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- The girl with the dragon tattoo [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Craig, Daniel,1968-; Fincher, David.; James, Geraldine,1950-; Larsson, Stieg,1954-2004.; Mara, Rooney.; Plummer, Christopher.; Richardson, Joely.; Rudin, Scott,1958-; Skarsgård, Stellan.; Visnjic, Goran,1972-; Wright, Robin,1966-; Zaillian, Steven.; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross ; cinematography, Jeff Cronenweth ; edited by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall.Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick Van Wageningen, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Goran Visnjic.Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed, punk hacker, Lisbeth Salander.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen presentation (2.40:1), Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Journalists; Missing persons; Murder; Salander, Lisbeth (Fictitious character); Thrillers (Motion pictures);
- © c2012., Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment,
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- American vandal. [videorecording] / by Alvarez, Tyler,actor.; Franco, Eduardo,actor.; Gluck, Griffin,actor.; Hyde, Camille,actor.; CBS DVD (Firm),distributor.; CBS Studios Inc.,production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Tyler Alvarez, Eduardo Franco, Griffin Gluck, Camille Hyde, Jessica Juarez, Jimmy Tatro.An aspiring sophomore documentarian Peter Maldonado investigates the troubled class clown. The controversial and potentially unjust expulsion of troubled senior (and known dick-drawer) Dylan Maxwell. Not unlike its now iconic true-crime predecessors, the addictive show will leave one question on everyone's minds until the very end: Who drew the dicks?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Television crime shows.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Drawing; High school boys; Vandalism;
- For private home use only.
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- The breadwinner [videorecording] / by Cauhdarī, Sārah,voice actor.; Chhaya, Soma,voice actor.; Doron, Anita,1974-screenwriter.; Leo, Anthony,film producer.; Sadiq, Laara,voice actor.; Twomey, Nora,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Ellis, Deborah,1960-Breadwinner series.; Aircraft Pictures (Firm),production company.; Cartoon Saloon (Firm),production company.; Jolie Pas (Firm),production company.; Melusine Productions,production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Editor, Darragh Byrne ; music, Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna.Voices, Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq.Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material including some violent images.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Ellis, Deborah, 1960-; Taliban; Girls; Sex role; Women's rights;
- For private home use only.
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- Welcome to Marwen [videorecording] / by Carell, Steve,1963-actor.; Christie, Gwendoline,1978-actor.; Gonzalez, Eiza,actor.; Hogancamp, Mark.Welcome to Marwencol.; Shellen, Chris.Welcome to Marwencol.; Hentschel, Falk,1985-actor.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Mann, Leslie,1972-actor.; Monáe, Janelle,actor.; O'Leary, Matt,1987-actor.; Roccas, Patrick,actor.; Witschl, Nikolai,actor.; Zemeckis, Robert,1952-screenwriter,film director,film producer.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Steve Carell, Eiza Gonzalez, Janelle Monae, Diane Kruger, Leslie Mann, Gwendoline Christie, Falk Hentschel, Matt O'Leary, Nikolai Witschl, Patrick Roccas.When a devastating attack leaves Mark Hogancamp shattered and without his memory, no one expected recovery. But by putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous fantasy world, where he draws strength to triumph in the real one. His astonishing art installation becomes a testament to the powerful women who support him on his journey.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
- Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Hogancamp, Mark; Photography, Artistic; Imaginary places in art; Amnesiacs; Models and modelmaking; Brain damage; Victims of violent crimes;
- For private home use only.
