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    The caveman's valentine Catalog Record Only A former Juilliard trained musician and devoted family man, Romulus now lives as an outcast in a netherworld on the edge of Manhattan. Haunted by delusions of a powerful adversary, Cornelius Gould Stuyvesant, who he believes charts his every move from the Chrysler building. Ledbetter is drawn out of his insanity to track down the killer of a young drifter, Scotty Gates, whose frozen...
    • Contributor: Stevens, Andrew - Shamberg, Michael - Sher, Stacey - Devito, Danny - Frank, Scott - Ellis, Aunjanue - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Feore, Colm - Lemmons, Kasi - Samaha, Elie - Magnuson, Ann - Green, George Dawes - Jackson, Samuel L. - Hall, Anthony Michael
    • Date: 2001
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    Marie-Ketlaine Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30. Interview with Marie-Ketlaine Antoine by Ninaj Raoul of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Raoul, Ninaj - Occupational Folklife Project - Antoine, Marie-Ketlaine
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Dave Chappelle's block party
    Block party Catalog Record Only
    "In September 2004, comedian Dave Chappelle took a break from his immensely successful Comedy Central show to stage a free, unpublicized, all-star hip-hop concert in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Inviting fans over the Internet, on the street, and even in his family's hometown of Yellow Springs, OH, Chappelle asked filmmaker Michel Gondry to document the event from its inception on through...
    • Contributor: Rogue Pictures - Bob Yari Productions - Pilot Boy Productions - Abuelhija, Mustafa - Fong, Julie - Gondry, Michel - Yari, Bob - Chappelle, Dave - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Partizan Films
    • Date: 2005
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    September 11, 2001--World Trade Center disaster--second aircraft into South tower
    World Trade Center disaster--second aircraft into South tower | World Trade Center disaster, 2nd plane impact, 9/11/01--RSP video version 1 Catalog Record Only
    One tower is burning while plane crashes into second tower.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Pordy, Ronald S.
    • Date: 2001
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    Edge of the city Catalog Record Only If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader, join forces against a corrupt New York waterfront...
    • Contributor: Poitier, Sidney - Aurthur, Robert Alan - Warden, Jack - Susskind, David - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Warner Home Video (Firm) - Cassavetes, John - Ritt, Martin - Dee, Ruby - Maguire, Kathleen
    • Date: 2009
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    Doreen McGill-Nash interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04. Doreen McGill-Nash discusses her work inside her employer's homes and how she often needs to frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of their own homes and personal lives; her relationship to Domestic Workers United and the movement for domestic workers' rights; and the community of workers that...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - McGill-Nash, Doreen - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    The prisoner of Second Avenue Catalog Record Only A soon-to-be-unemployed executive visits the country to avoid a nervous breakdown. Unfortunately, the dark cloud of tribulation seems to follow him in this comic nightmare.
    • Contributor: Lemmon, Jack - Saks, Gene - Warner Home Video (Firm) - Simon, Neil - Abraham, F. Murray - Frank, Melvin - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) - Bancroft, Anne
    • Date: 2004
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    Heights Catalog Record Only Follows five people over a 24 hour period on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. Isabel's mother, Diana, learns that her husband has a new lover and begins to re-think her life choices and, especially, her open marriage. Diana and Isabel's paths cross with Alec, a young actor,...
    • Contributor: Bradford, Jesse - Close, Glenn - Merchant Ivory Productions - Fox, Amy - Merchant, Ismail - Banks, Elizabeth - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) - Marsden, James - Terrio, Chris
    • Date: 2005
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    Carnage
    God of carnage Catalog Record Only
    "Director Roman Polanski teams with playwright Yasmina Reza to adapt Reza's Tony Award-winning play about four New York parents who gather for a civilized discussion that becomes anything but after their children get into a scuffle at a local park. Alan (Christoph Waltz) and Nancy (Kate Winslet) are the parents of Zachary, a young schoolboy whose recent fight with classmate Ethan resulted in two...
    • Contributor: Zanagar Films - Spi Film Studio - Versátil Cinema - Polanski, Roman - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Constantin Film (Firm) - Studio Canal - Waltz, Christoph - Sbs Productions - Foster, Jodie - Reilly, John C. - Winslet, Kate - Reza, Yasmina - France 2 Cinéma (Firm) - Ben Saïd, Saïd
    • Date: 2011
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    Alter Rebbe marking 200 years from The Alter Rebbe's passing : 573-773.
    Admor ha-zaḳen : Catalog Record Only
    A compilation of stories, conversations, tunes and moments with the Rebbe related to the Alter Rebbe with the hope that it will serve as an impetus to mark this momentous occasion through increased action in the Alter Rebbe's ways.
