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Language
English
Description
An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.
5) Heroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature: Celie - A Woman Who Wins Through
Author
Series
Great Courses volume 19
Language
English
Description
Viewers have seen that heroes don't always have to be gods or queens or the social elite. Dirt poor in Georgia in the 1930s, Celie, the heroine from Alice Walker's The Color Purple, is at the bottom of the social totem pole, yet she exhibits remarkable heroism in the way she overcomes the forces pressing against her.
6) The Dinner
Author
Language
Nederlands
Description
Menno Meyjes (The Color Purple) brings us a film based upon the New York Times, Best Selling Novel by Herman Koch. Serge knows something, otherwise he would not have made reservations in this fancy restaurant. Babette knows something too, otherwise she wouldn't be crying. Hopefully they won't tell Claire, because she doesn't know anything. And Paul...Paul knows everything. They all avoid the subject they actually should be talking about, their children....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science is not always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted, and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the most explosive season of Yellowstone yet, John Dutton and his family must protect their land from new and old enemies, led by Wall Street maverick Roarke. Threatened by betrayals, bad blood, and lucrative business deals, the Duttons form unexpected alliances and confront dangerous measures to safeguard their legacy. This season includes extended content and bonus features, making-of featurettes, behind the scenes clips, never-before-seen interviews...
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Strawberry thinks more popularity will help her baking dreams come true and decides to compete to win best float at the flower festival. Pumpkin Spice, not wanting to be outdone, teams up with the Purple Pieman to stop Strawberry from winning. The Purple Pieman steals Plum Pudding's flower growth serum, alters it, and accidentally creates moving plants that take over the city.
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat's boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history. This documentary features interviews with preeminent Sultana historians Jerry O. Potter...
12) The book of love
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Henry is an introverted architect. After the death of his wife in a car accident, he sets out to help Millie, a homeless teen, to build a raft to sail across the Atlantic.
13) Ms. Purple
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A poignant drama about sister and brother, Kasie and Carey, who were raised, and are now seemingly stuck in Koreatown. Abandoned by their mother and brought up by their father, the siblings continue to struggle with profound emotional wounds from the difficulty of the parental dynamic.
Publisher
Saban Brands
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Get set for mighty morphin adventure and nonstop thrills in this action packed collection as the power rangers discover new ally: the purple ranger. but when the purple ranger decides to leave the team it will take all of the power rangers skills to battle the villains and find a new hero fit for the purple Energem.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A magical and musical adventure to save Ponyland! The Little Ponies must stop the evil witch Hydia and her two incompetent daughters Reeka and Draggle from covering Dream Valley in purple goo called 'the Smooze.' The Little Ponies find help from the friendly Grundles and the magic powers of the Flutter Ponies. But will that be enough to save Ponyland?