(0)Ossie Davis
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Following the deaths of two classmates in a bomb explosion at his Alabama church, fourteen-year-old Stone organizes a children's march for civil rights in the autumn of 1963.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Contains the text of the famous Broadway drama that later became a film and then a prize-winning musical. Plates feature the cast of the 1959 production (Ruby Dee, Glynn Turman, Sidney Poitier, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, John Fiedler, and others).
7) Proud
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The USS Mason entered WWII on a presumably doomed mission. The all African-American crew overcame the harsh realities of war abroad and segregation at home...and was finally honored for its heroism in 1994.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South, " became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.
9) The stand
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.
10) Dinosaur
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dinosaur tells the story of Aladar, an iguanodon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs. When a meteor shower destroys their home, Aladar and his family follow a herd of dinosaurs heading for the safety of the "nesting grounds." Together they must stand strong amidst food and water shortages, the threat of Carnotaur attacks, and Aladar's run-ins with the herd's stubborn leader, Kron.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Talented physician Dr John Dolittle allows his medical practice to take priority over his wife and daughters until he hits a stray dog when driving home. The incident reawakens the long suppressed talent that he possessed as a child; the ability to talk to animals. Now every member of the animal kingdom is desperately seeking his advice and medical attention.
12) The stand
Publisher
Paramount Picture
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large...
16) Thomas Jefferson
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Thomas Jefferson.
17) Dr. Dolittle
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Español
Description
The re-awakening of Dr. Doolittle's ability to communicate with animals unleashes an outrageous and hilarious chain of events.
18) Dr. Dolittle
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
19) Grumpy old men
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
