Angela Bassett
1) Gospel Hill
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the town of Julia, the residents of the black neighborhood Gospel Hill, are being forced out of their homes to make way for a multimillion-dollar development causing thirty-year-old racial discord to resurface.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
6 movie collector's set includes: A Family Thanksgiving, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Borrowed Hearts, Music of the Heart, A Christmas Without Snow, and A Child's Christmas in Wales, plus bonus audio: Home For the Holidays.
5) Survivor
Publisher
Alchemy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A Foreign Service Officer newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the US. After surviving a vicious attack on the embassy, she finds herself framed for crimes she didn't commit and racing to elude assassins while trying to clear her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When the president is kidnapped by a terrorist who seizes control of the White House (Secret Service Code: Olympus), disgraced former presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team rushes to respond, they must rely on Banning's insider knowledge to save the president and prevent an even greater catastrophe.
Language
English
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
9) Whitney
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The headline-making relationship between iconic singer, actress, producer, model Whitney Houston and singer-songwriter Bobby Brown, from the time they first met to their tumultuous marriage. This biopic is a testament of love, triumph, and the overwhelming rewards and deadly cost of fame and fortune.
10) Black nativity
Publisher
Maven Pictures ; Wonderful Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After being sent to live with his estranged grandparents, a teenage boy learns about the spirit of Christmas.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A string of grisly murders is traced back to the sinister, sensuous Countess, an infamous resident of the stylish Hotel Cortez in downtown Los Angeles. It is a visually stunning, visceral feast. Come explore the hidden corridors of this fiendishly entertaining show with accommodating extras.
12) Bumblebee
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Watson discovers and repairs an old Volkswagen Beetle as a way to remember her father and stake her independence from a stepfather she abhors, with only the music of The Smiths and the unrequited crush of the boy-next-door for friends. When she discovers the VW Bug is actually an alien robot on a reconnaissance mission for the rest of his race, the two form a bond which eventually has her putting her life on the line against evil alien robots,...
13) Breakthrough
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Examines cutting edge developments in science, technology, and medicine, covering a variety of topics that include: new findings in pandemic research; cyborg technologies; new developments in understanding the brain; the latest advances in extending human life; innovations in energy resources; developments under way to countervail potential water shortages.
14) Contact
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
16) Green Lantern
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
18) Strange days
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A thriller set in the urban inferno of 1999 Los Angeles. Lenny Nero sells dreams and hustles nightmares available on small disks that are viewable via a compact headpiece that makes every sensation immediate. Nero replays scenes of happier days with Faith Justin, who has run off with sadistic Philo Gant. As he attempts to win Faith back, he hooks up with an old friend, Lornette "Mace" Mason, and the two of them are caught in a deadly fantasy of conspiracy,...
19) Malcolm X
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.