Courtney B. Vance
1) Joyful noise
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the church choir to lift their spirits by winning the national Joyful Noise Competition. But the discord between its two leading ladies threatens to tear everything apart.
2) Ben is back
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on Matt Ruff's novel, this series follows Korean war vet Atticus Freeman, his friend Letitia and his Uncle George on a journey across 1950's Jim Crow America where they face racist terrors and the terrifying monsters of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A volatile story about a Washington, D.C. political reporter who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. Unexpectedly finding herself behind bars, she struggles to maintain her principles and relationship with her family when she refuses to divulge her source. Inspired by true events.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Detectives Goren and Eames work for the NYPD Major Case Squad. The detectives use their skills and wits to stop the worst criminal offenders in New York City. Experience life on the wrong side of the law as perpetrators plan and execute the crimes that lead them into the justice system.
10) The fight
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This documentary captures the anticipation that the bout between African American heavyweight Joe Louis and his German opponent Max Schmeling generated, the events leading up to it, the impact Louis's victory had on Blacks and its significance for Jews.
11) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
12) The Mummy
Series
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1920s, adventurer Rick leads Egyptologist Evelyn and her brother Jonathan to mysterious Hamunaptra. While Johnathan is keen on finding the legendary Egyptian treasures, Evelyn wants to search for the Book of the Living, which would clarify a lot in historical knowledge about the ancient Egyptians. Unfortunately, they free Imhotep's mummy from his eternal prison. Imhotep, a former high priest to the pharoah, wants not only to use Evelyn's...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
This is the first episode of the Law & Order spinoff from the criminal's point of view. Carl Atwood and his girlfriend, Gia, have enlisted three people to help them plan and execute a major jewelry heist: Carson, fresh out of a Canadian prison; Nathan, an expert in phony identification; and a muscular Serbian named Zivkovic.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Out of nowhere, a mysterious flash causes nearly everyone in the world to lose consciousness and gain a glimpse of his or her life six months into the future. As one elite FBI unit attempts to solve the mystery, the rest of the world's population soon discovers that, when it comes to destiny, nothing is set in stone. Includes 22 episodes, featurettes, commentary, interviews, blooper reel, and deleted scenes.
16) The divide
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As nuclear warheads rain down on Manhattan, nine strangers barricade themselves in their apartment building's bunker-like basement controlled by the unhinged superintendent. But within days, supplies dwindle, tempers flare, and the trapped survivors will be overcome by treachery, madness, sexual torment, and savage violence. What follows is intense. It is raw. And it is all brutally, horrifyingly real.
17) Eye see you
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A brutal seral killer is targeting cops, and detective Malloy is on the trail. But now the killer is making it personal, and his dedication becomes a twisted emotional nightmare. Time is running out, and so are the options, as Malloy engages in an extreme game of cat-and-mouse with a killer who won't be stopped.
19) Dangerous minds
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When an ex-Marine becomes a high school teacher, she is assigned to a tough class of inner-city teenagers.