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[2010], p2009., Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Blind Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
![The blind side [DVD] (2009). Directed by John Lee Hancock.](/Library/images/~imageCT70858.JPG "The blind side [DVD] (2009). Directed by John Lee Hancock.")
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-- Film noir classic collection.[2007]., General, Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Film Noir 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Film noir classic collection double feature.Summary Note: They live by night: Three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Kitty. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after "Bowie the Kid" harder than ever.
![Film noir: they live by night & side street [DVD] (2007)](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Film noir: they live by night & side street [DVD] (2007)")
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By Green, Brunson Columbus, Chris Barnathan, Michael Taylor, Tate Howard, Bryce Dallas, 1981- Tyson, Cicely Stone, Emma Chastain, Jessica, 1977- Vogel, Mike Spencer, Octavia Davis, Viola, 1965- Spacek, Sissy Janney, Allison Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945- Winborne, Hughes Newman, Thomas, 1955- Stockett, Kathryn Dreamworks Pictures Reliance Entertainment (Firm) Participant[2011]., Touchstone Home Entertainment Call No: BLK DVD Fic Help Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
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1967., Adult, Criterion Collection Call No: BLK DVD Fic In H Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collectionSummary Note: A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
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2004., General, Random House Audio Call No: CD Fic Gri Edition: Abridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A convicted rapist and murderer returns to Ford County, Mississippi, seeking revenge on the jurors who dared to convict him.
![The last juror [CD]](/Library/images/~imageCT66075.JPG "The last juror [CD]")
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-- Mississippi brûle.2004., Adult, MGM Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Mississippi Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town.
![Mississippi burning [DVD] (1988). Directed by Alan Parker.](/Library/images/~imageCT70007.JPG "Mississippi burning [DVD] (1988). Directed by Alan Parker.")
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By Nozik, Michael Nair, Mira Taraporevala, Sooni, 1957- Washington, Denzel, 1954- Choudhury, Sarita Seth, Roshan, 1942- Tagore, Sharmila Dutton, Charles S Seneca, Joe Chowdhry, Ranjit Lachman, Edward, 1948- Soubramaniam, L Epstein, Mitch, 1952- SCS Films Odyssey Entertainment (Firm) Cinecom International Films Film Four International Mirabai Films (Firm) MovieWorks (c2003, p1991., Adult, Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: BLK DVD Fic MississippiM Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this exotic and erotic interracial love story, an African American businessman falls for a beautiful Indian immigrant, whose family was expelled from Uganda, only to encounter shock and outrage from both families.
![Mississippi masala [DVD] (1991). Directed by Mira Nair.](/Library/images/~imageCT77821.JPG "Mississippi masala [DVD] (1991). Directed by Mira Nair.")
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By Ward, Jesmync2011., Adult, Bloomsbury USA Call No: BLK Fic War Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
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2023., Orion Releasing LLC Call No: BLK DVD Fic Till Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
![Till [DVD] (2022). Directed by Chinonye Chukwu.](/Library/images/~imageCT102985.JPG "Till [DVD] (2022). Directed by Chinonye Chukwu.")