New DVD List: May 2024

Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.

“The Act” – Limited Series – Website / Reviews 
This is a dramatic eight-part series based on the bizarre Missouri true crime story. It explores the tragic relationship between young Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King) and her overprotective mother Dee De (Patricia Arquette).

“Lawmen: Bass Reeves” – Season 1 – Website / Reviews 
From producers Taylor Sheridan and David Oyelowo, this fictional series inspired by real-life events follows Bass Reeves’ rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals.

“Television Event” – Website / Reviews 
A documentary that views the Cold War through the lens of TV network ABC as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, “The Day After,” in 1983.

“Werckmeister Harmonies” – Website / Reviews 
This is a restored release of Béla Tarr’s 2000 dramatic Hungarian film. The story unfolds in an unnamed village, where, one day, a mysterious circus arrives and appears to awaken a kind of madness in the citizens.

“The Promised Land” – Website / Reviews
In this Danish historical drama set in 1755, Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to tame an uninhabitable land and build a colony in the name of the King, but he comes in conflict with the ruthless lord of the region.