Frankie Faison
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.
Series
The Wire volume season 4
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
None
Description
An urban epic set in Baltimore, where police detectives investigate cases involving the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and its bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media.
With the fall of the Barksdale empire, and the ascent of a new young drug king in Baltimore, McNulty, Bunk and the rest of the detail continue to "follow the money" up the political ladder amidst a hotly contested mayoral campaign. Prez...
Series
The Wire volume season 3
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
None
Description
An urban epic set in Baltimore, where police detectives investigate cases involving the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and its bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media.
Everyone is feeling the heat in Baltimore. The drug war is a losing campaign, bodies are piling up in the street and a desperate mayor demands to see some victories before Election Day. But the police are running out of ammunition. Wiretaps...
Series
The Wire volume season 5
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
None
Description
An urban epic set in Baltimore, where police detectives investigate cases involving the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and its bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media.
In a city that can no longer even recognize its problems, much less begin to solve them, police detectives attempt to bring in one last, worthy case against a violent crew of narcotics traffickers. And when bureaucratic poverty and infighting...
6) Till
Publisher
Orion Releasing LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie2s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother2s ability to change the world.
7) Tio papi
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
©2015
Language
English
Description
Wild bachelor Ray Ray Dominguez dreams of nothing more than a carefree life of indulgence in Miami, but his plans are abruptly changed when he becomes the legal guardian of his sister's six children.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2003
Language
English
Description
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson,...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Brenda grew up with some incredible hardships. She had a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a 'father.' Now, Brenda is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral in Georgia, she's not sure how to feel. Growing up, Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Adam is a handsome but intriguing young man who has Asperger's syndrome and has led a sheltered existence. Then he meets his new neighbor, Beth. She is a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection.
11) In good company
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A successful middle-aged ad executive suddenly find himself working for a young hotshot half his age, who also develops a romantic interest in his daughter.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Darren is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and get tickets. Steve and Darren think that it is all a joke until a vampire named Larten Crepsley comes on stage with a very poisonous spider that he makes do tricks. Steve tells Larten he would like to join him and become an apprentice.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Little man: A small baby-faced criminal pretends to be an infant to hide from the police, and is found by a couple eager to become parents who take him into their home.
White chicks: Marcus and Kevin are brothers who work for the FBI and take on a case to escort socialite sisters Brittany and Tiffany Wilton from JFK Airport to their hotel in the Hamptons. Once there, two higher-ranking agents will take over the girls' protection. The extra security...
14) Away From Here
Author
Language
English
Description
Six years after an affair with the 15-year-old daughter of the pastor who was his mentor, a former youth minister, now an ex-con and recovering addict, returns to his hometown seeking a chance to start his life over, only to find that his past will not let him go.
15) Tio Papi
Author
Language
English
Description
Wild bachelor Ray Ray Dominguez dreams of nothing more than a carefree life of indulgence in Miami, but his plans are abruptly changed when he becomes the legal guardian of his sister's six children.
16) Highwaymen
Author
Language
English
Description
When his wife is killed by a maniac, Rennie Cray, played by Jim Caviezel, takes to the road in his classic Plymouth Barracuda muscle car to find her murderer, a merciless serial killer.
Author
Language
English
Description
Joey Coyle, an unemployed longshoreman, stumbled upon $1.2 million in unmarked, untraceable currancy that had fallen off an armored truck and wanted to keep it. He turns to his girlfriend, Monica, to help him launder the loot. but keeping a million-dollar secret is harder than it looks, especially when Joey begins upgrading his social standing with extravagant gestures -- such as picking up enormous bar tabs for his friends. As an investigating...