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Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert.
2) Minari
Publisher
Lionsgate
Formats
Description
A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
4) Men of honor
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible.
5) Gook
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two Korean-American brothers discover an unlikely friendship with an African-American girl in the midst of the 1992 Los Angeles race riots.
6) Mac
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three brothers in a volatile Italian-American family struggle to scrape together enough money to start their own business in Queens, New York, in the 1950s.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A beautiful Japanese young woman goes to Hawaii to marry a man she knows only through his picture. Although she is disappointed when he turns out to be older than his picture led her to believe, she finds that life in this new land is more exciting and satisfying than she expected.
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 1/2 in.
Description
The River Niger: A house-painter/poet struggles to support his cancer-plagued wife. Death of a prophet: Combines documentary footage with reenactments to weave a fascinating work. A suspense thriller which follows the events in the final 24 hours of the life of religious and political leader Malcolm X.
9) Towelhead
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the life of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening after moving to suburban Houston with her strict father.
10) The blackening
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. This film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
11) It lives inside
Publisher
Decal Neon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Desperate to fit in at school, Sam rejects her East Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. However, when a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage to defeat it.
12) Sounder
Publisher
Legacy Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Set in rural Louisiana during the Depression, this heartfelt story tells of a sharecropper family struggling to overcome adversity. After stealing to feed his family, Nathan is sent to a prison camp. In their fight for survival, his determined wife and their eldest son hold the family together. Once the boy becomes an adult, he searches for his father but instead discovers manhood.
13) The Inheritance
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Pennsylvania-born filmmaker Ephraim Asili has been exploring different facets of the African diaspora—and his own place within it—for nearly a decade. His feature-length debut, THE INHERITANCE, is a vibrant, engaging ensemble work that takes place almost entirely within the walls of a West Philadelphia house where a community of young people have come together to form a collective of Black artists and activists.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (179 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Oprah Winfrey, Jackee Harry, Robin Givens and Cicely Tyson star in this gripping drama about a group of strong-willed women living in the rundown housing project of Brewster Place-a street overflowing with tales of courage and anguish.
15) Breaking
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
When Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley is denied support from Veterans Affairs, financially desperate and running out of options, he takes a bank and several of its employees hostage setting the stage for a tense confrontation with the police. Based on a true story.
16) The hate u give
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
A girl from a poor black neighborhood attending a rich mostly white prep school witnesses her childhood friend being killed by a police officer and faces a difficult dilemma.
17) Joy ride
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
18) American skin
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3 /4 in.
Description
A former Marine veteran takes justice into his own hands when the police officer who killed his son is found innocent.
Publisher
The Kids Are Alright Productions
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. They squat in a Boston apartment as Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesn't return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When she discovers she is pregnant from a one-night stand with a jazz musician she barely knows, Angie Rossini confronts him in order to get money for an abortion, but as they spend more time together and get to know each other her plans change.
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