Diahann Carroll
Author
Language
English
Description
It's conventional wisdom that Hollywood has no use for a woman over forty. So it's a good thing that Diahann Carroll, with her winning career is anything but conventional. With wisdom that only aging gracefully can bestow, she talks frankly about her four marriages as well as her other relationships, including her courtship with Sidney Poitier; racial politics in show business; and the personal cost, particularly to her family, of being a pioneer....
6) Claudine
Series
Criterion collection volume 1052
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Claudine is a strong-willed single mother, raising six kids in Harlem, whose budding relationship with a gregarious garbage collector is stressed by the difficulty of getting by in an oppressive system. This romantic comedy with a social conscience deftly balances warm humor with a serious look at the myriad issues, from cycles of poverty to the indignities of the welfare system, that shape its characters' realities. The result is a bittersweet, bighearted...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
How It Feels to Be Free takes an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and tells the story of how six trailblazing performers-Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier- changed American culture through their films, fashion, music and politics.
Author
Series
Peter Gunn volume 23
Language
English
Description
Gunn is hired by a broken down musician to find his wife.She is supposed to be dead.Gunn discovers the truth does involve death.
12) The Masked Saint
Author
Language
English
Description
The Masked Saint follows the journey of former professional wrestler Chris Samuels, who retires from the ring to settle down as a small town pastor.
