John Erman
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The moving romantic story of two lovers who create an intimate private world amidst the pomp and politics of the court of St. James. This epic miniseries shows us a Victoria that we have never seen before--not the staid and stately old matron cloaked in black--but a young, passonate, sensual Victoria who takes command of the throne and falls head over heels in love with the dashing German prince who will father her six children.
3) Our sons
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products/Fremantle Media
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
Description
When James admits to his mother, Audrey Grant, that he is gay it strains her liberal attitude. A San Diego businesswoman, Audrey believes she is a modern, open-minded mother, but the news sends her reeling. However, the real shock comes when James asks her to travel to Arkansas and inform his lover's mom, Luanne, that her son has AIDS. As Audrey and Luanne learn to put aside their prejudice toward each other, they soon discover how to share their...
4) Ellen Foster
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Having suffered abuse and misfortune for most of her life, a young girl searches for a better life and finally finds it in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Erich Segal novel in which a man must choose between practical love and romantic love while also dividing his career between music and medicine. In the end, after excruciating emotional conflict, he finds room in his heart to provide niches for all of these passions.
7) Stella
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"After a brief relationship with a young doctor, Stella, a tough and fiercely independent woman, discovers she's pregnant. Too proud to accept the doctor's marriage proposal, Stella raises her daughter Jenny alone, and through the years the two share a very special relationship until Stella realizes she cannot provide Jenny with the advantages her wealthy father can." --
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"The film picks up Mrs. Roosevelt's storied life after the 1945 death of her husband, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At the request of new president Truman, Eleanor serves as a United Nations delegate, spending much of her time tilting with dedicated anti-FDR politico John Foster Dulles. She goes on to spearhead the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proving she's not soft on Communism"--Container.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Strange forces are at work here...Listen to the call of the spirits...They'll come to you soon..." It's a warning 13-year-old Alexander Armsworth hears (and ignores) from a mystical old hag when he and his family move into a grand, antebellum Southern mansion. Soon the prophecy comes true, and Alexander is knee-deep in a mystery involving witchcraft, frightening visions from the past, a lost fortune in diamonds, a crazed caretaker with murder on...
10) Queen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
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.
11) Roots
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.
12) Scarlett
Publisher
RHI Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The parallel paths of Scarlett and Rhett Butler take them from the social swirl of post-war Savannah to London's high society in this sequel to Gone with the wind.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
The Doctor: "Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems ... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions." --
Stella: "After a brief relationship with a young doctor, Stella, a tough and fiercely independent woman, discovers she's pregnant. Too...
16) Roots
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
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.
