John Singleton
Author
Language
English
Description
Stunning and powerful, Like Judgment Day is the hauntingly true story of the Rosewood massacre. Michael D'Orso's compelling journalistic prose reads like the most vivid novel as he describes the earth-shattering events of January 1923 and its survivors' patient, 70-year quest for justice. When a black man was accused of attacking a white woman in a rural Florida town, a tinderbox of racial hatred was ignited. On New Year's Day 1923, Rosewood, a town...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The story opens in the silent film era, when white actors in blackface often played black characters, but also saw the rise of independent African American filmmakers, including the remarkable Oscar Micheaux. It follows the changes in the film industry with the arrival of sound motion pictures and the Great Depression, when black performers such as Stepin Fetchit and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson began finding a place in Hollywood. More often than not,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now an ex-cop on the run, Brian, hooks into outlaw street racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back, Brian's no rules, win-or-die skills are unleased against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy riding shotgun, and a drop-dead-georgeous undercover agent dialing up the heat ... it becomes a desperate race for survival and justice.
5) Abduction
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen presentation.
Language
English
Description
A young man sets out to discover the truth about his life after discovering his baby picture on a missing persons web site.
7) Rosewood
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The true story of the 1923 razing of a black town in Florida, many of its people murdered over a lie. But some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Lazarus is an extremely religious man who is broken hearted after his wife leaves him for his own brother. Rae is the town slut, apparently afflicted with the "disease" of uncontrollable nymphomania. After a night of hard partying and sleeping around, Rae, is beaten up and left by the roadside near Lazarus' house. Lazarus takes her in and chains her to his radiator while trying to "cure" her insatiability. Eventually, the two become friends and help...
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Anniversary edition Widescreen and Full screen editions.
Language
English
Description
Three friends struggle to survive in South Central Los Angeles where friendship, pain, danger and love form a true picture of life in the 'hood in this critically acclaimed, action-filled story.
10) 2 fast 2 furious
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Now an ex-cop, outlaw racer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con, speed-demon buddy in a bid to clear both their reputations. He hooks up with an undercover agent to bring down a ruthless crime kingpin in a nitro-fueled street racing scene!
11) Shaft
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
To stop a racist killer, Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords, Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
12) Boyz 'n the hood
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary-- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his son.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Limited edition.
Language
English
Description
Brian O'Conner has left LA due to his illegal activities as an outlaw racer. Now he works the streets of Miami, making money here and there by street racing. Watched by Customs Agent Monica Fuentes, Brian is caught by the police. He is given a deal by Agents Markham and Bilkins to go undercover and try to bring down drug lord Carter Verone. In exchange for his work, his criminal record will be erased. Brian agrees, but only if he is given permission...
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The fast and the furious: Every night is a championship race on the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles. Dominic and Johnny are rivals who are the boldest, the baddest, the best, and turn their challengers into dust. Dominic and Johnny know that the new challenger is tough and fast, what they don't know is that he is a speed demon detective trying to bust up a theft ring.
2 fast 2 furious: now an ex-cop on the run, Brian, hooks into outlaw street...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The fast and the furious: Every night is a championship race on the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles. Dominic and Johnny are rivals who are the boldest, the baddest, the best, and turn their challengers into dust. Along comes a challenger. Dominic and Johnny know that he is tough and fast, what they don't know is that he is a speed demon detective trying to bust up a theft ring.
2 fast 2 furious: Now an ex-cop on the run, Brian, hooks into outlaw...
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
30 years, 30 stories, 30 filmmakers: 30 years of sports covered in 30 stories by 30 different film directors.
Kings ransom: "On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen when the Edmonton Oilers sent Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings. Acclaimed director Peter Berg (Friday night lights, The kingdom) presents the captivating story of the trade that knocked the wind out of an entire country and placed a star-studded...