Michael Williams
1) Diamond Boy
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
My father says that a journey should always change your life in some way. Well, when you have nothing, I suppose a journey promises everything.
"Diamonds for everyone." That's what fifteen-year-old Patson Moyo hears when his family arrives in the Marange diamond fields. Soon Patson is working in the mines along with four friends, pooling their profits for a chance at a better life. Each of them hopes to find a girazi, a priceless...
"Diamonds for everyone." That's what fifteen-year-old Patson Moyo hears when his family arrives in the Marange diamond fields. Soon Patson is working in the mines along with four friends, pooling their profits for a chance at a better life. Each of them hopes to find a girazi, a priceless...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Michael K. Williams died on September 6, 2021, he left behind a career as one of the most electrifying actors of his generation. From his star turn as Omar Little in The Wire to Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire to Emmy-nominated roles in HBO's The Night Of and Lovecraft Country, Williams inhabited a slew of indelible roles that he portrayed with a rawness and vulnerability that leapt off the screen. Beyond the nominations and acclaim, Williams...
Author
Publisher
Cityfiles Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Since her death in 2009, Vivian Maier has become a photographic phenomenon. Her story--thousands of photo negatives and prints found in a storage locker and sold for pennies at auction--has stirred millions around the world. Maier was a painfully private woman who now speaks powerfully through the photographs she took only for herself. This new collection offers readers a chance to follow Maier as she travels the world, including images of France,...
Author
Publisher
Cityfiles Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Lost in America chronicles the life and death of great American buildings. It's the first book that documents in words and pictures the destruction of more than 100 structures. A number were fought for. Some were mourned. Most slipped away unnoticed.
12) Aftershock: the human toll of war : haunting World War II images by America's soldier photographers
Author
Publisher
CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The world was in ruin at the end of World War II: from the Blitz in London to the aftermath of the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A small group of Army soldiers witnessed it all. They photographed Germany's last push, the Battle of the Bulge, and they rode into Germany to witness unimagined destruction. They documented the Burma Road, which opened Mainland China to supplies, and saw war atrocities as far away as the Philippines. These...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This groundbreaking horror film, directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, follows three student filmmakers—Heather (Heather Donahue), Mike (Michael C. Williams), and Josh (Joshua Leonard)—as they venture into the Black Hills Forest near Burkittsville, Maryland, to investigate the local legend of the Blair Witch. Armed with cameras, they document their eerie and increasingly terrifying experiences. When the trio vanishes, only their footage...
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latinx and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
Author
Publisher
CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement. Withers worked primarily a local photographer, as a freelancer...
Publisher
CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration's efforts to give jobs to unemployed Americans, government workers tracked down 3,000 men and women who had been enslaved before and during the Civil War. The workers asked them probing questions about slave life. What did they think about their slaveholders? What songs did they sing? What games did they play? Did they always think...
Author
Publisher
CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 1942 more than 109,000 Japanese Americans, including 70,000 U.S. citizens, were picked up and sent to incarceration centers, most for the duration of the war. It was the shame of America-- and it was documented on film. Cahan and Williams provide a visual history which includes interviews with many of the people reflecting on their experiences.
18) Breaking
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Marine Veteran Brian Brown-Easley is denied support from Veterans Affairs, financially desperate and running out of options, he takes a bank and several of its employees hostage, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with the police. Based on the true story.
20) Anesthesia
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on his way home one evening, Walter Zarrow, a popular Columbia University philosophy professor, is violently attacked on the street. Flashing back one week to the beginning of a domino effect of events that led up to this seemingly senseless assault, the film traces hidden connections between an apparently disparate group of people.