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DOCUMENTARIES

Rosie the riveter D810.W7 R67 2001

Newsreels and documentary footage of the World War II era show what life was like on the American home front. Episode 1 highlights American women who answered the call to duty in the armed forces and in factories and shipyards at home. Episode 2 examines how the seeds of the sexual revolution were sown in wartime. In episode 3, the war ends suddenly and millions in the armed forces are demobilized, setting vast social changes in motion.

FEATURE FILMS

Doctor Strange

A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.

Fantastic beasts and where to find them

It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.

Fences 

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.

Manchester by the sea 

A man returns to his hometown and faces his past when he unexpectedly becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

Moana

A mythic adventure set around 2,000 years ago across a series of islands in the South Pacific. The film follows the journey of a spirited teenager named Moana as she meets the once-mighty demi-god Maui, and together they traverse the open ocean, encountering enormous fiery creatures and impossible odds.​

Moonlight 

A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Sing 

A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.