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Ants among elephants : an untouchable family and the making of modern India / by Gidla, Sujatha,1963-;
"The stunning true story of an untouchable family who become teachers, and one, a poet and revolutionary. Like one in six people in India, Sujatha Gidla was born an untouchable. While most untouchables are illiterate, her family was educated by Canadian missionaries in the 1930s, making it possible for Gidla to attend elite schools and move to America at the age of twenty-six. It was only then that she saw how extraordinary--and yet how typical--her family history truly was. Her mother, Manjula, and uncles Satyam and Carey were born in the last days of British colonial rule. They grew up in a world marked by poverty and injustice, but also full of possibility. In the slums where they lived, everyone had a political side, and rallies, agitations, and arrests were commonplace. The Independence movement promised freedom. Yet for untouchables and other poor and working people, little changed. Satyam, the eldest, switched allegiance to the Communist Party. Gidla recounts his incredible life--how he became a famous poet, student, labor organizer, and founder of a left-wing guerrilla movement. And Gidla charts her mother's battles with caste and women's oppression. Page by page, Gidla takes us into a complicated, close-knit family as they desperately strive for a decent life and a more just society. A moving portrait of love, hardship, and struggle, Ants Among Elephants is also that rare thing: a personal history of modern India told from the bottom up"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Gidla, Sujatha, 1963-; Gidla, Sujatha, 1963-; Dalits; Families; Teachers; Poets, Indic; Revolutionaries; Caste;
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The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / by Hanks, Tom,author.; Sikoryak, R.,illustrator.;
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film ... and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie. Cue the cast: We meet the film's extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the go-fer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, this is a novel not only about the making of a movie, but also about the changes in America and American culture since World War II. Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are the three comic books that are featured in the story - all created by Hanks himself - including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel's 'major motion picture masterpiece.'"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Motion pictures; Superhero films;
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Happy feet. [videorecording] / by Alazraqui, Carlos,1962-; Azaria, Hank,1964-; Boyar, Lombardo.; Damon, Matt.; Miller, George.; Pitt, Brad,1963-; Vergara, Sofia,1972-; Weaving, Hugo,1960-; Williams, Robin,1952 July 21-; Wood, Elijah,1981-; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Music by John Powell ; cinematography by David Dulac and David Peers ; casting by Kristy Carlson.Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Carlos Alazraqui, Lombardo Boyar, Hugo Weaving.Mumble, the Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters the Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces. Erik learns of his father's 'guts and grit' as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Dance; Emperor penguin; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Self-acceptance; Video recordings for children.;
© c2012., Warner Home Video,
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Tom’s midnight garden [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Pearce, Philippa.;
Read by Peter England, Una Stubbs; full cast.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.Peter England, Una Stubbs and Crawford Logan star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Philippa Pearce’s enchanting time-slip tale. When his brother catches measles, Tom is sent away to stay with his Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan, and is thoroughly fed up about it. What a boring summer it’s going to be! But tedium turns to adventure when, lying in bed one night, he hears the old grandfather clock in the hall strike thirteen. What can it mean? As Tom creeps downstairs and opens the door, he finds a beautiful garden, and glimpses a girl in old-fashioned clothing. As he revisits the garden over the next few nights, he watches the seasons change from spring to autumn, and children come and go. But no-one seems to see him – until he meets Hatty, and the two become firm friends. With his new playmate, Tom embarks on the adventure of a lifetime…Ages 5 to 9.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Gardens; Time; Friendship; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
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Dracul [sound recording] / by Stoker, Dacre,author.; Bradbury, Pete,narrator.; Adam, Vikas,narrator.; Barker, J. D.(Jonathan Dylan),1971-author.; Books on Tape, Inc.,publisher.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Pete Bradbury, Vikas Adam, and a full cast.It is 1868, and a twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes, holy water, and a rifle, he prays to survive a single night, the longest of his life. Desperate to record what he has witnessed, Bram scribbles down the events that led him here. A sickly child, Bram spent his early days bedridden in his parents' Dublin home, tended to by his caretaker, a young woman named Ellen Crone. When a string of strange deaths occur in a nearby town, Bram and his sister Matilda detect a pattern of bizarre behavior by Ellen--a mystery that deepens chillingly until Ellen vanishes suddenly from their lives. Years later, Matilda returns from studying in Paris to tell Bram the news that she has seen Ellen--and that the nightmare they've thought long ended is only beginning. A riveting novel of gothic suspense, Dracul reveals not only Dracula's true origin, but Bram Stoker's--and the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them.
