Author: McCabe, Daniel, screenwriter, television director, television producer. Savol, Jaro, 1983- television director. Gahagan, Kendra, television producer. Williams, Talithia, on-screen presenter. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher. Published: 2023 Call Number: 510.9 Format: Video disc Summary: Tells the story of a mathematician's quest to understand numbers. In her day job, professor of statistics Talithia Williams ponders the power of data looking for answers and spotting patterns in huge collections of numbers. But as the anticipated host, she takes a step back and turns her attention to the digits themselves exploring their origins and discovering the wonder that arises from simple, yet profound concepts like nothingness, infinity, and the mysteries embedded in special numbers like primes.
Author: Muschietti, Andrés, film director. Hodson, Christina, screenwriter. Daley, John Francis, 1985- screenwriter. Goldstein, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1969- screenwriter. Harold, Joby, screenwriter. Published: 2023 Call Number: FLASH Format: Video disc Summary: Worlds collide when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Superheroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian, albeit not the one he's looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
Author: Whitehouse, Ray, film director. Collective Eye Films, publisher. Published: 2022 2021 Call Number: DOC 976.4064 Format: Video disc Summary: Growing up, Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe learned to be a fighter, but never imagined having a chance to make history as the first openly elected transgender official in Texas. Unfolding amidst an onslaught of trans legal attacks, this film immerses viewers on Frankie's journey as she finds her voice, questions her relationship to community, and tries to win an election. Shot over four years, it shows the viewers Frankie's unique campaign and the impact it has on her, the city, and the LGBTQ+ community in San Antonio.
Author: Shorr, Ian, screenwriter. Stein, Todd, screenwriter. Vahradian, Mark, film producer. Huffam, Mark, film producer. Zaozirny, John, film producer. Published: 2021 Call Number: INFINITE Format: Video disc Summary: Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg) is haunted by memories of places he has never been and manifests skills he's never learned. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves "Infinites" come to his rescue, revealing to him that his memories are real - but they are from multiple past lives. Evan must work with the Infinites to unlock answers in his memories that are the key to stopping a madman from destroying humanity.
Author: Caple, Steven, Jr., film director. Taylor, Juel, screenwriter. Stallone, Sylvester screenwriter, film producer, actor. Jordan, Michael B. (Michael Bakari), 1987- actor. Thompson, Tessa, 1983- actor. Published: 2019 Call Number: CREED II Format: Video disc Summary: Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important than family.
Author: Kaye, Danny, actor. Johns, Glynis, actor. Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, actor. Parker, Cecil, 1897-1971, actor. Frank, Melvin, 1913-1988, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Published: 2019 1956 Call Number: COURT Format: Video disc Summary: A carnival performer masquerades as a court jester to infiltrate the court of an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful king. Danny Kaye plays kind-hearted entertainer Hawkins, who disguises himself as the legendary king of jesters, Giacomo. Hawkins infiltrates the court of the evil villain Basil Rathbone, but when a sorceress hypnotizes him, royal chaos ensues. Giacomo now believes he is also an infamous assassin and alternates between his identities at the snap of a finger.
Author: Story, Tim, film director, film producer. Oliver, Tracy, screenwriter, film producer. Perkins, Dewayne, screenwriter, actor. Clark, Jason (Film producer), film producer. Brown, Marcei A., film producer. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: BLACKENI Format: Video disc Summary: The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
Author: Marchese, Thomas, film director. Frazier, Kelly, film producer. Camp, Anna, 1982- actor. Ales, John, actor. Lafleur, Jennifer, actor. Published: 2023 Call Number: FROM Format: Video disc Summary: A young mother, crushed by guilt after the disappearance of her young son five years previously, is presented with a bizarre offer to learn the truth and set things right. But is she willing to pay a terrifying price for a chance to hold her boy again?
Author: Oblowitz, Michael, film director, screenwriter. Cummings, Daniel, film producer. Kaycheck, Michael, screenwriter. Nasser, Brooke, screenwriter. Purcell, Dominic, 1970- actor. Published: 2023 Call Number: CONFIDEN Format: Video disc Summary: A police detective suffering from cancer makes a deal with an informant to get killed in the line of duty, so his family can receive the hefty death benefits from the department.
Author: Anderson, Wes, 1969- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Coppola, Roman, screenwriter. Rales, Steven, film producer. Dawson, Jeremy (Producer), film producer. Schwartzman, Jason, 1980- actor. Published: 2023 Call Number: ASTERIOD BLU-RAY Format: Video disc Summary: The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Author: Atencio, Peter, film director, film producer. Biegel, Kevin, screenwriter. Landes, Scotty, screenwriter. Kreischer, Bert, film producer, actor. Kreischer, Leeann, film producer. Published: 2023 Call Number: MACHINE Format: Video disc Summary: Bert Kreischer rose to fame as a stand-up comedian known as The Machine, and in his signature set he recounts his true experience with Russian mobsters while on a booze-soaked college trip. Now, 23 years later, that trip has come back to haunt him as he and his estranged father are kidnapped back to Russia by the mob to atone for something they say he did. Together, Bert and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self amid a war within a sociopathic crime family, all while attempting to find common ground in their often fraught relationship.
