David Harewood
Author
Series
Shakespeare Uncovered volume 4
Language
English
Description
Astonishingly, David Harewood was the first black actor to play the great Moorish Venetian general Othello at London's National Theatre, triumphantly taking on the role-but not until 1997. Now he returns to the play to discover how the centuries have changed our views of it.
2) Free In Deed
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in the provocative world of storefront churches where a single mother brings her son to a lonely minister for healing -- he must confront the incurable illness of a child while also battling his inescapable demons.
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (146 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From the mind of award-winning director Julie Taymor (The Lion King on Broadway, Frida, Titus) comes a Shakespeare adaptation like none other, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Rich with Taymor's trademark creativity, this immersive and darkly poetic cinematic experience brings the play's iconic fairies, spells and hallucinatory lovers to life. Filmed at her sold-out stage production with cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto (Argo, Frida) and music by Academy...
4) Free in Deed
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Set in the provocative and distinctive world of converted storefront churches and based on actual events, FREE IN DEED depicts one man’s attempts to perform a miracle. When a single mother on the brink of profound desperation brings her tormented young son to church for healing, a lonely Pentecostal minister is not only forced to confront the seemingly incurable illness of the child, but his own inescapable demons as well. And the more he prays,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside....
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in Victorian London, fearless young Sally Lockhart has a mind for numbers and for sleuthing. Recently orphaned Sally is armed with a pearl-handled pistol and her keen mind, uncovers the secrets of her father's death aboard the sunken schooner Lavinia, discovers hidden cursed jewels, and faces England's deadliest villains with bold courage.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (875 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Born on the doomed planet Krypton, Kara Zor-El escaped at the same time as her cousin, Superman, but didn't arrive on Earth until years later after being lost. Raised by her adopted family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to hide the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin. Kara has spent so many years trying to fit in that she forgot to ever stand out.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of the Shakespeare play, filmed during a stage performance: "This immersive and darkly poetic cinematic experience brings the play's iconic fairies, spells and hallucinatory lovers to life ... the feats of visual imagination are ingenious and plentiful, but beating at the center of the film is an emotionally moving take on the deeper human aspects of Shakespeare's beloved tale"--Container.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis and the personal passion of its celebrated hosts, to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sally Lockhart has started her own financial consulting business. When her client loses a fortune from the unexpected collapse of a shipping line, Sally is determined to find out why so many of their ships have mysteriously vanished without a trace.
11) MI-5
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Blu-ray widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
3 Blu-ray blu-ray discs (664 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth--her reputation, her career, and even her sanity.
Publisher
Distributed by MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The vice unit of London's Metropolitan Police are a tight-knit undercover unit, these team members put their personal lives on hold and lay their lives on the line in the war against corruption. Detective Inspector Pat Chappel reaches out to a battered prostitute in an attempt to nail a procurer who is suspected in the savage murder of a high class callgirl. WPC Hutchins goes undercover to nail a nightclub owner who traffics in hardcore S & M videos...
15) MI-5
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Publisher
A&E / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first-ever filmed version of the biblical text as it was actually written. Using the original Jesus narrative as its script, word for word, this profound and stunning film sheds new light on one of history's most sacred texts. Beautifully shot, wonderfully performed, and informed by the latest theological, historical, and archaeological research, this film is something to be enjoyed and treasured.
Publisher
Shout! Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American family moves to England, to the infamous Canterville Chase, the ancestral home that's been haunted for 300 years by the ghost, of Sir Simon de Canterville. When Sir Simon and the family's teenage daughter Virginia start plotting together to get her family back to New York, she discovers that Sir Simon has been cursed to be bound to the estate. After she uncovers the beautiful and tragic love story of Sir Simon's beloved wife, Virginia...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (804 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season four showed that truth, justice and the American way are stronger than fear and hate, as Supergirl stopped Lex Luthor's anti-alien campaign with the power of the press, no cape required. As the world returns to normal, some things will never be the same now that Lena knows Kara's secret and the Monitor has arrived on Earth 38! New adventures are in store for Supergirl in season five.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (931 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After leaving her day job as Cat Grant's assistant at CatCo Worldwide Media to take stock of her life and plan her future, Kara Danvers continues to work with Hank Henshaw and her sister, Alex, at the Department of Extranormal Operations. There, she can be her true self -- Supergirl -- using her every-increasing powers to protect National City while searching for her missing father, Jeremiah, and the secret research lab, Project Cadmus. Along the...
20) Parallel
Author
Language
English
Description
A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.