Mario Van Peebles
3) We the party
Publisher
XLrator
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shows teenagers as they are, not as adults would like them to be. Set amidst the latest trends in music, dance and fashion, a colorful, cutting-edge comedy set in an ethnically diverse Los Angeles high school during America's first black president. The film focuses on five friends as they deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, facebook, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The widowed Ellen Brody now finds herself reliving the horrors of the past when a mammoth shark kills her son. Grief-stricken, she travels to the Bahamas to be with her other son, a marine biologist, and his family. There she meets and falls for a carefree airplane pilot. But just as she is putting her life back together, the nightmare of the past returns when her granddaughter is attacked by an all-too-familiar Great White. Determined to end the...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
See how it all began-- the gripping tale of the early years of gangster Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underworld, he enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution, becoming the heroin czar of Harlem in the late 1960s.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Richmond has it all with a great career, loving wife and daughter, and wonderful friends. So why is he so miserable? To make sense of it all, Gabe writes an autobiographical stage play that may just reveal the answer that was under his nose all along.
10) A letter to dad
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams, but on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by a deep-rooted anger caused by his father who abandoned him as a boy. Dan confronts his feelings of bitterness head on, as he pours out his heart in a letter to his father. As Dan writes, his life is unfolded, revealing his pain and ultimate joy, as he grows from a young, troubled teen into a strong, spiritual man. In the end, Dan's father...
12) Ali
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political...
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Fox vs. Franken: In an absurd convergence of circumstances, Fox News filed a lawsuit against liberal imp Al Franken (they objected to his parody of their slogan "fair and balanced") in order to coddle star pundit Bill O'Reilly. The real joke is how badly Fox's efforts to muscle Franken backfired, putting them in the middle of a story so crazy, it reads like something Franken could have invented for one of his own books.
Poetic license: Explores the...
14) Posse
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Western about a mostly black posse who do battle with a pompous, racist colonel, and a vicious white sheriff who wants to take over a peaceful black frontier settlement.
15) Run the race
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Reeling from his mother's death and his father's abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers' ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach and his dreams on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
16) New Jack City
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Gangster film about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he's untouchable, and the tough, street-smart cops determined to bring him down.
17) License to kill
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
License to kill: Parents of a high school girl killed in an automobile accident file vehicular manslaughter charges against the man who was driving while intoxicated.
Acts of contrition: Jonathan Frayne is the host of a radio talk show where the guilty call in and reveal their darkest secrets. When one mysterious caller confesses to the murder of a young woman, Frayne is inextriciabbly drawn into solving the case, and finds himself a pawn in the...
18) Run the race
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two desperate brothers sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. Reeling from his mother's death and his father's abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers' ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach and his dreams on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After her unprecedented victory over billionaire Arthur Frobisher, Patty Hewes has the legal world at her feet. Just as she is pondering her next move, Daniel Purcell, a man from Patty's past, throws her into a new legal challenge. What starts as a domestic murder case escalates into the highest reaches of government as Patty unearths a vast conspiracy. Ellen, at the same time, is on a mission to take Patty down. She's agreed to act as an informant...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Ã2015.
Language
English
Description
Brotherhood of justice : Law and order have completely broken down at Santa Lucia High. At an assembly meant to inspire students to be part of the solution, not the problem, Derek and his friends get a brilliant idea. What this violent, drugg-ridden community needs is a group of vigilantes -- a Brotherhood of Justice ...
Nightmare at Bittercreek: A group of friends hoping for a horseback riding adventure in the mountains come face-to-face with danger...