Margaret Cho
1) Fat Sex
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
If there are two subjects that are universally fascinating and rife with controversy, they are sex and fat. Though our culture is obsessed with both, the two commingling are sometimes seen as offensive, obscene, or even grotesque. Fat people are not viewed as sexual beings. Of course, this perception is far from accurate. Fat people have normal and peculiar sex lives, just like everyone else. A compilation of true stories, cultural references, and...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
All will finally be revealed as the gang gets back together for one last season in Lifetime's critically acclaimed series. Brooke Elliot stars as Jane, a brilliant plus-sized attorney whose body is taken over by a shallow model's soul. As she takes on difficult and unusual cases, she also tries to resolve her relationship with Grayson. Will the two finally find true love? Featuring a talented cast, including Margaret Cho.
Publisher
Outcast Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Kroot's documentary about the creator of Tales of the city moves nimbly between playful and poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. Maupin offers a disarmingly frank look at the journey that took him from the jungles of Vietnam to the bathhouses of '70's San Francisco to the front line of the American culture war.
Series
Drop dead dive volume season 5
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Brooke Elliott stars as Jane Bingum, a shallow model who dies and is reincarnated as an excellent, plus-sized attorney. Jane suddenly has a new guardian angel and several new cases, including a student accused of cheating on the SATs, a baseball player tagged for murder, and a beauty pageant contestant who believes the contest she is in is fixed. Not only that, 'Old Jane' returns in another person's body. Let the fun begin!
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Lifetime's critically acclaimed hit series, 'Drop Dead Diva,' returns for a fourth season with 13 new episodes. Joining the series' roster of top name guest stars is Kim Kardashian ('Keeping Up with the Kardashians'), who makes her multiple episode debut in the season opener.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the twentieth century. This is the first major documentary film to explore West2s life and career, as she 'climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong' to become a writer, performer, and subversive agitator for social change.
Publisher
Think Thorpe/Little Punk
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After a break-up with his boyfriend, journalist David Thorpe embarks on a hilarious and touching journey of self-discovery, confronting his anxiety about "sounding gay". Enlisting acting coaches, linguists, friends, family, total strangers, and celebrities, he quickly learns that many people, both gay and straight, often wish for a different voice. What starts as a personal journey becomes a chance to unpack layers of cultural baggage concerning sexuality,...
Series
Finding your roots volume season 1
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and...
Author
Series
Finding Your Roots volume 8
Language
English
Description
The three guests in this episode are all children of first- or second-generation immigrants and share the peculiar burdens of that heritage. In an episode that crisscrosses the planet, from India to Korea to Poland, catch a glimpse of three distinct yet oddly overlapping experiences of families leaving their homes and becoming American.
14) Call Me Lucky
Author
Language
English
Description
An inspiring and funny portrait of comedian Barry Crimmins, who survived childhood abuse to become an influential political satirist and activist. In Competition at Sundance.
15) Faith Based
Author
Language
English
Description
When two friends come to realization that every low budget Christian movie makes millions of dollars they set out to make one of their own.
Series
Publisher
Virgil Films & Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Explores how mainstream media contributes to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and challenges the media's limiting and often disparaging portrayals of women. Features commentary from many influential women in media and politics.
18) Undateable John
Author
Language
English
Description
A slacker surf instructor, who's on and off the wagon, gets his life together when he falls for a beautiful but troubled young woman he meets in Alcoholics Anonymous
20) Tooken
Author
Language
English
Description
Tooken is the official spoof of the Taken franchise. A parody of the Taken films and all things Liam Neeson. This wildly hilarious romp is laugh out loud funny and action packed..