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- The skin we're in : a year of Black resistance and power / by Cole, Desmond,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In May 2015, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada's largest city to its core. Desmond Cole's "The Skin I'm In" exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The story quickly came to national prominence, went on to win a number of National Magazine Awards and catapulted its author into the public sphere. Cole used his newfound profile to draw insistent, unyielding attention to the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing; the hopelessness produced by an education system that expects little of its black students and withholds from them the resources they need to succeed more fully; the heartbreak of those vulnerable before the child welfare system and those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws. Both Cole's activism and journalism find vibrant expression in his first book, The Skin We're In. Puncturing once and for all the bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation, Cole chronicles just one year-- 2017-- in the struggle against racism in this country. It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when African refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States, racial epithets used by a school board trustee, a six-year-old girl handcuffed at school. The year also witnessed the profound personal and professional ramifications of Desmond Cole's unwavering determination to combat injustice. In April, Cole disrupted a Toronto police board meeting by calling for the destruction of all data collected through carding. Following the protest, Cole, a columnist with the Toronto Star, was summoned to a meeting with the paper's opinions editor and was informed that his activism violated company policy. Rather than limit his efforts defending Black lives, Cole chose to sever his relationship with the publication. Then in July, at another TPS meeting, Cole challenged the board publicly, addressing rumours of a police cover-up of the brutal beating of Dafonte Miller by an off-duty police officer and his brother. When Cole refused to leave the meeting until the question was publicly addressed, he was arrested. The image of Cole walking, handcuffed and flanked by officers, out of the meeting fortified the distrust between the city's Black community and its police force. In a month-by-month chronicle, Cole locates the deep cultural, historical and political roots of each event so that what emerges is a personal, painful and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Urgent, controversial and unsparingly honest, The Skin We're In is destined to become a vital text for anti-racist and social justice movements in Canada, as well as a potent antidote to the all-too-present complacency of many white Canadians."-- Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Black Canadians; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Minorities; Police brutality; Police misconduct; Police-community relations; Race discrimination;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- Finding Larkspur : a return to village life / by Needles, Dan,author.;
"Bestselling chronicler of village life Dan Needles (author of the Wingfield Farm stage plays) leads an insightful and laugh-out-loud tour through the quirks and customs of today's Canadian small town. Modern literature has not been kind to village life. For almost two centuries, small towns have been portrayed as backward, insular places needing to be escaped. But anthropologists tell us that the human species has spent more than 100,000 years living in villages of 100 to 150 people. This is where the oldest part of our brain, the limbic system, grew and adapted to become a very sophisticated instrument for reading other people's emotions and figuring out how we might cooperate to find food, shelter and protection. By comparison, the frontal cortex, which helps us do our taxes, drive a car and download cat videos, is a very recent aftermarket addition, like a sunroof. And it is the village where almost half the world's population still chooses to live. Finding Larkspur takes a walk through the Canadian village of the twenty-first century, observing customs and traditions that endure despite the best efforts of Twitter, Facebook and Amazon. The author looks at the buildings and organizations left over from the old rural community, why they were built in the first place and how they have adapted to the modern day. The post office, the general store, the church, the school and the service club all remain standing, but they operate quite differently than they did for our ancestors. Drawing from his experience working in rural communities across Canada and in other countries, Needles reveals how a national conversation may be driven by urban voices but the national character is often very much a product of its small towns and back roads."-- Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Sociology, Rural; Villages; Villages;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The skin we're in : [Book Club Set] / by Cole, Desmond,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In May 2015, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada's largest city to its core. Desmond Cole's "The Skin I'm In" exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The story quickly came to national prominence, went on to win a number of National Magazine Awards and catapulted its author into the public sphere. Cole used his newfound profile to draw insistent, unyielding attention to the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing; the hopelessness produced by an education system that expects little of its black students and withholds from them the resources they need to succeed more fully; the heartbreak of those vulnerable before the child welfare system and those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws. Both Cole's activism and journalism find vibrant expression in his first book, The Skin We're In. Puncturing once and for all the bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation, Cole chronicles just one year-- 2017-- in the struggle against racism in this country. It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when African refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States, racial epithets