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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Tyler Perry does quadruple duty, playing three characters plus the popular Aunt Madea. Madea is summoned to rural Georgia for a family get-together that turns tragic with an unexpected death. Now it's up to Madea to plan the funeral, hold the family together, and make sure no dirty family secrets get leaked. Of course, in Madea's world nothing ever goes exactly to plan, but she's determined to see it through!
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter, and the revelation...
3) Fences
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
4) Guess who
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Percy Jones is the understandably proud father of Theresa. She is a beautiful and intelligent young woman living in New York City. When Percy learns that his daughter is seriously dating a young man, he decides to do some research, and learns that her beau is a solid businessman. Percy arranges to meet Theresa's boyfriend and is a bit taken aback when he meets Simon. Percy never guessed that his daughter was involved in an interracial relationship....
Language
English
Description
For the first time in years, all the Whitfield kids have come home to spend the holiday with Ma'Dere and her boyfriend Joe. And each has brought plenty of baggage along with them. As the lights are hung and the tree is trimmed, secrets are revealed and ties are tested. But as their lives converge again, they join together to rediscover and celebrate the wonderful gift of family.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The second installment in the thought-provoking Woman Thou Art Loosed film franchise. A husband and wife find themselves in the midst of a crisis after their young daughter is kidnapped. The couple must race to find their child who is believed to have been abducted by a serial killer who symbolically murders his victims "on the 7th day."
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Maye is a success. Hot career. Hot boyfriend. But when her world is turned upside down by tragedy, she must struggle to keep her balance... chronicles a day in the life of a woman at a crossroads, and the twelve people who help her move forward into a brave, new world"--Container.
11) Soul food
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Laugh and cry along with some of writer-director Tyler Perry's greatest characters, including hilarious Hattie, uproarious Aunt Bam, and Perry himself as lively matriarch Madea. Spanning over a decade of Perry's stage productions, these nineteen plays bring together his singular and heartfelt stories of love, pain, and joy in one unforgettable collection.
Pub. Date
c2021.
Language
English
Description
From Beverly Hills to the Chicago 'burbs, mayhem and hilarity seem to follow The Blacks wherever they go. After surviving a night of terror on the West coast, (not-so) best-selling author Carl Black moves his family back to his childhood home in the Windy City where he hopes to find the peace and quiet he needs to write his new book. But when an eccentric neighbor moves in next door, Carl becomes convinced that the man is a vampire trying to take...
15) Meet the Blacks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Black family is getting out of Chicago in hopes of a better life. Carl Black takes his family and leaves the hustling lifestyle behind for something better. Turns out, Carl couldn't have picked a worst time to move. They arrive in Beverly Hills right around the time of the annual purge, when all crime is legal for twelve hours.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1107
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on Parks' semi-autobiographical novel, the film follows the journey of Newt Winger, a teenage descendant of Exodusters growing up in rural Kansas in the 1920s, as he experiences the bittersweet flowering of first love, finds his relationship with a close friend tested, and navigates the injustices embedded within a racist legal and educational system. Exquisitely capturing the bucolic splendor of its heartland setting, this landmark film tempers...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
On a mission to maintain a successful marriage in a city full of temptation, Bakari & Imani are trying their best to get on the same page. But just when things seem to be getting back on track, secrets and lies threaten to tear down everything they've built.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Brenda grew up with some incredible hardships. She had a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a 'father.' Now, Brenda is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral in Georgia, she's not sure how to feel. Growing up, Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things...
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