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(0)Denzel Washington
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An award-winning drama-documentary about the Baka pygmies of Cameroon's Dju rainforest. Made over two years, the film reveals the pygmies' symbiotic relationship with the living world of the forest: gathering insects and fruit, hunting, fishing and scaling 140 ft. trees in search of honey; and also offers a rare insight into their folk-lore-rich culture with music and healing dances woven around the forest and its myths.
5) Anansi
Author
Publisher
Rabbit Ears Productions
Pub. Date
p1991
Language
English
Description
Two Jamaican folk tales in which Anansi the spider practices his trickery on others. Includes an audio cassette featuring narration and music.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
An FBI chemical weapons expert joins forces with a former British spy to rescue the hostages held on Alcatraz island by a group of Marines who have missiles loaded with poison gas; the captain of a nuclear submarine struggles with his second in command about ambiguous orders to fire warheads at a Russian rebellion.
10) The Mighty Quinn
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Washington stars as Xavier Quinn, Police Chief of a small Caribbean island whose childhood friend, Maubee, is suspected of murdering a wealthy resort owner. Though doubtful of Maubee's guilt, a reluctant Quinn is forced by the Governor to search for his elusive friend, who is in hiding. His investigation is complicated by an array of possible suspects, including the dead man's beautiful mistress, an eccentric voodoo sorceress and a mysterious American...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When the passengers of a subway train are taken hostage for ransom, New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber must use his vast knowledge of the subway system to try to outwit the criminal mastermind behind the crime.
12) Crimson tide
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[199-?]
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a global crisis, the USS Alabama receives an unconfirmed order to launch its nuclear missiles. The tension quickly rises as the sub's respected commander and his brilliant executive officer clash over the validity of their orders, battling each other for control of the sub.
13) The siege
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The United States government abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
14) License to kill
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Parents of a high school girl killed in an automobile accident file vehicular manslaughter charges against the man who was driving while intoxicated.
15) Fences
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
17) The hurricane
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, in the prime of his boxing career, finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder. Sentenced to life in prison, Carter's published memoir, The Sixteenth Round, inspires a teenager from Brooklyn and three Canadian activists who believe in the truth, to join forces with Carter to prove his innocence.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Language
English
Description
A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust...
19) Antwone Fisher
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
After leaving an abusive foster home and joining the Navy, a troubled sailor comes to terms with his rage with the help of a psychiatrist.
20) Unstoppable
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A railway engineer and a conductor try to stop a runaway train carrying a load of dangerous chemicals from crashing into a city.
