August Schellenberg
Author
Series
Dreamkeeper volume 2
Language
English
Description
Grandpa and Shane trek across the open vistas and distant Black Hills of South Dakota en route to the All Nations ceremony. Along this peaceful terrain, and under the calm of the moon, it's also the perfect time for Grandpa to tell his stories as they were told to him, perhaps for the last time.
Author
Series
Dreamkeeper volume 1
Language
English
Description
The legends of the Native American nations come to life in this groundbreaking new miniseries from legendary executive producer Robert Halmi Sr. (ARABIAN NIGHTS, MERLIN). Two generations-a century-old storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 17-year-old boy-embark on a cross-country journey toward self-discovery.
3) Free Willy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story about the friendship that develops between a 12-year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family, and a whale confined in a too-small tank at an aquatic park.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 397 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Free Willy (1993, 112 min.): A boy risks everything to save a beloved killer whale when he learns the aquarium owners are going to kill it.
Free Willy 2 (1995, 98 min.): Jesse and Willy are reunited three years after Willy's escape as Jesse tries to rescue him and other orcas from an oil spill.
Free Willy 3 (1997, 86 min.): Jesse and his friend Randolph try to stop an illegal whaler who is trying to kill Willy and his pregnant mate.
Free Willy:...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set admidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607. Tells the classic tale of Pocahontas and her relationships with adventurer John Smith and aristocrat John Rolfe. This young woman's journey takes her from the untouched beauty of the Virginian wilderness to the upper-crust of English society as we witness the dawn of a new America.
6) Dreamkeeper
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
A Lakota storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 17-year-old boy, embark on a cross-country journey toward self-discovery. The grandson agrees to take his grandfather from Pine Ridge Reservation in S.D. to a powwow in Santa Fe in order to escape from some trouble with the local gang. Interwoven with the journey of the grandfather and grandson are retellings of Native American legends .
Author
Series
Northern Lights volume 1
Language
English
Description
A single woman of over forty years meets a lonely young man looking for a good time.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Centers around three powerful men: Charles Eastman, a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor; Sitting Bull, the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies; and Senator Henry Dawes, one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in the Black Hills--on Sioux land. In this film, the lives...
10) True Heart
Author
Language
English
Description
With the help of a Native American Indian and a legendary wild bear, two children struggle to survive the wilderness - and evil poachers - in this beautiful, action-filled family adventure.
Series
Publisher
Rich-Heape Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Director's cut.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Imagine you are a child, taken from your home, your family, taken from everything you know. In 1869, the U.S. government enacted a policy of educating Native American children in the ways of western society. By the late 1960's, more than 100,000 had been forced to attend Indian Boarding School"--Container.
13) Getting Gotti
Author
Language
English
Description
Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, Diane Giacalone, a new Assistant District Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia boss John Gotti and the Gambino crime family. Uncooperative FBI agents and bureaucrats will not deter the driven young prosecutor as her quest culminates in the memorable and controversial trial of the "Dapper Don".
14) The new world
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set admidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607. Tell the classic tale of Pocahontas and her relationships with adventurer John Smith and aristocrat John Rolfe. This woman's journey of love lost and found again takes her from the untouched beauty of the Virginia wilderness to the upper crust of English society as we witness the dawn of a new America.
15) Free Willy
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
1 videorecording (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming story about a troubled young boy's touching relationship with an orca whale who is the star attraction at his local adventure park. When the boy learns of the unfortunate plans the park has for his friend, he risks his own life to return Willy to his natural habitat.
Publisher
HBO Box Office
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While...