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4 videodiscs (491 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ; in 1 multi-disc DVD case |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
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DVD. |
| Cast |
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt); Denzel Washington, Viola Davis (Fences); Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez (Widows); Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis (Won't back down). |
| Contents |
Doubt -- Fences -- Widows -- Won't Back Down. |
| Summary |
Doubt: 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expel Flynn from the school. Now, without any proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn. This threatens to tear apart the community with its irrevocable consequence. |
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Fences: In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's race barrier was only recinded after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones. |
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Widows: The story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica, Alice, Linda, and Belle take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. |
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Won't Back Down: Frustrated by her dyslexic daughter's struggles at a failing inner-city school, Jamie Fitzpatrick tries to enroll her somewhere else. When this fails, Jamie recruits a disillusioned but caring teacher to try to fix the broken school. |
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Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Complaints against -- Drama.
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School principals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Nuns -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Malicious accusation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Child abuse -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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African American families -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Women -- Drama.
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Widows -- Drama.
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Thieves -- Drama.
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Debt -- Drama.
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Organized crime -- Drama.
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Dyslexic children -- Drama.
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Teachers -- Drama.
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Urban schools -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
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Crime films.
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Social problem films.
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Feature films.
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Streep, Meryl, actor.
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Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014, actor.
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Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor.
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Davis, Viola, 1965- actor.
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Binge Box, publisher.
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Screen gems: Viola Davis |
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Container of (work): Doubt (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Fences (Motion picture : 2016)
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Container of (work): Widows (Motion picture : 2018)
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Container of (work): Won't back down (Motion picture)
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