Author: Aragoni, Mauro, television director, screenwriter. O'Malley, Brian, (Director), television director. Ebreul, Sylvia, screenwriter. Izzo, Marcello, screenwriter. Paladini, Fabio, screenwriter. Published: 2022 Call Number: THAT SEASON 1 Format: Video disc Summary: Over eight long days two men dramatically clash: McCoy, an incorruptible sheriff with a dark past, and Red Bill, a dirty, taciturn bounty killer trapped in a desire for vengeance that cannot be fulfilled. Follows a clash between the sheriff of a depressed ex-gold rush town and a bounty hunter seeking vengeance for the death of his mother.
Author: Godoy, Melissa Littig, film director, director of photography, editor of moving image work. Cahalane, Laurie, film producer. Barry-Tanner, Therese, film producer. Littig, Eileen, film producer. Robinson, Jeannette (Narrator), narrator. Published: 2022 2021 Call Number: 616.831 Format: Video disc Summary: Examines various ways to cope with and fight against Alzheimer's disease. In this episode of Nova, three women at risk of developing Alzheimer's join a groundbreaking study to try to prevent the disease, while sharing their ups and downs, anxiously watching for symptoms, and hoping they can make a difference.
Author: Benson, Ann, film producer, on-screen participant. Howard, Paul, film director, screenwriter. Campbell, Karis, on-screen participant. Freestyle Digital Media, publisher. Published: 2022 Call Number: 361.973 Format: Video disc Summary: From its humble beginnings in the 1890s through today, the Assistance League has been creating ripples and changing lives for over 125 years. This enjoyable documentary tells the story of Anne Banning, a forgotten American Pioneer who formed the Assistance League and changed charity. Ann Benson (Betty White's Off Their Rockers and Ann Asks) hosts a journey that includes multiple chapters of Assistance League and the people whose lives the organization has touched, including a former NFL player, an assault survivor who now helps other women, an Orthodontist who was helped as a teen, the Organization's dedicated volunteers, and the countless children impacted even today by Assistance League's signature program, Operation School Bell. Animated sequences throughout the film give Anne Banning her rightful place in history, and the Assistance League the credit it deserves as a storied, innovative, ripple-creating organization. This film will leave you smiling and inspired.
Author: Hester, Sarah, film producer. Cook, Cindy, film producer. Hester, R.S., film director. Roberts, Eric, 1956- actor. Lei, Lily, actor. Published: 2022 2021 Call Number: TOWN Format: Video disc Summary: Pastor John Corell, a preacher in the old west, is suddenly confronted with the death of his only brother when a posse of vigilantes kills him at the midnight hour. As John paces back and forth inside the church house contemplating his strategic revenge on his brother's murderer, he remembers supernatural stories of the past that influence his next steps.
Author: Hardy, Justice, film producer. Hunt, Tyler, film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor. Kelly, Megan Elisabeth, actor. Dakin, Ashley, actor. Alvarado, Matt, actor. Published: 2022 Call Number: WHO Format: Video disc Summary: When obsessive free spirit Stephen finds out his teen half-sister Sarah is pregnant, he desperately tries to convince her to keep the baby. Sarah finally agrees when Stephen promises to father the child, and they embark on the journey of parenthood for which neither of them is ready.
Author: Tabone, Vin, television producer, screenwriter. Frederick, Paul J., director of photography, editor of moving image work, television producer. Chandler, Bruce (Voice actor), narrator. Wilmerding, John, commentator. VJT Productions, production company. Published: 2019 2018 Call Number: 758.109 Format: Video disc Summary: A look at the Hudson River school, the first American school of landscape painting. In the nineteenth century, artist Thomas Cole and engraver Asher Durand established an artistic movement. The next generation expanded their palette with a technique that was immersed in light. The artistic innovation was later hailed as, 'The Luminist Movement.' The film tells the story of these artists who became the greatest landscape painters in the world!
Author: Hermanus, Oliver, film director. Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954- screenwriter. Woolley, Stephen, film producer. Karlsen, Elizabeth, film producer. Nighy, Bill, 1949- actor. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: LIVING Format: Video disc Summary: An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
Author: O'Connor, Frances, 1967- film director, screenwriter. Korzeniowski, Abel, 1972- composer (expression) Mackey, Emma, 1996- actor. Jackson-Cohen, Oliver, 1986- actor. Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: EMILY Format: Video disc Summary: Imagines Emily Bronte's own story that inspired 'Wuthering Heights.' As she struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her potential into the seminal novel. Tells the story of Emily Brontë as a young woman struggling within the confines of social expectations and yearning for creative and personal freedom.
Author: Cronenberg, Brandon, film director, screenwriter. Skarsgård, Alexander, actor. Goth, Mia, 1993- actor. Coleman, Cleopatra, 1987- actor. Lespert, Jalil, actor. Published: 2023 Call Number: INFINITY Format: Video disc Summary: When a man and woman decide to take an all-inclusive beach vacation, a fatal accident exposes the resort's violent subculture. James and his wife Em have escaped the city for an all-inclusive vacation at a tropical resort. Despite having come to the island of Li Tolqa to cure his writer₂s block, James finds himself more uninspired than ever until he meets fellow tourists, Gabi and Alban. James is immediately attracted to their glamorous lifestyle and lust for adventure. They invite James and Em on a day trip to a local beach, usually off-limits to tourists, but an accident throws their entire holiday into chaos.
