New DVD List: West Side Story & More

photo of Tony and Maria from West Side Story holding hands while members of each group stand behind them in a V formation

Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.

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Directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tony Kushner, this musical tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love. Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks — two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

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Shown at the 2020 True False Film Fest, this playful, profound and immensely moving docu-fantasia by Kirsten Johnson is a valentine to the director’s beloved father, Dick Johnson, made as she has begun to face the reality of losing him to dementia. Using the language of cinema both to defy death and to confront it head-on, Johnson mischievously envisions an array of ways in which the man she loves most in the world might die.

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In this TV series, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson stars in a larger-than-life family comedy based on outrageous stories of his youth. The coming-of-age journey highlights the unforgettable moments and incredible relationships that took Dwayne from ordinary kid to extraordinary superstar revealing he’s more like us than we know.

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