Roscoe Lee Browne
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure he's been dreaming of and sets out to find the fabled Treasure...
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a homeless kitten who roams the streets of New York City. There, he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life.
5) The cowboys
Series
Language
English
Description
When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, he (Wayne) is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under his tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
6) Logan's run
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 23rd century, humans forsake the ravaged outer environment by living in a vast, bubbled metropolis. There, computerized servo-mechanisms provide all needs and everyone can pursue endless hedonism. Endless, that is, until Lastday. That's when anyone who's 30 must submit to Carrousel, a soaring, spinning trip to eternity and supposed rebirth. Logan 5, a Sandman authorized to terminate Runners fleeing Carrousel, decides to become a Runner himself...
8) King
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and events of the Civil Rights Movement leading up to his assassination.
10) Black like me
Publisher
Video Service Corp
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of the African American communities. Includes a bonus disc with the documentary "Uncommon vision:...
11) Black like me
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The true story of a white newsman in the early 1960's who chemically changes the color of his skin in order to experience life as a black man in the South.
Series
Publisher
[Walt Disney Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the heart of New York City, Oliver, a mischievous orphaned kitten, is befriended by Dodger, a carefree pooch, and his ragtag family of misfit mutts. Life gets even better for Oliver when he is adopted by a lonely little girl named Jenny. But when tough guy Sykes and his Doberman sidekicks try to keep Jenny and Oliver apart, the spirited kitten and his newfound friends discover the meaning of courage and find a home where they truly belong.
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Is Everybody Happy But Me? is a lively new feature film which explores one of mankind's most elusive and sought-after conditions...happiness. The movie, hosted by Roscoe Lee Brown, opens with fast-paced montage featuring people from all different walks of life, each of whom has a markedly different concept of what it means to be happy. To a glamorous Parisian model, for example, happiness is lunch at Maxim's, a Rolls-Royce and a Christian Dior gown;...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930's, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, journalists and writers traveled the country to record the memories of the last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record.
15) King
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tracing the story of the civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's rise from his early years as a Baptist minister in Memphis to his assassination in 1968, is riveting storytelling of the highest order, combining first-rate performances with spiritual, political and social themes that remain as relevant today as they were in the era portrayed.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"in the fourth [and final] season, the unpredictable Tate and Campbell families continue their traditions of secrets and scandals. Jessica gets kidnapped (twice) and befriends a Latin revolutionary. Chester finally realizes his undying love for Jessica but it may be too late. Mary drops a bombshell secret on the family which may destroy her relationship with her sister forever. Throw in blackmail, adultery, sex fantasies, flying babies, bankruptcy,...
17) Uptight
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An updated remake of John Ford's 1935 film, The Informer. Dublin becomes the Cleveland ghetto and the Irish Republicans are replaced by black revolutionary fighters. Days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Tank Williams is an unemployed and itinerant steelworker who turns over his militant friend Johnny to the police for the $1,000 reward, resulting in an underground all-points bulletin to exact vengeance on the squealer.
18) Unknown powers
Series
Mysterious miracles volume Vol. 7
Publisher
UFO TV
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive exploration of paranormal phenomena, examining in authentic, graphic detail - ESP, astrology, telepathy, psychokinesis, pyramid power, faith healing, materializations, ectoplasms, and even life after death. Explore the fascinating men and women of today whose extraordinary abilities and strange "gifts" are challenging the dogmas of science.