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Pub. Date
1989, 1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two employees discover an embezzlement scam. The boss invites them to spend the weekend, with the intention of killing them. When the boys arrive, they find their boss dead, their lives in danger, and the prospects for a still-terrific weekend.
2) Just Henry
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A period drama set in England amid the turmoil and loss following World War II. Based on the bestselling, award winning novel by Michelle Magorian.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 91 min.)
Description
The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their lives, our protagonists confront messages encouraging them to disconnect from their emotions, devalue authentic friendships, objectify and degrade women, and resolve conflicts through violence. These gender stereotypes interconnect...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An inspirational story of family, friendship, and redemption. After years of searching for his father, a young man, on the run from the law, finds his way into the life of a secluded old man in the woods. As the days go by and secrets about their past are revealed, they realize they may not have been looking for each other but they were brought together for a reason.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file (35 min.)) : sd., col.
Description
In this powerful new film based on his bestselling book, sociologist Michael Kimmel maps the troubling social world where boys become men -- a new stage of development he calls "Guyland." Arguing that the traditional adult signposts and cultural signals that once helped boys navigate their way to manhood are no longer clear, Kimmel provides an astonishing glimpse into a world where more and more young men are trying desperately to prove their masculinity...
7) The Pirogue
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 85 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In Moussa Toure’s powerful epic fiction film, a group of 30 men sail to Europe in a pirogue, facing the sea - and the possibility of never reaching their destination - in exchange for the myth of a better life in Europe. Baye Laye is the captain of a fishing pirogue. Like many of his Senegalese compatriots, he sometimes dreams of new horizons, where he can earn a better living for his family. When he is offered to lead one of the many pirogues that...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Theodore Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aaron Averhart tells his four-year harrowing account of the horror he suffered at the hands of Boy Scout Leader, Bill Sheehan and the lack of effort on the Boy Scouts of America's behalf to protect the children.
10) Aces
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 17 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Aces is the story of a young man who fights against the battering of his mother by his drunken father. The situation escalates until Ace desperately stabs his father to death, and is sent to jail for a period of 15 years. Nine years later he is out on parole. He kills again within a day's time of his release.
11) Trainspotting
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young heroin addict in Edinburgh tries to kick the habit but his junkie friends aren't making it easy for him.
12) A simple plan
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Hank, Jacob and Lou find $4.4 million inside a crashed planein a nature preserve, they quickly come up with the plan to keep the money safe until the plane has been found by others and the dust has settled. But Jacob, Hank's brother, and Lou, a friend, do not behave the way hey decided to. Lou, constantly in financial debt, wants his share soon and Jacob wishes to renovate their parents' farm. The trusty atmosphere between the unequal partners...
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