Lynn Whitfield
1) The rebound
Language
English
Description
Hothead college basketball coach Roy McCormick shows more interest in endorsement deals than in winning games. After an on-court meltdown, the hot-tempered college hoops coach is expelled from the league. In order to return, Coach Roy needs to prove he can win games without losing his cool, and his last chance is to take on a losing junior high school team of wise-cracking misfits.
2) Eve's bayou
Series
Criterion collection volume 1154
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The summer I killed my father, I was ten years old" "So begins Kasi Lemmons's spellbinding feature debut, an evocative journey into the maze of memory steeped in a fragrant southern-gothic atmosphere. In 1960s Louisiana, a young girl sees her well-to-do family unravel in the wake of the infidelities of her charming father setting in motion a series of deceptions and betrayals that will upend her world and challenge her understanding of reality. Rooted...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen, Madea has two troubled nieces to deal with. Lisa is engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker and Vanessa is finding it difficult to open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist Frankie because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of the girls's lives is their mother Victoria.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Colluccia siblings try to recreate their late grandmother's legendary pasta sauce in an effort to jog the memory of their grandfather, who is struggling with dementia; interior designer Hailey sets out to surprise her mother Patricia with an unexpected gift related to the extended family for which she has long yearned; as Julie faces her first Christmas as a single mother, she develops an unexpected friendship with an older neighbor"--
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Meet the Cheetah Girls, four New York teens facing the challenges of growing up as they sing and dance their way toward that elusive record deal. As the girls are gearing up to rehearse for the school talent competition, they're discovered by famous record producer Jackal Johnson. But the foursome soon learn that their big break is not what they expected since Jackal wants to remake them into something they are not. Ultimately, the path of stardom...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech.
Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words.
Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus.
Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Dr. John Novelli is overworked in the understaffed and under-financed emergency room of the East End Medical Center. Working with his head nurse Dehlia Johnson, Novelli is abrasive and sometimes downright rude, but he gets the job done--and the job is saving lives.
10) Curveball
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Smart, popular and star pitcher of his high school team, Nolan tries to put his troubled childhood behind him with the help of the two things he could always depend on: his love of baseball and his best friend, Sam. But now that Nolan's future is looking bright and he's happy with a new girlfriend, Sam starts leading him into trouble, playing hard and partying harder.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After two years in jail, Homer Hobbs returns to his bleak urban home during the depths of the Great Depression. With no job, no prospects, and no hope, Homer finds a kinship with four strangers. On Sunday nights, in a dingy hall, the men of the neighborhood piece together the finest attire their meager lives can beg, borrow, or steal to compete in an unusual fashion contest. The big winner will go home with the five dollar prize. The real prize is...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Having led thousands in a march for civil rights to the foot of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. made the most of the historical moment by giving a speech that would forever inspire people to continue to fight for change in the years ahead.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen [edition].
Language
English
Description
In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen, Madea has two troubled nieces to deal with. Lisa is engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker and Vanessa is finding it difficult to open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist Frankie because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of the girls's lives is their mother Victoria.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This first set of Broadway Theatre Archives Great Performances includes the superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize-winning modern tragedy, Death of a Salesman; Alice at the Palace, a "music hall" version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland; Uncommon Women and Others, Wendy Wasserstein's play about Mount Holyoke graduates at a reunion assessing whether they have achieved their goals; and For Colored Girls Who Have...
16) Head of state
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
When a presidential candidate is needed just a few weeks before the election, Washington picks Mays Gilliam, a powerless politician they plan to use as their pupet, certain that he will lose. Buy Mays won't go down that easy. If he is going to run, he is going to do it his way and have fun doing it that way as well.
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
As the zookeeper makes his nightly rounds, he has no idea that Gorilla is letting all the animals out of their cages. A thoughtful little bear decides to get the moon a birthday present, so he climbs a mountain to ask the moon what it wants. Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap, until a little flea has a big surprise. An old couple pines to have children, so the moon presents them with twelve tiny babies. A lonesome trombone...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Children make terrible pets: Lucy, a young bear, meets a charming little boy in the forest. When she brings him home, her mother cautions her "children make terrible pets."
All the world: The story follows a circle of family and friends over the course of a day and shows the importance of all things great and small in our world.
Crow call: Liz and her father, who has been away at war far longer than she can remember begin their journey to reconnect.
Elizabeti's...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Greenleaf World Ministries is more than just a house of worship, it is the center of a community, and a duplicitous life. Although the family business is religion, the Greenleaf family and their business practices are not without sin. Yet amidst the mayhem and deception, the power of something greater exists, calling all to test their faith.
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