Spike Lee
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English
Description
Spike Lee's stylized thriller DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS is a new kind of love story. Dr. Hess Green (Stephen Tyrone Williams) becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. He however is not a vampire. Soon after his transformation he enters into a dangerous romance with Ganja Hightower (Zaraah Abrahams) that questions the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status in our seemingly sophisticated...
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English
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The latest in Spike Lee's Chronicles of Brooklyn series (which also include SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT, DO THE RIGHT THING, CROOKLYN, CLOCKERS, and HE GOT GAME), RED HOOK SUMMER tells the story of Flik Royale, a sullen young boy from middle-class Atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse, in the housing projects of Red Hook. Having never met before, things quickly get off on the wrong foot as Bishop...
10) Inside man
Language
English
Description
NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into an already...
11) 3 A.M
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Language
English
Description
A provocative, frightening, and moving film in which the good luck, bad luck, fates and fortunes of four taxi drivers collide during one incredible night in Manhattan.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. One of the men will risk his life to save an Italian boy who lives in the city where the Waffen-SS have massacred most of the citizens of the town in retaliation for Italian partisan activity. A sculpted head from the Ponte Santa Trinita...
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Series
Hollywood's Stories volume 1
Language
English
Description
Take a critical look into the lack of opportunities afforded to minorities in Hollywood since film as an art form has existed. How did minorities finally gain a foothold in the film industry? Who challenged themselves to seek to effect such change? And, overall, how has Hollywood transformed over the course of time in ways that are reflective of society in general?
15) 25th Hour
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Language
English
Description
Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan (Norton) reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
16) He got game
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
With promises of a reduced sentence, Jake Shuttlesworth is granted temporary release from state prison in order to persuade the nation's top college basketball recruit, his estranged son Jesus, to play ball for the Governor's alma mater! Includes theatrical trailer.
17) Summer of Sam
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Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1977, a serial killer who called himself Son of Sam held New York City in terror.
18) Pavarotti
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Academy Award winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of the Voice, the Man, the Legend. Luciano Pavarotti gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. This cinematic event features history-making performances and intimate interviews, including never-before-seen footage and cutting-edge Dolby Atmos technology. A riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people.
20) Malcolm X
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.