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The caretakers : a novel / by Bestor-Siegal, Amanda,author.;
Paris, 2015. A crowd gathers outside the Chauvet home in the affluent suburban community of Maisons-Larue, watching as the family's American au pair is led away in handcuffs after the sudden death of her young charge. The grieving mother believes the caretaker is to blame, and the neighborhood is thrown into chaos, unsure who is at fault-the enigmatic, young foreigner or the mother herself, who has never seemed an active participant in the lives of her children. The truth lies with six women: Géraldine, a heartbroken French teacher struggling to support her vulnerable young students; Lou, an incompetent au pair who was recently fired by the family next door; Charlotte, a chilly socialite and reluctant mother; Nathalie, an isolated French teenager desperate for her mother's attention; Holly, a socially anxious au pair yearning to belong in her adopted country; and finally, Alena, the one accused of the crime, who has gone to great lengths to avoid emotional connection, and now finds herself caught in the turbulent power dynamics of her host family's household.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Au pairs; Children; Secrecy; Women;
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Somewhere : stories of migration by women from around the world / by Clark, Helen,1950-writer of foreword.; Harvey, Lorna Jane,1977-editor.;
Somewhere is an inspiring collection of stories about migration. Written from twenty women's perspectives, it brings a refreshing and uniting voice to this compelling and trending topic. More people are likely to be migrating now than at any other time in history, and this is set to increase as climate change and political unrest pushes even more people to relocate. The implications of migration, especially for women, are often unknown, unheard, unspoken. From the fleeing refugee to the political and economic migrant, a broad range of migration by people of many cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs is shared in this book. Identity, belonging, assimilation and alienation are some of the key topics in this sometimes sad but also joyful book. Treasures of wisdom and heartfelt honesty are found in the stories. The book will give the reader hope, encouragement, or insight into a globally relevant subject on a personal level rather than through distant, abstract news stories. Somewhere encourages open-mindedness and is filled with stories that will likely have a strong impact on the reader.
Subjects: Women immigrants; Emigration and immigration.;
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36 Seconds. by Albaba, Tarek,film director.; Minhaj, Hasan,actor.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hasan MinhajOriginally produced by Video Project in 2023.On February 10, 2015, UNC students Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were eating dinner in their home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina when they were killed by their neighbor Craig Hicks in 36 seconds. Before their families can grieve, they are forced to become activists to set the record straight — that these killings were a hate crime.36 SECONDS: PORTRAIT OF A HATE CRIME charts the families' agonizing overnight pivot from trauma to advocacy as they struggle to prevent their loved ones' deaths from being dismissed as the result of a random parking dispute as Hicks originally claimed, and local law enforcement and national media quickly parroted. They courageously speak the truth about the hate crime that destroyed their lives, the overtly insidious ways racism plays out in our society, and about the need to reform a hate crime system that is broken.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Crime.; Political participation.; Racism.; Muslims.; North Carolina.; Hate crimes.;
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Rental house / by Wang, Weike,author.;
"Keru and Nate first meet in college, brought together by a joke at a Halloween party (would a "great white" costume mean dressing like a shark or a privileged Ivy League student?) and marrying a few years later. Misfits in their own families, they find in each other a feeling of home. Keru is the only child of strict, well-educated Chinese immigrant parents who hold her to impossible standards even as an adult ("To use a dishwasher is to admit defeat," says her father). Nate is from a rural, white, working class family that has never trusted his intellectual ambitions or - now - the citizenship status of his "foreign" wife. Nevertheless, some years into their marriage, Keru and Nate find themselves incorporating their families into two carefully planned vacations. The results are disastrous and revealing. First in a cozy beach house on Cape Cod, and later in a luxury bungalow in the Catskills, the couple is forced to confront the hidden truths at the core of their relationship. Alongside their giant sheepdog Mantou, Keru and Nate navigate visits from in-laws, a sibling, and surprising new friends, all while trying to determine if they have what it takes to make themselves and each other happy. How do you cope when your spouse and your family of origin clash? How many people (and dogs) are needed to make a family? And when the pack starts to disintegrate, what does it take to shepherd everyone back together?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family vacations; Interracial marriage; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Vacations;
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Red dawn [videorecording] / by Bradley, Dan.; Ellsworth, Carl.; Flynn, Beau.; Hemsworth, Chris.; Hutcherson, Josh.; Lucas, Isabel,1985-; Morgan, Jeffrey Dean,1966-; Palicki, Adrianne,1983-; Passmore, Jeremy.; Peck, Josh,1986-; Vinson, Tripp.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Contrafilm Production.; FilmDistrict (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Director of photography, Mitchell Amundsen ; editor, Richard Pearson ; music, Ramin Djawadi.Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.The unsuspecting citizens of Spokane, Washington, wake up one morning to the shocking sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky in a surprise attack on the United States. Soon the entire city is under enemy control, but a group of courageous teenagers has decided to fight back, waging an all-out war against the invaders, to take back their town and their freedom!Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Civil defense; Feature films.; Guerrilla warfare; Guerrillas; High school students; Resistance movements, War; War films.; World War III;
© c2013., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
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Red dawn [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Bradley, Dan.; Ellsworth, Carl.; Flynn, Beau.; Hemsworth, Chris.; Hutcherson, Josh.; Lucas, Isabel,1985-; Morgan, Jeffrey Dean,1966-; Palicki, Adrianne,1983-; Passmore, Jeremy.; Peck, Josh,1986-; Vinson, Tripp.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Contrafilm Production.; FilmDistrict (Firm); Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Director of photography, Mitchell Amundsen ; editor, Richard Pearson ; music, Ramin Djawadi.Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.The unsuspecting citizens of Spokane, Washington, wake up one morning to the shocking sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky in a surprise attack on the United States. Soon the entire city is under enemy control, but a group of courageous teenagers has decided to fight back, waging an all-out war against the invaders, to take back their town and their freedom!Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Civil defense; Feature films.; Guerrilla warfare; Guerrillas; High school students; Resistance movements, War; War films.; World War III;
© c2013., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Admissions Granted. by Wu, Hao,film director.; Wang, Miao,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.In June 2023, the 6-3 conservative majority at the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education in the landmark Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. HARVARD and SFFA v. UNC cases, dealing a crushing blow to progressives who had labored to address racism in America through race-conscious policies.The film revisits the district court trial of this case and tracks the case’s emotional, high-stakes journey to the Supreme Court. It documents how Edward Blum and activists on both sides strategize and hustle to win in court and in public opinion, and highlights the ways the case has divided the Asian American community. Woven throughout are incisive observations from The New Yorker’s Jeannie Suk Gersen, former Harvard president Neil L. Rudenstine, former Dean of Howard University (now Mount Holyoke College president) Danielle Holley, and professor Natasha Warikoo, who dig deeper into why the heated debate of affirmative action sits at the intersection of American beliefs.Combining interviews, news archive, and verité footage with dynamic animated sequences that bring the closed-door court hearings to life, ADMISSIONS GRANTED takes an honest and thoughtful look at the complexity of the affirmative action debate, the divisions within the Asian American community and our nation’s increasing polarization on matters of race, equity, and inclusion.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Education.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Educational films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; History.; Political participation.; Equality.; Asian Americans.; Trials.; United States. Supreme Court.; Universities and colleges.;
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More Than Family. by Ha-na, Choi,film director.; Deok-moon, Choi,actor.; Hye-Jin, Jang,actor.; Jung, Krystal,actor.; Jae-hwi, Shin,actor.; ODK Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Choi Deok-moon, Jang Hye-Jin, Krystal Jung, Shin Jae-hwiOriginally produced by ODK Media in 2020.College student To-il, who is five-months pregnant and engaged to her tutoring student, goes to her hometown to find her biological father, whom she has not seen since the age of seven. After returning to Seoul, To-il’s mom, stepdad and biological father join forces to find the groom-to-be who has been missing on the day of the meeting with bride-groom families.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.;
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The silent revolution [videorecording] / by Gramenz, Tom,1991-actor.; Klenke, Lena,1995-actor.; Kraume, Lars,1973-film director.; Scheicher, Leonard,1992-actor.; Distrib Fims,publisher.;
Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke.During a visit to the cinema in West Berlin, high school students Theo and Kurt see dramatic newsreel footage of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest. Back at school in Stalinstadt, they spontaneously decide to hold a moment of silence in solidarity with the victims of the uprising. The gesture causes bigger ripples than expected.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Ontario Film Rating: PG.DVD; Widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Motion pictures, German.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; High school students; Insurgency; Solidarity;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Der bunker [German] [1 DVD - 85 min.] / by Bukowski, Pit.; Chryssos, Nikias.; Fripan, Daniel.; Maydell, Oona von.; Artsploitation Films (Firm);
Pit Bukowski, Daniel Fripan, Oona von Maydell.A young student seeks quiet and solitude to focus on an important work but ends up as the teacher of a peculiar boy who is home-schooled by his parents in an isolated bunker mansion. THE BUNKER is a dark, twisted, and funny tale about childhood, growing up and education.14A.DVD; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital.1
Subjects: Comedy films.; Foreign films; Motion pictures, German.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bunkers (Fortification); Home schooling; Teacher-student relationships;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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