used by a school board trustee, a six-year-old girl handcuffed at school. The year also witnessed the profound personal and professional ramifications of Desmond Cole's unwavering determination to combat injustice. In April, Cole disrupted a Toronto police board meeting by calling for the destruction of all data collected through carding. Following the protest, Cole, a columnist with the Toronto Star, was summoned to a meeting with the paper's opinions editor and was informed that his activism violated company policy. Rather than limit his efforts defending Black lives, Cole chose to sever his relationship with the publication. Then in July, at another TPS meeting, Cole challenged the board publicly, addressing rumours of a police cover-up of the brutal beating of Dafonte Miller by an off-duty police officer and his brother. When Cole refused to leave the meeting until the question was publicly addressed, he was arrested. The image of Cole walking, handcuffed and flanked by officers, out of the meeting fortified the distrust between the city's Black community and its police force. In a month-by-month chronicle, Cole locates the deep cultural, historical and political roots of each event so that what emerges is a personal, painful and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Urgent, controversial and unsparingly honest, The Skin We're In is destined to become a vital text for anti-racist and social justice movements in Canada, as well as a potent antidote to the all-too-present complacency of many white Canadians."-- Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Black Canadians; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Minorities; Police brutality; Police misconduct; Police-community relations; Race discrimination;
- Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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- Welcome to Marwen [videorecording] / by Carell, Steve,1963-actor.; Christie, Gwendoline,1978-actor.; Gonzalez, Eiza,actor.; Hogancamp, Mark.Welcome to Marwencol.; Shellen, Chris.Welcome to Marwencol.; Hentschel, Falk,1985-actor.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Mann, Leslie,1972-actor.; Monáe, Janelle,actor.; O'Leary, Matt,1987-actor.; Roccas, Patrick,actor.; Witschl, Nikolai,actor.; Zemeckis, Robert,1952-screenwriter,film director,film producer.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Steve Carell, Eiza Gonzalez, Janelle Monae, Diane Kruger, Leslie Mann, Gwendoline Christie, Falk Hentschel, Matt O'Leary, Nikolai Witschl, Patrick Roccas.When a devastating attack leaves Mark Hogancamp shattered and without his memory, no one expected recovery. But by putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous fantasy world, where he draws strength to triumph in the real one. His astonishing art installation becomes a testament to the powerful women who support him on his journey.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
- Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Hogancamp, Mark; Photography, Artistic; Imaginary places in art; Amnesiacs; Models and modelmaking; Brain damage; Victims of violent crimes;
- For private home use only.
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- Flora! : a woman in a man's world / by MacDonald, Flora,1926-2015,author.; Stevens, Geoffrey,1940-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Flora Isabel MacDonald--politician, humanitarian, adventurer, and role model for a generation of women--was known across Canada and beyond simply as Flora. In her memoir, co-authored by award-winning journalist and author Geoffrey Stevens, she tells her personal story for the very first time. Flora describes her amazing journey from her childhood and secretarial school in Cape Breton through her years in backroom Progressive Conservative politics, to elected office and her appointment as Canada's first female foreign minister. Finally, she details her exceptional humanitarian work in India and in war-torn Africa and Afghanistan. Flora was driven by a lifelong conviction that there is nothing a woman cannot achieve in a world controlled by men, and she pursued this conviction in everything she did, carving a path for women in Parliament. She won international acclaim for bringing 60,000 Vietnamese refugees to Canada, and for engineering the rescue of six American hostages in Tehran in a top-secret collaboration with the CIA known as the the Canadian Caper. She exposed the inhumane treatment of inmates at Kingston's Prison for Women. She defied male chauvinists in the Progressive Conservative party by running for its leadership, and she introduced the Employment Equity Act to guarantee women equal access to federal jobs. Flora was brave. She was relentless. She was controversial. She was a force of nature. In her own words and drawing from interviews with those who knew her, Flora grants us insight into this exceptional woman who changed the course of history"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; MacDonald, Flora, 1926-2015.; Human rights workers; Legislators; Politicians; Women human rights workers; Women legislators; Women politicians;
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- The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalization / by Rubin, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Labour argued then that manufacturing jobs would move to Mexico. Free-trade advocates disagreed. Today, Canadian and American factories sit idle. More steel is used to make bottlecaps than cars. Meanwhile, Mexico has become one of the world's biggest automotive exporters. And it's not just NAFTA. Cheap oil, low interest rates, global deregulation and tax policies that benefit the rich all have the same effect: the erosion of the middle class. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, Rubin argues. And solving it won't be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital and labour, right and left, that led us to this cliff. Articulating a vision that dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous, and most importantly, timely. GDP is growing, the stock market is up and unemployment is down, but the surprise of the book is that even the good news is good for only one percent of us."-- Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Equality.; Globalization.; Middle class;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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