Wendell Pierce
1) Clemency
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As she prepares to execute another inmate, prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard) must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Female Lead at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**.
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Hard-headed Louisiana fisherman Thomas Gonzales doesn’t know what will hit him next. After decades of hurricanes and oil spills he faces a new threat — hordes of monstrous, 20-pound swamp rats. Known as “nutria,” these invasive South American rodents breed faster than the roving squads of hunters can control them. And with their orange teeth and voracious appetite, they are eating up the coastal wetlands that protects Thomas and his town of...
3) Confirmation
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Look behind the curtain of Washington politics, depicting the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings where Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment. The hearings brought the country to a standstill and became a pivotal moment in American culture forever changing how people perceive and experience workplace equality and gender politics.
4) Four
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Emory Cohen (Brooklyn, Smash, The Place Beyond the Pines) and Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) give gripping performances as a white gay young man named June and a middle-aged black businessman named Joe who hook-up for a secret encounter in this award-winning drama. In a simultaneous search for connection, Joe’s straight-laced daughter Abigayle (Aja Naomi King) flirts with the streetwise Dexter (E.J. Bonilla) over the course of a hot July 4th evening....
6) The runner
Publisher
Alchemy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the after math of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
New Orleans: Crime and corruption are up, culture is being trampled, and the people who matter-the workers, families, and dreamers who still live here-have had enough. They continue to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their culture after of Hurricane Katrina. Rampant crime and government ineptitude continue to cripple the city's recovery. Fed up, the characters demand that their music, art, and well-being be protected; to preserve the individuality...
9) Clemency
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bernadine is a stoic prison warden, but two back-to-back executions put a strain on her marriage, career and convictions.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the second season after tracking a potentially suspicious shipment of illegal arms in the Venezuelan jungle, CIA Officer Jack Ryan heads down to South America to investigate. As Jack's investigation threatens to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches a counter-attack that hits home for Jack, leading him and his fellow operatives on a global mission spanning the United States, UK, Russia, and Venezuela to unravel...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In the final season of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Jack is promoted to the new CIA Acting Deputy Director and finds himself on his most dangerous mission yet! He is appointed with the daunting task of unearthing internal corruption. As he investigates, Jack discovers the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization, ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero's belief in the system he has always fought to protect....
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Darren is a New York ad executive who travels to a small town in the deep south after receiving word that his aunt has left him a sizable inheritance. Darren is informed that he will only receive the money if he successfully leads a local gospel choir to victory at an upcoming competition. Darren takes on the task of finding the best singers in town and forming the group. There, he meets Lilly, a single mother who not only possesses an incredible...
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Amid the ruins of an American city, ordinary people--musicians, chefs, residents--find themselves clinging to a unique culture and wondering if the city that gave birth to that culture still has a future. From the creators of The Wire comes a new series about adversity and the human spirit, set in New Orleans in the aftermath of the greatest man-made disaster in American history.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
"Over a year has passed since Katrina, but residents are finding it harder than ever to rebuild their lives, much less hold on to their special cultural identity ... So why bother to stay? Because it's New Orleans. And New Orleans must go on."--Container.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.