palcy, Euzhan,screenwriter,film director.; Prochnow, Jürgen,actor.; Sarandon, Susan,1946-actor.; Sutherland, Donald,1935-actor.; Suzman, Janet,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Brink, André P.(André Philippus),1935-2015.Droë wit seisoen.English.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,film distributor,presenter.;

Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Winston Ntshona, Marlon Brando, Zakes Mokae, Jurgen Prochnow, Susan Sarandon.White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal repression comes crashing down on his gardener, bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015.; Apartheid; Blacks; Justice;

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Election [videorecording] / by Broderick, Matthew,1962-actor.; Klein, Chris,1979-actor.; Payne, Alexander,1961-screenwriter,film director.; Perrotta, Tom,1961-Election.; Witherspoon, Reese,1976-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;

Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik.Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter, is determined to be student council president, but teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail her campaign by recruiting another candidate.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Perrotta, Tom, 1961-; High school students; High school teachers; Student government; Teenagers;

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The Irishman [videorecording] / by Brandt, Charles,actor.; Cannavale, Bobby,actor.; De Niro, Robert,actor.; Graham, Stephen,1973-actor.; Huston, Jack,1982-actor.; Keitel, Harvey,actor.; Narducci, Katherine,1965-actor.; Pacino, Al,1940-actor.; Paquin, Anna,actor.; Pesci, Joe,actor.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Romano, Ray,actor.; Scorsese, Martin,film director.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Jack Huston, Kathrine Narducci, Jesse Plemons.Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa to the rift that forced him to choose between the two.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Gangster films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Bufalino, Russell, 1903-1994; Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-; Sheeran, Frank; Assassins; Mafia; Mafiosi; Older men; Organized crime;

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The age of innocence [videorecording] / by Day-Lewis, Daniel,actor.; Pfeiffer, Michelle,1957-actor.; Ryder, Winona,1971-actor.; Scorsese, Martin,screenwriter,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Wharton, Edith,1862-1937.Age of innocence.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;

Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Gough.Story of the manners and morals of New York society in the late 1800s, focusing on a handsome young lawyer who cannot decide between passion and propriety in his women.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Romance films.; Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.; Man-woman relationships;

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One night in Miami... [videorecording] / by Ben-Adir, Kingsley,actor.; Bridges, Beau,actor.; Calder, Keith,film producer.; Gilliard, Larry,actor.; Goree, Eli,actor.; Hodge, Aldis,actor.; Imperioli, Michael,1966-actor.; Kalukango, Joaquina,actor.; King, Regina,film director.; Klein, Jody,1963-film producer.; Odom, Leslie,Jr.,1981-actor.; Powers, Kemp,screenwriter.; Reddick, Lance,actor.; Robinson, Nicolette,actor.; Wu, Jessica,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Powers, Kemp.One night in Miami.; ABKCO Films (Firm),production company.; Amazon Studios,production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.; Snoot Entertainment (Firm),production company.;

Director of photography, Tami Reiker ; editor, Tariq Anwar ; music, Terence Blanchard.Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson, Michael Imperioli, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Beau Bridges, Lance Reddick.A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016; Brown, Jim, 1936-; Cooke, Sam; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965; African American celebrities; African Americans;

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The Irishman [videorecording] / by Brandt, Charles,actor.; Cannavale, Bobby,actor.; De Niro, Robert,actor.; Graham, Stephen,1973-actor.; Huston, Jack,1982-actor.; Keitel, Harvey,actor.; Narducci, Katherine,1965-actor.; Pacino, Al,1940-actor.; Paquin, Anna,actor.; Pesci, Joe,actor.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Romano, Ray,actor.; Scorsese, Martin,film director.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Jack Huston, Kathrine Narducci, Jesse Plemons.Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa to the rift that forced him to choose between the two.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Gangster films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Bufalino, Russell, 1903-1994; Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-; Sheeran, Frank; Assassins; Mafia; Mafiosi; Older men; Organized crime;

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