Film Series
Please visit our calendar to see the online and in-person events we offer.
Fall Film Series: I’m Still Here, Portuguese, 137 mins, Rated PG-13
Monday, September 22 at 6:30 PM (Drop in) Fall Film Series: I’m Still Here, Portuguese, 137 mins, Rated PG-13 A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act. Winner of 2025 Oscar for Best International Film
Fall Film Series: The Ballad of Wallis Island, 99 mins, Rated PG-13
Monday, October 27 at 6:30 PM An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favorite musicians to perform at his home. Drop In
Fall Film Series: Perfect Days, Japanese, 124 mins, Rated PG
Monday, November 24 at 6:30 PM Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself. Drop In
International Language Collection
Books
Check out our NEW adult international book collection in the library behind the lower information desk. There you can find fiction and non-fiction titles in eleven languages: French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Persian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu and Vietnamese. This collection is intended to better meet the needs of patrons that make up Northville’s growing, diverse cultural community and has plans to grow over the years.
In addition to the new adult collection, the library also features an international collection for kids, featuring books and DVDs in over 20 languages.
Audio/Visual
The library has hundreds of CDs featuring music from around the world in our adult music CD collection. There are also over a thousand DVDs in the foreign film collection in over 70 different languages.
Digital/Downloadable
Overdrive/Libby
- E-BOOKS in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
- E-AUDIOBOOKS in Chinese, French, German, Spanish
- MAGAZINES in Chinese, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Spanish
- MOVIES/TELEVISION in Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Persian
- E-BOOKS in French, German, Spanish, Hindi, Japanese, Vietnamese
- E-AUDIOBOOKS in Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Persian, Tamil, Vietnamese
- MUSIC in Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Tamil, Telugu, Vietnamese
- MOVIES/TELEVISION in Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Vietnamese
- COMICS in French
Freegal – Music featuring many different artists from outside of the U.S.A.
Kanopy – Foreign Films from around the world