Peter Sarsgaard
1) Ladygrey
Author
Description
In South Africa, a community lives quietly with the scars of a tragic past. When the silence is broken, the innocent may be in the most danger.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle that clashed with the values of the National Park Service. But up on the walls, generation after generation has pushed the limits of climbing, vying amongst each other for supremacy on Yosemite's cliffs. This film recounts the history of Yosemite's climbing tradition: half a century of struggle against the laws of gravity-- and the laws of the land.
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A transgendered youth starts living as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. He moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under his new identity. All goes well until his new friends discover his secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frank is an aging ex-jewel thief, and his two grown children are worried that he can no longer care for himself. In deciding what to do with Frank, the most likely option appears to be putting him in a nursing home. But Frank's son comes up with another option: buy Frank a walking, talking robot programmed to look after him and improve his physical and mental health. Frank resists the robot at first, but he warms to it after realizing that it could...
6) Loving Pablo
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest...
9) Rendition
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born...
10) Jackie
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. The film places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband's legacy and the world of a...
12) Blue Jasmine
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger's humble apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.
13) The Batman
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two years of stalking the streets as the Batman, striking fear into the hearts of criminals, has led Bruce Wayne deep into the shadows of Gotham City. With only a few trusted allies, Alfred Pennyworth, Lt. James Gordon, amongst the city's corrupt network of officials and high-profile figures, the lone vigilante has established himself as the sole embodiment of vengeance amongst his fellow citizens. When a killer targets Gotham's elite with a series...
14) The skeleton key
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Caroline Ellis takes a job as a hospice worker in Louisiana's bayous, she unlocks a deadly secret involving magic, conjure, and sacrifice that pulls her into a terrifying world of strange, frightening, and unexplained incidents. The key to escaping may lie in a decrepit attic, but if she dares to believe in what she discovers, everything she fears will become real.
15) Mr. Jones
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set on the eve of world WWII, Hitler is rising to power and Stalin's Soviet propaganda machine is pushing their "utopia" to the West. Meanwhile an ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth that inspired George...
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in...
17) Jarhead
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they...
18) Kinsey
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (118 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kinsey is a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. His 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male irrevocably changed American culture.
Pub. Date
2025
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people...
20) An education
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic older man can teach her.