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Leaving Neverland [videorecording] / by Reed, Dan,television director,television producer.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Home Box Office (Firm),publisher.;
Film editor, Jules Cornell ; cinematography, Dan Reed ; composer, Chad Hobson.Interviewees, Wade Robson, "Jimmy" Safechuck, and family members.Originally produced by HBO in 2019.The two-part documentary LEAVING NEVERLAND explores the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys, James "Jimmy" Safechuck, at age ten, and Wade Robson, at age seven, both of whom were befriended by Michael Jackson. They and their families were invited into his wondrous world, entranced by the singer's fairy-tale existence as his career reached its peak. Through gut-wrenching interviews with Safechuck, now 37, and Robson, now 41, as well as their mothers, wives and siblings, LEAVING NEVERLAND crafts a portrait of sustained abuse, exploring the complicated feelings that led both men to confront their experiences after both had a young son of their own.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.; Robson, Wade.; Safechuck, James.; Adult child sexual abuse victims; Adult child sexual abuse victims; African American singers; Child sexual abuse; Sexually abused children; Rock musicians;
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The almost sisters / by Jackson, Joshilyn,author.;
"With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality---the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who we really are. Superheroes have always been Leia Birch Briggs' weakness. One tequila-soaked night at a comics convention, the usually level-headed graphic novelist is swept off her barstool by a handsome and anonymous Batman. It turns out the caped crusader has left her with more than just a nice, fuzzy memory. She's having a baby boy--an unexpected but not unhappy development in the thirty-eight year-old's life. But before Leia can break the news of her impending single-motherhood (including the fact that her baby is biracial) to her conventional, Southern family, her step-sister Rachel's marriage implodes. Worse, she learns her beloved ninety-year-old grandmother, Birchie, is losing her mind, and she's been hiding her dementia with the help of Wattie, her best friend since girlhood. Leia returns to Alabama to put her grandmother's affairs in order, clean out the big Victorian that has been in the Birch family for generations, and tell her family that she's pregnant. Yet just when Leia thinks she's got it all under control, she learns that illness is not the only thing Birchie's been hiding. Tucked in the attic is a dangerous secret with roots that reach all the way back to the Civil War. Its exposure threatens the family's freedom and future, and it will change everything about how Leia sees herself and her sister, her son and his missing father, and the world she thinks she knows"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.;
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The reappearance of Rachel Price / by Jackson, Holly,1992-author.;
"Lights. Camera. Lies. Eighteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom's mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on. But the case is dredged up from the past when the Price family agrees to a true crime documentary. Bel can't wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again. Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn't sure it's real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And--could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead ... From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl's search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Documentary films; Family secrets; Missing persons; Mothers and daughters; Truthfulness and falsehood; Documentary films; Family secrets; Honesty; Missing persons; Mothers and daughters;
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The inheritance / by Ross, JoAnn,author.;
With a dramatic wartime love story woven through, JoAnn Ross's brilliant new novel is a gorgeous generational saga about the rivalry, history and loyalty that bond sisters together When conflict photographer Jackson Swann dies, he leaves behind a conflict of his own making when his three daughters, each born to a different mother, discover that they're now responsible for the family's Oregon vineyard--and for a family they didn't ask for. After a successful career as a child TV star, Tess is, for the first time, suffering from a serious identity crisis, and grieving for the absent father she's resented all her life. Charlotte, brought up to be a proper Southern wife, gave up her own career to support her husband's political ambitions. On the worst day of her life, she discovers her beloved father has died, she has two sisters she never knew about and her husband has fallen in love with another woman. Natalie, daughter of Jack's longtime mistress, has always known about her half sisters, and has dreaded the day when Tess and Charlotte find out she's the daughter their father kept. As the sisters reluctantly gather at the vineyard, they're soon enchanted by the Swann family matriarch and namesake of Maison de Madeleine wines, whose stories of bravery in WWII France and love for a wounded American soldier will reveal the family legacy they've each inherited and change the course of all their lives.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Sisters; Family secrets; Inheritance and succession; Vineyards; Life change events;
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On the come up [videorecording] / by Lil Yachty,1997-actor.; Gray, Jamila C.,actor.; Lathan, Sanaa,film director,actor.; Lil Yachty,1997-actor.; Randolph, Da'vine Joy,1986-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Thomas, Angie.On the come up.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Jamila Gray, Da'vine Joy Randolph, Sanaa Lathan, Lil Yachty, Cliff Smith (method Man), Mike Epps, Titus Makin Jr., Rapsody, Lady London.Brianna Jackson is a sixteen-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift her family and do right by the legacy of her father a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence and adult language.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American teenagers; African Americans; Freedom of speech; Rap (Music); Rap musicians; Single-parent families; Women rap musicians;
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My dad's a soccer mom [videorecording] / by Baraka, Rhonda,screenwriter.; Gold, Tracey,actor.; Jackson, Skai,actor.; Robinson, Wendy Raquel,actor.; Speight, Lester,actor.; Stevens, Randall,film director.; Millenium Entertainment.;
Lester Speight, Skai Jackson, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Tracey Gold.Marion 'Mad Dog' Casey is one of the biggest and most outrageous names in professional football. When he begins looking after his ten-year old daughter Lacy, chauffeuring her to ballet and theatre class-activities she doesn't really like, Marion discovers she has a knack for soccer. He signs her up and begins his new life as a Soccer Dad, and learns the importance of being the best dad on and off the field.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Surround sound, 5.1.
