Alfre Woodard
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Traces the journey to freedom taken by countless slaves, showing how they were guided, protected and pursued along the way. The extraordinary story is told through historical documents, visits to important sites, interviews with the descendants of noted abolitionists and commentary from experts.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education. Through poignant stories and surprising humor, the film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years and reveals how the failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel.
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2005, 2004
Description
Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even through it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother, Telly, still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist insists she's delusional. But worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Pierre Dulane is a former professional ballroom dancer who volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system. At first his background clashes with his students' tastes, but together Dulane and his students create a completely new style of dance.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainemnt
Pub. Date
2005
Description
For more than thirty years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America's most powerful woman. Drawing on interviews with her closest relatives, friends, and biographers, as well as rare home movie footage, the film reveals the hidden dimensions of one of the century's most influential women.
7) Fatherhood
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
An African American man brings up his daughter as a single father following the sudden death of his wife.
9) K-PAX
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2002
Description
A stranger who calls himself Prot, seemingly appears out of nowhere. Claiming to come from the distant planet K-PAX, Prot draws the attention of jaded Dr. Powell, whose initial skepticism soon turns to fascination and amazement. As Prot continues to baffle the experts, his return to K-Pax is fast approaching, and the search for answers intensifies.
11) American legends
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Dramatization of the lives of famous American legends, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed and Casey Jones.
12) Scrooged
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Frank Cross has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to TV network president. He is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving, and has a sadistic sense of humor which are perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge. Before the night is over, he'll be visited by a maniacal New York cab driver from the past, a present-day fairy who's into pratfalls, and finally, a ghoulish, seven-foot headless messenger from the future in this modern version...
13) Annabelle
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia. He gives her a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind.
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
This film is divided into the quarters of a basketball game and tells the story of Quincy and Monica. It traces their lives as they run parallel and run apart -- from childhood, to high school, to college -- concluding with Quincy and Monica as adults. Both play basketball and each dreams of playing on a professional level. For Quincy, it is easier and expected since he is the son of a professional ballplayer. Monica has it harder being both a woman...
15) American violet
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A young, single mother of four is wrongly accused of selling drugs near a school and is offered a plea deal that would force her to admit to a crime she didn't commit. She challenges the laws of Texas when, instead of ruining her life with a conviction, she decides to sue the DA for racial discrimination in a case that changes her life as well as the laws of her state. Based on a true story.
16) Clemency
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Bernadine is a stoic prison warden, but two back-to-back executions put a strain on her marriage, career and convictions.
17) Grand Canyon
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
"When a lawyer's car breaks down in a dangerous Los Angeles neighborhood, a tow-truck driver arrives just in time to save his life. The two men begin a deep friendship that sets off a chain of unsettling and surprising events involving their families and friends for years to come."--Container.
18) Beauty shop
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Gina Norris is in Atlanta making a name for herself at a posh Southern salon with her cutting-edge hairstyles. But when her flamboyant, egotistical boss takes it one criticism too far, she leaves his salon to open a shop of her own.
19) Steel magnolias
Publisher
Sony Pictures Television
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Steel Magnolias is an American comedy-drama television film directed by Kenny Leon that premiered at Lifetime Network on October 7, 2012. It is the remake of 1989 film of the same name. The new film stars an all-African American cast.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered daughter, Andrea, is betraying her husband Chris...