Cicely Tyson
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results
4) The help
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen, Madea has two troubled nieces to deal with. Lisa is engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker and Vanessa is finding it difficult to open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist Frankie because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of the girls's lives is their mother Victoria.
Publisher
Haanover House
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The Irish-willed eighty-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick and her only friend in life, the seventy-year old Celine Snow disagree on just about everything. But When Bonnie's long lost great niece schemes to trick them out of the house, these two old friends agree on a plan.
9) Alex Cross
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Young homicide detective/psychologist Alex Cross faces off against a serial killer known as Picasso.
11) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007], c1977
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.