Ossie Davis
4) Proud
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The USS Mason entered WWII on a presumably doomed mission. The all African-American crew overcame the harsh realities of war abroad and segregation at home...and was finally honored for its heroism in 1994.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large...
6) The stand
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South, " became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.
8) Dr. Dolittle
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Talented physician Dr John Dolittle allows his medical practice to take priority over his wife and daughters until he hits a stray dog when driving home. The incident reawakens the long suppressed talent that he possessed as a child; the ability to talk to animals. Now every member of the animal kingdom is desperately seeking his advice and medical attention.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano. Is Joe doomed to be the last of the red-hot lovers? Not if the forces of imagination, romantic comedy, and the charm of Ryan in 3 roles as the women in Joe's life have their way.
11) Dr. Dolittle
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Español
Description
The re-awakening of Dr. Doolittle's ability to communicate with animals unleashes an outrageous and hilarious chain of events.
14) Dinosaur
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Dinosaur tells the story of Aladar, an iguanodon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs. When a meteor shower destroys their home, Aladar and his family follow a herd of dinosaurs heading for the safety of the "nesting grounds." Together they must stand strong amidst food and water shortages, the threat of Carnotaur attacks, and Aladar's run-ins with the herd's stubborn leader, Kron."--
Publisher
Feature Films for Familes
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When 11-year-old Jason Ross is cut from his little league team his undefeatable spirit leads him to try and create an expansion team. In searching for a new coach, Jason comes to believe that Mack Henry is really Buck McHenry, the legendary pitcher from the old Negro Baseball Leagues. While Mack begins to coach this rag-tag team, Jason and his friends set out to prove his true identity.
16) The cardinal
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Traces the career of a parish priest and his rise to the upper levels of the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy.
17) Jungle fever
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A black architect begins an affair with his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors.