Binge Box, The range of Angela Bassett
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Label
Binge Box, The range of Angela Bassett
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Binge Box
Oclc number
1319859080
Runtime
565
Sub title
The range of Angela Bassett
Summary
Betty & Coretta: Two extraordinary women-Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X-come to life in this Lifetime Movie Network movie. After their husbands' tragic assassinations, they developed a unique friendship spanning three decades as they carried on the Civil Rights movement while supporting their families as single mothers. Through their strength and dignity, they became role models for millions of womenBoyz n the hood: For three young men growing up in South Central Los Angeles, the "hood" is a place of drive-by shootings, unemployment, drugs and pain. But their reactions to the world around them vary-- one is an unambitious drug dealer, his brother is a college bound teenage father, and the brother's best friend is guided by a strong father who hopes for a better life for his sonChi-raq: Chi-raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago's South Side, creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the worldWaiting to exhale: The story of four African-American women who journey through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeoversAkellah and the bee: 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 Dr. Larabee, an English professor, for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of. First Akeelah has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Range of Angela Bassett
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- Bass, Ronald
- Schindler, Deborah
- Romersa, Michael
- Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
- Lifetime Pictures (Firm)
- Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968-
- Nicolaides, Steve
- Hult, Nancy
- Singleton, John, 1968-2019
- Bitterman, Shem
- Starbucks Entertainment (Firm)
- Reactor Films
- Amazon Studios
- 2929 Productions (Firm)
- Whitaker, Forest
- Chestnut, Morris
- Lavoie, Jacqueline
- Cannon, Nick, 1980-
- Roadside Attractions (Firm)
- Llewelyn, Danny
- Willmott, Kevin
- McMillan, Terry
- Snipes, Wesley
- Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm)
- Rochon, Lela, 1966-
- Palmer, Keke
- Hutchinson, Ron, 1947-
- Simoneau, Yves
- Atchison, Doug
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Parris, Teyonah
- Columbia Pictures
- Ganis, Sid
- Lee, Spike
- Midwest Tape (Firm)
- Swerdlow, Ezra
- Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Ice Cube, (Musician)
- Bassett, Angela
- Houston, Whitney
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Subject
- Children's films
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 -- Drama
- African American women -- Drama
- African American teenagers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Female friendship -- Drama
- Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Drama
- Romantic comedy films
- African American men -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Violence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Self-esteem in children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Spelling bees -- Drama
- Feature films
- Male friendship -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Fathers and sons -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Children + Death -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Women and peace -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- African American political activists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- African American civil rights workers -- Drama
- Shabazz, Betty -- Drama
- School children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama
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- Bass, Ronald
- Schindler, Deborah
- Romersa, Michael
- Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
- Lifetime Pictures (Firm)
- Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968-
- Nicolaides, Steve
- Hult, Nancy
- Singleton, John, 1968-2019
- Bitterman, Shem
- Starbucks Entertainment (Firm)
- Reactor Films
- Amazon Studios
- 2929 Productions (Firm)
- Whitaker, Forest
- Chestnut, Morris
- Lavoie, Jacqueline
- Cannon, Nick, 1980-
- Roadside Attractions (Firm)
- Llewelyn, Danny
- Willmott, Kevin
- McMillan, Terry
- Snipes, Wesley
- Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm)
- Rochon, Lela, 1966-
- Palmer, Keke
- Hutchinson, Ron, 1947-
- Simoneau, Yves
- Atchison, Doug
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Parris, Teyonah
- Columbia Pictures
- Ganis, Sid
- Lee, Spike
- Midwest Tape (Firm)
- Swerdlow, Ezra
- Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Ice Cube, (Musician)
- Bassett, Angela
- Houston, Whitney
- Genre7
- Subject28
- Children's films
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 -- Drama
- African American women -- Drama
- African American teenagers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Female friendship -- Drama
- Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Drama
- Romantic comedy films
- African American men -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Violence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Self-esteem in children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Spelling bees -- Drama
- Feature films
- Male friendship -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Fathers and sons -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Children + Death -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Women and peace -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- African American political activists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama
- African American civil rights workers -- Drama
- Shabazz, Betty -- Drama
- School children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama
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