Colman Domingo
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An organ transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. Seven years later, the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (385 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern re-imagining of the classic TV series continues the legacy of socially conscious storytelling. The series' second season uses introspection and self-exploration to usher viewers into a dimension filled with endless possibilities.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
5) Candyman
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Oscarʼ winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleash a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The film follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit lamenting yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her shy friend Marian, who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on a spontaneous road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of incompetent criminals along the way.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (136 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Spike Lee's adaptation of the Broadway show "Passing Strange" presents the portrait of a musician as a young man. In 1970s Los Angeles, a talented but rebellious middle-class African-American discovers punk rock. Through the intervention of a sincere choir director, the young man travels to Europe, where his talents blossom, but at the expense of those who care for him. The film is based on the life of musician Stew, who appears as narrator and commentator...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version].
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (738 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being torn apart by the Pioneers Morgan's group is not dispensed across their far-reaching settlements, with life behind the Pioneers' walls testing each of the group's members in different ways, and forcing them to define who they really are in this new world. As Morgan's bid to free the remaining members of the group grows bolder, Virginia's desperation to find her sister accelerates, as does her need to protect the settlements from the enemy...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (734 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The survivors of Teddy's nuclear "End" will find out who they are and what they're made of in this new "Beginning" even if it comes at the cost of those they once considered family.
11) Around the Fire
Author
Language
English
Description
Around the Fire is the deeply resonant story of a boy named Simon, who despite being raised in an upper-class Manhattan household with all its privileges--and restrictions--is haunted by the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of his mother. In Simon's eyes, his high-powered businessman father Matt wasted no time in remarrying his stepmother Lauren, a woman with a perfect facade whom he suspects of having an affair with Matt long before...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe—written by the creator of BoJack Horseman with his hallmark scathing dark humor
“Transcendent tragicomedy.... Prepare to be devastated and made whole again.” —The A.V. Club
Featuring:
• A young engaged couple forced to deal with interfering...
“Transcendent tragicomedy.... Prepare to be devastated and made whole again.” —The A.V. Club
Featuring:
• A young engaged couple forced to deal with interfering...