Author: Mancini, Don, 1963- creator. Arthur, Zackary, 2007- voice actor. Arnarson, Bjorgvin, actor. Lind, Alyvia Alyn, actor. Dourif, Brad, 1950- actor. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: CHUCKY SEASON 2 Format: Video disc Summary: Chucky is back! The notorious killer doll continues his onslaught of terror in Season Two of the hit horror series from franchise creator Don Mancini. This season finds Chucky hellbent on exacting revenge against teens Jake, Devon, and Lexy, as well as his ex-Tiffany, after they successfully thwarted his murderous plot in Season One. While Jake and Devon encounter trouble as a couple at their new Catholic school, Chucky embarks on a whole new killing spree, crossing paths with familiar franchise faces along the way.
Author: Haddon, Molly, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Daley, Jorrden, screenwriter, film producer. Yates, Rebecca (Producer), film producer. Artemis, Mia, actor. Clapin, Elly Hiraani, actor. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: LONGEST Format: Video disc Summary: Three siblings find themselves living together again when the father who abandoned them returns to their lives.
Author: Heckerling, Amy, film director. Crowe, Cameron, 1957- screenwriter. Azoff, Irving, film producer. Linson, Art, film producer. Penn, Sean, 1960- actor. Published: 2021 1982 Call Number: FAST Format: Video disc Summary: "The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe--for each of whom it kicked off a hugely successful film career. Based on Crowe's experiences going undercover as a student at a southern California high school, Fast Times at Ridgemont High blends hormone-fueled hilarity with an almost sociological examination of the 1980s teenage experience: the shopping mall hangouts, fast-food jobs, buzzkill teachers, awkward dates, and first experiences of love and sex. This pop-culture touchstone launched to stardom practically an entire cast of unknowns-- including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz, and Sean Penn as stoner icon Jeff Spicoli-- and broke new ground in its raw yet sensitive depiction of the realities of coming of age"--Container
Author: Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948, film director. Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939, actor. De La Motte, Marguerite, 1902-1950, actor. McKim, Robert, 1886-1927, actor. Motion picture adaptation of (work): McCulley, Johnston, 1883-1958. Curse of Capistráno. Published: 2019 1920 Call Number: MARK Format: Video disc Summary: In old Spanish California, the oppressive colonial government is opposed by Zorro, masked champion of the people, who appears out of nowhere with flashing sword and an athletic sense of humor, scarring the faces of evildoers with his Mark.
Author: Ross, Rosalind, 1990- film director. Wahlberg, Mark, 1971- actor. Gibson, Mel, actor. Mahendru, Annet, 1989- actor. Weaver, Jacki, 1947- actor. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: FATHER Format: Video disc Summary: Dramatized story about Father Stuart Long, a former boxer who inspired others on his journey to become a Catholic priest after surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident, despite skepticism and a devastating health crisis. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the long-time agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.
Author: Morgan, Abi, creator, television director, screenwriter. O'Leary, Dee Koppang, television director. Genders, Emma, television producer. Mohammed, Sumrah, television producer. Walker, Nicola, actor. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: SPLIT SEASON 3 Format: Video disc Summary: Follows the activities of a family-owned divorce law firm. The final series focuses on the split between Hannah and Nathan. The two divorce lawyers are facing their own divorce amicably, until shock revelations prompt a painful showdown.
Author: Morgan, Abi, creator, screenwriter. Hobbs, Jessica, television director. Eden, Jessica (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Ironside, Louise, screenwriter. Dyke, Lucy, television producer. Published: 2022 2018 Call Number: SPLIT SEASON 1 Format: Video disc Summary: Follows the activities of a family-owned divorce law firm. The Split examines the fast paced circuit of high-powered female divorce lawyers in London through the lens of three sisters, Hannah, Nina and the youngest, Rose. Exposing the complex realities of high end divorce and broken marriage through female divorce lawyers and sisters embattled and bound by their own troubled past.
Author: Hellerman, Caleb, television producer, screenwriter. Maitra, Shayon, television director, editor of moving image work. Kirwan, Rob, 1969- editor of moving image work. Chedwick, Mike, editor of moving image work. Nicholson, Zac, 1971- director of photography. Published: 2022 Call Number: 362.1969 Format: Video disc Summary: Almost 40 years after the discovery of HIV, could we be on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic in America? As of 2019, in the US, there were only 34,000 new cases of the disease, a feat that once seemed near-impossible to achieve.
Author: Morgan, Abi, creator, screenwriter. Oest, Paula van der, 1965- television director. Agnew, Joss, television director. Jones, Matt, 1968 August 5- screenwriter. Romaniuk, Natasha, television producer. Published: 2022 2020 Call Number: SPLIT SEASON 2 Format: Video disc Summary: Follows the activities of a family-owned divorce law firm. The Defoes are back at the newly merged law firm Noble Hale Defoe. And Hannah's latest case, the divorce of the UK's most powerful celebrity couple, is set to put NHD on the map. As Hannah fights one of the most public cases of her career, she's also fighting a private battle to save her marriage. Following the devastating revelation of Nathan's betrayal, her formerly rock-solid marriage is beginning to crack. And, as she finds herself in a passionate affair with Christie, will she take a course that could end her marriage? Or can she have it all?
Author: McPhee, Larkin, television producer, television director, screenwriter. Obi-Melekwe, Nkeki, narrator. Larking McPhee Productions, production company. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher. Published: 2021 Call Number: 616.6 Format: Video disc Summary: Follows people of various backgrounds who face barriers to information and services regarding assisted reproductive technologies. In the United States, ten percent of people who wish to have children struggle with infertility. NOVA explores barriers to fertility, from the social to the biological, and the state of assisted reproductive technologies. Follow the journeys of people navigating challenges from structural inequalities and racism to falling sperm counts, egg freezing, and IVF.
