Nia Long
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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 son.
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Adult - Rom-Coms
Christmas Books & Movies
Glenside 2022 Winter Holiday Movies
St. Charles Public Library - Winter Holiday Movies
Christmas Books & Movies
Glenside 2022 Winter Holiday Movies
St. Charles Public Library - Winter Holiday Movies
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At a fifteen year reunion over the Christmas holidays, a group of college friends soon discover how simple it is for old rivalries and romances to resurface.
"Harper, Lance, Quentin, Jordan, Robyn, Mia, Murch, Candy and Shelby all reunite for the first time in years ... [and] they soon discover how easy it is to reignite long-forgotten rivalries and romances"--Container.
3) Friday
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On a typical day in South Central Los Angeles two buddies need to settle a $200 debt, but in their efforts to come up with the money they encounter the distractions and obstacles of family, friends, and neighbors.
4) Keanu
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Clarence and Rell, cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When Rell₂s beloved kitten, Keanu, is catnapped, the hopelessly straight-laced pair must impersonate ruthless killers in order to infiltrate a street gang and retrieve the purloined feline. But the incredibly adorable kitten becomes so coveted that the fight over his custody creates a gang war, forcing our two unwitting heroes to take the law into their own hands.
5) Keanu
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English
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Clarence and Rell are cousins who live in the city but are far from streetwise. When Rell's beloved kitten, Keanu, is catnapped, the hopelessly straight-laced pair must impersonate ruthless killers in order to infiltrate a street gang and retrieve the purloined feline. But the incredibly adorable kitten becomes so coveted that the fight over his custody creates a gang war, forcing our two unwitting heroes to take the law into their own hands.
6) The best man
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English
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Scandalous secrets from the past begin to reveal themselves when a commitment-shy writer and his old college buddies reunite for a wedding.
7) Love Jones
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English
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"Two confused lovebirds discover that you can never underestimate the power of a 'love jones'. She's a beautiful photographer, he's a sweet-talking writer and when they get together, modern day romance will never be the same"--Container.
8) Friday
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English
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Craig and Smokey have until the end of the day to pay back Big Worm.
9) Love Jones
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English
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A beautiful photographer and a sweet-talking writer get together and discover romance.
10) Stigmata
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English
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"A lost soul has just received the wounds of Christ and a shocking message that will alter history. Frankie Paige has absolutely no faith in God. All of that changes when she suddenly begins to suffer the Stigmata -- the living wounds of the crucified Christ. Frankie's miraculous bleeding comes to the attention of the Vatican's top investigator, Father Kiernan. But when Cardinal Houseman discovers that Frankie is actually channeling an extraordinary...
11) In too deep
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English
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An undercover cop working to bring down a drug lord, gets too close and begins to see his target as a family man and neighborhood benefactor.
12) Baadasssss!
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English
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A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned.
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English
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Soul food: Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. When the arguments go beyond the usual rivalries, it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
Waiting to exhale: Four African-American women journey through a labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeovers.
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Criterion collection volume 1095
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English
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Sweet sweetback's baadasssss song: A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a Black revolutionary by two white cops.
Baadasssss: A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peebles' struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy....
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English
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Friday: Craig and Smokey have until the end of the day to pay back Big Worm.
Menace II society: A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Set it off: Four poor black women try to get some payback from the social system which has abused them by a staging a series of bank robberies.