Madge Sinclair
1) Convoy
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1978.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The great Sam Peckinpah directed this action classic. Martin Penwald (Kris Kristofferson) in pursuance of a feud with Sheriff Lyle Wallace (Ernest Borgnine), unites scores of his fellow-drivers via Citizen Band radio into a gigantic mile-long convoy which, powered by pent-up frustrations and resentments as much as by diesel-fuel, rolls irresistibly along the Arizona highways towards the freedom of the Mexican border.
2) Almos' a man
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the short story by Richard Wright. A black teenage farm worker believes that owning a gun is a mark of maturity.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
5) Queen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (283 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable history of Alex Haley's paternal side. Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, c1988
Edition
Special collector's ed., widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An African prince who must find a bride ... and the mission leads him and his loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pamered prince relishes the chance to test his mettle in the urban wilderness.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
1999, c1988
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a wealthy, pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion, the prince quickly finds a new job, new friends and lots of trouble.
8) Roots
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
30th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
7 DVDs (9 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.