Blown Deadline Productions (Firm)
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 800 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the fall of the Barksdale empire, and the ascent of a new young drug king in Baltimore, McNulty, Bunk and the rest of the detail continue to "follow the money" up the political ladder amidst a hotly contested mayoral campaign. Prez witnesses first-hand the role of inner-city education in the formation of youth as four students, Michael, Namond, Randy and Dukie, face dangerous decisions and adolescent angst in a city rife with the temptations...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 358 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In an America generations removed from the greatest civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the young mayor of a mid-sized American city is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears the entire city apart, paralyzes the municipal government and, ultimately, destroys the mayor and his political future.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 632 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amid the ruins of New Orleans, 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.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (approximately 500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise of the porn industry that began in New York City in 1971-72, driven by the gradual legalization of porn and a politically motivated effort to 'clean up' Times Square. Over the course of eight episodes, viewers will get an up-close look at a gritty world of sex, crime, high times and sudden violence, as the porn business begins its climb to legitimacy, cultural permanence, and billion-dollar profitability.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 674 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
6) The corner
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran and father Gary, along with their friends, enemies, and neighbors. Ever present in their world is illicit drugs-- heroin and cocaine-- the need that fuels the business, and the business that fuels the need. Based on the true stories from the lives of the people who live life on a corner in Baltimore.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 605 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rampant crime and government ineptitude continue to cripple the city's recovery, with outside profiteers looking to cash in on short-term gains. The series' focus is still on ordinary people, but they no longer accept their lack of influence on the institutions that have controlled the city.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (approximately 470 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
A dramatization based on Evan Wright's experiences as an embedded reporter with the United States Marine Corps in 2003. Presents a uniquely epic and intimate portrait of the first 40 days of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Marines of the First Recon Battalion.
