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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The elegant and compelling novel about a Pakistani man's abandonment of his high-flying life in New York an extraordinary portrait of a divided and yet ultimately indivisible world in America post-9/11.
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. He begins to tell the story of a man named Changez, who is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 822 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Enjoy six popular chase movies. Titles include: Queen & Slim; The Fugitive; Catch Me if you Can; North by Northwest; Gemini Man; Minority Report.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Collector's ed. ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him-- except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Collector's ed. ; Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
DVD widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him--except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
Publisher
EastWest DVD
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Yuma: A down and dirty town is forced to shape up when a new Sheriff comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators & preserve his reputation.
The McMasters: Reeling from the trauma of the Civil War, ex-confederate soldier, Kolby and the townfolk of Ironwood are seething with rage at the goings on at a ranch owned by Newl McMasters. McMasters has given a black Union soldier a...
9) Queen & Slim
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman, are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly...
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Ip Man's life remains unchanged after his wife's death, but he and his son are slowly drifting apart. To seek a better future for his son, Ip Man decides to travel to the U.S. only to find a stable, peaceful life abroad is only skin deep. Underneath lies deep-rooted racial discrimination that is far worse than he has expected. Ip Man re-examines his position and ponders on the reason he took up martial arts in the beginning.
Publisher
Monterey
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 digital disc (46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the short story by Ernest J. Gaines. In rural Louisiana in the 1940's a young black boy journeys with his mother and absorbs valuable lessons of pride, charity and dignity.
12) American violet
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young, single mother of four (Beharie) is wrongly accused of selling drugs near a school and is offered a plea deal that would force her to admit to a crime she didn't commit. She challenges the laws of Texas when, instead of ruining her life with a conviction, she decides to sue the DA for racial discrimination in a case that changes her life as well as the laws of her state. Based on a true story.
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