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Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"O": Hot young stars, a hip, driving soundtrack, plus a provocative tale of jealousy and betrayal combine to create this controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic Othello.
Monster's ball: Hank, an embittered prison guard working on Death Row, begins an affair with Leticia, the wife of a man under his watch on the Row.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?], c1991
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
In the small southern town of Holly Springs, Jewel Mae, known as Cookie, has died mysteriously. Who is the murderer? Where is the murderer? Has there even been a murder? A small town comedy rich in hidden secrets and buried scandals.
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Gregory Peck plays a southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping
11) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Take a captivating and compelling road trip though the creative spirit of the American South, a world of churches, prisions, coal mines and mountains. A collage of stories and testimonies while a strange Southern Jesus looms in the background.
13) My cousin Vinny
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. Bonus features included.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The ultimate in armchair travel to Italy, offering a unique aerial view shot from a helicopter, via a mounted camera, to showcase the country's breathtaking scenery and abundant architectural wonders, with informative narrative and a soundtrack of traditional regional music
17) Roots
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boys' abduction to America and continues throughout the generations that follow.
Publisher
Westlake Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The excitement begins at the original Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, California where classic car enthusiasts have gathered in the parking lot every Friday night for over 50 years to display their remarkable machines. The action continues as other popular California "Friday-night cruising" spots are visited, as well as spectacular car shows in Ventura, Westlake Village, Burbank, Redondo Beach, Pasadena and more
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day?
20) I am the blues
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It takes the audience on a musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. The film visits blues musicians rooted in the genre's heyday, many in their '80s, still living in the American deep south and touring the Chitlin' Circuit.
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