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Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
A native New Yorker Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend's wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick's family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country's wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of the Best Documentary at the Harlem International Film Festival 2021 and Best Documentary Feature at the National Black Film Festival 2021. Mamie Lang Kirkland was seven years old when she fled Ellisville, Mississippi in 1915 with her mother and siblings as her father and his friend, John Hartfield, escaped an approaching lynch mob. John Hartfield returned to Mississippi in 1919 and was killed in one of the most horrific lynchings of the...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.
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Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
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Libros en español para niños de 0-10 años/Books in Spanish for Children 0-10
¡Los lectores son líderes! (para niñx/a/os)
¡Los lectores son líderes! (para niñx/a/os)
Description
"Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Includes the films The Bronze Buckaroo; Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage; Commandment Keeper Church; The Blood of Jesus; Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.; and Moses Sisters Interview. Also contains the extras "Tyler Texas Film Collection"; The Films of Zora Neale Hurston; The Films of Spencer Williams; and The End of an Era.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert.
8) The nest
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rory, an ambitious entrepreneur, and former commodities broker persuades his American wife, Allison, and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the '80s. Sensing an opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison's horses and plans to build a stable. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple has to...
Author
Language
Español
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Description
Celebrado desde su publicación inicial como el relato clásico de una muchada del barrio latino de Chicago, La casa en Mango Street has sido elogadio por los críticos, acogido por los niños y sus padres y abuelos y estudiado por todas partes, desde escuelas primarias en las grandes ciudades hasta universidades por todo el país. Ahora por primera vez en una edición en español, traducido por una de las más...
11) Head of state
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A Washington D.C. alderman is elected President to the dismay of the Vice President.
Author
Language
English
Description
The sequel to the international best-selling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats.
Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma, her father’s native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend has recently left her and she is, despite her wealth, unhappy with her professional life. Julia is lost and exhausted.
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Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma, her father’s native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend has recently left her and she is, despite her wealth, unhappy with her professional life. Julia is lost and exhausted.
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13) Finally the sea
Series
Publisher
Desert Mountain Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Español
Description
"The wreckage of an empty Cuban raft is the catalyst for Tony, a successful Cuban-American businessman, who files from Wall Street to Cuba to discover his roots. His journey develops into a striking love story where politics and romance collide"--Container.
"Una balsa a la deriva es el catalizador para que Tony, un exitoso Cubano-Americano, decida volar de Wallstreet a Cuba, intentando descubir sus raices. El viaje se transforma en una dramática...
14) Midsommar
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A young woman reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a Swedish festival where things quickly go awry.
16) Waves
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....
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