Colman Domingo
3) Candyman
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Oscarʼ winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleash a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After being torn apart by The Pioneers, Morgan's group is now dispensed across their far-reaching settlements, with life behind the Pioneers' walls testing each of the group's members in different ways, and forcing them to define who they really are in this new world. As Morgan's bid to free the remaining members of the group grows bolder, Virginia's desperation to find her sister accelerates, as does her need to protect the settlements from the enemy...
Series
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Spike Lee's adaptation of the Broadway show "Passing Strange" presents the portrait of a musician as a young man. In 1970s Los Angeles, a talented but rebellious middle-class African-American discovers punk rock. Through the intervention of a sincere choir director, the young man travels to Europe, where his talents blossom, but at the expense of those who care for him. The film is based on the life of musician Stew, who appears as narrator and commentator...
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Executive producers Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern re-imagining of the classic TV series continues the legacy of socially conscious storytelling. The series₂ second season uses introspection and self-exploration to usher viewers into a dimension filled with endless possibilities.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The latest in Spike Lee's Chronicles of Brooklyn series, the film tells the story of Flik Royale, a young boy from Atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse, in the housing projects of Red Hook, New York. Between his grandfather's preaching and the culture shock of city life, Flik's summer appears to be a total disaster, until he meets Chazz Morningstar, a girl his age, who shows Flik the brighter...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sweet, awkward sixteen-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She's math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she's prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom, has forbade Ruby from ever getting in the water. But when she breaks her mom's #1 rule, Ruby will discover that she is a direct descendant...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A group of survivors led by Morgan Jones and Alicia Clark have a clear mission: locate survivors and provide help for others in an effort to make up for the wrongdoings of their pasts and make what's left of the world a slightly better place.
13) The color purple
Language
English
Formats
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
14) Drive-away dolls
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit lamenting yet another breakup with a girlfriend, decides to tag along on vacation with her shy friend Marian, who desperately needs to loosen up. Things quickly go awry when they accidentally rent the car some incompetent criminals are using for a drop. Pursued across state lines by goons, and aided by Jamie's ex, who is a cop, the two are oblivious to the happenings around them, their own developing feelings, and...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After being torn apart by the Pioneers Morgan's group is not dispensed across their far-reaching settlements, with life behind the Pioneers' walls testing each of the group's members in different ways, and forcing them to define who they really are in this new world. As Morgan's bid to free the remaining members of the group grows bolder, Virginia's desperation to find her sister accelerates, as does her need to protect the settlements from the enemy...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern re-imagining of the classic TV series continues the legacy of socially conscious storytelling. The series' second season uses introspection and self-exploration to usher viewers into a dimension filled with endless possibilities.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Returning but not on land, action packed and boat adventures await. Constant threats made after the last escape from land. Truly makes protecting one another the most important on the unsafe waters. Just because zombies can't swim, doesn't mean there isn't anything to be worried about.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Season 1 of this intense HBO drama focuses on 17-year-old Rue Bennett (multimedia star Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab who's struggling to stay clean. Ahead of the second season, the Emmy-winning series returns with two special episodes set over the Christmas holiday. Season 2 continues to follow Rue's dynamic group of friends as they enter a new year and question their choices.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A group of survivors led by Morgan Jones and Alicia Clark have a clear mission: locate survivors and provide help for others in an effort to make up for the wrongdoings of their pasts and make what's left of the world a slightly better place.