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Barry Jenkins
1) Moonlight
Publisher
A24 / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
**Oscar-winner** for Best Picture, MOONLIGHT is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to adulthood, as a shy outsider dealing with difficult circumstances, is guided by support, empathy and love from the most unexpected places. Winner of multiple **Oscars** including Best Picture, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Adapted Screenplay....
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
3) Aftersun
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 6 postcards
Language
English
Description
At a fading vacation resort, eleven-year-old Sophie treasures rare times with her loving and idealistic father, Calum. As the world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship. She tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't,...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young couple in Harlem struggle with the woman's pregnancy while trying to prove that the man is innocent of a crime.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A monumental reimagining of American history, Barry Jenkins₂s adaptation of Colson Whitehead₂s Pulitzer Prize₆winning 2016 novel is a harrowing and rhapsodic journey through a still-echoing past. Weaving together historical fiction with moments of magical realism, The Underground Railroad is a full sensory immersion into the world of Cora, who, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this stirring coming-of-age drama, 14-year-old Mouse and his best friends Lamont and Sweartagawd desperately want to join The Midnight Clique, an infamous group of dirt bikers who rule West Baltimore's summertime streets. Following the tragic death of his older brother Stro, a legendary Midnight rider, Mouse is determined to win the respect of the neighborhood, help provide for his family, and above all, be a man. As his mom Teri and mentor Detective...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (672 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
BlacKkKlansman: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
Dear white people: A sharp and funny comedy about a group of African-American students as they navigate campus life and racial boundaries at a predominately white college. A sly, provocative satire about being a black face in a white place.
If Beale Street could talk:...
