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2) The help
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world.
4) Girl 6
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an attractive, talented actress discovers that the only job she can get is working as a fantasy telephone operator, she decides to make the most of it. As Girl 6, she soon becomes the most popular girl in town.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.
6) Soul food
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Director's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
7) She did that
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (71 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An extension of Renae Bluitt's In Her Shoes blog, "She Did That." offers an intimate peek inside the lives of four Black women who continuously raise the glass ceiling for future generations. The film features vulnerable conversations with four change agents - Luvvie Ajayi (NYT best-selling author), Lisa Price (founder, Carol's Daughter), Melissa Butler (founder, The Lip Bar) and Tonya Rapley (founder, My Fab Finance.) Their powerful testimonies as...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a judge orders Madea to do 20 hours of community service at a local retirement home, the residents and staff are not ready for Madea's brand of 'the truth'. All's well that ends well when Madea helps the residents of Easy Rest Retirement Home realize the importance of family, love and forgiveness.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fed up with patriarch Mr. John Henry Brooks Jr.'s tyrannical rule, Mrs. Brooks and the Brooks children -- Booker T. Washington, Gideon and the soon-to-be-married Gail -- are a family in revolt. But it's the impending nuptials, along with fiancé Marvin's insistence that the wedding be a traditional African ceremony that's the catalyst for all the dramedy.
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It examines amazing Black women that shaped America and made it what it is today. Highlighting their accomplishments, dedication, and achievements, this program focuses on their place in American history, what their lives were like, what they did, and what they endured. Their common thread of determination, courage, and commitment is consistent as a universal theme in all their lives. It portrays some of the stories of these women that have made historic...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 64 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It's Madea as you've never seen her before--in her first animated movie! After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to community service. Determined to do good for the 'hood, Madea enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle Joe to try and save the Moms Mabley Youth Center from being shut down. With her irresistible sass and wisdom, Madea rallies the local kids to make a stand--and proves that behind her tough exterior is a whole lot of love!"--Container....
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (588 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To the casual observer, the world of Hip Hop is all thrills and excitement; there's the bling, the Bentleys, the power and the fame. But behind the scenes, Hip Hop can be a difficult world to navigate; even harder still for women who are trying to find their lane. VH1's docu-soap series follows six dynamic women, each with a compelling connection to the world of Hip Hop and all trying to make their way in a world of backstabbing and jealousy and broken...
Publisher
Viacom International
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
VH1's series follows follows six dynamic women, each with a compelling connection to the world of Hip Hop; all trying to make their way in a world of backstabbing and jealousy, broken promises and shattered dreams.
15) Bulworth
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Believing his career is over, Senator Jay Bulworth takes out an enormous insurance policy and a contract on his own life. His impending death fills him with an outrageous desire to break the rules and tell it like it is.
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen - he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and...
Series
Publisher
Medici Arts
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Most presentations feature Lady Day as the sad victim of hard times and drugs. Mining a treasure trove of new information, the producers set the record straight - and beautifully. In a voice that is Billie-like in its rasping wiseness and its ring, stage and screen star Ruby Dee reads from Holiday's autobiography, Lady sings the blues.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Tenth anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A divorced L.A. lawyer, Peter, thinks he has met the girl of his dreams online, until she shows up at his door and is a sassy, African American ex-con. She moves in and really begins to shake up his boring suburban lifestyle.
19) Whitney
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Whitney Houston is a musical icon, known for such hit songs as "How Will I Know," "I Will Always Love You" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." Her debut album, "Whitney Houston," set industry records as the best-selling debut album for a female singer. The documentary follows her life and career, culminating in her untimely death at the age of 48. Her friends and family describe their relationship with the singer and her private struggles....
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen - he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and...
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