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13.

Ken Burns [digital video] : Mark Twain.

Burns, Ken, 1953- film director.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Streaming video

Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:566790

14.

Richard Wright [digital video] : Black Boy.

Lacy, Madison D. film director.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Streaming video

Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:566851

15.

Alice Walker [DVD video] : beauty in truth

Parmar, Pratibha, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

928.154 WAL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:376996

16.

Gore Vidal [DVD video] : the United States of amnesia

Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

928.154 VID

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SD_ILS:363808

17.

The Twain Legacy - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [digital video].

Bride, James H. host.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Streaming video

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Call Number

GM1I0N A

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SD_ILS:566598

18.

The great Gatsby [DVD video] : midnight in Manhattan

Fitzgerald, Tara, 1968-

Publication Date

2013

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

928.152 FIT I32266340

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SD_ILS:272114

19.

Where I am [DVD video]

Drynan, Pamela, director, producer.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

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364.1555 WHE I33090968

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SD_ILS:292454

20.

The pleasures of being out of step [DVD video] : notes on the life of Nat Hentoff

Lewis, David L. (Journalist), film director.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

928.154 HEN I3376167X

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SD_ILS:303628

21.

Norman Mailer [DVD video] : the American

Mantegna, Joseph producer director

Publication Date

2012

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

928.154 MAI I31248627

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SD_ILS:258902

22.

Paul Goodman changed my life [DVD video]

Lee, Jonathan, 1953- film producer, film director.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

928.154 GOO

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SD_ILS:359236

23.

And everything is going fine [DVD video]

Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- film director.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

927.9143 GRA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:458420

24.

Wishful drinking [DVD video]

Fisher, Carrie.

Publication Date

2011

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

927.9143 FIS

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SD_ILS:235571

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.

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Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948.

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Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972.

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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.

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Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird.

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Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto), 1898-1977.

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To kill a mockingbird (Motion picture : 1962)

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Twain, Mark 1835-1910.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

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Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation.

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Walker, Alice, 1944-

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Walker, Alice, 1944- Color purple.

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Walker, Margaret 1915-1998.

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Wall, Carol, 1951-2014 -- Death and burial.

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Wall, Carol, 1951-2014. Mister Owita's guide to gardening.

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Wall, Dick.

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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.

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American Film Foundation.

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Bailey, Fenton.

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Barbato, Randy.

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Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting, production company.

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Bord Scannán na hÉireann.

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Bosco, Mark, film director.

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Braugher, Andre, narrator.

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Brewster, Joe, film director.

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Bride, James H. host.

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British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Brokaw, Tom.

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Brookner, Howard, film director, film producer.

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Bullfrog Films.

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Burns, Ken, 1953- film director.

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Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, on-screen participant.

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Canyon Cinema Foundation (Firm),

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Casey, Esy, film director.

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Cinema Libre Studio.

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Coffman, Elizabeth, screenwriter, film director.

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Culpin, Kelly.

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Drake, Robert, participant.

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Drynan, Pamela, director, producer.

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Feder, Sam, film director.

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First-Run Features (Firm), film distributor.

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Fisher, Carrie.

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Fitzgerald, Tara, 1968-

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Giebelhaus, Johanna, film producer.

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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, on-screen participant.

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Giovanni, Nikki, on-screen participant.

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Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004, on-screen participant.

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Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy, film director, film producer.

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Guzman, Sandra, interviewer (expression)

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HBO Documentary Films.

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Henson, Taraji P. on-screen participant.

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Hentoff, Nat, interviewee.

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Hetzler, Josh, producer.

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Independent Television Service, production company.

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JSL Films, production company.

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Jones, Quincy, 1933- interviewee (expression)

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Kali Films (Firm), production company.

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Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.

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Keillor, Garrison, voice actor.

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Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.

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Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

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Lacy, Madison D. film director.

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Lamott, Anne.

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Lanahan, Eleanor Anne, 1948-

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Lebowitz, Fran, interviewee (expression)

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Lee, Harper.

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Lee, Jonathan, 1953- film producer, film director.

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Lewis, David L. (Journalist), film director.

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Lichter, Roz, producer.

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MPI Home Video (Firm), publisher.

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Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

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Mailer, Norman.

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Marianetti, Robert, film director.

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McCray , Judith film director.

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Moving Train Media (Firm),

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New Video Group.

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Plimpton, George.

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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), publisher.

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White, Edmund, 1940- voice actor.

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Young, Daniel, film director.

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Zeitgeist Films, film distributor.

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