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Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (179 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Oprah Winfrey, Jackee Harry, Robin Givens and Cicely Tyson star in this gripping drama about a group of strong-willed women living in the rundown housing project of Brewster Place-a street overflowing with tales of courage and anguish.
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Pennsylvania-born filmmaker Ephraim Asili has been exploring different facets of the African diaspora—and his own place within it—for nearly a decade. His feature-length debut, THE INHERITANCE, is a vibrant, engaging ensemble work that takes place almost entirely within the walls of a West Philadelphia house where a community of young people have come together to form a collective of Black artists and activists.
3) Sounder
Publisher
Legacy Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Louisiana during the Depression, this heartfelt story tells of a sharecropper family struggling to overcome adversity. After stealing to feed his family, Nathan is sent to a prison camp. In their fight for survival, his determined wife and their eldest son hold the family together. Once the boy becomes an adult, he searches for his father but instead discovers manhood.
Publisher
University of Southern California Cinematic Arts
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (19 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Alice Ball, a 23 year old African American Chemist living in 1915 Hawaii fights against racial and gender barriers to find an effective treatment for leprosy before Kalani, a 10 year old patient is exiled into the leper colony of Molokai.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1980.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (165 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This entirely African American-conceived and produced ensemble drama is the result of a collaboration of a pair of pioneering Black artists: writer Ishmael Reed and filmmaker Bill Gunn, who wrote and directed the underground classic Ganja & Hess and wrote the screenplay for Hal Ashby's The Landlord. Originally intended to air on public television in 1980, it went unseen for many years; the original tapes have been carefully restored and the film...
6) Ganja & Hess
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 113 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, Bill Gunn's revolutionary independent film Ganja and Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Duane Jones (Night of the living dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (director Bill Gunn), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and...
9) Queen & Slim
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman, are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly...
10) Amos & Andrew
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr. 36 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a successful African-American author buys a house on an exclusive New England resort island, local law enforcement mistake him for a thief and nearly kill him in a hilariously bungled attempt to protect the estate. But things go from loony to just plain wacky when the town's Police Chief attempts to cover up the embarrassing details of the event by planting a convicted criminal in the house to take the rap!
11) Men of honor
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
40th anniversary special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the stirrings of the civil rights movement and a rising wave of burgeoning Black pride. This tells the story of Duff, a railroad section hand who is forced to confront racial prejudice and self-denial when he falls in love with Josie, an educated preacher's daughter. An uplifting story about a man and a woman whose love overcomes racial and class barriers.
13) 12 years a slave
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his...
14) Stormy weather
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 77 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down. The movie includes an all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
15) Waves
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
The River Niger: A house-painter/poet struggles to support his cancer-plagued wife. Death of a prophet: Combines documentary footage with reenactments to weave a fascinating work. A suspense thriller which follows the events in the final 24 hours of the life of religious and political leader Malcolm X.
Series
Publisher
Urban Works Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dominique and Blair are a young couple on their way up the ladder of wealth and social status. But when Dominique falls for Joshua, a working man, she must make a choice between the comfort and money represented by Blair, and the romantic ideal of Joshua.
19) Till
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (2 hr., 11 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world."--container.
20) Almos' a man
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the short story by Richard Wright. A black teenage farm worker believes that owning a gun is a mark of maturity.
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