Subjects: Gothic fiction.; Vampire fiction.; Horror fiction.; Audiobooks.; Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912; Vampires;
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Dark winds. [videorecording] / by Allison, Deanna,actor.; Fischer Huber, Shana,actor.; Gordon, Kiowa,1990-actor.; Matten, Jessica,actor.; McClarnon, Zahn,1966-actor.; Wilson, Rainn,1966-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Hillerman, Tony.Listening woman.; American Movie Classics Company,production company,broadcaster.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.;
Cast: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, Rainn Wilson.Originally broadcast on AMC television.In Season Two, Lt. Joe Leaphorn reunites with Jim Chee, his former deputy turned private eye when their separate cases bring them together in pursuit of the same suspect. They find themselves in the high desert of Navajo Country chasing a killer.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television programs.; Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.; Thrillers (Television programs); Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation; Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character); Police; Indigenous policing; Navajo;
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Dark winds. [videorecording] / by Allison, Deanna,actor.; Benally, Razelle,screenwriter.; Bookstaver, Sanford,1973-television director.; Dittloff, Maya Rose,screenwriter.; Eyre, Chris,1969-television director.; Fischer Huber, Shana,actor.; Florez, Anthony,screenwriter.; Gordon, Kiowa,1990-actor.; Luther, Billy,screenwriter.; Matten, Jessica,actor.; McClarnon, Zahn,1966-actor.; Roland, Graham,1979-screenwriter.; Tremblay, Erica,screenwriter.; Wilson, Rainn,1966-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Hillerman, Tony.Listening woman.; American Movie Classics Company,production company.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.;
Cast: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, Rainn Wilson.Originally broadcast as 6 episodes on AMC television in 2022.Follows Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee as they investigate a series of crimes in the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley in the early 1970s.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.; Television programs.; Thrillers (Television programs); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation; Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character); Police; Indigenous policing; Navajo;
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Ingenious [videorecording] / by Anka, Amanda.; Balsmeyer, Jeff.; Jemison, Eddie.; Kind, Richard.; Moreau, Marguerite.; Renner, Jeremy.; Roberts, Dallas.; Zurer, Ayelet.; Videoville Showtime.;
Cinematography, Geoffrey Hall ; edited by Suresh Ayyar, Marcus D'Arcy, Gavin Whalen ; casting, Ronnie Yeskel.Dallas Roberts, Jeremy Renner, Ayelet Zurer, Marguerite Moreau, Amanda Anka, Richard Kind, Eddie Jemison.Remember the old saying "That's so crazy it might just work"? Two guys bet their futures on a notion that cliché seems to have been created to describe in this comedy-drama from director Jeffrey Balsmeyer. Matt (Dallas Roberts) and Sam (Jeremy Renner) are a pair of dreamers living in Tucson, Arizona who have a strong imaginative streak and a notion that they're going to strike it rich some day by inventing a gadget that will take the world by storm. Unfortunately, they lack both luck and business savvy; when Matt and Sam come up with a salable idea for a dog watch, it gets swiped from under them by Newkin (Richard Kind), a salesman who is seriously short on scruples, and it's only the latest in a long series of schemes that have gone wrong for them. Matt's wife Gina (Ayelet Zurer) has decided she's had enough, and he and Sam are looking bankruptcy in the eye when Matt hatches one last brainstorm he's convinced has promise. But who's really going to buy a talking beer opener?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Businessmen; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Inventions; Inventors; Male friendship;
© c2012., Distributed by Videoville Showtime,
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Origin [videorecording] / by Averick, Spencer,editor.; Bernthal, Jon,actor.; Bowers, Chris,composer.; DuVernay, Ava,screenwriter,film director.; Ellis, Aunjanue,actor.; Farmiga, Vera,actor.; Lloyd, Matthew J.,director of photography.; Mayhew, Ina,production designer.; McDonald, Audra,actor.; Nash, Niecy,actor.; based on (expression):Wilkerson, Isabel.Caste (Young adult adaptation); Decal (Firm),film distributor.; Neon (Firm),production company.;
Music by Kris Bowers ; edited by Spencer Averick A.C.E. ; production designer Ina Mayhew ; director of photography Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC.Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, and Niecy Nash-Betts."While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist experiences soaring love and unfathomable loss as she uncovers the beauty of human resilience. Inspired by the New York Times best seller "Caste" and starting Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay's Origin explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for the future of us all."Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13 ; thematic material involving racism, violence, some disturbing images, language and smoking.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, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Wilkerson, Isabel; African American women authors; Caste; Classism; Ethnicity; Man-woman relationships; Power (Social sciences); Social classes; Social stratification;
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Monarch of the glen. [videorecording] / by Briers, Richard.; Chaplin, Michael.; Hampshire, Susan,1942-; Mackenzie, Compton,Sir,1883-1972.; Morton, Alexander,1946-; Owen, L.(Lloyd); British Broadcasting Corporation.; Ecosse Films.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Series created by Michael Chaplin.Alexander Morton, Susan Hampshire, Lloyd Owen, Kirsty Mitchell, Martin Compston, Rae Hendrie, Kellyanne Farquhar, Tom Baker.Old friends come to visit. Love is in the air for both young and old in Glenbogle. But nothing is as is seems on the Scottish estate. Will they all live happily ever after?Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16x9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Clans; Communities; Land tenure; Television comedies.; Television programs; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., Warner Home Video,
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