Common (Musician)
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It is music to uplift, heal, and inspire listeners dealing with racial injustices as well as other social injustices. It's an affirmation. It's recognition. It's elevation. It's music to go with a movement. Because the truth is, there is still so much work to do. Regardless of the outcome of the election, we need to make sure things do not return to the status quo. The intention is to channel all of our pain and outrage into something productive....
4) Foreverland
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (45:20) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a small upstate New York town, two 11-year-old girls from opposite sides of the tracks are convicted of murdering an infant and sentenced to juvenile detention facilities. But when a toddler goes missing seven years later, Detective Nancy Porter begins to suspect recently released Ronnie and Alice. As the investigation deepens, Porter may discover that the truth can hide the most shocking secrets of all. Diane Lane and Common co-star in this grim,...
8) Just Wright
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Leslie Wright (Latifah) is a straight-shooting physical therapist who gets the gig of a lifetime working with injured NBA star Scott McKnight (Common). Leslie not only whips Scott into shape, she helps take his game to the next level and all is going well-- until Leslie finds herself falling for him. Oblivious to her growing affection, Scott only has eyes for Morgan (Paula Patton), Leslie's sexy and seductive friend. With everything on the line,...
9) Ava
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A deadly assassin is forced to fight for her own survival when a job goes terribly wrong.
10) Saint Judy
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood as she represents and fights for Asefa Ashwari, an Afghan woman who was forced to flee her home country after being persecuted by the Taliban for opening a school for girls. Despite setbacks and losses, their efforts culminate in arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as they seek to save not only Asefa's life, but countless others across the world.
11) The kitchen
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but an ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving surprisingly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition, literally.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynets operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation...
13) The hate u give
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
14) The tale
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A groundbreaking film memoir, based on the filmmaker's own personal experiences, this HBO Films presentation tells the story of Jennifer Fox (Laura Dern), a globetrotting documentarian and professor living an apparently enviable life with her boyfriend (Common) in NYC. That world is turned upside down when her mother (Ellen Burstyn) discovers a story Jennifer wrote at 13 depicting a "special" relationship she had with two adult coaches, Mrs. G (Elizabeth...
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's been more than ten years since our last appointment at Calvin's Barbershop. Calvin and his longtime crew are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse....
Author
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly
We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men...
We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men...
17) Black Radio III
Author
Formats
Description
Nine years after the release of Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper returns with a new album in the series. This new release promises to build upon the innovations from the previous Grammy Award-winning efforts.
19) Date night
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' 'date night' turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!