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.
4) Respect
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers a look into the life of Aretha Franklin: from her childhood traumatized by the loss of her mother through her difficult rise to international fame in the sixties, when she was also struggling with an abusive marriage and alcohol problems.
5) Big George Foreman: the miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The biographical film of boxing legend George Foreman.
Author
Publisher
Ebony, an imprint of Sourcebooks
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....
7) Respect
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
Offers a look into the life of Aretha Franklin: from her childhood traumatized by the loss of her mother through her difficult rise to international fame in the sixties, when she was also struggling with an abusive marriage and alcohol problems.
8) The paperboy
Author
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
9) Food chain$
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A powerful true story of one small group of workers overcoming corporate greed to end slavery and abuse in America's fields.
10) Arrival
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
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.
11) Nelson Mandela
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a young boy who grew up to become president of South Africa. His lifelong quest was to establish equality for people of all colors.
Author
Language
English
Formats
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...
13) Food Chains
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Farmworkers, the foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. FOOD CHAINS reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets.
14) Big George Foreman: the miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The biographical film of boxing legend George Foreman.
15) Burden
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of Michael 'Mike' Burden, an ardent young member of the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan who rose to the rank of Grand Dragon and walked away from all of it with the help of new love and an unlikely ally, the African American religious leader and social activist Reverend David Kennedy.
16) Two Men in Town
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Language
English
Description
William Garnett (Forest Whitaker) is an ex-con starting life over as a recently converted Muslim. With the help of his determined parole officer (Brenda Blethyn), he gets a job, meets an interesting woman, and keeps his head down. But the town sheriff, Bill Agati (Harvey Keitel), won't leave him alone since Garnett was responsible for killing his deputy. As Agati puts pressure on him, and his old partners in crime hassle him, Garnett slowly starts...
17) Green Dragon
Publisher
Relativity Media
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A story of Vietnamese refugees as they first arrive at Camp Pendleton in the United States as the Vietnam War ends in 1975.
18) City of lies
Publisher
Lionsagate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
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...
19) Zulu
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Caryl Ferey. Set against the backdrop of post-apartheid South Africa, two South African police officers on opposing sides of the apartheid divide work together to fight crime.
20) Freelancers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss wants to see if he has what it takes to be rogue. When the truth about his father's death is revealed, he won't stop until justice has been served.