Subjects: African American families; Children's films.; Families; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Soccer players; Video recordings for children.;
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Bad : an unprecedented investigation into the Michael Jackson cover-up / by Howard, Dylan,author.;
"He was the King of Pop, a superstar without equal, the idol of millions of young people around the world. But was Michael Jackson also a sexual predator without equal, someone who preyed on the very fans who adored him? Bad is the revelatory untold true story of the strange and larger-than-life career of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. In the wake of the controversial two-part documentary Leaving Neverland, which told the stories of two young boys who were befriended by the singer and have claimed they suffered years of agonizing abuse, Dylan Howard set out to investigate Jackson's life and death in unprecedented depth, to determine--as one lawyer suggested--that the pop star ran 'the most sophisticated child sexual abuse procurement and facilitation operation the world has known.' After all the highly publicized trials and unfounded accusations, stunning new information has finally come to light: irrefutable evidence that one of the best-known, best-loved figures in the world was a monster behind closed doors--a foul-mouthed, abusive, drug-sodden freak whose deeds and the reasons for those deeds are revealed now for the first time. A dramatic narrative account based on dozens of interviews, Howard shares Jackson's own riveting personal journal--obtained exclusively for this book--interviews with family members, multiple first-person sources--some of whom have asked to remain anonymous--as well as thousands of pages of court documents. Here is Jackson's life story, told for the first time with stories and testimony that will leave you shaken"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.; African American singers.; African American rock musicians.; Child sexual abuse;
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Afraid / by Jackson, Lisa.; Ivy, Alexandra.; Childs, Lisa.;
A trio of never-before-released, linked novellas about dark secrets and revenge, all connected by St. Cecilia's School for Girls. An elite boarding school and a haven for the daughters of the rich and famous, it's a place where scandals are buried and secrets hidden. But for three former students, evil is about to resurface. LUCY. Lucy Champagne was sent to St. Cecilia's after her movie-star mother was brutally attacked by her sleazy boyfriend, Ray Watkins. Lucy's damning testimony landed Ray a twenty-five-year sentence. But now, Ray is free. And he's going to find Lucy and make her pay, no matter how far and how fast she runs. RAYNE. Rayne Taylor found unexpected happiness at St. Cecilia's, until her roommate, Natalie, committed suicide. Only when Rayne finds a box of mementoes from that time does she realize how wrong she may have been about Natalie's death--and how far someone will go to keep the truth hidden. ERIN. Erin MacDonald remembers little about the long-ago night she and her sister, Anna Beth, were kidnapped. While Erin was found safe, Anna Beth vanished forever. Now Erin has reluctantly come back to the family estate, where Detective Rafe Montego hopes to finally crack the case. But as flashes of Erin's memory reemerge, she learns how deep the danger goes.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novellas.; Linked stories.; Girls' schools; Boarding schools; Secrecy; Kidnapping victims;
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Follow your heart / by Jackson, Brenda(Brenda Streater);
"Victoria Madaris is next on her great-grandmother's matchmaking list--which suits her just fine. She's laser-focused on her career and doesn't have time to concentrate on her love life, too. Knowing that Mama Laverne is vetting unsuitable candidates--like rising US senator Roman Malone--makes things easy. But Roman unexpectedly ticks all of Victoria's boxes. The longtime family friend is outrageously sexy, and every time they meet, their chemistry crackles. Being a journalist, though, Victoria just doesn't trust politicians. Plus, her matchmaker's expert opinion keeps pointing to the charming and handsome Tanner Jamison. And everybody knows, Mama Laverne is never wrong. Suddenly, Victoria sees Tanner everywhere--as if by fate--but she doesn't feel any attraction. Meanwhile, the more Victoria gets to know Roman, the harder it is to resist him. Her head is saying play it safe, but is her heart strong enough to go against her better judgment...and Mama Laverne's?"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Television talk show hosts; Great-grandmothers; Mate selection; Man-woman relationships;
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The women could fly : a novel / by Giddings, Megan,author.;
"Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times--a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Witch fiction.; Novels.; Dystopias; Family secrets; Misogyny; Missing persons; Mothers and daughters; Witches;
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