Edward Burns
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Language
English
Description
At the center of the narrative is fifteen-year-old DeAndre McCullough. DeAndre's parents, Gary and Fran, were once poised, against all odds, to pull themselves up and out of West Baltimore. But when they themselves stumble and then succumb to the corner's temptations, DeAndre's future hangs in the balance. Smart and streetwise, he is both drawn to and wary of the drug trade that flourishes beyond his rowhouse steps. Can he rise above his parents'...
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Levins are a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey in an Alternate America during WWII, observing the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (775 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a single sprawling drug investigation in Baltimore, against the backdrop of the mayor's reelection campaign. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.
5) The corner
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2000
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran and father Gary, along with their friends, enemies, and neighbors. Ever present in their world is illicit drugs-- heroin and cocaine-- the need that fuels the business, and the business that fuels the need. Based on the true stories from the lives of the people who live life on a corner in Baltimore.
