Courtney B. Vance
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61st Street volume 1
Description
Moses Johnson is swept into a world of chaos and corrupt policing during a presumed drug sting.
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61st Street volume 4
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After stumbling on evidence of police misconduct, Franklin adjusts his defense.
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61st Street volume 5
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Moses reunites with an old acquaintance and Officer Logan gets a new position.
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61st Street volume 2
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Moses makes contact with the one person who could save him. Martha chases political aspirations.
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61st Street volume 3
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Officer Logan begins to question his own department and Brannigan presses Moses for a confession.
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61st Street volume 7
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Moses' trial begins. Brannigan testifies and a discovery threatens to derail Franklin's defense.
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61st Street volume 8
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Franklin faces a setback. Moses takes the stand. A verdict is read.
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61st Street volume 6
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Moses fights influences in prison and begins to doubt Franklin's motives.
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"In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions," say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral...
10) Joyful noise
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the church choir to lift their spirits by winning the national Joyful Noise Competition. But the discord between its two leading ladies threatens to tear everything apart.
11) Genius: season 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
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2 videodiscs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An Emmy-winning anthology series that dramatizes the fascinating stories of the world's most brilliant innovators, exploring their extraordinary achievements along with their volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships. The third season will explore Aretha Franklin's musical genius and incomparable career, as well as the immeasurable impact and lasting influence she has had on music and culture around the world. Grammy Award winner Franklin...
12) Ben is back
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
13) Hamburger Hill
Pub. Date
c2008
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1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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For ten days, the American soldiers of Bravo Company fight in Vietnam to take over Hill 937, also known as Hamburger Hill.
14) The mummy (2017)
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension.
15) Isle of dogs
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
Pub. Date
[2000]
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It is 1943 and the Germans are winning the Second World War as the U.S. suffers huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when Black flyers are not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, through the brutal demands of their training, to the perils of flying over nations at war, the men they call "The Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives--to...
17) The Piano Lesson
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A Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie. A family is torn by the choice of keeping a valuable family heirloom piano or selling it to improve their lives.
19) Ben is Back
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Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts and Academy Award® nominee Lucas Hedges deliver powerful performances in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.