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Author
Series
Petticoat Junction volume 3
Language
English
Description
C&FW President, Norman Curtis, journeys to Hooterville to take matters into his own hands as far as dissolving the Cannonball, but becomes enchanted by the people of the valley.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Invisible Valley weaves together the disparate stories of undocumented farmworkers, wealthy snowbirds, and music festival-goers over the course of a year in California's Coachella Valley. In exploring the Valley's history as well its imperiled future, this riveting documentary uncovers an imminent environmental and social crisis, and the looming consequences for the people who call it home.
3) Cave party
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Furry pelts and primitive inventions - it must be the ice age! Tasha and Austin live in a cave atop a mountain. They invite the Valley Cave People over for a party. As they all get ready for the party, Calypso music keeps them all moving.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the 1987 true story, the movie follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California₂s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Live-action Sci-Fi Channel television series based on the comic book character created by Alex Raymond in 1934. Placing a 21st century spin on a science fiction classic, SCI-FI's contemporized version of Flash Gordon follows the all-new adventures of Flash and his companions, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov. When ordinary people from a peaceful Pacific town are thrust into extraordinary circumstances, they find themselves as Earth's last line of defense...
7) Where slavery died hard: the forgotten history of Ulser County and the Shawangunk Mountain region
Publisher
Cragsmoor Historical Society
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
"This documentary video grows out of one community's efforts to reconsider its history and the history of the region that surrounds it. Taking as its subject the history of enslavement in Ulster County's rural hinterlands, the Cragsmoor Historical Society has produced the video as step towards fashioning a more inclusive narrative about the region's past. This new narrative acknowledges that for more than 150 years the region was the home of enslaved...
10) Drowned out
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The people of Jalsindhi in central India must make a decision fast. In the next few weeks, their village will disappear underwater as the giant Narmada Dam fills. Author Arundhati Roy joins the fight against the dam and asks difficult questions: will the water go to poor farmers or to rich industrialists? What happened to the 16 million people displaced by fifty years of dam building? Follows the Jalsindhi villagers through hunger strikes, rallies,...
12) American native
Publisher
Dark Hollow Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thirty miles from New York City, tucked away in the Ramapo Mountains of New Jersey, lives a group of indigenous people shrouded in mystery and discrimination, fighting for acceptance as Native Americans...The Ramapough Lenape Indians. American Native exposes this group's fight for respect as Native Americans, examining their efforts to gain recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the private interests that may have colluded behind the scenes...
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Part Two: What was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River disappeared more than 100 years ago due to water diversion and land reclamation for agriculture. As we meet a series of people living in and around the old lake bed, it raises sometimes unsettling, unresolved questions about what was gained and what was lost in the process. It is a four-part film odyssey focused on water issues, conflicts, and hopes in California's Central...
15) White lion
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After a white lion is born in their valley, a member of the Shangaan tribe dedicates his life to protecting the life of the lion after it is cast out of its pride.
16) The intruder
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a young married couple buys their dream house in the Napa Valley, they think they have found the perfect home to take their next steps as a family. But when the strangely attached seller continues to infiltrate their lives, they begin to suspect that he has hidden motivations beyond a quick sale.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by TravelVideoStore.com
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Egypt is the land of pharaohs, pyramids, mummies, and other archeological riddles. The Giza pyramid is the last remaining ancient Wonder of the World, and it still stirs up people's imaginations. Hatshepsut's temple built into a cliff, the Saqqara burial grounds, the Valley of the Kings, the monumental forest of pillars of the Karnak temple, the monuments of Theba, Memphis and Luxor all enchant visitors. Includes: boat trips on the Red Sea, Jeep safari...
18) Sex and the city
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Exploits of a single woman columnist and her friends revolving around her articles on sexual mores and customs of New York City.
20) Encino man
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A prehistoric man, preserved through the centuries, is unearthed and comes to life in the San Fernando Valley, and soon fits right in at high school.