Danny Glover
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Language
English
Description
"It's Union Time, people!" - the rallying cry of workers at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. Since its opening in 1993, employees of the plant have endured various abuses such as intimidation tactics, low pay, and dangerous working conditions which resulted in bodily injury and, on one occasion, death. Often treated as expendable, the workers came together and engaged in a 16-year-long struggle for the right...
4) The Revolt
Author
Language
English
Description
Tula, The Revolt' is an international English spoken feature length movie about the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795. 'Tula The Revolt' tells the true story of a man who dared to stand up against his oppressors leading his people in a peaceful march for freedom, equality and brotherhood. An action movie, but at the same time a character movie, giving the audience the insights of a reluctant leader,...
Author
Language
English
Description
In celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday in February 2009, we present this story of the unusual friendship between two great American leaders. At a time when racial tensions were high and racial equality was not yet established, Lincoln and Douglass formed a strong bond over shared ideals.
6) Checkmate
Author
Language
English
Description
Six people come together during an elaborate bank heist in which any move can alter the outcome. Is it coincidence, or are they merely pawns in a much bigger game? Stars Danny Glover, Vinnie Jones and Sean Astin.
7) Sins
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Language
English
Description
David begins experiencing cloudy memories of a long-lost life amidst the violent Cortello family in Sicily...a family he ultimately betrayed. And the wages of sin are deadly.
8) Strive
Author
Language
English
Description
A young, African American teenage girl living in Harlem excels in school, with help from her supportive guidance counselor, with dreams of going to Yale. As her mother struggles to make ends meet and her brother and sister encounter issues of their own, she learns that hard work, optimism, and perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity is the essence of what it is to be alive.
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Language
English
Description
Welcome to Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. A place steeped in history and legend; Gods and spiritual guides; untold wealth – and the bone-cracking, blood-spilling guardians of its riches. Jack Wells has arrived in Egypt in search of the famous diamond known as The Codex Stone. His journey leads him to the tomb of the cursed King Neferu, cursed not by name but by nature. With his centuries-old slumber disturbed by timeless human greed, the King rises...
10) Supremacy
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Language
English
Description
Tully (Joe Anderson, A SINGLE SHOT, HERCULES) just got paroled. But his first night out could be his last. He just killed a cop. And no one's gonna listen to an ex-con with the Aryan Nation. His leader (Anson Mount) just cut him loose, and as the police close in, Tully and his girlfriend (Dawn Olivieri) add home invasion and hostages to the body count. But no one counted on Mr. Walker (Danny Glover), an ex-con himself, to fight back – using his...
11) Mysteria
Author
Language
English
Description
A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the center of a murder investigation involving a prominent politician's wife. The surrounding events feed him inspiration for his script.
Author
Series
New Environmentalists volume 1
Language
English
Description
Fresh water is one of Earth's sacred resources. Lake Turkana's freshwater resources are vital to countless people who rely on it for sustenance. When a dam threatened to disturb the Lake's ecosystem, some took action to protect their home.
13) Agents of Change
Author
Language
English
Description
Agents of Change, tells the timely and inspiring story of how successful protests for equity and inclusion led to establishing the first Black and Ethnic Studies departments at two very different universities.
14) Switchback
Author
Language
English
Description
A serial killer is on the loose. And he's kidnapped the son of the FBI agent pursuing him. But who is the killer? With powerful performances by Quaid and Glover, Switchback zigzags through sensational thrills and surprises around each turn.
15) Extortion
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
While on a Caribbean family vacation, things take a disastrous turn and a father finds himself racing to save his wife and son.
16) Monster trucks
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.
Publisher
Cinedigm Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington, D.C., to L.A. in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures, and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, as he rediscovers people's essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost.
19) Legendary
Publisher
World Wrestling Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A book-smart teenage boy decides to take up wrestling in an effort to reunite his struggling family.
20) Lonesome Dove
Publisher
Red Envelope Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The tale of two former Texas Rangers who leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana. From the re-created towns to the vast plains to the expansive cattle drive and heart-stopping stampede, it is an inspiring and enlighting experience, certain to change your views of our American heritage.

