Lynn Whitfield
2) The rebound
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After dumping her unfaithful husband, a single mother moves with her kids to a Manhattan apartment. The demands of her new job force her to hire a young coffee shop clerk to be her nanny. When romance blooms, they must decide if it is true love or a rebound.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A promising football running back plans to make it to the NFL. At the pinnacle of his college football career, his dreams are shattered and he loses everything. But determination and a newly found inner strength enable him to triumph.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Amara Winter is a beautiful and divinely talented young gospel singer on the verge of pop stardom. But Amara's mother Lillian, a strong-willed TV preacher, disapproves of her daughter's less-than-pious image. As they search for common ground, mother and daughter may just discover their journeys aren't so different after all.
5) Eve's bayou
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Roz Batiste is a beautiful and dedicated mother of three, who is forced to admit that her family is falling apart due to her philandering husband Louis. Her younger daughter, Eve, witnesses one of her father's infidelities. Struggling to make sense of what she has seen, Eve turns to her older sister Cisely, who dismisses her in fear of the truth, and then to her Aunt Mozelle, a known psychic and rumored black widow. Unable to find the understanding...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Greenleaf World Ministries is more than just a house of worship, it is the center of a community, and a duplicitous life. Although the family business is religion, the Greenleaf family and their business practices are not without sin. Yet amidst the mayhem and deception, the power of something greater exists, calling all to test their faith.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"In the game of love, Darnell Right is the ultimate player. His moves are flawless, his technique impeccable and his success legendary. But when he woos Brandi, a beautiful and rich femme fatale, this ladykiller meets his match!" --
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen, Madea has two troubled nieces to deal with. Lisa is engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker and Vanessa is finding it difficult to open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist Frankie because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of the girls's lives is their mother Victoria.
11) Head of state
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When a presidential candidate is needed just a few weeks before the election, Washington picks Mays Gilliam, a powerless politician they plan to use as their puppet, certain that he will lose. Buy Mays won't go down that easy. If he is going to run, he is going to do it his way and have fun doing it that way as well.
12) Gone fishin'
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
English
Description
Gus and Joe eagerly anticipate another quiet, relaxing fishing trip. Only things don't go quite as they planned! Instead, they innocently create an unstoppable series of outrageous mishaps, destroying everything in their wake!
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc
Language
English
Description
Only a mother could love this ugliest of ducklings, teased at every turn for his awkward appearance. But seasons change - and so does he - into a gloriously graceful swan.
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book; ALA Notable Audio Recording
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech.
Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words.
Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus.
Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen, Madea has two troubled nieces to deal with. Lisa is engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker and Vanessa is finding it difficult to open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist Frankie because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of the girls's lives is their mother Victoria.
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After two years in jail, Homer Hobbs returns to his bleak urban home during the depths of the Great Depression. With no job, no prospects, and no hope, Homer finds a kinship with four strangers. On Sunday nights, in a dingy hall, the men of the neighborhood piece together the finest attire their meager lives can beg, borrow, or steal to compete in an unusual fashion contest. The big winner will go home with the five dollar prize. The real prize is...
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
As the zookeeper makes his nightly rounds, he has no idea that Gorilla is letting all the animals out of their cages. A thoughtful little bear decides to get the moon a birthday present, so he climbs a mountain to ask the moon what it wants. Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap, until a little flea has a big surprise. An old couple pines to have children, so the moon presents them with twelve tiny babies. A lonesome trombone...