Viola Davis
21) Far from heaven
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In suburban Connecticut, Cathy Whitaker is the perfect 1950s housewife, living the perfect 1950s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night, she stumbles in on her husband Frank kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their black gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration...
Author
Language
English
Description
Hardship, sacrifice, determination, and ultimate triumph are the elements that make up Blind Faith, the frank and compelling biography of Lula Hardaway, mother of superstar musician and singer Stevie Wonder. Written with her full cooperation and participation, this is the first authorized look into the life of the woman who gave birth to and nurtured one of America's greatest musicians/songwriters -- and the struggles that preceded his rise to fame...
24) 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.
25) Eat pray love
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
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.
26) 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.
Author
Language
English
Description
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. "Once you can express yourself," she wrote, "you can tell the world what you want from it...All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words". Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mother's favorite poems and the inspiration behind her strong belief in the power of literature.
The poems presented span centuries and include works by such renowned authors as...
28) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
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 talent, and the basketball phenom who would...
29) 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.
30) The Architect
Author
Language
English
Description
An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
31) 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.
32) 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").