Danai Gurira
1) Eclipsed
Author
Language
English
Description
Four women in Liberia struggle to survive conditions on a rebel army base. Held as the concubines of a warlord, each "wife" must find her own means of coping amidst a situation that appears hopeless. With frail, fractured identities born from an ongoing, senseless civil war, the women build their own contained world to guard against the chaos outside. This enthralling work from award-winning playwright and actress Gurira demonstrates the human capacity...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this dazzlingly beautiful romantic drama, a Nigerian woman living in Brooklyn must make a choice which could have dire consequences when she has failed to conceive a child a year after her glorious wedding.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 751 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The survivors encounter a terrifying new threat. Everything they thought they knew about survival in this post-apocalyptic world will be challenged.
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye, and the Dora Milaje, fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa's death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
6) The visitor
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship...
Publisher
Amc Studios
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 301 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The love story between Rick and Michonne. Changed by a world that is constantly changing, will they find themselves in a war against the living, or will they discover that they too are the walking dead? Disc 1: Episodes 1-3 plus special feature; Disc 2: Episodes 4-6 plus special feature.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 843 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Titles included: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Eternals; Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings; Spider-Man: No Way Home; Thor: Love and Thunder.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Shakur rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
Publisher
Amc
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 1008 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the Whisperer War upon them, the collective communities must come together and possibly sacrifice all they have to find a way to silence the Whisperers once and for all.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs in 3 separate volumes (DVD) (688 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the walking dead.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs in 3 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 710 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The group crosses paths with a mysterious priest and takes shelter in his church. As Daryl and Carol follow a lead to the whereabouts of Beth, the others begin to realize that they're being hunted. As Bob's life hangs in the balance, the group prepares to face off against the cannibalistic hunters of Terminus.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs in 3 separate volumes (DVD) (688 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the walking dead.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (DVD) (752 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season six starts with Alexandria's safety shattered by multiple threats. To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors' hardness while many of Rick's people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they've needed to embrace. These reversals won't happen easily or without conflict. But now Rick's group is fighting for something more than survival... They're fighting for their home, and they...
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 797 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Picking up immediately after the thrilling cliff-hanger, Negan forces Rick and the group to fall under his will, brutally convincing them to live by his rules. To prevent further bloodshed, Rick genuinely believes they can make life under Negan, however terrible, work. But he soon learns that Negan can't be reasoned with, and they must prepare to go to war now. Victory will require more than Alexandria, and Rick will need to convince their new...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
[English/Spanish/French version]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (1005 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the Whisperer War upon them, the collective communities must come together and possibly sacrifice all they have to find a way to silence the Whisperers once and for all.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 13 hours, 25 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being brutally forced to fall under Negan's will, Rick now understands Negan can't be reasoned with, and any day could be the survivors' last. The communities join forces in the last stand against the Saviors as all-out war unfolds.
Author
Language
English
Description
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality.