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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African American experience. Beginning with enslavement, traveling through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and ending in the present-day, Gates takes viewers on a journey through time, focusing on the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the Black Church. The series also...
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
When a Southern white woman accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Peck will defend him. Peck's defense costs him friendships but earns him the respect of his two children. Includes extra interview footage.
3) Booker
Publisher
Bonneville Worldwide Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
This award-winning film is the impassioned story of Booker T. Washington, the founder of the Tuskegee Institute.
5) Beloved
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe & Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen.
6) Roots: 2016
Publisher
[A&E Home Video]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The classic American saga about a family's multi-generational struggle to resist slavery is re-imagined for a new generation. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel."--Provided by the publisher.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
[English/Spanish/French dialogue version]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbener, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on Matt Ruff's novel, this series follows Korean war vet Atticus Freeman, his friend Letitia and his Uncle George on a journey across 1950s Jim Crow America where they face racist terrors and the terrifying monsters of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
9) Men of honor
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special ed.
Language
English
Description
The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible--Container.
11) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Edition
30th anniversary ed.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
Series
Publisher
Octapixx Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Native Americans have experienced a history full of oppression and racism. Since the period when Native tribes were found on this continent at the time of its "discovery," the British and American governments disregarded Native Americans as the owners of the land they occupied and used aggressive force to take their lands and destroy their people. This harrowing and compelling compilation of four award-winning documentary programs chronicles the...
Publisher
Lionsgate Films Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
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