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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Shizuku Tsukishima, a middle school student who loves to read, meets her classmate, Seiji Amasawa, her impression of him couldn't be worse. But as she watches him pursue his dream of becoming a cellist, she's gradually drawn closer and closer to him. Seiji himself also falls for Shizuku, when he learns about her dream to become a novelist. The two promise each other that one day they'll make their dreams come true. Ten years later, 24-year-old...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When her husband Billy is tragically killed, Sam loses her faith and will to live. A death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with Joe, her oldest friend. As Sam watches "Papa" Joe care for and love the kids in his under-resourced neighborhood, she begins to realize that the love of God is always reaching out to her.
3) Gifted
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
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Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Humanity has been all but destroyed by a fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating 'hungries'. Only a small group of children seem to be immune to its effects. At an army base in rural England, these unique children are being studied and subjected to cruel experiments. When the base falls, one little girl escapes and must discover what she is, ultimately deciding both her own future and that of the human race....
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Almost 30-year-old Anna lives secluded in her mum's shed making videos using her thumbs as actors. A week before her birthday her mom tells her that she has to cut her hair, stop dressing like a homeless person, and move out of the shed. At first, Anna is upset, but after a friend from school visits, her isolation can't be continued. Quickly she gets entangled with the local real estate agent and an eight-year-old boy who is obsessed with Westerns....
9) Still here
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Christian Baker, a young New York journalist from The Chronicle, gets assigned to a social story about the disappearance of Monique Watson, a twelve-year-old African-American girl from Brooklyn. Trying to get the assignment behind, he quickly and poorly researches the story and goes with the first lead. This brings down a series of pains. Christian with guilt decides to finally do his work properly finding himself in a race against time to help the...
10) The weapon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a young boy accidentally shoots a playmate with a pistol found in the rubble of a bombed-out building, he runs away from home and wanders the streets of postwar England. Ballistic analysis connects the weapon to the unsolved murder of a military officer ten years earlier. A gruff American captain, Mark Andrews, attempts to track down the missing gun and appease the boy's anxious mother.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (417 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the Morels' seventeen-year-old daughter Lea fails to return home after a night out celebrating her birthday, the family is unexpectedly thrown into their worst nightmare. Mother Florence tries to remain strong for her other children, while father Julien begins an investigation of his own.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Noah Bryan is an up-and-coming country singer determined to become a country music star until his ego gets in the way and is left with custody of his son after a show. He agrees to meet the boy and realizes he must do the right thing to raise him.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When billionaire financier Nerio Winch and head of the W Group is murdered, his second in command must locate his only heir, a heretofore unknown adopted son, Largo. But first the heir, a twenty-something adventurer, must overcome an onslaught of drug traffickers, assassins, corporate raiders and double-dealing insiders to fulfill his destiny in this twisty, fast-paced corporate thriller.
15) Wonderstruck
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress who's life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
16) Beautiful Ohio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young boy, who idolizes his math whiz of an older brother, learns of a secret that will change the family forever involving the older brother's girlfriend, and a secret language between two best friends.
17) Luce
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents...
18) The daughter
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a fifteen-year absence, Christian returns home to rural New South Wales for the marriage of his father, Henry, the wealthy owner of the local mill that's been the economic bedrock of the community for generations. Christian gets reacquainted with his old friend Oliver and finds himself drawn to Oliver's family, which includes wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father-in-law Walte. Unexpectedly, Christian discovers a secret that could tear...
19) Seven alone
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When their parents die on the way to Oregon in 1843, seven children decide to complete the 2000-mile trek through the wilderness on their own.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including...
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