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Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unfolding in real time, a "riveting and pulse-pounding" thriller from award-winning director Phillip Noyce. Recently widowed mother Amy Carr is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she's on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as shooting takes place at her son's school. Miles away, on foot in the dense forest, Amy desperately races against time to save her...
2) Adam
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
The Official Oscar entry for Morocco, Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter Warda. Their routine of housework and homework is interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a roof over her head. The little girl is immediately taken with the newcomer, but her mother initially refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their home. Gradually,...
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1952 Dr. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) returns to her Scottish hometown to take over her late father's medical practice. She soon becomes ostracized by the community when she begins a passionate romance with a young mother named Lydia (Holliday Grainger). Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Race, sexuality and masculinity are all touched on in a successful attempt to reflect the bigger picture of an era in which the...
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gifted with sometimes-prophetic dreams and a lifelong interest in the paranormal, Shelia is asked to investigate a potential haunting at a Tennessee farmhouse. It’s there she meets Richard, a recent widower who believes his wife may still be with him. The investigation that ensues — which eventually pulls in Shelia’s son, Owen and his classmate Lucy — forces them to confront the mysteries of their own lives. Official Selection at the **Sundance...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life has just handed Beth Macauley the short straw. Her husband and suburban home are gone. She still has her two boys, however. And a new destination: she's moving to the big city of Baltimore - and into the biggest adventure of her life.
6) Full time
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 1 hr., 28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Single mother Julie (Laure Calamy) needs reliable transit to get to work–and it’s suddenly been severed during the latest transit strike. Out of desperation, Julie turns to neighbors and her own gutsy resourcefulness to stay afloat in a ruthless society as her responsibilities pile up. FULL TIME is an impossible race against time and a kinetic thriller about the insecurity of modern life.
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
59 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Theresa is estranged from her family and working as a cleaning woman when she is surprised by the desire to learn how to pray. Matthew, the priest whose rectory she cleans, is stunned and heartbroken by the realization that he no longer knows how to talk to God. When Matthew disappears one day, Theresa feels compelled to track him down, and her search changes both of their lives."--Page [4] of cover.
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alex, a workaholic attorney, is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves. While juggling a career case, a young son, and a father struggling with the effects of aging, Alex discovers both a vulnerability and inner strength she had not yet tapped into, all while holding her family together.
9) St. Vincent
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine,...
10) Mum: Season one
Publisher
Big Talk Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Happily married one day and widowed the next, Cathy Walker feels her way through her first year as a suddenly single woman. Some days it would be easier to rebuild her life without well-intentioned advice and often hilarious help from her son, her brother, and their girlfriends. Thank heaven for Cathy's lifelong friend Michael, who keeps a loving eye on her.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miranda Wells is a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. A powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson, into her life. In just a few short days, Bray's presence re-ignites the family's spirit, but he also carries a secret, and it's a secret that could change everything.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Remastered ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Married to a gangster at 15, widowed by the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, remarried to a playboy, forsaken, and left to raise her baby alone: Mary Donnell leads the kind of three-hanky life just made for a prestige '30s melodrama.
Series
Publisher
Vintage Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after the death of her husband, Lucy Carmichael and her recently divorced friend move in together and grapple with their new single-parent lives.
15) Mum: Season two
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Happily married one day and widowed the next, Cathy Walker feels her way through her first year as a suddenly single woman. Some days it would be easier to rebuild her life without well-intentioned advice and often hilarious help from her son, her brother, and their girlfriends. Thank heaven for Cathy's lifelong friend Michael, who keeps a loving eye on her.
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Newly single mother Elisabeth is left to support her two teenage children, Mathias and Judith. Securing a job on her favorite late-night radio show hosted by Vanda Dorval, she encounters struggling teenager Talulah, whom she offers a place to stay. In this new set-up, a new dynamic takes hold as each will experience compassion, determination love, and an abiding bond between them.
17) Captive
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Brian Nichols, on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren's bestselling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope.
18) Borrowed hearts
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sam, a businessman, has always put money first until a woman and her seven-year-old daughter enter his life. Unlike Sam, they barely have enough money to survive, but they have plenty of something he lacks: love. They help him to discover that family and loyalty are more important than wealth.
19) Puppy love
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2013, c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When single mom Megan Nolan moves to a new town, she feels guilty for uprooting her ten-year-old daughter Caitlin. Megan decides to adopt a shelter pet for Caitlin. She immediately regrets her decision when Caitlin gravitates to the biggest, sloppiest dog in the pound, Jake. As Megan considers returning Jake, handsome ballplayer Ben shows up claiming Jake is his dog. Ben wants to take his dog and leave, until he sees that Caitlin loves Jake as much...
20) Mom: Season one
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (459 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Christy is a single mom whose newly found sobriety has given her the ability to see her life clearly, and she does not like the view. Now she must untangle years of reckless decisions to make a better life for her and her kids. She has many challenges: stop drinking in wine country; a romance with her unavailable boss, raise her young son and troubled teenage daughter to make smart choices; and forgive her estranged mother, Bonnie, for her lack of...
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