Viola Davis
1) Finding me
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"In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn't always see me. As I wrote [this book], my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given...
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"In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history." –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony
"Just as I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. In these pages, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am
...3) Trust
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this dark thriller, a teenage girl (Liana Liberato, "If I Stay") is targeted by an online sexual predator. Starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
4) Lila & Eve
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Struggling to cope with the loss of her 18-year old son Stephon to drug violence in the neighborhood, a grieving mother Lila (Academy-Award Nominee Viola Davis), attends a support group for mothers whose children have been murdered. There she meets Eve (Jennifer Lopez), a candid kindred spirit. Lila commiserates with Eve on her desire for justice and the fact that the local police lack the resources necessary to pursue her son’s case. Encouraged...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (123 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy dazzle in this drama hailed as "one of the most romantic love stories ever." A married couple torn apart by tragedy tries to reclaim the life they once shared.
8) Solaris
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A psychologist is sent to investigate a spate of deaths on a space station.
9) Ender's game
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (114 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
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A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and lands her in jail. A gleeful Joe couldn't be happier at Madea's misfortune. But her eccentric family members, the Browns, rally behind her, lending their special 'country' brand of support. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hardaway is on the fast track to career success. But Hardaway lands a...
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; c4 3/4 in.
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Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Pub. Date
2008
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2 videodiscs (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A mysterious virus is brought to New Mexico by a returning satellite that kills an entire town. There are, however, two survivors: a baby and an old man. Scientist isolate themselves with the survivors to try to find a cure before the world is destroyed.
Pub. Date
[2024]
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"In this prequel to The Hunger Games, a young Coriolanus is the last hope for the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. Snow reluctantly takes an assignment to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray's charm captivates Panem's audience, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow races against time...
15) Widows
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (129 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Description
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands' criminal acts conspire to take fate into their own hands.
16) Air
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
17) Black Adam
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
Pub. Date
2008
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1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jesse Stone is a down-and-out former L.A. police detective whose biggest battle is now against the bottle, as the demons of his past rise to haunt him while he drives himself to distraction by pursuing a decade-old murder case. Finding refuge in the small town of Paradise, Chief Stone reopens an unsolved murder case, digging up clues in an old grave and pursuing the ghosts of a forgotten crime. But it's not just the victim's and killer's pasts that...
19) Suicide squad
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined that only a secret group of despicable individuals with nothing to lose can avert a potential apocalypse. So, she has assembled the world's most dangerous super villains, given them a powerful arsenal of weapons, and sent them off on a suicide mission.
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.