Author: Ketai, Ben, film director, screenwriter. Le, Mike (Mike Nguyen), screenwriter. O'Neill, Denis, screenwriter. Gavanski, Ogden, film producer. Roberge, Anne-Marie, film producer. Published: 2023 Call Number: RIVER Format: Video disc Summary: Joey fears there could be trouble ahead after her brother Gray invites Trevor, a childhood friend with a troubled past, on their whitewater rafting adventure with two tourists. Once they become stranded in raging rapids, the thrill-seeking trip quickly turns from exciting to utterly terrifying as the rafters are trapped in a desperate fight for their lives, all while someone seems intent on sabotaging to ensure shocking secrets stay buried. To survive the wild river, Joey will have to face her fears, and everyone will have to develop killer instincts before they're torn apart by deception aboard the raft, or by deadly waters wreaking havoc all around them.
Author: Wigon, Zachary, 1986- film director. Stewart, Ilya, film producer. Burian, Pavel, film producer. Wilcox, Stephanie, film producer. Lancaster, David, film producer. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: DRAMA SANCTUAR Format: Video disc Summary: In the wake of inheriting his father's hotel chain, Hal attempts to end his long and secret relationship with a dominatrix. A battle of wills ensues to keep the upper hand as the power dynamics swing wildly back and forth.
Author: Holofcener, Nicole, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Bregman, Anthony, film producer. Azpiazu, Stefanie, 1975- film producer. Louis-Dreyfus, Julia, film producer, actor. Menzies, Tobias, 1974- actor. Published: 2023 Call Number: COMEDY YOU Format: Video disc Summary: Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie, mad. Should it come as a surprise then that his marriage is in crisis? But when Beth discovers that Don has been untruthful to her about his opinion of her work for years Beth's world comes crashing down. Has their whole relationship been one Big Fat Lie?
Author: Anderson, Wes, 1969- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Coppola, Roman, screenwriter. Rales, Steven, film producer. Dawson, Jeremy (Producer), film producer. Schwartzman, Jason, 1980- actor. Published: 2023 Call Number: ASTERIOD Format: Video disc Summary: The production of a play is fraught with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Author: Strain, Tracy Heather, television director, screenwriter, television producer. MacLowry, Randall, television producer. Bellows, Susan, television producer. Williams, Vanessa, 1963- narrator. Turpin, Bahni, voice actor. Published: 2023 Call Number: B HURSTON Format: Video disc Summary: "Raised in the small all-Black Florida town of Eatonville, Zora Neale Hurston studied at Howard University before arriving in New York in 1925. She would soon become a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best remembered for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. But even as she gained renown in the Harlem literary circles, Hurston was also discovering anthropology at Barnard College with the renowned Franz Boas. She would make several trips to the American South and the Caribbean, documenting the lives of rural Black people and collecting their stories. She studied her own people, an unusual practice at the time, and during her lifetime became known as the foremost authority on Black folklore ... Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century"--From American Experience website, viewed June 20, 2023.
Author: Ives, Stephen, film director, film producer. Bellows, Susan, film producer. Pollak, Amanda, film producer. Lounds, Dominic, film producer. Pilon, Mary, commentator. Published: 2023 Call Number: 794 Format: Video disc Summary: For generations, Monopoly has been America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and, for better or worse, the impulses that make our free-market society tick. An exhilarating game of no-holds-barred competition and brutal domination of opponents, it's a celebration of greed and accumulation of wealth with only one player standing at the end.
Author: Pontecorvo, Joseph, television producer, screenwriter, cinematographer. Nyambi, Nyambi, narrator. Pontecorvo Productions, production company. WNET Group, production company. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher. Published: 2023 Call Number: 971.3 Format: Video disc Summary: Niagara Falls is the story of an extraordinary ecosystem larger than the state of Texas, and more precious than oil. The heartbeat of this remarkable water world is Niagara Falls. Through the eyes of passionate scientists and naturalists, we uncover a complex world forged by stone and powered by water. In this realm, tiny shrews hunt in freezing-cold rivers, spectacular shorebird migration unfolds over thundering falls, snowy owls stalk their prey from ice flows, and prehistoric snapping turtles brave a perilous overland journey. All these creatures and many more are part of a remarkable narrative unfolding in one of the most unique ecosystems in North America-Niagara.
Author: Lindsay, Sally, 1972- creator, screenwriter, actor. Boyd, Dermot, television director. Vincent, Sue (Actor), screenwriter, actor. Hopkins, Myf, television producer. Edge, Steve, 1972- actor. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: MADAME SERIES 2 Format: Video disc Summary: After the sudden death of her husband, an English antique dealer relocates to her cottage in France and starts investigating his death and other mysteries involving antiques. Antique dealer Jean White has embraced her new life and new friends in France. As she begins setting up shop in scenic Sainte Victoire, she continues to be drawn into mysteries, from minor offenses to murder investigations, with Dom by her side.
