Dustin Lance Black
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and political activist, a candid, vivid, powerfully resonant memoir about growing up as a gay Mormon in Texas that is, as well, a moving tribute to the mother who taught him about surviving against all odds. Dustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, but as an LGBTQ+ activist he has unlikely origins. Raised in a military,...
2) 8
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Language
English
Description
An unconstitutional proposition.
An unprecedented decision.
An all-star cast.
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Martin Sheen, 8 is written by Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) and directed by acclaimed actor and director Rob Reiner.
The play is a powerful account of the case filed by the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) in the U.S. District Court in 2010 to overturn Proposition
...4) J. Edgar
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
J. Edgar Hoover was head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
5) Milk
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977. His election makes him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death...
8) J. Edgar
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
J. Edgar Hoover was head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Publisher
Showtime Documentary Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Revealing look into the shocking life of notorious cult leader Warren Jeffs and the FLDS Church. Through brainwashing and abuse, the former "President and Prophet, Seer and Revelator" seized control of his followers' lives and an organization worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Currently serving a life sentence for his crimes, the former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive, Warren Jeffs, is more powerful than ever, exerting total authority over his flock....
