Jones, Quincy 1933-

The pawnbroker ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1964 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 621 libraries worldwide
A long time ago, Sol Nazerman was a professor. He had a wife, children. Then the Germans came. Sol survived the concentration camp, his family did not. Now, as the pawnbroker in a shop owned by a racketeer, he grows increasingly bitter and callous, withdrawing still further from the world around him. His eager assistant Jesus looks to him as both a teacher and a father figure, but Sol eschews involvement or compassion. This detachment leads to a tragedy, which awakens Sol's humanity, wherein he can finally acknowledge his burden of grief and guilt.

A great day in Harlem ( Visual )
7 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and held by 597 libraries worldwide
A great day in Harlem tells the story of Art Kane's famous 1958 group photograph of the jazz greats of the period. Includes home movie footage of that day of the musicians arriving and greeting each other the morning of the shoot. Also includes conversations with musicians and archival performance footage.

The two nations of black America ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 570 libraries worldwide
There is a growing economic divide in black America. Today, America's black middle class is the largest in its history, yet roughly one-third of black America continues to live in poverty. This film measures the economic and social success of the civil rights movement and the gap between middle class and poor African-Americans through interviews with noted Afro-Americans and historical film footage.

The Italian job ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2003 and 2010 in English and Russian and held by 559 libraries worldwide
Fresh from prison, Charlie begins to work on a heist that will either set him up for life - or send him up forever. Charlie and his unruly lot of thieves take on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion.

On the shoulders of giants. Vol. 4, Jazz lights up Harlem an audio & musical journey through the Harlem Renaissance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( Recording )
2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 511 libraries worldwide
Listen as jazz critic Stanley Crouch describes the Roaring Twenties and Kareeem discusses how jazz influenced his life.

Get rich or die tryin ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2006 in English and French and held by 508 libraries worldwide
A rap superhero is encased in muscular flesh like armor, his face is an impassive mask, he reaches out to destroy his enemies with his unique talent. Marcus is a gangster who breaks from his youthful life of crime to triumph as a rapper. Marcus's girlfriend helps him pull free the wires holding his jaw shut when he's recovered from being shot in the face. He even has a moment when a razor blade is thrown into his cell and is encouraged to kill himself. Instead, the self-reliant gangster uses it to carve his rhymes into the walls.

Back on the block by Quincy Jones ( Recording )
24 editions published between 1989 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 477 libraries worldwide
Quincy Jones made his debut on his own label with his most extravagant, most star-studded, most brilliantly sequenced pop album to date. This album continues to impress and influence people to this date.

For love of Ivy ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1997 and 2004 in English and held by 371 libraries worldwide
A wealthy family, afraid of losing their housekeeper to a secretarial career, fix her up with a man-about-town, who is secretly involved in illegal gambling.

The Wiz original soundtrack by Charlie Smalls ( Recording )
16 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 359 libraries worldwide

Q's jook joint by Quincy Jones ( Recording )
16 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 358 libraries worldwide