Audra McDonald
1) Hello Again
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Based on the acclaimed musical, HELLO AGAIN chases ten lost souls across ten New York City eras in this daisy-chained exploration of bittersweet love.
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"A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against...
3) Stages Live
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CD and DVD as seen on PBS. Live performances of songs from the world's greatest musicals: The Phantom Of The Opera, Les Misérables, Into The Woods, A Chorus Line, Carousel, Sweeney Todd, The Wizard Of Oz and more. Special Guests: Kelly Clarkson and Audra McDonald.
4) The vote
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[2020]
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2 videodiscs (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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One hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, this film tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in US history.
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[2013]
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1 videodisc (approximately 132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A live performance of the classic musical. An aspiring nun in pre-WWII Austria leaves the abbey to become a governess for the widower Captain von Trapp's seven children and finds herself falling in love.
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[2017]
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2 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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The story and characters audiences know and love come to spectacular life in the live-action adaptation of Disney's animated classic Beauty and the Beast, a stunning, cinematic event celebrating one of the most beloved tales ever told. Beauty and the Beast is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a Beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and...
7) Respect
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[2021]
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1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
8) Wit
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2001
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devastating illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
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[2021]
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3 videodiscs (approx. 8.5 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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[2017]
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1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The journey of Belle, a bright and independent young woman who takes her father's place as the prisoner of a beast in his castle. As Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff, she and the Beast slowly begin to look beyond their initial reactions to each other and see who they truly are. But back in Belle's village, her father's fears for her safety drive him to rally the villagers to free Belle from the castle--a plan that goes awry, with dangerous...