Olive Films.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fausta suffers from 'The Milk of Sorrow, ' an illness transmitted through mother's milk by women who've been raped during Peru's civil wars. Stricken with the fear that she's contracted the illness from her mother's breast milk, Fausta goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. After her mother's sudden death, she finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey for re-awakening, freedom, and wholeness.
2) Blumenthal
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"He died laughing" becomes the very definition of irony when renowned playwright Harold Blumenthal literally drops dead during an interview while laughing at one of his own jokes. Those around him are thrown into a tailspin while coming to grips with his untimely passing, along with some familial infighting.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rome has become the mightiest empire the world has even known and Julius Caesar holds absolute dominion over the conquered world. But his jealous rivals in the Roman senate want his power. Led by Cassius and reluctantly joined by Brutus, the conspirators secretly plot to assassinate Caesar. Appalled by the murder of his mentor, Mark Antony declares war on Caesar's assassins and the empire is divided as the ruling forces ignite an epic war for honor,...
4) The weapon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a young boy accidentally shoots a playmate with a pistol found in the rubble of a bombed-out building, he runs away from home and wanders the streets of postwar England. Ballistic analysis connects the weapon to the unsolved murder of a military officer ten years earlier. A gruff American captain, Mark Andrews, attempts to track down the missing gun and appease the boy's anxious mother.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A lawyer whose connection to a ruthless racketeer has nearly destroyed his sense of morality. His participation in a rigged numbers racket could prove disastrous for his high-strung brother whose small-time policy bank stands to go broke when the rigged numbers pay off.
6) Evelyn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by a custody case brought before the Irish courts in 1955, Desmond Doyle is a father fighting for the custody of his three children after abandonment by their mother. Due to the Irish law of the time, children could not be raised by one parent in what the courts considered a broken home, thus allowing the Doyle children to be placed in church run orphanages, where neglect and cruelty were not out of the ordinary. Desmond will take his fight...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After aspiring playwright Stanley Krown's new play is optioned, his producer insists he rewrites the script to allow his middle-aged ex-wife to play the lead role, that of a ninteen-year-old ingenue. But the role wasn't meant for her, and despite constant changes, Krown's play can't seem to win over critics.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tony Manetta is a widower living well beyond his means in Miami, and raising his young son, Alvin. With a limited understand of the word 'responsibility,' Tony, finding himself in debt, decides to reach out to his older brother, Mario, for yet another loan, fabricating that the money is needed for Alvin who has taken ill. The plot takes full-swing when Mario and his wife decide to pay Tony and Alvin a visit.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An aging bachelor in a small New England town, Harry Quincey finds love when a New York fashion designer visits the fabric mill where Harry works. But Harry's long-overdue chance at happiness is thwarted by his neurotic sister Lettie, who uses her physical ailments as a means of controlling her kind-hearted brother. When Harry proves himself serious about leaving the family home, Lettie goes to shocking extremes to keep him under her thumb.
10) The pawnbroker
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sol Nazerman is a survivor of a WWII Nazi death camp where his wife, parents and children were murdered. His soul robbed of hope, he takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity while managing a Harlem pawnshop. Working with Sol in the pawn shop is an ambitious man named Ortiz, whose own views and aspirations differ greatly from those of his embittered boss.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This follows the intersecting lives of Western expatriates who are held in confinement by the communist Chinese government. Dr. Dan Maynard is a physician determined to uphold the hippocratic oath, without bending to the will of his heartless captors.
12) The lost moment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An energetic American publisher is in search of the lost love letters of an early ninteenth century poet. Under a false name, Lewis rents a room in a mansion from Juliana Borderau, a former lover of the dead writer. Overseeing the eerie mansion is Juliana's near-psychotic niece, Tina, who mistrusts the publisher from the very onset. It soon becomes clear to Lewis that the mansion harbors horrible secrets, however, he intends to collect the lost letters...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A satire on the ups and downs of being a black actor in Hollywood. Bobby Taylor, a young black actor whose attempts to find work are dashed when told that he's not "black enough" for the roles being offered. With jobs limited to stereotypes (gang-bangers, pimps and Uncle Toms), Bobby's struggles are told through a series of comic fantasies and dreams.
14) Houdini
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The incredible but tragically short career of magician Harry Houdini whose tricks defied explanation and safety.
15) The quiet gun
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A cattle rustler clad in black leather intends to run a stolen herd to Hell's canyon. But first he must pass through Rock River, a town plagued by prejudice and corruption, but presided over by the tough but fair Sheriff Brandon. When a man is lynched so that his ranch can be taken, Brandon faces down not only the cattle thief but his own townspeople, in a tireless effort to uphold the law.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Steve Cochran stars as Dave Culloran, a woman-hating cop who has much in common with the serial rapist he is pursuing. The paths of the black-hearted cop and the black-gloved stalker converge when Culloran's wife is assaulted by the criminal, becomes pregnant and, not knowing which man is the father, must decide whether or not to keep the baby.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The tough-minded Captain Ralls is pitted against the treacherous Captain Sidneye in a bitter rivalry on a mysterious Island. At stake is a fortune in pearls hidden in an undercover cave, at risk is the hand of the beautiful Angelique, the daughter of the tyrant ruler of the Island who plans to marry her off to Sidneye.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When their spouses are unable to join them on a planned group trip, longtime friends, Larry Gilbert and Kitty Weaver find themselves thrown together and falling in love under the sun in beautiful Acapulco. With their vacation coming to an end, both Larry and Kitty find themselves torn between feeling guilty about the affair and whether or not to end it.