    • Contributor: Schneerson, Menachem Mendel - Shmotkin, Elkanah - Israel and Judaica Section Video Collection (Library of Congress) - Jewish Educational Media (Firm)
    • Date: 2012
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    Follow that man. Volume 6 Catalog Record Only "Ralph Bellamy stars as tough private eye Mike Barnett in the lean and violent TV series"--Container.
    • Contributor: Hamilton, Margaret - Berke, Wm. (William) - Klee, Lawrence - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Montagne, Edward J. - Albertson, Jack - Bellamy, Ralph - Alpha Home Entertainment (Firm)
    • Date: 2006
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    Livicia Antoine interview conducted by Ninaj Raoul, 2016-08-30. Domestic worker Livicia Antoine, originally from Camp Perrin, Haiti, is interviewed by Ninaj Raoul, who works for Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. Like other interviews in this project, their discussion focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Raoul, Ninaj - Occupational Folklife Project - Antoine, Livicia
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Phone booth
    Phonebooth Catalog Record Only
    Stu Shepard, a self-centered New York City publicist, suddenly finds himself on the deadly end of a high-powered rifle scope when he picks up a ringing payphone and the man on the other end tells him that he's going to kill him if he hangs up.
    • Contributor: Orlandi, Daniel - Netter, Gil - Texada, Tia - Schumacher, Joel - Whitaker, Forest - Gregson-Williams, Harry - Zucker, David - Fox 2000 Pictures - Laws, Andrew - Holmes, Katie ... Orlandi, Daniel - Netter, Gil - Texada, Tia - Schumacher, Joel - Whitaker, Forest - Gregson-Williams, Harry - Zucker, David - Fox 2000 Pictures - Laws, Andrew - Holmes, Katie - Enos, John - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc - Sutherland, Kiefer - Ash, Arian - Libatique, Matthew - Farrell, Colin - Stevens, Mark - Cohen, Larry - Parker, Paula Jai - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Mitchell, Radha
    • Date: 2003
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    Urbania Catalog Record Only Charlie, who has recently lost control over his life, searches New York City for a mysterious stranger who holds the key to his recovery.
    • Contributor: Shear, Jon - Harris, J. Todd - Trimark Home Video (Firm) - Keeslar, Matt - Reitz, Daniel - Marx, Ed - Kelly, Shane F. - Golden, Stephanie - Cumming, Alan - Commotion Pictures (Firm) - Futterman, Dan
    • Date: 2000
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    All in the family. The complete fifth season Catalog Record Only Conservative, blue-collar Archie Bunker deals with a changing world.
    • Contributor: LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Rich, John - Sony Pictures Television - O'Connor, Carroll - Yorkin, Bud - Reiner, Rob - Tandem Productions - Stapleton, Jean - Struthers, Sally - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) - Lear, Norman
    • Date: 2009
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    Mr. & Mrs. North. Volume 4
    Mister and Misses North Catalog Record Only
    "Jerry and Pamela North live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Jerry is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do"--Internet movie database, August 17, 2012.
    • Contributor: Britton, Barbara - Landres, Paul - Lockridge, Richard - Lockridge, Frances Louise Davis - Landers, Lew - Desales, Francis - Orr, Mary - Murphy, Ralph F. - Denning, Richard - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Alpha Video Distributors
    • Date: 2005
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    Cop out
    Couple of dicks | Batter up | Couple of cops Catalog Record Only
    "Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan team up for the Warner Bros. police buddy movie Cop Out in this Kevin Smith-directed production. From a script by Robb and Mark Cullen, the story centers around police detectives Jimmy (Willis), a no-B.S. divorced dad, and Paul (Morgan), a crazy-talking loose cannon. Despite nine years as partners, the two lawmen can still sometimes seem like polar opposites, especially...
    • Contributor: Cullen, Robb - Cullen, Mark - Tadross, Michael - Smith, Kevin - Platt, Marc - Morgan, Tracy - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Marc Platt Productions (Firm) - Johnsen, Polly - Willis, Bruce
    • Date: 2010
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    Grounded for life : the complete series
    Grounded for life Catalog Record Only
    "Raising kids is tough, especially when you're Grounded for life! Sean and Claudia Finnerty, a fun-loving Staten Island couple got pregnant and married by age 18. Now in their 30s, they aren't bad parents, but they're still just kids themselves"--Container.
    • Contributor: Price, Megyn - Corrigan, Kevin - Carsey-Werner Productions - Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Company - Mill Creek Entertainment - Logue, Donal - Bartilson, Lynsey - Burbage, Jake - Schiff, Mike - Riehle, Richard
    • Date: 2012
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    It's always fair weather Catalog Record Only Three World War II buddies vow to reunite for old time's sake in 10 years. When they do they find their friendship has fizzled, until a day of tangling with romance, the fight game, the ad biz and a new medium called TV restores their bond. Highlights include a romp that uses trash-can lids as dancing shoes, Cyd Charisse routine with broken nosed boxers,...
    • Contributor: Kelly, Gene - Kidd, Michael - Green, Adolph - Burns, David - Flippen, Jay C. - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Freed, Arthur - Bronner, Robert J. - Donen, Stanley - Charisse, Cyd - Warner Home Video (Firm) - Dailey, Dan - Gray, Dolores - Comden, Betty - Previn, André
    • Date: 2006
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    Beautiful people. The complete series. Catalog Record Only "When her husband leaves her for a much younger woman, Lynn Kerr and her daughters decide to take their chances and leave small-town ways for new possibilities in New York City. But life in the Big Apple is also full of unforeseeable challenges and surprises, including fitting in with the 'beautiful people,' finding romance, and staying true to each other"--Container.
    • Contributor: Foret, Sarah - Zuniga, Daphne - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) - Devitto, Torrey - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2006
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    Family affair. Season two Catalog Record Only Bachelor Bill Davis, a highly-paid engineering consultant, lives in a posh Manhattan apartment with his proper English manservant, Mr. Giles French. Davis' carefree existence is turned upside down when his brother and sister-in-law die suddenly in a tragic plane accident, leaving their three children orphaned. Davis becomes an instant father figure to six-year-old twins, Buffy and Jody, and their big sister, Cissy. In season...
    • Contributor: Don Fedderson Productions (Firm) - Mpi Home Video (Firm) - Cabot, Sebastian - Family Affair Company - Jones, Anissa - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Whitaker, Johnny - Keith, Brian - Garver, Kathy
    • Date: 2006
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    Watchmen Catalog Record Only "300's Zack Snyder brings Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' critically acclaimed comic book Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film's world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the...
    • Contributor: Gordon, Lawrence - Wilson, Patrick - Hayter, David - Goode, Matthew - Moore, Alan - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Haley, Jackie Earle - Legendary Pictures - Morgan, Jeffrey Dean - Snyder, Zack ... Gordon, Lawrence - Wilson, Patrick - Hayter, David - Goode, Matthew - Moore, Alan - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Haley, Jackie Earle - Legendary Pictures - Morgan, Jeffrey Dean - Snyder, Zack - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Akerman, Malin - Levin, Lloyd - Gugino, Carla - Snyder, Deborah - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) - Crudup, Billy - Tse, Alex
    • Date: 2009
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    Toots Catalog Record Only "Toots Shor is many things to many people," said Edward R. Murrow of the legendary Manhattan saloonkeeper in 1955. A friend to the famous, a crook to the feds, father, brother, gambler, bum, but most of all Toots Shor was the owner of America's greatest saloon. Directed by his granddaughter, TOOTS is a provocative, loving and unmistakably authentic portrait of the self-made, unapologetic and...
    • Contributor: Jacobson, Kristi - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Sams, Alicia - Indiepix (Firm) - Dow, Whitney - Catalyst Media
    • Date: 2009
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    Dirty dancing collection.
    Dirty dancing (Motion picture) | Dirty dancing: Havana nights (Motion picture) | 2-film collection Catalog Record Only
    Dirty dancing: The summer of 1963 innocent 17-year-old Baby vacations with her parents at a Catskill's resort. One evening she is drawn to the staff quarters by stirring music. There she meets Johnny, the hotel dance instructor, who is as experienced as Baby is naive. Baby soon becomes Johnny's pupil in dance and love. Dirty dancing: Havana nights: On the eve of Cuba's revolution,...
    • Contributor: Great American Films Limited Partnership - Garai, Romola - Weston, Jack - Luna, Diego - Miramax Films - Orbach, Jerry - Swayze, Patrick - Jackson, Jonathan - Vestron Pictures - Boorem, Mika ... Great American Films Limited Partnership - Garai, Romola - Weston, Jack - Luna, Diego - Miramax Films - Orbach, Jerry - Swayze, Patrick - Jackson, Jonathan - Vestron Pictures - Boorem, Mika - Brucker, Jane - Grey, Jennifer - Ferland, Guy - Price, Lonny - Bishop, Kelly - Rhodes, Cynthia - Ardolino, Emile - Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.) - Cantor, Max
    • Date: 2012
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    House beautiful. New York life
    New York life Catalog Record Only
    Visit the remarkable brownstone of restaurateur Joel Kissen, designer Vera Wang's opulent Fifth Avenue apartment and a space-age loft that defies conventions. Along the way, take time to explore famed city flea markets, examine collapsible furniture, and see the inspirational pottery of artist Jonathon Adler.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Hanover, Donna - Arts and Entertainment Network - Hearst Entertainment (Firm)
    • Date: 2000