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Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single mom and boardinghouse landlord decides the best way she can parent her teenage son is to enlist her young tenants - a quirky punk photographer, a mellow handyman, and her son's shrewd best friend - to serve as role models in a changing world.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1996
Language
English
Description
After the death of his parents, Collin Fenwick goes to live with his father's cousins, Verena and Dolly Talbo. Verena rules the with a stern hand, while her older sister Dolly charms Collin with her gentle, romantic spirit. Together with the maid Catherine, they escape Verena's oppression by running away to an old tree house in the woods. However, their adventure sets off a series of events that will change the lives and futures of the entire town....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day? Bonus features include the making of Beasts of the Southern Wild and the theatrical trailer.
5) Green book
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on The Green Book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the...
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Peck will defend him. Peck's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children. Includes extra interview footage.
7) Idlewild
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Set in the Prohibition-era American South, a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend, not only with gangsters who have their eyes on the club, but also his piano player and partner Percival. Percival must choose between his love for Angel or his obligations to his father.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Triggered by a murder based on misunderstandings and an illicit love affair, this is the dramatic historic feud that teeters on the brink of an all-out civil war as friends and neighbors join opposing sides in a rivalry that would ultimately shape American history.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.
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