Nia Long
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty years ago, Sister Souljah's debut novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, became a bestselling cultural phenomenon. Fans fell in love with the unforgettable Winter Santiaga, daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family, who captivated her lovers, friends, and enemies with her sexy street smarts. For two decades, fans have begged for answers about what happened to Winter. Now all is revealed in Sister Souljah's page-turning sequel, filled with...
2) Missing
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When a young woman's mother mysteriously disappears, she tries to find her from home with the use of online tools available to her."--
3) Alfie
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Alfie is what you'd call an unrepentant womanizer. He is a limo driver working in New York City, which, of course, provides him ample opportunity to continue his womanizing ways. That is until reality slaps him in the face. His carnality eventually gets in the way, and he decides to change his wondering ways.
6) Keanu
Publisher
New Line Cinema
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Clarence and Rell, cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When Rell's beloved kitten, Keanu, is catnapped, the hopelessly straight-laced pair must impersonate ruthless killers in order to infiltrate a street gang and retrieve the purloined feline. But the incredibly adorable kitten becomes so coveted that the fight over his custody creates a gang war, forcing our two unwitting heroes to take the law into their own hands.--
7) The best man
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Scandalous secrets from the past begin to reveal themselves when old college buddies reunite for a wedding.
8) Gospel Hill
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the town of Julia, the residents of the black neighborhood of Gospel Hill, are being forced out of their homes to make way for a multimillion-dollar golf course development. Thirty years ago Peter Malcolm, a black civil rights activist, was assassinated and race relations in the town have been strained ever since. Dr. Ron Palmer is an influential black community leader who is supporting the development. John Malcolm, Peter's brother, withdrew from...
9) Beaches
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this contemporary remake, it follows the serendipitous meeting of two young girls on the Venice Beach Boardwalk who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on an unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles when a director who gives her first big shot discovers her. Hillary, the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer, is struggling to find her own destiny." --
10) Held up
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Michael Dawson (Jamie Foxx) is on vacation with his fiancée, Rae (Nia Long). All begins to fall apart when Rae dumps him in the desert, his car is stolen and he is taken hostage in a local store.
11) Baadasssss!
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned.
12) Soul food
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
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.
13) Boiler room
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Seth runs a small-time casino operation out of his apartment. With his streetwise business smarts, he's recruited to join the city's newest and hottest stock brokerage firm, and quickly takes to his new job's instant riches and fast-life pleasures. When he wins the eye and heart of Greg's ex-girlfriend, everything seems too good to be true.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Nick offers to take Suzanne's kids cross-country in an effort to win her heart. He must survive 24 hours with two kids bent on destroying him. Through all the road-blocks, he impresses not only Suzanne, but himself also.
15) Mooz-lum
Publisher
CodeBlack Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Amid a strict Muslim rearing and a social life he's never had, Tariq enters college confused. New peers, family, and mentors help him find his place, but the 9-11 attacks force him to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.
16) Friday
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Craig and Smokey have until the end of the day to pay back Big Worm.
18) Made in America
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
An inquisitive young black woman discovers her biological father is an anonymous sperm-bank donor, a white used-car salesman whose cornball commercials blanket cable TV.
19) Premonition
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A housewife's life is shattered when she finds out the her husband Jim is killed in a gruesome car accident, but when she awakes the next morning, he is still alive and well. As she keeps having dreams about his death, she must decide what to do.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Malcolm Turner goes undercover, turning his slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny Big Momma disguise into a nanny for a computer company executive who may be concocting a means to hack into military databases. But that's just a pretense to get Big Momma coping with a perfectionist mom and her three kids, who are all dysfunctional in cute and easily resolved ways.