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Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Mark Sloan, a dedicated doctor who dabbles in detective work, enlists the help of his police detective son, Steve, whenever he suspects one of his patients is the victim of foul play. He won't rest until the the bad guys are put to bed-- permanently.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Good-natured Dr. Mark Sloan has an impeccable, if somewhat quirky, bedside manner as well as crime scene smarts. With assistance from his medical partner, Dr. Amanda Bentley, and the new resident, Dr. Jesse Travis, Dr. Sloan's always got the right prescription.
4) Rush hour
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A wise-cracking cop from L.A. and a high-flying cop from Hong Kong join forces to track down a kidnapper.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Award winning film about two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in L.A. Each day they stand on the corner at the home improvement store seeking employment. Today, the job they are given is well paid compared to their poor usual wages. Today, one of them carries a shotgun inside his backpack.
6) Baby boy
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Baby boy (130 min.): a young African American man growing up in South Central L.A. is trying to live large with no job. A series of events force him to learn some hard lessons.
Boyz N the Hood (112 min.): the story of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood.
7) LA 92
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests and violence in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen footage. Produced by Oscar® winner Simon Chinn and Emmy® winner Jonathan Chinn and directed by Oscar® winners Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, the film brings a fresh perspective to a pivotal moment."--Container.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 2008, the United States is a virtual police state, with the government taking control of nearly every part of people's lives. A German firm has found a way to generate energy using seawater, but both public and private concerns are desperate to prevent the new technology from being introduced in the gasoline-starved United States. Boxer Santaros is an actor famous for his role in action films. He is currently trying to secure financing for a new...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
For Vince, Eric, Drama and Turtle, life in Hollywood's fast lane isn't without its road bumps, as we learned when a botched deal cost Ari, Vince's longtime agent, his job. Will change at the top make the difference in getting Vince his dream picture, or will the boys regret giving Ari the ax?
10) Drag me to Hell
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Christine Brown (Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer. She is on a desperate quest to break an evil curse. Professor Clay Dalton (Long) is her charming boyfriend. Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Christine denies the extension to impress her boss and get a leg-up on a promotion, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. Christine then finds herself...
11) Blade runner
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LAPD's Blade Runner unit prowls the steel & microchip jungle of the 21st century. His job is to track down and eliminate assumed humanoids known as 'replicants.' Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, and are to be terminated upon detection. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 6 "skin jobs," the slang for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth....
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The biggest cases demand the best cops, so when a little girl goes missing or a Homeland Security official takes a long drive off a short cliff or a '90s serial killer revives his career in the 21st century, the LAPD knows to call Brenda Johnson and her crack team from the Priority Homicide Division.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
At work, L.A. Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a woman in charge. Got a suspect to grill, a case to crack, a murderer about to walk? Call Brenda in and watch the fireworks. But at home, well, that's another story. Join the squad as Sanchez looks after an orphaned boy, Tao goes undercover as a biker dude, Provenza and Flynn date airline attendants (turns out one of them has a corpse in her bathtub), and Brenda finds her family Christmas rudely interrupted...
16) Game girls
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Game Girls follows Teri and her girlfriend Tiahna as they navigate their relationship through the chaotic world of Los Angeles' Skid Row, aka the 'homeless capital of the U.S.' A dilemma fuels the tension between the two women, while Tiahna seems comfortable being a player in the underground economy of Skid Row, Teri is driven by a powerful desire to get out.
Publisher
Galán Incorporated
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
It covers the Los Angeles high school blow outs of 1968 thoroughly and with passion. Part 3 is also likely to be the most interesting to students because they can witness young people their own age forcefully agitating for change. It is also striking because the catalysts for the walk outs--high drop out rate, crumbling schools, lack of Mexican American teachers--still resonate today. This segment is visually interesting as well because the filmmakers...
18) The omega man
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the future where biological warfare has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. He fends off attacks by The Family-- sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa, another infected survivor, and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A tough, CIA-trained detective with Southern charm has been brought from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up the Priority Murder Squad, a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. With her offbeat personality, a tough-as-nails approach and a track record as one of the country's leading investigators, Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a force to reckon with.
Publisher
BAYNAC
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
In 1994, California voters approved Proposition 187, a ballot initiative denying public education and health care to all undocumented immigrants. Laura Angelica Simon, a Mexican immigrant and fourth grade teacher at Hoover Street Elementary School in Los Angeles was, in her own words, "devastated," and felt motivated to a make film about the impact on her school.
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