Forest Whitaker
3) Southpaw
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, seemingly has it all: an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis, a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers.
4) Respect
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, this film tells the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
The life story of legendary R&B singer Aretha Franklin.
5) Taken 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
[English/Spanish/French dialogue version].
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered, must use his 'particular set of skills' to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now: his daughter.
6) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley₂s best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
8) Arrival
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team ,including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind 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.
9) Dope
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Imported by the Army for an early morning radio show in Vietnam, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the brass is up in arms.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Deep below snowy, cobblestone streets, tucked away in networks of winding subterranean tunnels, lives a civilization of hardworking mice, terrified of the bears who live above ground. Unlike her fellow mice, Celestine is an artist and a dreamer, and when she nearly ends up as breakfast for ursine troubadour Ernest, the two form an unlikely bond.
13) Big George Foreman: the miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The biographical film of boxing legend George Foreman.
14) Platoon
Language
English
Description
A grunt's view of the Vietnam War is provided in all its horrific, inexplicable detail. Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
15) City of lies
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
What is worse, the crime or the cover-up? Based on the book, Labyrinth, this compelling crime-thriller follows the investigation into the infamous murder of iconic rap artist Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G. Determined LAPD detective Russell Poole spent nearly 20 years trying to solve the murder, and Jack Jackson, a journalist teams up with Poole in search of the elusive truth. Together they explore why the case remains old, and why a...
16) Black nativity
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A holiday musical that follows teenaged 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.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In Black Hollywood, photographer Carell Augustus has enlisted Black celebrities and performers from all areas of entertainment to recreate iconic scenes from classic Hollywood movies, television, and other media. The images illuminate the role of race in Hollywood history by re-imagining classic films with Black actors, renewing readers' appreciation of the past while celebrating the hottest Black stars of today and inspiring the artists of the future....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This mesmerizing companion book to the award-winning film The Butler traces the Civil Rights Movement and explores crucial moments of twentieth century American history through the eyes of Eugene Allen-a White House butler who served eight presidents over the course of thirty-four years.
During the presidencies of Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan, Eugene Allen was a butler in the most famous of residences: the White House. An African American who came...
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD edition].
Language
English
Description
"[A] drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant ... [the] 22-year-old Bay Area father who was ... gunned down by BART officers on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder sent shockwaves through the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers"--Container.
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