Aunjanue Ellis
2) The Tested
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One year ago, plain clothes cop, Julian, gunned down an unarmed teen. The teen's mother, has spiraled into a pit of despair, while his brother flirts with gang life. As Julian prepares to get back to work, the three realize they cannot find closure without the other. Along with those themes the film explores loss, revenge, and injustice. After a mother already loses one of her sons, how can the remaining son carry all the responsibilities of the...
4) King Richard
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Based on the true story that will inspire the world, follow the journey of Richard Williams, an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever.
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
6) Pimp
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An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female Pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. But once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
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Five New Yorkers - of different ages, races, backgrounds - hunger for sensual, emotional and spiritual fulfillment. Their intersecting and colliding paths reflect the zeitgeist of our times, in which the desperation of the West smacks up against the religious teachings of the East.
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A lyrical and extraordinarily beautiful story woven together by the music that permeates New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous. Renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Alvaro Cruz (Joaquím De Almeida) returns home from a lecture in Paris and in his absence his mother has succumbed to Alzheimer's disease.
9) Ray
Pub. Date
c2005
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2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ray is the triumphant and remarkable story of one of America's true musical geniuses, Ray Charles.
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
11) The Subject
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A successful documentarian (Jason Biggs) deals with the fallout from his previous film, which caught the murder of a Black teen on tape. As he shoots his latest doc, someone tapes his every move, upending his idyllic life.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 volume (unpaged : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally...
13) Men of honor
Pub. Date
c2001
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1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible--Container.