Jennifer Hudson
2) Respect
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
Offers a look into the life of Aretha Franklin: from her childhood traumatized by the loss of her mother through her difficult rise to international fame in the sixties, when she was also struggling with an abusive marriage and alcohol problems.
3) Cats
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
A tribe of cats gather to decide who will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand-in mother for Lily. When Rosaleen and Lily walk into town, they are approached by some white men. Rosaleen insults these racists by standing up for her rights. The angry men give her a beating and she ends up in the hospital. Lily's father rescues Lily but not Rosaleen, so Lily talks Rosaleen into running...
5) Chi-raq
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago?'s Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.
6) Dreamgirls
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Deena, Effie and Lorrell form a music trio called the Dreamettes. When ambitious manager Curtis Taylor Jr. spots the act at a talent show, he offers the chance of a lifetime, to be backup singers for a national star. Taylor takes creative control of the group and eventually pushes the singers into the spotlight. However, one becomes the star, forcing another out, which teaches them about the high cost of fame.