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Kokomo City. by Smith, D.,film director.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Mongrel Media in 2023.This Sundance award-winning documentary explores the lives of four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City. Through unfiltered interviews, the film delves into their personal experiences, challenges, and perspectives on the intersection of gender, race, and profession. Directed by D. Smith, a two-time Grammy-nominated producer, the documentary employs striking black-and-white cinematography to present an intimate and raw portrayal of its subjects. Viewers will gain insights into the complexities of transgender identity within the Black community and the realities of sex work. This film offers a compelling and unvarnished look into lives often marginalized, providing a platform for voices that are frequently unheard.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Gender identity.; Homosexuality.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Women's studies.; LGBTQ.; Transgender people.; New York (State).; Prostitution.;
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Stateside. by Anselmo, Reverge,film director.; Bruckner, Agnes,actor.; Fisher, Carrie,actor.; Mantegna, Joe,actor.; Tucker, Jonathan,actor.; Leigh Cook, Rachael,actor.; Kilmer, Val,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Agnes Bruckner, Carrie Fisher, Joe Mantegna, Jonathan Tucker, Rachael Leigh Cook, Val KilmerOriginally produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 2004.STATESIDE follows Mark (Jonathan Tucker), a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with Dori (Rachel Leigh Cook), a musician living with undiagnosed schizophrenia. The relationship between the two is threatened as Dori's illness worsens.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Musicals.; Mental Illness.; Teenagers.; Romantic comedy films.;
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Four Died Trying. by Kirby, John,film director.; Journeyman Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Journeyman Pictures in 2023.This film considers the "turning” President John Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert Kennedy were making in the last year or so of their lives. Were they embracing ever-broader conceptions of the struggle for peace, social change and economic justice, and what forces may have stirred in opposition? What lessons do their lives and deaths hold for us today, as the world once again trembles on the cliff of an uncertain future?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; United States--Politics and government.; Politicians.; United States--History.; Social problems.; Civil rights.; Assassination.;
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Terminal Island. by Rothman, Stephanie,film director.; Marshall, Don,actor.; Hartman, Ena,actor.; Kristen, Marta,actor.; Davis, Phyllis,actor.; E. Mosley, Roger,actor.; Selleck, Tom,actor.; All Channel Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Don Marshall, Ena Hartman, Marta Kristen, Phyllis Davis, Roger E. Mosley, Tom SelleckOriginally produced by All Channel Films in 1973.After the abolishment of the death penalty, California murderers are dumped on an island to spend the rest of their lives unsupervised. There, two groups are formed, one lead by a psychopath, and another group determined to bring him down.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Science fiction.; Motion Pictures.; Cult films.; Science fiction films.; Action films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Dystopian films.;
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This Country. by Cooper, Charlie,actor.; May, Daisy,actor.; Chahidi, Paul,actor.; Cooper, Trevor,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charlie Cooper, Daisy May Cooper, Paul Chahidi, Trevor CooperOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2017.Praised as one of the best British comedies in years, this mockumentary hit has catapulted its young writer-performers - Charlie and Daisy May Cooper - to instant star status. Feckless cousins Kerry and Lee 'Kurtan' Mucklowe live in the picturesque, but depressingly dull, village of Northleach. As they fritter away their days in the most pointless ways possible, they push their friendship to breaking point by constantly winding each other up. But, whether suffering the indignity of Kerry's house being pelted with plums, or celebrating the death of their old woodwork teacher with a bottle of cheap fizzy booze, these two miscreants always manage to stay loyal to each other.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
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Fry bread: a Native American family story [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Maillard, Kevin Noble.;
Read by Kevin Noble Maillard.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brings families together for meals and new memories. Fry bread is nation. It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond. Fry bread is us. It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference. Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family.Ages 3 to 6.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.; Indigenous peoples; Fry bread; Cooking (Bread); Families; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
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Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Celia. by Turner, Ann,film director.; Smart, Rebecca,actor.; Longley, Victoria,actor.; Umbrella Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Rebecca Smart, Victoria LongleyOriginally produced by Umbrella Entertainment in 1989.Celia (Rebecca Smart) is a fiercely independent and imaginative 9-year old who lives uncomfortably with her buttoned-down family in suburban Melbourne in the 1950s. Her church going parents are troubled by sexual frustrations and irrational fears about the rise of communism, causing Celia to find refuge with her treasured, tolerant grandmother. But when the latter dies, Celia's world falls apart until a friendship blossoms with new neighbor Alice (Victoria Longley in an AFI winning performance), a fun-loving, open-minded woman with young children.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Science fiction.; Cult films.; Fantasy fiction.;
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This Country: S1. by George, Tom,film director.; Cooper, Charlie,actor.; May, Daisy,actor.; Chahidi, Paul,actor.; Cooper, Trevor,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charlie Cooper, Daisy May Cooper, Paul Chahidi, Trevor CooperOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2017.Praised as one of the best British comedies in years, this mockumentary hit has catapulted its young writer-performers - Charlie and Daisy May Cooper - to instant star status. Feckless cousins Kerry and Lee 'Kurtan' Mucklowe live in the picturesque, but depressingly dull, village of Northleach. As they fritter away their days in the most pointless ways possible, they push their friendship to breaking point by constantly winding each other up. But, whether suffering the indignity of Kerry's house being pelted with plums, or celebrating the death of their old woodwork teacher with a bottle of cheap fizzy booze, these two miscreants always manage to stay loyal to each other.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
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Other People's Money. by Jewison, Norman,film director.; DeVito, Danny,actor.; Jones, Dean,actor.; Peck, Gregory,actor.; Ann Miller, Penelope,actor.; Laurie, Piper,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Danny DeVito, Dean Jones, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper LaurieOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 1991.Danny DeVito stars as a ruthless capitalist who reigns supreme on Wall Street, lives to conquer and destroy corporations and loves, above all else, other people's money…Lawrence Garfield (DeVito) has never failed… until he sets his sights on a small Rhode Island wire company that defends itself as ruthlessly as Garfield attacks. Now the showdown begins in this no-holds-barred comedy where absolutely everything is negotiable and money is the ultimate seduction.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Satire.; Finance.;
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Martha's Vineyard v. DeSantis. by Heilbroner, David,film director.; Davis, Kate,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.In September 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used an undercover recruiter to lure 49 Venezuelan migrants onto the island of Martha’s Vineyard with a false promise of jobs and housing — a stunt which fueled a political and media firestorm. MARTHA'S VINEYARD V. DESANTIS tells this story through the personal lens of four migrant cousins who now live on the Vineyard, and the lead attorneys and Texas sheriff who are aggressively fighting back against DeSantis and his cronies.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; Emigration and immigration.;
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