Brandon Gill
1) Radium Girls
Publisher
Juno Films Inc
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Based on true events, it follows teen sisters, Bessie and Jo Cavallo, who dream of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids as they paint luminous watch dials at the American Radium factory in New Jersey. When Jo loses a tooth, Bessie's world is turned upside down as a mystery slowly unravels. She discovers a corporate cover-up and, in a radical coming of age story, Bessie and the Radium Girls decide to take on American Radium. Based on historical events,...
2) Juba!
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English
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In Five Points, New York, in the 1840s, African American teenager William Henry "Juba" Lane works hard to achieve his dream of becoming a professional dancer but his real break comes when he is invited to perform in England. Based on the life of Master Juba; includes historical note.
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English
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A Storm Called Katrina follows Louis Daniel, a 10-year-old boy from New Orleans' Ninth Ward who loves to play the horn just like his idol, Louis Armstrong. The morning after the devastating hurricane rips through his neighborhood, Louis, with his beloved cornet in tow, must brave the rising flood waters and seek shelter with his family at the Superdome.
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English
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A National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Walter Dean Myers is also a three-time National Book Award finalist and the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. In All the Right Stuff, Paul DuPree is spending the summer working at a Harlem soup kitchen. There, Elijah the soup man tries to teach Paul about life- but Paul's more interested in hanging out with Keisha, a teen mom who shares his love of basketball. Before long, Paul realizes...
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English
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Myers is at his clever best in this witty and action-packed, coming-of-age story of a teenager's summer during the Harlem Renaissance and his run-ins with famous gangsters, writers, and musicians. It's 1925 and Mark Purvis is a 16-yr-old with a summer to kill. He'd rather jam with his jazz band (they need the practice), but is urged by his parents to get a job. As an assistant at The Crisis, a magazine for the "new Negro," Mark rubs shoulders with...