Viola Davis
1) Finding me
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Much-anticipated, emotionally-charged debut memoir from award-winning actor and icon Viola Davis"--
2) Lila & Eve
Author
Language
English
Description
Two distraught mothers, whose children were gunned down in a drive-by, team up to avenge their deaths after local authorities fail to take action.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now that Stone has settled in as Paradise's police chief, he has to solve the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The investigation uncovers abuse and even leads him to a conflict with a Boston mob.
4) Ender's game
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
5) Prisoners
Publisher
Alcon Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests its driver but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads, Dover knows his child's life is at stake and decides he must take matters into his own hands. How far...
6) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A happily married woman who is trying to get pregnant realizes that her life needs to go in a new direction. After a very painful divorce, she risks everything and embarks on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery.
8) The help
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
***1/2 A...
Publisher
Alcon Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When newcomer Lena arrives in the small town of Gatlin she quickly captures the attention of Ethan, who only wants to escape what he views as a boring and dead end town. He quickly gets more than he bargained for. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.
10) Widows
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica, Alice, Linda and Belle take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
12) Prisoners
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests its driver but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads, Dover knows his child's life is at stake and decides he must to take matters into his own hands. How...
14) Lila & Eve
Author
Language
English
Description
Two distraught mothers, whose children were gunned down in a drive-by, team up to avenge their deaths after local authorities fail to take action.
15) Dark Girls
Author
Language
English
Description
DARK GIRLS is a fascinating and controversial film that goes underneath the surface to explore the prejudices dark-skinned women face throughout the world.
16) The Help
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter turns her small town on its ear when she interviews the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families.
17) The Architect
Author
Language
English
Description
An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
18) Doubt
Author
Language
English
Description
Sister Aloysius, the rigid and feared principal of the Saint Nicholas Church School, has an intense dislike for the progressive and popular parish priest Father Flynn. She believes she's uncovered the ultimate sin when she hears he has taken a special interest in a troubled boy. But without proof, the only thing certain is doubt. Based on the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play.
19) Trust
Author
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl (Liana Liberato, "If I Stay") is targeted by an online sexual predator. This dark thriller from "Friends" star David Schwimmer features Clive Owen ("Children of Men"), Catherine Keener ("Being John Malkovich"), Jason Clarke ("Dawn of the Planet of the Apes") and Viola Davis ("Fences").