Marshall
MarshallCall Number: PN1997.2 .M37 2018ISBN: 9786317106963Publication Date: 2017About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases.
Cast includes: Chadwick Boseman, Sterling K. Brown, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of BeesCall Number: PN1997 .S32 2008 - DVD 1061 ; DVD 2002 ; DVD B24 widescreen (2.35:1)ISBN: 0024543556329Publication Date: (Originally released as a motion picture in 2008)Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
CAST includes : Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Nate Parker, Paul Bettany.
Soul Food
Soul FoodCall Number: PN1997 .S68 2000 - DVD 535ISBN: 0024543012061Publication Date: 2000 (Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997)Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
CAST includes: Vanessa Williams, Vivica Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the SunCall Number: PN1997.2 .R348 R348 2008 - DVD 2033 ; DVD B41 ; DVD P84ISBN: 0043396249615Publication Date: 2008 - DVD 2033 ; DVD B41 ; DVD P84An African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago comes into a sudden financial windfall, the potential uses of which divides them bitterly.
CAST includes: Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Justin Martin, Bill Nunn, David Oyelowo, Ron Cephas Jones, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Stamos.
Remember the Titans
Remember the TitansCall Number: PN1997 .R4646347 2006 - c. 1: DVD 619; c. 2: DVD 620 - DVD B20 ; P62ISBN: 0786936701852Publication Date: 2006 (Original motion picture released in 2000)Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust comes together in triumphant harmony.
CAST includes: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Nicole Ari Parker
