Sissy Spacek
Author
Series
To kill a mockingbird volume 1
Appears on list
Description
A young girl growing up in an Alabama town in the 1930s learns of injustice and violence when her father, a widowed lawyer, defends a black man falsely accused of rape.
3) Carrie
Author
Formats
Description
Carrie White may be picked on by her classmates, but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. This is her power and her problem. Then, an act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious taunts of her classmates, offers Carrie a chance to be a normal...until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of horror and destruction that no one will ever forget.
4) Prime cut
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A member of the Chicago mafia is sent to a Kansas City ranch to settle a debt with a cattle rancher.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (8 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York Times bestselling author and Nashville legend Loretta Lynn tells the story of her rise from deep poverty in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, to the top of the male-dominated country music industry.
6) Raggedy man
Publisher
Universal Picture
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young divorced woman and her two children try to forge a life for themselves in a small Texas town during World War II.
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (62 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, RIVER OF GOLD is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru’s Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle. Guided by Peruvian biologist Enrique Ortiz, war journalists Ron Haviv and Donovan Webster bear witness to the apocalyptic destruction in pursuit of illegally mined gold with consequences on a global scale. Fast forward four years to a...
8) The migrants
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A story of a simple family who worked the fields, loved each other, and wanted to see their hard work produce a better life.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker's escape from San Quentin at the age of 70. The escape enchanted the public and confounded the authorities. Detective John Hunt became captivated with Forrest's commitment to his craft.
11) Four Christmases
Publisher
New Line Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
12) The grass harp
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A teenaged boy is sent to live with his aunts in a small Southern town in the 1930's.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wis.
14) Affliction
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade Whitehouse, with the aid of his new girlfriend, is forced to confront his past and reexamine his life.
15) The grass harp
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After his mother's death, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, the wealthy, avaricious, and controlling Verena Talbo, and her compliant, earthy sister Dolly. When a city slicker comes to town and convinces Verena to market Dolly's locally-famous tonic, Dolly finally gets some backbone, refuses to divulge the formula, and heads for a tree house with Collin and Catherine, the loyal maid.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This film chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends, charting a journey of trials, triumphs, loves and losses. Now the question is: can they navigate the unusual triangle they've created and hold their friendship together?
17) Badlands
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1973, p2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in South Dakota in 1959, this is the story of Kit and his girlfriend Holly, two people alienated from everyday life, who go on a killing spree.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker's escape from San Quentin at the age of 70. The escape enchanted the public and confounded the authorities. Detective John Hunt became captivated with Forrest's commitment to his craft.
Publisher
Trinity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Magrath sisters are reunited after a bizarre incident. Together again under the same roof, they must overcome sibling jealousies and the family reputation for taking the easy way out.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of The Bell Witch of Tennesee. In 1818, slight, unexplained noises were heard. As the spirit grew, it singled out the father, John, and his daughter, Betsy. The family tried to search for the cause of the spirit in the hope of finding a way to defeat it. The spirit developed voices and began speaking to the family, but refused to say why it was there. Finally it pronounced a death sentence on John and within a year, he was...