Aldis Hodge
1) Brian Banks
Author
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life...
2) Clemency
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As she prepares to execute another inmate, prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard) must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Female Lead at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**.
3) Brian Banks
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
5) The tenants
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
On the top floor of an abandoned tenement, Harry struggles to complete the novel he has been writing for almost ten years. Then Willie, a black militant wannabe writer, moves into another part of the building to work on his own book.
6) Clemency
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bernadine is a stoic prison warden, but two back-to-back executions put a strain on her marriage, career and convictions.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1106
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the 1960s.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
10) Black Adam
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Gio brings a cake to a memorial celebration for the 10th anniversary of his father’s mysterious death, hosted by his uncle (Kilmer), a Brooklyn mafia boss. His life begins to change as he pieces together what really happened to his father.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 8
Language
English
Description
The Team uses the true story of a World War I P.O.W. escape to free an innocent man framed by a pair of dirty cops.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 10
Language
English
Description
The Leverage team sets out to discredit a lifestyle and wellness guru targeting desperate people and peddling snake oil instead of actual medicine.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 9
Language
English
Description
The Leverage team's Holiday good deed goes awry when their attempt to give a small-town librarian the spy-thriller adventure of a lifetime is interrupted by a shadowy spy organization.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 5
Language
English
Description
While investigating the mysterious death of Eliot's friend, the Leverage Team infiltrate an infamous enclave of power to take down the corrupt head of Private Security Company.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 9
Language
English
Description
Prompted by Arthur Wilde, the team takes on a husband-wife couple who run a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme that preys on young mothers, emotionally and financially.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 4
Language
English
Description
One member of the team seeks redemption and justice by convincing Leverage to con a developer out of an entire luxury apartment building.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 12
Language
English
Description
An old friend visits, sparking a self-doubting Harry to uncover an unlikely client on the links at his exclusive golf club.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 14
Language
English
Description
Two local farmers are targeted by a hate group, but something more poisonous on the farm leads Team Leverage to a crooked green energy innovator and an old-fashioned Train Heist.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 3
Language
English
Description
The team has to infiltrate an e-sports tournament to stop a ruthless team owner from mentally and physically abusing his young players.