Gbenga Akinnagbe

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1) Knucklehead

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When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother, (Alfre Woodard) Langston must take his future into his own hands. He sets out to find the one doctor he believes can cure him, a celebrity magazine columnist who touts questionable prescription drug cocktails. Langston strives for independence from his mother, his...

2) The sun is also a star

Pub. Date

[2019]

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1 videodisc (approximately 100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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College-bound romantic Daniel Bae and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley meet, and fall for each other, over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who might never have met had fate not given them a little push. But will fate be enough to take these teens from star-crossed to lucky in love?

3) The Savages

Pub. Date

[2008]

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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Jon and Wendy Savage (Hoffman and Linney) are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny (Bosco). Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and his girlfriend's family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage...

4) The deuce: Season 2

Pub. Date

[2019]

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3 videodiscs (536 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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A portrayal of the prostitution business in New York in the 1970s. The story follows characters that are forced to venture toward relatively safer and more discreet forms of the same work.

5) The wire: season 5

Pub. Date

c2008

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4 videodiscs (ca. 630 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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Follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.

6) The Deuce: Season 1

Pub. Date

[2018]

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3 videodiscs (approximately 500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Chronicles the rise of the porn industry that began in New York City in 1971-1972, driven by the gradual legalization of porn and a politically motivated effort to "clean up" Times Square. Over the course of eight episodes, viewers will get an up-close look at a gritty world of sex, crime, high times and sudden violence, as the porn business begins its climb to legitimacy, cultural permanence, and billion-dollar profitability "Traces the evolution...