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Set in 19th century New Orleans during a period of religious and political unrest, the film tells the heroic life story of Henriette Delille, a woman of color who rejects the hypocrisy of class, race and tradition. Henriete must choose between the powerful love of one man and a divine calling which leads to her becoming the first African-American saint.
63) The runner
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A family of power-hungry thousand-year-old vampires looks to take back the city that they built and dominate all those who have done them wrong.
Special features: 2016 Comic-Con Panel--Julie Plec, Michael Narducci and the cast discuss past and future seasons; Come visit Georgia; unaired scenes; gag reel.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
aCharlie Chan, along with his enthusiastic number two son, Tommy, and his chauffeur, Birmingham, is brought to New Orleans to investigate the mysterious goings-on with the partners at Lafontanne Chemical Co. Soon after, the head of the company is found dead and a series of unexplainable deaths follow the investigation.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In lawless, storm-ravaged New Orleans, a beleaguered detective is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wife. Facing a probable suspension from the department, he is teamed with a young homicide detective to help solve a series of brutal murders that have plunged the city into a major gang war. The two quickly realize there is something far more sinister going on than either could have ever imagined.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
SUMMARY : Frontline investigates the political storm surrounding the devastation of America's Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. Veteran producer/reporter Martin Smith leads a team that asks hard questions about the decisions leading up to the disaster and beyond.
Pub. Date
2014, [2015]
Language
English
Description
In a city that keeps surviving disaster; one elite team is dedicated to making our shores a little safer. Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride knows every corner of the Crescent City from his days as a deputy. Now, his mission has higher stakes as he leads an elite crew that tackles crimes that threaten national security. The Big Easy is in good hands with a supremely professional team with a passion for justice.
69) Girls trip
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Four lifelong friends travel to the Essence Festival in New Orleans.
70) Hatchet
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When a group of New Orleans tourists take a cheesy haunted swamp tour, they slam face-first into the local legend of deformed madman Victor Crowley. What follows is a psycho spree of seat-jumping scares and mayhem.
71) Pretty Baby
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A photographer becomes obsessed with a child prostitute in turn-of-the-century New Orleans.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Marine: WWE champion John Cena dominates as Marine John Triton. Wherever there's danger, Triton is usually smack-dab in the middle of it ... and he doesn't play by the rules! After he's unwillingly discharged from Iraq, Triton's beautiful wife Kate is kidnapped by merciless thieves led by a vicious killer. Now, Triton must fight to save her, utilizing his most powerful weapon--himself!
The Marine 2: On a well-deserved vacation to an exotic resort,...
75) Murder of crows
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Prominent New Orleans attorney Lawson Russell puts his name on a best seller he didn't write. However, the novel he stole was a factual account of a series of murders, and now he must discover who framed him and why.
Series
Criterion collection volume 476
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given...
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Shadows over Chinatown (65 mins.): Charlie Chan, along with number two son, Jimmy, and his chauffeur, Birmingham, has come to San Francisco to help solve a mysterious murder. The soon encounter a series of unexplained coincidences involving a missing woman, a pickpocket, a dead body and an insurance scam.
Docks of New Orleans (65 mins.): Charlie Chan, along with his enthusiastic "number-two son," Tommy, and his chauffeur, Birmingham, are brought...
78) Hotel
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Through the doors of the St. Gregory, a posh, aging luxury hotel in the lusty New Orleans French Quarter, pass the powerful, the proud and the predatory. Among them are the bigoted owner, a tough-minded general manager, an arrogant Duchess who dominates her weak-willed husband, a Bible-thumping tycoon who'll invoke any means to add the St. Gregory to his conformity-stamped hotel chain, a duplicitous detective and a thief with a briefcase full of room...
79) Make it funky!
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Join a world-class lineup of artists as they slip, slide, strut and glide their way through the spicy sounds that took over the world. Jazz has influenced the course of popular music for over a century. A raucous tribute to the musical heritage of New Orleans, chock full of performances, archival footage and conversations with the remarkable men and women who created it.
80) Streets of blood
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In New Orleans after 'Katrina', the partner of Detective Andy Devereaux is found dead, and he is teamed up with Stan Green. During the investigations, an undercover DEA agent is murdered by two dirty police officers. A psychologist, Nina Ferraro, has successive interviews with Andy, Stan and the two detectives. Meanwhile, the FBI also investigate the corruption in the police force leaded by Agent Brown.
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