Taryn Manning
1) Karen
Author
Language
English
Description
A woman takes it as a personal mission to displace the new Black family that just moved into the neighborhood.
5) Experimenter
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true life story of controversial psychologist Stanley Milgram, whose legendary experiment tested ordinary people's willingness to obey orders from an authority figure, even if they felt what they were doing was wrong. This led Milgram's whirring mind to delve into a parade of human behavior inquiries, including the Six Degrees Of Seperation theory.
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
As a young mother with bipolar disorder struggles with the looming departure of her daughter (the one force of stability in her life), a daughter struggles with the decision whether to stay local for college where she can remain the stable rock in her mother's life, or to detach and go to her dream college across country. Official Selection at the **Mill Valley Film Festival**.
7) Karen
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A woman takes it as a personal mission to displace the new Black family that just moved into the neighborhood.
8) Outsiders
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A Black high school student finds himself under suspicion after the mysterious disappearance of a classmate during a party, leading him to resort to desperate measures to uncover the truth and prove his innocence.
Publisher
Heaven's Rain Productions
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1979, two drifters invaded the home of Oklahoma minister Richard Douglass and his wife Marilyn, shooting both along with their children Brooks and Leslie. Although their parents were killed, Brooks and Leslie survived. Brooks moved on to study law, become an Oklahoma State Senator, and ultimately confronted one of the men responsible for his parents' deaths.
10) Hustle & flow
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Rapper DJay, who dreams of becoming the next big rap superstar, works all the angles to get his first record made. He even has the help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. When he hears that rap superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, DJay decides to throw together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
11) A lot like love
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Oliver and Emily meet on a flight from Los Angeles to New York with each of them declaring that they couldn't be more wrong for each other. As they struggle with their respective partners, careers, and breakups, they become closer and closer.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
New faces and old resentments make for a potentially volatile blend, especially now that Litchfield is a for-profit business. This season delves into the racial and economic tensions that run rampant in the halls of Litchfield. Overrun with new inmates and overseen by inexperienced guards, the prison undergoes an unprecedented culture war.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the standoff at the prison turns into a full-blown riot, the inmates take advantage of the confusion by conducting séances, holding prisoner auctions, and preening for the morning news. But with relationships tested and friendships starting to fray, will life at Litchfield ever return to normal?
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Picking up one week after the emergency response team stormed Litchfield Penitentiary, the ladies of Litch have been torn apart, literally and figuratively, as they enter a new facility. Now newbies starting at the bottom, they must navigate new rules and power dynamics while getting hazed by inmates and tortured by guards. Friendships will be tested and new allegiances formed--some by choice, others by circumstance--as the women ace a slew of charges,...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Brooklynite Piper Chapman, whose wild past comes back to haunt her and results in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper trades her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric group of inmates.
17) Porterville
Author
Language
English
Description
NYPD detective Jake O'Conner is the taking-the-justice-in-his-own-hand type of cop. After taking revenge against the two men that killed his wife and daughter, he moves to a small town in the desert called Porterville to get away from the big city and to grieve the loss of his family. As the new Sheriff in town, Jake quickly finds himself entangled in a web of deception and in pursuit of a killer responsible for a spree of murders.
Author
Language
English
Description
Jack is a N.Y.C. advertising executive with a life as glossy as the commercials he spins. Jill is new to the city, with nothing to stand on but her fiery personality and romantic ideals. Opposites attract, and together they author their own manifesto of "rules to live by." But Jill betrays Jack by violating rule one - Be Honest.
19) Love Ranch
Author
Language
English
Description
Two cynical grifters get rich owning a Nevada brothel, but when an Argentine fighter arrives, a love triangle erupts with murderous results.
20) Bromates
Author
Language
English
Description
Two best friends who break up with their girlfriends at the same time, decide to move in together