Aunjanue Ellis
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, who overcame problems in school and obstacles in life to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon. His lifelong journey led him to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, a bestselling author, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Includes behind-the-scenes, and featurettes.
3) King Richard
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story that will inspire the world, follow the journey of Richard Williams, an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever.
4) King Richard
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story that will inspire the world, follow the journey of Richard Williams, an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever.
6) Origin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A journalist investigates caste and it's dark influence on society while also experiencing love, loss, and witnessing the beauty of human resilience.
"While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist experiences soaring love and unfathomable loss as she uncovers the beauty of human resilience. Inspired by the New York Times best seller "Caste" and starting Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay's Origin...
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In 1925, Zora Neale Hurston was living in New York as a fledgling writer. This collection of stories, found in archives after her death, reveal African American folk culture in Harlem in the 1920s. This book includes eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem gems.
9) Pimp
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English
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An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female Pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. But once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
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A lyrical and extraordinarily beautiful story woven together by the music that permeates New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous. Renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Alvaro Cruz (Joaquím De Almeida) returns home from a lecture in Paris and in his absence his mother has succumbed to Alzheimer's disease.
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61st Street volume 4
Language
English
Description
After stumbling on evidence of police misconduct, Franklin adjusts his defense.
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61st Street volume 1
Language
English
Description
Moses Johnson is swept into a world of chaos and corrupt policing during a presumed drug sting.
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61st Street volume 5
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English
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Moses reunites with an old acquaintance and Officer Logan gets a new position.
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61st Street volume 7
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English
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Moses' trial begins. Brannigan testifies and a discovery threatens to derail Franklin's defense.
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61st Street volume 2
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English
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Moses makes contact with the one person who could save him. Martha chases political aspirations.
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61st Street volume 3
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English
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Officer Logan begins to question his own department and Brannigan presses Moses for a confession.
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61st Street volume 8
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English
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Franklin faces a setback. Moses takes the stand. A verdict is read.
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61st Street volume 6
Language
English
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Moses fights influences in prison and begins to doubt Franklin's motives.
20) The Subject
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English
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A successful documentarian (Jason Biggs) deals with the fallout from his previous film, which caught the murder of a Black teen on tape. As he shoots his latest doc, someone tapes his every move, upending his idyllic life.