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42 [videorecording] : the Jackie Robinson story / by Beharie, Nicole.; Boseman, Chadwick.; Ford, Harrison,1942-; Helgeland, Brian.; Meloni, Chris.; Merriman, Ryan.; Legendary Pictures.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Music by Mark Isham ; director of photography, Don Burgess ; edited by Peter McNulty, Kevin Stitt.Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman.Brian Helgeland's historical sports drama/biopic 42 relates the historic 1947 baseball season in which Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) decides to sign the first black Major League player, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Although Robinson faces ugly, vicious racism from other clubs, fans, and on occasion his own teammates, Rickey encourages him to not fight back. By following that advice, Robinson allows his remarkable athletic talent to speak for itself, and soon the first-year player becomes one the most popular players on the team, eventually securing the Rookie of the Year award.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.

Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Major League Baseball (Organization); African American baseball players; African Americans; Baseball players; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Race discrimination; Sports films.;

© c2013., Warner Home Video,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Gentleman's agreement [videorecording] / by Garfield, John.; Hobson, Laura Keane Zametkin.Gentleman's agreement.Videorecording.; Kazan, Elia.; McGuire, Dorothy,1918-2001.; Peck, Gregory,1916-2003.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;

Director of photography, Arthur Miller ; art director, Lyle Wheeler ; music, Alfred Newman.Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield.A writer researches a story on discrimination by telling people he is Jewish, and is shocked by the prejudice he finds.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, full screen presentation ; Dolby digital mono.Academy Awards (1947) for Best Picture; Best Director, Elia Kazan; and Best Supporting Actress, Celeste Holm

Subjects: Hobson, Laura Keane Zametkin.; Antisemitism; Feature films.; Race discrimination; Racism; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© c2002., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Oscar Micheaux. by Zippel, Francesco,film director.; D, Chuck,actor.; Singleton, John,actor.; Van, Melvin,actor.; Freeman, Morgan,actor.; The Party Film Sales (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Chuck D, John Singleton, Melvin Van Peebles, Morgan FreemanOriginally produced by The Party Film Sales in 2021.The most successful African American director of the first half of the 20th century, Oscar Micheaux wrote, directed, and produced more than 44 films and six novels before his death in 1951. Charting his incredible artistic journey, Zippel’s revealing documentary pays tribute to the extraordinary accomplishments of a resolute storyteller (and Illinois native) whose work served as a powerful rebuke to the ubiquitous racism of the times. A chorus of experts and fans—from Chuck D to Melvin van Peebles—weighs in on the incredible legacy of a man that cinema scholar Jacqueline Stewart describes as “the most important Black filmmaker who ever lived. Period.”Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Artists.; History.; African Americans.;

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Guess who's coming to dinner [videorecording] / by Hepburn, Katharine,1909-; Houghton, Katharine.; Kramer, Stanley,1913-; Poitier, Sidney.; Tracy, Spencer,1900-1967.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);

Music by DeVol.Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton.When the daughter of a white liberal newspaper publisher and the son of a black retired postal worker want to get married, they meet with opposition from both their families.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; Dolby digital sound (5.1, surround) ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.

Subjects: Feature films.; Interracial dating; Interracial marriage; Racial discrimination; Racism; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© c2008., Columbia TriStar Home Video,

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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;

For private home use only.

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Bobby [videorecording (DVD)] / by Bass, Edward; Belafonte, Harry,1927; Cannon, Nick,1980; Estevez, Emilio,1962; Fishburne, Larr; Fraunces, Dave; Graham, Heather,1970; Hopkins, Anthony,1937; Hunt, Helen,1963; Jackson, Joshua,1978; Kobzantsev, David; Kutcher, Ashton,1978; LaBeouf, Shia,1986; Litvak, Michel; Lohan, Lindsay,1986; Macy, William H.,1950; Moore, Dem; Rodriguez, Freddy,1975; Sheen, Marti; Slater, Christia; Stone, Sharon,1958; Wiersma, Holly; Wood, Elijah,1981; Alliance Atlantis (Firm; Bold Films; Weinstein Company (Firm;

Director of photography, Michael Barrett ; editor, Richard Chew ; music, Mark Isham ; costume designer, Julie Weiss ; production designer, Patti Podesta.Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Freddy Rodríguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Dave Fraunces, David Kobzantsev.The 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen. We see Kennedy's acceptance speech after winning the California Democratic presidential primary, his death at the hands of gunman Sirhan Sirhan, and the chaos and despair that ensued. The people at the hotel don't know what is coming. Our grief at hearing RFK's own words, so eloquent, so hopeful and inspiring. Watch the horrible events unfold and wonder what might have been. Bobby was the man whom many thought would defeat Richard Nixon in the '68 general election. Centers around 22 people who were guests, staff, campaign workers, and reporters who were at the Ambassador Hotel on that June day. Many issues are addressed, including, the Vietnam war, drugs, alcoholism, voting irregularities, adultery, racism, immigration, and communismCanadian Home Video Rating: 14ADVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby DigitalVenice Film Festival, 2006: Biografilm Award (Emilio Estevez)

Subjects: Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Ambassador Hotel; Assassination; Biographical film; Feature film; Presidential candidates;

© c2007., Weinstein Company ; Distributed by Alliance Atlantis,

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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