Forest Whitaker
Author
Language
English
Description
Hip clothing designer, Amer Atrash, is perpetually on the brink of success. Now, with time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. Soul searching, he attributes his misfortune to bad karma from a wrongdoing committed fifteen years ago and sets out to right this wrong, experiencing a spiritual awakening in the process.
2) The paperboy
Author
Language
English
Description
Kevin O'Donnell may be poor right now, but he's not going to stay that way for long-not if he has anything to do with it. With his father unable to work and a little sister to support, Kevin needs to find work, any work. But jobs aren't easy to come by in New York during 1881, especially for a twelve-year-old immigrant boy. So Kevin finds himself scrambling, desperately seeking ways to make a few dollars here and there. And he begins cutting a...
4) Catch .44
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three friends are sent by their boss to intercept a drug deal at a remote diner, they think nothing of it, until a standoff ensues and the mystery of what brought them together slowly starts to unravel.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Max has an active imagination and will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum and runs away from home when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including...
7) Arrival
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team, including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As humankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Author
Language
English
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Description
When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture, as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry...
9) The butler
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
10) Phenomenon
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A simple, small town garage mechanic who suddenly develops amazing mental abilities must face governmental investigation, scientific scrutiny, and ostracism by even his closest friends. But with the love and support of a young single mother, he is finally able to accept his lot in life.
11) Repentance
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Angel Sanchez is a disturbed man fixated on the tragic death of his mother. Seemingly intent on finding inner peace, Sanchez seeks out Tommy Carter, a successful local author/spiritual advisor. Unaware of his client's true intent, Carter agrees to help the man rebuild his shattered life. But when Sanchez reveals his true intentions, the life coach must do everything in his power to stay alive in this taut, psychological thriller.
12) Rogue One
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In a period of great conflict, a group of unlikely heroes led by Jyn Erso, a daring fugitive, and Cassian Andor, a rebel spy, band together on a desperate mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
13) Fragments
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On an ordinary day, a deranged man goes on a rampage in a diner and randomly shoots the costumers. The survivors of the tragic episode are deeply affected by the shooting, each having a different reaction: the youngest, Anne Hagen, becomes popular at school telling her version of the shooting; her friend Jimmy Jaspersen becomes mute and closes himself to the outer world; waitress Carla Davenport neglects her baby and has several vulgar relationships...
14) A dark truth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A former CIA operative turned political talk show host is hired by a corporate whistle blower to expose her company's cover-up of a massacre in a South American village. The ever-increasing depletion of earth's natural resource of water serves as the backdrop for this tense environmental thriller.
15) Everyone's hero
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.
"A sweet, inspirational...
16) Dragon hunters
Publisher
Exclusively licensed & distributed by InnoForm Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The naive grandniece of a powerful warlord hires two bumbling but goodhearted dragon hunters to slay a dragon plaguing the warlord's kingdom.
17) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Language
English
Description
Taking back our town: A mother fights back against a petrochemical plant that threatens her family by releasing cancer-causing agents into the air.
Go tell it on the mountain: From the pages of James Baldwin's beloved novel comes an inspiring story of faith, family and growing up in an age of inequ.
Ripple effect: A fashion designer believes that his role in a car accident that left a man wheelchair bound has cursed his personal and professional...
19) Light it up
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A gripping story about six misunderstood inner-city students trying to cope where there's little hope.
20) Black nativity
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A holiday musical that follows Langston as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives. Unwilling to live by their imposing rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima. Langston embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey, and along with new friends and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.
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