A24 (Firm)
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense...
4) Moonlight
Formats
Description
A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
5) Past lives
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.
6) Laggies
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, sixteen-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
9) Lean on Pete
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean on Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence - until...
10) Lean on Pete
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence-until he...
11) The humans
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare.
12) Waves
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....