Isaiah Washington
1) Mixing Nia
Series
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Nia is a successful copy writer at ad agency, and she leads white yuppie life (though her mother is black). She quits the agency when she is ordered to push a new brand of beer to black urban kids and goes searching for her racial identity.
2) Ghost Ship
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Built in 1954, the majestic ocean liner Antonia Graza was the pride of the Italian Line. A vision of modern, sleek sophistication, the ship was nothing less than a work of art. Amenities provided for her passengers ensured that they would enjoy unrivaled luxury during their stay at sea; when guests were not unwinding in their spacious staterooms, they could socialize in one of the stylish lounges, enjoy sports and relaxation atop the liner's broad...
4) The sin seer
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Rose Ricard has a gift: she can see into your soul. She can discern the truth from a lie and, sometimes, she can perceive the very thoughts before they are formed in your mind. She uses these gifts to solve unsolved cases and bring closure where there is none. Her most recent case unwittingly opens the doors to her own past and that of her new partner Grant Summit.
5) Dead Birds
Series
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A group of Confederate soldiers (including two time Oscar-nominee Michael Shannon) hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces. "*Solid acting, at times brilliant camera work, and superb sound design all contribute to make this a truly frightening winner.*" - Steve Barton, ***Dread Central***
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Jaime is a hard-working woman juggling work as a bartender and the responsibility for the care of her younger sister. This all changes when she is hit by a car and seriously injured. She undergoes an experimental and top-secret procedure.
7) Blue caprice
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two perpetrators, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitated their long and bloody journey across America. Recently abandoned by his mother, teenager Lee Malvo finds an unlikely father figure in John Allen Muhammad, who takes the boy in and shows him the moral decay of the society that declared him unfit to be a husband and...
8) Love Jones
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Set in Chicago, a beautiful photographer and a sweet-talking poet get together and discover romance.
Publisher
SDS - Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Reverend Dave is called to defend a group of Christian homeschooling families. He finds himself taken aback by the interference of the government and believing that their right to educate their children is a freedom worth fighting for. Reverend Dave is called to Washington DC to testify in a landmark congressional hearing that will determine the future of religious freedom in our country for years to come.
Publisher
Touchstone Television
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Centers around the lives and loves of 5 young surgical interns at Seattle Grace Hospital. Placed in the most competitive and grueling internship a hospital has, these young interns learn how to become surgeons from some of the best in the business. Derek's previously unknown wife, Addison shows up and tries to win back her busband. Confronted with the two women he loves, Derek is forced to choose between them, a choice that will have wide reaching...
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fight to survive has torn them apart, turned them against each other, and taken the lives of their closest friends. Last season, a new, even more dangerous threat arose: the A.I. that ended the world was building an army dedicated to controlling all sentient life on Earth. No longer a battle between warring factions; it was a fight for humanity itself. The 100 face their darkest chapter yet.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fight to survive has torn them apart, turned them against each other, and taken the lives of their closest friends. Last season, a new, even more dangerous threat arose: the A.I. that ended the world was building an army dedicated to controlling all sentient life on Earth. No longer a battle between warring factions; it was a fight for humanity itself. The 100 face their darkest chapter yet.
14) Blackbird
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self. It's not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are.
15) Ghost ship
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Salvagers discover the Antonia Graza, an Italian luxury liner with a dark secret. The passenger ship has been missing since 1962, floating adrift on the Bering Sea, the salvagers claim the vessel as their own. But the Antonia Graza in not uninhabited. Once towing of the ghost ship towards harbor has begun, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Reunited with the survivors of the space-station Ark that fell to Earth, Clarke Griffin and her band of juvenile delinquents have faced death at every turn: from a world transformed by radiation to the fierce Grounders who somehow managed to survive it, and the double-dealing Mountain Men from the fortified Mount Weather, whose civilized environment masked a horrible secret.
17) Crooklyn
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life in a crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood nicknamed "Crooklyn" by the Carmichaels, who experience one very special summer in their hometown under difficult but often wonderful circumstances.
18) Cut throat city
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story of four boyhood friends in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around, by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city.
19) Love Jones
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Set in Chicago, a beautiful photographer and a sweet-talking poet get together and discover romance.
A love story for anyone who has ever wondered: How do I know when I've found the one? Larenz Tate and Nia Long have magnetism and chemistry to burn as the striving, artistically talented twentysomethings he's a poet, she's a photographer who sparks over their love of literature and jazz, but whose mutual reluctance to commit to a relationship leaves...