Richard Roundtree
2) Crack house
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two teenagers' dreams turn into nightmares as they are caught up in the savage world of LA's rival black and Latino gangs.
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The modern retelling of the Cain and Abel story has two brothers vying for the affections of the same woman. The love triangle is the final straw for the brothers' dificult relationship, setting off a chain of events that leads to a deadly and shocking tragedy.
5) Moving on
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Claire and Evelyn are estranged friends who reunite to get even with Howard, the petulant widower of their recently deceased best friend. Along the way, Claire reunites with Ralph, her great love from her younger years, as each woman must make peace with her past and learn to treasure the value of a good friend.
6) Earthquake
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When the most catastrophic earthquake of all time rips through Southern California, it levels Los Angeles and sends shock waves through the lives of all who live there.
7) Firehouse
Publisher
Passion Productions
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A black rookie fireman encounters bigotry and racism in an all-white New York City fire station, and must battle in his quest for personal redemption and respect.
9) Shaft
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Detective John Shaft is hired by a Harlem mobster to find his kidnapped teenage daughter and finds himself up against some Mafia chieftains who want to take over a chunk of the black underworld's uptown territory.
10) Shaft
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ's youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem's heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ's own FBI analyst's badge may clash with his dad's trademark leather duster, there's no denying family....
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Count of Monte Cristo: Edmond Dantes, unjustly imprisoned on the eve of his wedding by a rival suitor and his accomplices, escapes after 14 years, uncovers the hidden Monte Cristo treasure described a fellow prisoner, and, as the mysterious count, exacts his revenge.
Man Friday: This classic story of survival and heroism takes on a whole new perspective in this 1975 version of Robinson Crusoe.
12) Boat trip
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Jerry and Nick are two best buddies whose love lives have hit rock bottom. Especially Jerry, whose girlfriend has turned down his marriage proposal. To escape their troubles and find women, they book a trip on board a cruise ship. Nick offends the travel agent and as a trick the two get booked on a gay cruise.
13) Corky Romano
Series
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Corky is an oddball veterinarian with a penchant for pop music from the '80s. As a youth, he was kicked out of his Mafia-connected family. Now his father has been indicted and needs Corky to infiltrate the FBI and steal the government's evidence against him. Corky is willing to help his family, but his brothers go overboard when intimidating the computer hacker who gets Corky's bogus application into the FBI academy, presenting him as a super agent...
14) Shaft
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000.
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.
16) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Man Friday: Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday are marooned on a beautiful South Seas island where they face their fiercest battles with each other as they attempt to adapt and survive against all odds. Raise the Titanic: "Depicts the amazing efforts to salvage the Titanic in order to recover material vital to the United States defense. The Herculean project must be managed in absolute secrecy, despite the extreme rigors of the climate, deadly interference...