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(0)Sidney Poitier
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English
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"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite the contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in self-questioning. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've done at measuring up to the values I myself have set. "In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks...
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English
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In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. His body of work is arguable the most morally significant in cinematic history, and the power and influence of that work are indicative of the character of the man behind the many storied roles. Here, Sidney Poitier explores these elements of character and personal values to take his own measure - as a man, as a husband, and father, and as an actor. Poitier...
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English
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Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on his amazing life in Life Beyond Measure, offering inspirational advice and personal stories in the form of extended letters to his great-granddaughter. Writing for all who admire his example and who search for...
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English
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A baby is born with a coin in her hand. An orphan crafts a mysterious wooden object. The CEO of a large corporation finds himself under extraordinary pressure at work and at home. And on a remote hilltop on a Caribbean island, a medicine man seems to understand the meaning of all these events and to hold the key to the future. Montaro Caine, CEO of the Fitzer Corporation, is losing control of the company he built just as his teenage daughter is experiencing...
7) Nationtime
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Language
English
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Best known for his avant-garde meta-documentary Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, William Greaves (1926-2014) was also the director of over 100 documentary films, the majority focused on African American history, politics, and culture. Nationtime is a report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta...
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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on this amazing life in Life Beyond Measure, offering inspirational advice and personal stories in the form of extended letters to his great-granddaughter. Writing for all who admire his example and who search for...
10) Sneakers
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ver. ; Collectors ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A thriller about five computer hackers with questionable pasts and an equally questionable government job.
11) The Jackal
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jackal--the greatest assassin in history--is out to eliminate a top U.S. government official. Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned underground operative, is the only man who can stop him. Now, the Deputy Director of the FBI is taking the biggest risk of all...he's releasing one criminal to stop another.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Noah Dearborn lives in a small southern Georgia community. He is a master craftsman and farmer who cherishes his solitude. When a greedy real estate developer sets his sights on Noah's land, Noah rejects his offer. Now he must summon all his strength in order to defend his property, his way of life and ultimately his sanity.
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Widescreen and standard full screen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A teacher in England abandons the traditional curriculum of education in dealing with a class of students rejected by other schools.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
40th anniversary ed. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the ground-breaking Brown vs. the Board of Education case in 1954; viewers follow a young Thurgood Marshall, the lawyer who argued the racially-charged lawsuit before the Supreme Court. When the black students of Clarendon County, South Carolina are denied their request for a single school bus, a bitter and courageous battle for justice and equality begins.
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Publisher
Kino Lorber Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert.
Series
Criterion collection volume 959
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
"Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case. He forms an uneasy alliance with the bigoted police chief (Rod Steiger), who faces mounting pressure from Sparta's hostile citizens to catch the killer and run the African American interloper out of town."--Container.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen and Full screen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (393 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pure luck: Eugene Proctor, an unlucky, mishap-prone man, is sent on a mission with a no-nonsense detective, to rescue the equally unlucky daughter of his boss.
King Ralph: A freak accident wipes out the entire royal family, and a good-natured, down-to-earth Las Vegas lounge singer, Ralph Jones, is the distant heir who inherits the throne. His unconventional behavior delights the public, but fuels a plot to overthrow the new king.
Ghost dad: Elliot...