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J BIOGRAPHY POLITICAL VALDOVINOS
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J BIOGRAPHY POLITICAL VALDOVINOS
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"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...
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DVD COMEDY LET
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DVD COMEDY LET
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The story of a famous author who takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to manage the women, along with her literary agent, who is impatient to find out about her next book.
3) She said
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BLU-RAY DRAMA SHE
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BLU-RAY DRAMA SHE
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DVD DRAMA SHE
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DVD DRAMA SHE
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New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation, a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
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DVD ANIME SPIRITED
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DVD ANIME SPIRITED
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A young girl, Chihiro, finds herself trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call on the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. An unforgettable story, brimming with creativity, this will take viewers on a journey beyond imagination.
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DVD FOREIGN FRENCH PORTRAIT
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DVD FOREIGN FRENCH PORTRAIT
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France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Heloise, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Heloise by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Heloise first moments of freedom. Heloise portrait soon becomes a collaborative act...
6) Persepolis
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DVD DRAMA PERSEPOLIS
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DVD DRAMA PERSEPOLIS
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In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witnesses first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study....
7) Alien
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Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.
8) Moana
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CHILD BLU-RAY MOANA
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CHILD BLU-RAY MOANA
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CHILD DVD MOANA
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CHILD DVD MOANA
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CHILD DVD MOANA
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CHILD DVD MOANA
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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.
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In 1943, a washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war. Reluctant at first, he finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team. Based on a true story.
10) Turning Red
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CHILD BLU-RAY TURNING
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CHILD BLU-RAY TURNING
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CHILD DVD TURNING
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CHILD DVD TURNING
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CHILD DVD TURNING
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CHILD DVD TURNING
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Relive Disney and Pixar's hit film Turning Red in this fun and hilarious junior novelization!
Meilin Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. In addition to Mei's changing interests, relationships, and body, she has started to "poof" into a giant red panda whenever she gets emotional...which is almost all the time! This junior novelization retells the full story and...
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BLU-RAY DRAMA I WANNA
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BLU-RAY DRAMA I WANNA
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A feature film about the late musical icon, Whitney Houston. Naomi Ackie stars as Whitney Houston in the musical biopic, which is based on the epic life and music of the iconic singer. Directed by Kasi Lemmons and written by Academy Award Nominee Anthony McCarten, the film will take audiences on an emotional, energetic journey through Houston₂s career and music.
12) Frida
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Salma Hayek is triumphant in this biographical movie of an exceptional woman who lived an unforgettable life—Frida Kahlo. A product of humble beginnings, Frida earns fame as a talented artist with a unique vision. From her enduring relationship with her mentor and husband Diego Rivera, to her scandalous affairs, Frida's uncompromising personality would inspire her greatest creations.
13) Little women
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DVD DRAMA LITTLE
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DVD DRAMA LITTLE
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Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg; fragile Beth; and the romantic Amy. Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their most cherished and painful moments of self-discovery...
14) Hidden figures
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BLU-RAY DRAMA HIDDEN
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BLU-RAY DRAMA HIDDEN
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DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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DVD DRAMA HIDDEN
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Thematic elements and some language.
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before...
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"The thrilling story of Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the US government for her alleged involvement in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln"--
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Although only 20, Vahine Fierro is undaunted by the Teahupoo wave, considered the most dangerous in the world. Vahine surfs as no other Polynesian girl has ever surfed.
17) Sheryl
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"A documentary portrait of the singular storyteller who's lived it all and seen it all but never told it all, until now. From humble beginnings to sold out world tours Sheryl Crow's life has been nothing short of extraordinary. Whether battling sexism in the music industry, mourning ill-fated romances or surviving a well-publicized battle with breast cancer, Crow has always found a way to turn even her darkest experiences into captivating, timeless...
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A life-affirming documentary that celebrates the remarkable life of Ella Blumenthal, whose magnetic personality and spirit have remained undimmed despite living through one of history's darkest chapters. One of the oldest living survivors of the Holocaust, she celebrates her 98th birthday when she reveals to her loved ones profound memories of her incredible survival like never before.
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"A stunning collection of 150 portraits of groundbreaking women throughout history--many of whom are unsung or forgotten--by one of the best illustrators working today. In early March 2020, Covid19-locked down in her Toronto home-studio and longing for inspiration, artist Anita Kunz began researching women on the Internet. She wasn't sure what she was looking for, but soon found an array of astonishing people who had done amazing things--some of whom...
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BIOGRAPHY JARRETT VALERIE
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BIOGRAPHY JARRETT VALERIE
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CD BIOGRAPHY JARRETT VALERIE
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CD BIOGRAPHY JARRETT VALERIE
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LARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY JARRETT
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LARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY JARRETT
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The longest-serving senior advisor in the Obama White House shares her experiences as an Iran-born African-American woman as well as a family member, lawyer, public servant and government leader at a dynamic period in American history.
"When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House....