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1) Cry freedom
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
A look at the friendship between a South African activist and a white journalist
"Cry Freedom is a sincere and valuable movie...I think it probably should be seen."--Chicago Sun-Times
2) Glory
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
A gripping historical film about the first black volunteer regiment in the Civil War and their white commander. Based on the novel by Lincoln Kirstein
3) Inside man
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into an unstable and deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a criminal mastermind, a determined detective, and a power broker with a hidden agenda. One wrong move could mean disaster for any one of them
"The film grabs you from the beginning and never lets go."--Arizona Republic
"Washington has the kind of star quality other actors would die for: unfakeable cool."--Rolling Stone
"A flashy cast, clever script...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe 1Deke2 Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff Department Sergeant Jim Baxter, impressed with Deke2s cop instincts, unofficially engages his help. But as they track the killer, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke2s...
6) Fences
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh is bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues, Maxson is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
English
Description
With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend Don Pedro devises mischief: a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she loves to hate, Benedick. Their amusement is almost spoiled by the jealous scheming of Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing (111 min.)...
9) Crimson tide
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
On board an American nuclear submarine headed for a Russia which is descending into civil war that threatens to start World War III, Captain Ramsey and First Officer Hunter clash over the validity of an unverified message to launch their missiles. With nuclear holocaust close at hand, mutiny erupts, pitting the entire crew against each other in a showdown that will decide the fate of the world
10) Malcolm X
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Born Malcolm Little, his minister father was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. After getting out of jail, he preaches the teachings, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca. There he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, having...
11) The Equalizer 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Vigilante Robert McCall is continuing his life of helping ordinary citizens find justice in everyday situations before a close friend of his is murdered by a mysterious group of criminals for seemingly no reason. The plot shifts as he then makes it his goal to find out what happened to his friend and deliver justice on her behalf, sending him on a wild goose chase to figure out who these people are, why they would harm his friend, and if there is...
12) Gladiator II
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor needed to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust...
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007.
Language
English
Description
Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.