Richard Roundtree
1) Thelma
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a real-life experience of the director, an elderly grandmother is an unlikely action hero, demonstrating that she is more than capable of taking care of business despite what her daughter Gail, son-in-law Alan, or grandson Danny might believe. After getting conned by a phone scammer preteneding to be her grandson, Thelma enlists the help of an old friend and sets out to take back what's hers.
2) Moving on
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Claire and Evelyn are estranged friends who reunite to get even with Howard, the petulant widower of their recently deceased best friend. Along the way, Claire reunites with Ralph, her great love from her younger years, as each woman must make peace with her past and learn to treasure the value of a good friend.
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Baby George is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the African jungle. He is raised by gorillas and has animal friends all over the rain forest. When poachers start causing trouble in the jungle, George swings into action.
5) Shaft
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ's youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem's heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ's own FBI analyst's badge may clash with his dad's trademark leather duster, there's no denying family....
6) Se7en
Series
Pub. Date
ß2000.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins.
7) Roots
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (573 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.
8) Brick
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 50 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brendon Frye is a loner, someone who always knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When the girl he loves turns up dead, he is determined to find the 'who' and 'why'.
9) Set apart
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The city and all of its negative influences is all these kids have ever known and they think of it as their friend. Now Rey, Korina, Marcus, and Anthony must face the toughest decision of their lives: is the hope of redemption enough to lure them away from the streets?"--Container.
10) Seven
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins.
11) Shaft
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
12) Roots
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (573 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kelly's heroes: A group of G.I.s decide to get something extra out of the war. Where eagles dare: Commandos parachute into a city to rescue a supposed Allied general from a Nazi hideaway fortress. The outlaw Josie Wales: A fast-drawing loner is on the lam pursued by killers. Pale rider: A stranger named Preacher defends independent miners when a corporate mining boss attempts to drive them away. Heartbreak Ridge: A Marine Corps lifer finds he still...