Filter By Subjects
Africa Fast food restaurants New York (State) New York Drama Food service employees New York (State) New York Drama Man-woman relationships Princes Africa Drama Queens (New York, N.Y.) Drama Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 United States, West Video recordings for the hearing impaired West AfricaFilter By Subjects
Africa Fast food restaurants New York (State) New York Drama Food service employees New York (State) New York Drama Man-woman relationships Princes Africa Drama Queens (New York, N.Y.) Drama Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 United States, West Video recordings for the hearing impaired West AfricaSummary: The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties, a child soldier, in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala and starring Idris Elba.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEASummary: The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WOMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie WomanCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOMSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COMSummary: A spoof of every western film cliche in which a black man is appointed sheriff of a frontier town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD BLACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Blazing 2004Summary: Jeremiah Johnson: Jeremiah is an American soldier who goes west to escape the Mexican War and becomes a mountain man. He is taken in by an old trapper who teaches him how to survive. After unavoidably violating an Indian burial ground, he loses his new Indian wife and their adopted child to vengeance. A vendetta between him and the Crows ruins his idyllic life as a fur trapper.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009