Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Simoneau, Yves.
Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of thier identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and schoolteacher Elaine Goodale work to imporve live for the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder Indian treatment.
The Condemned by Wiper, Scott.
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is 'purchased' by a TV producer and taken to a desolate island for a fight to the death against nine other condemned killers, with freedom to the sole survivor.
Death Proof by Tarantino, Quentin.
A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of babes, all bets are off. He becomes involved in an automotive duel of epic proportions.
Gracie by Guggenheim, Davis.
After a tragedy, 16-year-old Gracie channels her grief by fighting to get girls onto the varsity soccer field in this inspiring drama set in the 1970s. Passionate and strong-willed, Gracie is blocked from all sides as she argues for the rights of women to play competitive soccer. The film is based on the real-life story of actress Elisabeth Shue, who championed the cause of women's sports as a teenager.
Lucky You by Hason, Curtis.
Huck meets irresistible Bille and learns to treat love the way he treats cards - trusting his heart instead of his head. Meanwhile he scrambles to raise the entry fee for a high-roller poker game even though the tournament may pit his against his father.
Provoked: A True Story by Mundhra, Jag.
Unable to bear the brutality and repeated rapes by her alcoholic husband, Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi housewife and mother of two in London, sets him on fire and kills him. Charged with first-degree murder, she is sentenced to life imprisonment, where she befriends her cell mate. Moved by her story, the cell mate asks her step-brother, a highly respected queen's counsel, to file her appeal. In English with some Panjabi; English subtitles.
The Starter Wife by Anvet, Jon.
Molly Kagan is your archetypal "Hollywood wife," who for ten years enjoyed the perks and privileges of being married to powerful studio executive Kenny Kagan. Kenny decides to dump Molly for a much-younger pop singer named Shoshanna. Adding insult to injury, Kenny informs Molly that their marriage was through via cell-phone. Having carefully timed the breakup to coincide with the expiration of the couple's pre-nuptual agreement, Kenny is able to escape without providing Molly with a huge monetary settlement. Molly is now "persona non grata" in her Brentwood community, with many old doors being literally closed in her face, and such fair-weather friends as Cricket and Joan conspicuously unavailable. Vowing to start life anew for the sake of herself and her teenaged daughter, Molly relocated to Malibu. There is she finds a new best friend in the form of airheaded Malibu gate guard Lavender Caraway. She also enters into a tempestuous relationships with aging, moody movie producer Lou Manahan and handsome but untrustworthy beachcomber Sam.
We Are Marshall by McGinty Nichol, Joseph.
After a plane crash takes the lives of most of Marshall University's football team, new coach Jack Lengyel must rally the surviving players and a grieving community to victory. Based on true events, this inspiring drama follows Lengyel and his assistant coach as they try to renew Marshall's football program and help the close-knit West Virginia town find new hope.
