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Ruby Dee
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English
Description
Contains the text of the famous Broadway drama that later became a film and then a prize-winning musical. Plates feature the cast of the 1959 production (Ruby Dee, Glynn Turman, Sidney Poitier, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, John Fiedler, and others).
Series
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The marzipan pig: a marzipan pig, lost behind a sofa and eaten by a mouse, starts a chain of events involving the feelings of the mouse, a grandfather clock, an owl, a bee, a flower, and another mouse who in her turn discovers another marzipan pig to eat. Jazztime tale: set in 1919 Harlem, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter, and the music of a young Fats Waller.
4) The stand
Publisher
Paramount Picture
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...
Publisher
Back Home Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
New York attorney Spencer Krane arrives in rural Florida to check on his grandmother, who has suffered a stroke. What begins as a brief visit becomes more of a journey of consequence. It is his time spent with his grandmother and her best friend that makes him realize he must come to terms with his past.
6) Just cause
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A Harvard Law School professor reopens a murder investigation on behalf of a Death Row inmate who claims he was forced by a sinister lawman to confess to a crime he didn't commit. On the surface, it seems to be a straight-ahead case of the prisoner's guilt or innocence. But nothing really lies on the surface of this mystery, set in the Florida swamplands.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Fast-talking Jack McCall says whatever it takes to close a deal. After stretching the truth with a spiritual guru, he suddenly finds his life depending on a magical tree with 1,000 leaves, one for every word he has left. Now Jack's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west.
9) 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.
10) Cop & 1/2
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A hard-boiled detective is saddled with a pint-sized sidekick when an eight-year-old boy witnesses a murder and shares what he knows with the police in exchange for a badge.
11) Cat people
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A young woman is victim of a heritage that transforms her into a deadly panther when she makes love.
12) America
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
America is a biracial boy with a troubled past and what seems to be a very uncertain future. While staying at a treatment center he must learn through the help of his therapist and another patient to confront his past demons in order to begin a new life for himself. Includes a featurette.
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Publisher
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Language
English
Description
Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.
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Language
English
Description
The execution of Raymond Graham -- It's 9:00 p.m. In only two hours, the life of convicted killer Raymond Graham (Jeff Fahey, Wyatt Earp) will end by lethal injection in the prison's deathchamber. With chilling realism, this drama probes the inner life of a troubled murderer, as his apathy turns into terror as the final moments of his life slip by.
Taking back our town -- A mother of three and an elderly woman join forces to fight a ruthless corporation...
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
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Language
English
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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...
Publisher
Universal Picture
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, American Gangster is the story of two men: Frank Lucas, former driver, bouncer, and collector for Bumpy Johnson, the so-called Robin Hood of Harlem; and Richie Roberts, night-school lawyer, detective, and honest cop. Frank is importing heroin direct from Bangkok--by-passing the Italian and Sicilian mafia--undercutting their prices, delivering superior product, and making a fortune. Richie, loathed by cops on the take for turning...
Series
Criterion collection volume 97
Publisher
Universal City Studios
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise, "--Container.
