Inherit The Wind
Dramatizes the events of the so-called Monkey Trial of 1925, when the state of Tennessee filed suit against high school biology teacher John Scopes for illegally teaching the theory of evolution.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Inside Hurricane Katrina
Presents an examination of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and the surrounding region, chronicling the stuggles of individuals struggling to survive and the aftermath of the natural disaster.
551.55
year: 2005
copies: 7
call number/section: 551.55
lexile:
Iron Jawed Angels
Dramatizes the story of activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns who played pivotal roles in the fight to win voting rights for women.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: paul, alice, burns, lucy, women, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], closed caption video recordings, videodiscs
Is It Real?
National Geographic travels the world to uncover evidence to support and refute the claims of the best-selling title and in addition interviews other conspiracy theorists that believe Jesus' descendants walk the Earth today.
813
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: 813
lexile:
subjects: jesus christ, mary magdalene, leonardo, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], closed caption video recordings
The Lord Of The Rings
Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their quest to destroy the One Ring, while Aragon leads his followers against the Dark Lord Sauron, hoping to give Frodo time to complete his vital mission.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: baggins, frodo (fictitious character), middle earth (imaginary place), rings, elves, wizards, magic, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], baggins, frodo (fictional character), closed caption video recordings, videodiscs
Lost Boys Of Sudan
Follows two teenage Sudanese refugees in the United States. The boys grapple with stark cultural differences as they come to understand both the abundance and the alienation of American life.
305.89
year: 2004
copies: 4
call number/section: 305.89
lexile:
subjects: chuor, santino majok, dut, peter nyarol, sudanese, children and war, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]
Magnetic Storm
Discusses attempts by scientists to explain the dramatic weakening of Earth's magnetic field and contemplates what might happen to the planet if the magnetic field were to vanish.
538
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: 538
lexile:
subjects: video recordings for people with visual disabilities, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], geophysics, geomagnetism, earth
Malcolm X
Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.
092
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: 092
lexile:
subjects: x, malcolm, black muslims, african americans, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]
The Maltese Falcon
A gallery of high-living low-lifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: art objects, art theft, robbery investigation, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]
The Miracle Worker
Dramatizes Boston teacher Annie Sullivan's struggle to communicate with and teach her deaf, blind, and mute student, Helen Keller.
092
year: 2001
copies: 2
call number/section: 092
lexile:
subjects: keller, helen, sullivan, annie, women teachers, teachers of deafblind people, deafblind people, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]
The Murder Of Emmett Till
Examines the death of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy from Chicago murdered by two white men in August 1955 after he reportedly whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store, and discusses the killing's impact as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
364.15
year: 2004
copies: 5
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: till, emmett, african americans, lynching, trials (murder), video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], homicide, mississippi
National Treasure
Benjamin Franklin Gates, obsessed with finding the mythical Knights Templar Treasure, finds himself having to steal the Declaration of Independence, which holds the key to the mystery of the treasure's whereabouts, in order to keep it out of another's dangerous hands.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: cultural property, treasure troves, cryptography, adventure and adventurers, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]
Oliver Twist
After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Osmosis Jones
Follows Osmosis Jones, a white blood cell cop, as he sets out to stop a villanious virus named Thrax, inside a human named Frank.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: closed caption video recordings, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X], comedy films, feature films
Rabbit-proof Fence
Three Aboriginal girls, forcibly removed from their families in 1931 in accordance with government policy, and placed in camps where they were to be trained to work as domestics for white families, escape their captors and set out on a 1,500-mile journey across Australia, determined to return to their homes.
994.04
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: 994.04
lexile:
subjects: pilkington, doris, stolen generations (australia), aboriginal australians, runaway children, video recordings for the hearing impaired [X]