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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, this uplifting love story garnered four **Oscar** nominations and a Best Actress **Oscar** for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD tells the story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship...
2) Eighth Grade
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school—the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year—before she begins high school. Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of the Best First Screenplay Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards.** Winner of a **WGA Award** for Best Original...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 94 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Monsieur Lazhar tells the poignant story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher. Bachir Lazhar (Fellag), a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, offers the school his services as a substitute teacher and is quickly hired. As he helps the children heal, he also learns to accept his own painful past. This moving film features exquisite performances by Fellag...
4) Coach Carter
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by a true story, this inspirational account of a high school basketball coach who received high praise, and staunch criticism, for benching his entire undefeated team due to their poor academic performances.
6) Yentl
Publisher
20th century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Director's extended edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (137 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In turn of the century Eastern Europe women are denied higher education. Yentl, with a passion to learn, disguises herself as a young man in order to gain entrance to an orthodox Jewish school.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A heartwarming and inspiring true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.
9) Stripes
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Extended cut [edition] ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When John Winger loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII.
10) Child's play 3
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chucky the foul killer doll shows up again, in a box mailed to his young foe's coed military school.
11) The dog lover
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sara Gold is a rising star at the United Animal Protection Agency (UAPA), a major animal rights organization that conducts animal rescues and lobbies for better animal welfare laws. Handpicked for a major assignment, Sara goes undercover as a college intern to infiltrate a suspected "puppy mill" run by the enigmatic Daniel Holloway.
12) Glee: encore
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to Gleek out! This full-length DVD features a set list of season one's musical numbers.
13) Born to win
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a troubled man named Leon Terblanche, a teacher at a school for disabled children, who finds himself confronted with the question "where is God?" This sets him on a journey where he discovers that he has never been alone through all the hurt and brokenness of his past. He learns that no matter how broken people are, God is always ones only living hope.
14) Ender's game
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version ; [English/Spanish dialogue version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
15) Jack
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack suffers from a disorder that makes him look 4 times as old as he is, so when the 10-year-old attends school for the first time, he runs into some obvious difficulties.
16) Joey's toybox
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (43 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet our playful kangaroo family where joey, the baby kangaroo, and his mother take you on backyard adventures every fun filled day. In each episode, joey brings out a big box and looks inside to see what he can find. As he discovers each item, he does funny things with it until his mom helps him understand what the object is and how it works. Gentle life lessons result as the kangaroo family hops along together down the road of discovery.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
When a man appears claiming to be a Spanish filmmaker's long-lost childhood friend, a bizarre set of events is set in motion.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (878 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fifth season of Glee finds Rachel at an impressive crossroads as she, Kurt and Santana take more bites out of the Big Apple. Meanwhile, back in Lima, the New Directions kids hope to win back-to-back Nationals, as the tragic passing of Finn and a potential baby for Will and Emma bring reminders of the preciousness of life. With its hugely popular guest stars, surprising plot twists and exhilarating musical numbers, the Emmy -winning Glee remains...
19) Ender's game
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version ; [English/Spanish dialogue version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Picking up ẁhere the series left off, the next piece begins! Kumiko is now in her second year at Kitauji High School, and with a new year comes new problems. As if making it to Nationals wasn2t hard enough, Kumiko is tasked with mentoring the concert band2s troublesome first years, each with their own distinct personality and problems to solve. With Kumiko busy juggling concert band and her new role as senpai, how does her relationship with Shuichi...
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