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Orlando [blu-ray] : my political biography

Preciado, Paul B., film director, screenwriter.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

DVDs & blu-rays

Call Number

306.768 ORL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:721551

Biography: WWE Legends [digital video].

Arts and Entertainment Network, film distributor.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Digital

A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:721872

Orlando, My Political Biography [digital video].

B. Preciado, Paul, film director.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Digital

A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:785467

Biography: KISStory Part 2 [hoopla movie].

Simmons, Gene, actor

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Films

Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image

Call Number

GM5I0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:800596

Biography: KISStory Part 1 [hoopla movie].

Simmons, Gene, actor

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Films

Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image

Call Number

GM5I0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:800518

Merton: A Film Biography [digital video]

First Run Features (Firm),

Publication Date

1984

Format:

Digital

Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM4I0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:575787

The Marilyn Monroe Biography [hoopla movie].

Wallace, Mike. actor

Publication Date

1986

Format:

Films

Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image

Call Number

GM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:772713

Biography: I Want My MTV [hoopla movie].

Amos, Tori, actor.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Films

Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image

Call Number

GM5I0N A

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SD_ILS:803493

Elizabeth Taylor: An Unauthorized Biography [hoopla movie].

Taylor, Elizabeth. actor

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Films

Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image

Call Number

GM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:774114

10.

Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne [hoopla movie].

Butler, Geezer, actor

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Films

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Cover image

Call Number

GM5I0N A

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SD_ILS:800567

11.

My name is Alfred Hitchcock [DVD video]

Cousins, Mark, 1965- film director, screenwriter.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

DVDs & blu-rays

Call Number

927.9143 HIT

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:798740

12.

Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV [digital video].

Kim, Amanda, film director.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Digital

A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:802130

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