Keke Palmer
21) The longshots
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a young girl who becomes the first quarterback in the history of a football league's team, and leads her team to a championship in their hometown.
22) The wool cap
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Gigot, a mute building superintendent, is tortured by his past but finds new life when he befriends Lou, a bright young girl who is abandoned by her mother.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Newly promoted to Chief of Station, Valerie Edwards (Michelle Forbes) sends Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage) and Robert Kirsch (Leland Orser) on a diplomatic mission to Estonia, where they uncover signs of an impending Russian invasion, threatening to destabilize the NATO alliance. Daniel stays behind to search for the truth, but goes MIA during his mission. The rest of the team, joined by Special Activities Case Officer Rafael Torres (Ismael Cruz...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In August of 1987, new parents Joy White and Carl Tyson took their 19-day-old daughter Carlina to Harlem Hospital in New York with a high fever. Ann Pettway, who had suffered a series of miscarriages and was desperate for a child of her own, posed as a hospital nurse and walked out of the hospital with Carlina hidden from view. While Joy and Carl desperately searched for their daughter over the years, Pettway was raising Carlina in Bridgeport, Connecticut,...
27) Joyful noise
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The discord between its two leading ladies threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old.
28) Cleaner
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Single father and former cop Tom Carver has an unusual vocation-- he cleans up crime scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Carver is shocked to learn that he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover up.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen, Madea has two troubled nieces to deal with. Lisa is engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker and Vanessa is finding it difficult to open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist Frankie because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of the girls's lives is their mother Victoria.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
32) The Longshots
Author
Language
English
Description
The true story of Jasmine Plummer, the first female in history to play Pop Warner football, coached by her uncle.
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Tyler Perry is my new hero."--Chuck Wilson, LA Weekly
"Tyler Perry knows what he's doing, and he's doing it better with each movie. "--Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Hysterical! The most enjoyable and entertaining movie of the season."--Fox TV
Based on Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, this film continues the adventures of Southern matriarch Madea. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of a rebellious runaway, and through it all,...
34) Shrink
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Henry Carter is L.A.'s top celebrity psychiatrist with an A-list clientele, including a famous actress, an insecure young writer, an an obsessive-compulsive super-agent. Henry is not in a good place, however. Disillusioned with both his career and personal life, Henry's only hope of salvation could come from his first pro bono case, a troubled teenager from a neighborhood far from the Hollywood Hills. Considering his present state of mind, Henry may...
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Richard, recently unemployed, decides to return to his first love, teaching. When he finds a job as an inner-city schoolteacher teaching fourth grade, he discovers a way to reach out to his skeptical students through the game of chess. He inspires his students to become champions, not only at chess, but in life.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen, Madea has two troubled nieces to deal with. Lisa is engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker and Vanessa is finding it difficult to open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist Frankie because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of the girls's lives is their mother Victoria.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Jordan Peele redefines modern horror with three unforgettable masterpieces. In Get Out, a man in an interracial relationship visits his girlfriend's parents and becomes unknowingly ensnared in a sinister plot. In Us, a vacationing family faces off against an uncanny menace: doppelg©Þngers of themselves. In Nope, a pair of sibling Hollywood horse trainers encounter an otherworldly threat in the sky above their Southern California ranch." --container....