Mary J. Blige
3) Mary can!
Author
Formats
Description
The multi-awarding-winning singer, artist, actress, and icon presents this entertaining and empowering story in which young Mary, told there are many things she cannot do, isn't about to let anyone tell her she cannot sing.
6) Mudbound
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. +‡e1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Description
In the Mississippi Delta of the 1940s, two farming families -- one of white landholders, and one of Black tenant farmers -- are bound by the unforgiving soil they share as they struggle to survive amid the upheavals of World War II and the poisonous hatred of the Jim Crow South. Each family sends a young man off to battle; when they return home, scarred, and find a common bond, the community is ripped apart. Writer-director Dee Rees, with co-writer...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with them. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Mexican immigrant looking for work, moves into April's basement...
10) Rock of ages
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1987 Los Angeles, a young woman and young man meet while pursuing their dreams of rock 'n' roll stardom.
11) Mudbound
Series
Criterion collection volume 1205
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
In the Mississippi Delta of the 1940s, two farming families one of white landholders, and one of Black tenant farmers are bound by the unforgiving soil they share as they struggle to survive amid the upheavals of World War II and the poisonous hatred of the Jim Crow South. Each family sends a young man off to battle; when they return home, scarred, and find a common bond, the community is ripped apart.