Ben Vereen
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
George is a man whose struggle to find food and a place to sleep in New York City is beautifully captured with remarkable realism and heartrending compassion. Shuffled into the unforgiving bureaucracy of a men's shelter, George seems destined to wind up as just another lost soul swallowed up by the system, until he meets a gregarious, down-and-out ex-jazzman who inspires George to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On May 1st, 2009, Amy Jordan, a New York City-based former professional dancer crossed the street and was hit and ran over by a 15 ton NYC Express. Her immediate thought was, “Am I ever going to dance again?” Her second thought was, “ If I survive the night, there will be a Victory Dance!”
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Since its overwhelming success on Broadway forty years ago, Hair: let the sun shine in has inspired generations with its messages of love, non-violence and liberation. This definitive and entertaining documentary highlights the continuing relevance of the show and its still radical, transformative power. In preparation for its fortieth anniversary, the show's author and co-creator Jim Rado rehearses a troupe of young performers for a new production...
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Rita Lee Lance and Chris Lorenzo solve high-profile crimes of passion for the Palm Beach Police Department. They'll stop at nothing in their pursuit of those who, due to their power or fame, feel that they are above the law of the land.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Rita Lee Lance and Chris Lorenzo solve high-profile crimes of passion for the Palm Beach Police Department. They'll stop at nothing in their pursuit of those who, due to their power or fame, feel that they are above the law of the land.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"In Palm Beach, crimes of passion are a frequent occurrence among the rich and beautiful. Enter Sgt. Rita Lance and Sgt. Chris Lorenzo, the attractive young homicide detectives whose job it is to investigate these high-class murders"--Container.
8) Funny lady
Language
English
Description
A musical film that follows the career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice with songwriter Billy Rose.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Based on director Bob Fosse's own extravagant life, this vibrant and spectacular film follows Fosse's alter ego. Joe Gideon in his relentless pursuit of sex, drugs and self-destruction. His womanizing both supports and debilitates him as he juggles his mistress, ex-wife and beloved daughter. Hovering over all of his excess is an angel. The proceedings are set amid rapturous dream sequences, lavish production numbers and fabulous sets."--Container....
10) All that jazz
Series
Criterion collection volume 724
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of an obsessed, pill-popping chain-smoking choreographer/ director dancing simultaneously with love and death. But even while dying, he creates some great dancing. Based on the life of Bob Fosse.
Publisher
Starz Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Welcome to wealthy and glamorous Palm Beach, Florida, where the beautiful people live, love and sometimes kill. But for homicide detectives Sgt. Rita Lance and Sgt. Chris Lorenzo, these society murders have a different name: Silk Stalkings. 22 episodes.
12) Fosse
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the man behind such favorites as "Cabaret," "Chicago," "Sweet Charity," and "Pippin." A mixture of physically aggressive dance moves and dazzling visual style, Bob Fosse's approach to theater revolutionized how we experience music and dance, while his mixture of cynicism and sentiment remains timely decades after his death. Join one of Fosse's most gifted collaborators, Ann Reinking, as she and a wild, gyrating cast take you through such...
Publisher
Distributed by Visual Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Set in Harlem, Preaching to the Choir follows two estranged brothers - one a hip-hop star, the other a preacher - as they make their way in life. They are forced into reconciliation and attempt to work out their differences.
14) Intruders
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2012, c1992
Language
English
Description
When a respected psychiatrist begins treating a woman for paralyzing flashbacks, memory loss and manic paranoia, rational explanations just don't seem to fit.
Publisher
CBS Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©1980
Language
English
Description
"Jeff Goldblum (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Jurassic Park), in his first starring television role, plays Lionel, a "brown shoe" accountant, who through an unlikely set of circumstances forms a private detective agency with Tenspeed, a masterful con-man, played by Ben Vereen (Roots, All That Jazz). Tenspeed is the realist, while Lionel fantasizes of having adventures like the fictional private eye he idolizes, Mark Savage."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
DSSP
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens is the track star who won four gold medals. Spanning over forty years, this powerful docudrama traces Jesse's life from his days as a sharecropper's son, through his incredible record-breaking college years, his marriage to his high school sweetheart, his monumental victories in the 1936 Olympics, and his thirty year struggle to survive in a prejudiced country that he loved so deeply.
19) Puss in boots
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A talking cat wins fame and fortune for his poor young master, but must conquer an ogre before everything can have a happy ending.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Julie is a successful magazine columnist who has it all. The last thing this single mom needs is a husband. But when she tracks down her son Jake's anonymous sperm donor father, she begins to wonder if the boy's real dad might somehow be her own real romance.