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Lioness [DVD video] : the Nicola Adams story

Coan, Helena, film director.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

927.9683 ADA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:648621

House of Gucci [blu-ray]

Scott, Ridley, film director.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

HOU

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:645976

House of Gucci [DVD video]

Scott, Ridley, film director.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

HOU

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:645980

Benjamin Franklin [blu-ray]

Patinkin, Mandy, actor.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

923.273 FRA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:647321

Brian Wilson [blu-ray] : long promised road

Wilson, Brent (Brenton Lee), film director, screenwriter, film producer.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

927.8242 WIL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:647322

Billie [DVD video]

Erskine, James, film director, screenwriter, film producer.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

927.8242 HOL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:608488

Becoming nobody [DVD video]

Catto, Jamie, composer, film director, film producer, on-screen participant.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

204.4 BEC

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:728638

Love me or leave me [DVD video]

Vidor, Charles, 1900-1959, film director.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

LOV

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:801819

Can you ever forgive me? [DVD video]

Heller, Marielle, film director.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

CAN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:499079

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Muslim Girls Rise (Read Along) : Inspirational Champions of Our Time [hoopla movie].

Ayyar, Priya, actor.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Streaming video

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Call Number

GM5I0N A

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SD_ILS:796907

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Mishima [blu-ray] : a life in four chapters

Schrader, Paul, 1946- screenwriter, film director.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

MIS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:674804

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Take every wave [DVD video] : the life of Laird Hamilton

Kennedy, Rory, film director, film producer.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

927.9732 HAM

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:719532

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Lady Gaga, actor.

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Allen, Paul, on-screen participant.

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American Film Institute.

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Augstburger, Urs, 1965- film producer.

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Ayyar, Priya, actor.

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Bachmann, Balz, 1971- composer.

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Baig, Ella, on-screen participant.

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Bandō, Mitsugorō, 1956-2015, actor.

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Basie, Count, 1904-1984, archival footage.

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Bennett, Tony, 1926-2023 archival footage.

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Bettany, Paul, 1971- actor.

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Bloom, Alexis, film producer, film director.

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Burns, Ken, 1953- film director, film producer.

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Cagney, James, 1899-1986, actor.

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Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956, actor.

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Carnovsky, Morris, actor.

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Catto, Jamie, composer, film director, film producer, on-screen participant.

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Coan, Helena, film director.

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Connelly, Jennifer, actor.

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Coyote, Peter, narrator.

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Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974, actor.

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Criterion Collection (Firm) publisher.

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Crowe, Russell, 1964- actor.

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Day, Doris, 1922-2019, actor.

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Delaquis, Philip, 1974- film producer.

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Dieterle, William, 1893-1972, film director.

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Dudamel, Gustavo, on-screen participant.

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Duncan, Dayton, screenwriter.

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Dylan, Jakob, 1969- on-screen participant.

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Emery, Robert J.

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Erskine, James, film director, screenwriter, film producer.

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Ewers, Buddy Clark, film producer.

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Falcone, Ben, 1973- actor.

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Fine, Jason, screenwriter.

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First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.

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Fisher, Carrie, onscreen participant.

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Florentine Films, production company.

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Fox Searchlight Pictures, production company, presenter.

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Fuchs, Daniel, 1909-1993, screenwriter.

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Gisiger, Sabine, 1959- film director, screenwriter.

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Goldberg, Adam, 1970- actor.

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Grant, Richard E., 1957- actor.

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Gravitas Ventures (Firm), publisher.

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Gray-Stanford, Jason, actor.

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Gregory, Victoria, film producer.

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HBO Documentary Films, presenter, publisher.

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Hachmeister, Lutz, director, producer.

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Hamilton, Laird, on-screen participant.

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Harris, Ed, 1950- actor.

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Hawkins, Taylor, 1972-2022, on-screen participant.

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Heller, Marielle, film director.

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Hirsch, Judd, actor.

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Holden, Gloria, 1908-1991, actor.

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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959, archival footage.

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Holofcener, Nicole, screenwriter.

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Howard, Ron, 1954- film director.

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IFC Films, publisher.

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Jaleel, Aaliya, screenwriter.

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James, Jim, on-screen participant.

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Jardine, Al, 1942- on-screen participant.

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Jeger, Marianne, film producer.

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Jones, Andy T., film director.

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Keith, Robert, 1896-1966, actor.

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Kennedy, Rory, film director, film producer.

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Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

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Klauber, Kevin, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

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Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, production company.

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Lennart, Isobel, screenwriter.

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Love Serve Remember Foundation, presenter, publisher.

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McCarthy, Melissa, 1969- actor.

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McCormack, Carolyn, actor.

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Media Entertainment, Inc.

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Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979, archival footage.

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Mir, Saira, screenwriter.

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Mitchell, Cameron, 1918-1994, actor.

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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Josephson, Matthew, 1899-1978. Zola and his time.

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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Nasar, Sylvia. Beautiful mind.

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Muni, Paul, 1895-1967, actor.

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Nagashima, Toshiyuki, 1956- actor.

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Norddeutscher Rundfunk, production company.

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O'Brien-Moore, Erin, 1902-1979, actor.

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O'Neill, Henry, 1891-1961, actor.

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Ogata, Ken, 1937-2008, actor.

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Olah, Mike, film producer.

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Passion River Films, film distributor.

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Patinkin, Mandy, actor.

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Pendleton, Austin, actor.

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Plummer, Christopher, actor.

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Ram Dass, on-screen participant.

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Rapp, Anthony, actor.

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Redzepi, René, participant.

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Reynolds, Debbie, onscreen participant.

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Sawada, Kenji, 1948- actor.

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Schildkraut, Joseph, 1895-1964, actor.

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Schmidt, David, 1956- film producer.

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Schrader, Paul, 1946- screenwriter, film director.

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Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (Firm), production company.

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Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft, production company.

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Screen Media Films (Firm), publisher.

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Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985, actor.

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Stevens, Fisher, film producer, film director.

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Sury, Roman von, film producer.

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Syms, Sylvia, archival footage.

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Tully, Tom, 1908-1982, actor.

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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., film distributor.

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Vaysse, Laure, film producer.

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Vega Films, production company.

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Vidor, Charles, 1900-1959, film director.

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Vongerichten, Jean-Georges, participant.

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WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.

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Waldburger, Ruth, film producer.

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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

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Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.

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Wells, Dolly, 1971- actor.

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Westdeutscher Rundfunk, production company.

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Whitty, Jeff, screenwriter.

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Wilson, Brent (Brenton Lee), film director, screenwriter, film producer.

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Wilson, Brian, 1942- on-screen participant.

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Wälti, Sven, film producer.

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Yalom, Irvin D., 1931- commentator.

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