Joe Morton
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Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
“This potent book about America’s most disgraceful sin establishes [Ta-Nehisi Coates] as a first-rate novelist.”—San Francisco Chronicle
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“This potent book about America’s most disgraceful sin establishes [Ta-Nehisi Coates] as a first-rate novelist.”—San Francisco Chronicle
IN...
Author
Language
English
Description
A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography and the 2017 NAACP Image Award Winner, Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies.
A true renaissance man, Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory was one of the pioneering satirists of his generation,
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Language
English
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Description
A clever, enchanting companion to the original "reverso" collection MIRROR, MIRROR, this volume of fairy-tale inspired poems will delight listeners of all ages. What a joyful experience to listen to the expressive, thoughtful reading of this captivating presentation.
6) Mr. Tornado
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Super Outbreak of 1974 was the most intense tornado outbreak on record, tearing across thirteen states, generating 148 tornadoes from Alabama to Ontario, damaging thousands of homes, and killing more than 300 people. Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita spent ten months studying the outbreak's aftermath in the most extensive aerial tornado study ever conducted, and through detailed mapping and leaps of scientific imagination, made a series...
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Explores the impact of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline on culture and society in Alaska, as well as on the environment and Alaskan wilderness. Features commentary by the men and women who worked on the line, as well as long-time Alaska residents, members of the Native Alaskan community, environmentalists, government geologists, and local and national politicians. Examines the conflict between the desire to bring Alaskan oil to market and increase the energy...
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
©2022.
Language
English
Description
Inside the Black Box spotlights the world's greatest Black artists within the entertainment industry. A 2022 Television Series. With ten-hour-long episodes with hosts Joe Morton and Tracey Moore. Reminiscent of "Inside the Actor's Studio with Robert Lipton." Features prominent actors, directors, writers, and producers of color and helps to further the never-ending dialectic on race in American entertainment. "Inside The Black Box is a space that reigns...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A lethal cyborg, the T-1000, has been sent back from 2029 A.D. to present day Los Angeles on a mission to kill the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. The original Terminator cyborg is reprogrammed and sent to save the boy, assisted by the boy's mother, a woman warrior whose warnings of a world headed toward nuclear disaster go unheeded.
13) Of mice and men
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A migrant worker protects his phyically challenged friend.
14) Bounce
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winners Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow light up the screen as two strangers who find love amid tragedy. Buddy Amaral is a smooth-talking, skirt-chasing ad executive who is enjoying his high-powered career. Then, a sudden twist of fate changes everything and leads him into the life of Abby Janello. Bounce is an endearing story about finding love in the unexpected.
15) Eureka: Season 5
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Return to the small town with big secrets as the geniuses of Eureka venture beyond everything they've ever known in the fifth and final season. From searching for the lost Astraeus crew to experiencing a disaster drill that proves all too real, it's anything but life as usual in the seemingly idyllic town.
16) Forever young
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A test pilot in 1939 puts off proposing to his sweetheart until it's too late, then volunteers for a cryogenics experiment, reawakening in 1992.
18) Trouble in mind
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In a down-and-out brick corner of Rain City, set in the vague future/past, hapless denizens are drawn to Wanda's cafe like moths to a flame. At the center of the film is a romantic triangle between ex-cop/con Hawk, young mother Georgia, and her husband Coop.
19) Hemingway
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
20) Dragonfly
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his deceased wife through his patients' near death experiences.
